Good thread, yeah i think there is scope for diesels in LFS. There could be some smoke from the exhausts, I know people think there is none from the new diesels, but I've followed plenty Mondeo's on the motorway at 80mph plus, when they put their foot down there is a very slight puff of smoke. Not like there used to be on diesels though.
This has all been mentioned in other posts though, rotary engines, LPG, diesel, biofuels, hybrids.... doubt the devs will be finished by 2010 if we keep adding stuff for them to do
The most avanced diesel technology is Common Rail , Mercedes, Honda and a lot of brands use it (except VAG), is more progresive and enlarge a lot engine live (i know of 250000km JTD engines with considerable agresive use, and runs like first day without problems.), (o! a detail this tech was developed by Fiat Group , and sold to Bosch group for build and expand it, Fiat desestimated TDi tech because an abusive use detroy engines).
and i don't talk about FSI. engines... the worst and expensive Direct fuel injection implementation...
Someone says : German knows a lot how to press screws, and Italians says how to do.
I don't continue in this line because this is a offtopic..
mi opinion is , is not needed Diesel engines in LFS.
You should think twice about your quote. First, not the complete VAG is not using common rail, cause the new Audi diesel's are common rail's, for example Audi A6 3.0 diesel. Second, you shouldn't take VAG, especially Volkswagen as an example for german engineering. I don't know any car manufacture which is more successfull then BMW and Porsche... And what about the third reason: Alfa seems to be your favorite, what about the Top-Manager at Alfa? Italians say how to do? It seems to be exactly the opposite way - a german directs the italian work
Ive seen Audi's puff out quite a bit, when they try to pull away from you. Its not as bad as the oldish days. (my pug used to blow enless amounts out when it has been used around time)
I think a good diesel would be quite good on LFS, but i think if the devs were to put this in, this would come in S3.
OH also. A TDI car can out preform a Petrol car, but thats because the diesel engine has a turbo. A Petrol turbo engine can way out preform a Diesel turbo.
Clarkson proved this with the new BMW. BMW said it could get around faster than a petrol one, and it failed badly
I raced a 3 Series BMW Turbo Diesel (M spec) at Bedford Autodrome. With the racing chip, it kicked out a lot of black smoke (not thick mind you). It didnt sound too bad, and was ****ing awesome coming out of the corners with all that torque.
i think it's time to ressurect this thread, now that the Audi R10 was revealed...
it is a successor of LeMans winning Audi R8, and it has a 5.5 l V12 diesel!
(650 hp, 1100 NM (811 lb-ft))
i think this car will prove that diesels are no longer just boring truck engines, like they were before...
btw i saw a footage from testing and there was no smoke from exhaust at all
Ok, thx... Did u get any idea of how it sounded? I have heard F1 racing boats with diesel engines, and that was really something. Just hoping the R10 will spit out some beatiful tones too.
I do own a diesel car (BMW 3 Series, 320td 185hp/400NM chipped ) so I would REALLY welcome sporty diesel engines in LFS.
For ppl thinking that this kind of engines sound like *§$"=§ in general, I'll give you a link to see/hear that: http://www.eisenmann-technik.d ... kat_audio_ovs_rbrk_33.php
Yeah, but with the massive torque and the heavier engine, the FWD's would be even more likely to uuuuundersteer and traction problems will occur (just like in real life)
