This is both a question and a suggestion but more the latter which is why it's here.
Q. How does modifying components work now? It brings up a list of all of your components in the category you're looking at and when you click on one you get a message along the lines of "Our engineers estimate they can improve this part by xx% for $xxxxx.xx" but nothing seems to happen when you hit the button?
S. I suggest that it would be better if the component modification worked like making new model year and new trims of vehicles does. That way, if you wanted to make a hot version of a car alongside the normal one you could "modify" your engine by simply upgrading aspiration and fuel type (assuming that's how valve trains eventually get implemented) and maybe bump a few sliders up rather than having to design an entirely new engine.
The same thing would be handy for improving components before building a new model year of one of your cars.
Q. How does modifying components work now? It brings up a list of all of your components in the category you're looking at and when you click on one you get a message along the lines of "Our engineers estimate they can improve this part by xx% for $xxxxx.xx" but nothing seems to happen when you hit the button?
S. I suggest that it would be better if the component modification worked like making new model year and new trims of vehicles does. That way, if you wanted to make a hot version of a car alongside the normal one you could "modify" your engine by simply upgrading aspiration and fuel type (assuming that's how valve trains eventually get implemented) and maybe bump a few sliders up rather than having to design an entirely new engine.
The same thing would be handy for improving components before building a new model year of one of your cars.