Techonology in cars.

[Eric.B]

Ha! I just recently answered this question on the steam forums, here was my reply:

These are all abstracted via the sliders for luxury and safety. I personally do not like the idea of having specific items vehicle creation. See these for details: http://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread...400#pid400 and discussion on the topic: http://www.ventdev.com/forums/showthread...t=abstract

In a nut shell Tridon and Seaswolf are correct. Luxury and Safety items are abstracted via the sliders. This is because there are too many luxury and safety items that #1) Become obsolete over time. #2) Become common place over time. And #3) Are only "Luxury" features in the eyes of the beholder. As such it's better to abstract it away so you don't have to pick between AC systems with 10oz of Freon and AC systems with 32oz of Freon....

As far as I understand it and playing the game, the technology slider in the car design tool includes all gadges inside the car.

Luxury sliders as well. As for example on cheaper cars, blower switches are simple 4 or 5 setting switch that adjust the amount of voltage allowed to pass through the voltage regulator. A more luxurious car would have multiple switches, say one for front and back, controling two blowers for different temps in the vehicle. This is not "Technological" but more luxurious. Where as a more technoloical solution is what modern climate controled cars use, a computerized input where you set the tempture in degrees that you want and the voltage for the blower/ac is automatically regulated via the computer.

Of course you don't see the details of this in the game. Nor do we have the option to pick out these ideas manually. It's in your imagination. For better or worse.