Engine Lifetime: How is it that we still don't know how to use this parameter? (For ISIMotor games)

[@shovas]

Well done. I recently used average and standard deviation metrics from weather to pull a normal distribution random number for temperatures in GTR2.

[@jose21crisisMS]

Thank you. It's nice to see that ISI Motor responds well and itself uses normal distributions. I'd guess it does the same when it comes to other parameters, like the brake lifetime parameters or maybe driver ratings, but this I'm not totally sure.

[@shovas]

@@jose21crisisMS I bet wherever there a “variance” it’s for standard deviations and normal distributions

[@exequielpomilio8558]

So the variance always should be average/3 or minor to this? Also if i put the same number, basicaly that dont gona meant cars can DNF in first lap? I ask this because rfactor 1 and i think AMS, dont have the stall parameter of f1 99 02, so i think is imposible to replicate stalls in start of the sessions Great video new subscriber

[@jose21crisisMS]

That's just my recommendation, so that the game can assign values close to 0. Setting the same number could still result in first lap DNFs, yes, but it is just as likely to result in extremely high lifetime values that can cause 0 DNFs, even if a player mistreats an engine by overreving it and overheating it. I think those values are a better balance between early DNFs and good lifetime.

[@exequielpomilio8558]

@@jose21crisisMS great thanks mate, now im gona always watch that engine have adequate values, also i dont know until i watched this video that Variance also can increase the engine life

[@I-am-Josh]

I feel personally targeted 😂 For real though, I'd love to have a chat with you about this, as I don't doubt you're wrong, but when setting my files up this way vs. "my" way, I've not had positive results. Hopefully we can catch up about it before I kick off 1996 :)

[@jose21crisisMS]

Sure thing. This video is mostly a "hey, figured out how this works, and here's what I'd suggest" and in no means a "do this or everything is wrong!11!!" type of video. I'm still around in Discord, email works just as well.

[@I-am-Josh]

@@jose21crisisMS lovely, added you on Discord.