'Wrench' Lets You Undertake Virtual Engine Rebuilds, And It's VR Compatible
Project cars are great and all, but not everyone has the space, the know-how and the resources to take on an extensive rebuild or restoration. Happily, there’s a new PC game coming out soon that’ll let you tinker to your heart’s content without ever leaving the living room.
It’s called Wrench, and the setup is simple: you’re a racing car mechanic, and you have some clients to keep happy. You’ll be log- booking and maintaining cars around your customers’ race calendars, making tuning recommendations based on exactly how they’re driving, and spannering your own cars on the side.
Do a good job, and you’ll boost the reputation of your establishment. It’ll be possible to hire virtual people too, enabling the shop to increase its customer base.
As you can see from the video at the top of the page - which involves a rebuild of what looks to be an old Mazda MX-5 engine - the level of detail here is astonishing. The icing on the cake is there’s a VR Mode compatible with Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and WMR (the latter currently only has “experimental support”), which can be turned on and off at will without interrupting the game.
It’ll be released in ‘fall 2018’ (for anyone outside of ‘Murica, that means Autumn), although the incomplete game is open for early access now.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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So I only have to spend 50 dollars plus to wrench on my already non existent car AND I don’t have to spend all my money on car parts? Sign me up
2000$ for a VR and a PC. So uhm, about that.
It would be great if i had the space, money, time etc haha
Well im doing it for real
MySummerCar does this better
I wonder if this could run on a surface pro 3…
I always am so let down any time i try to run games on my surface 💔
Starting the engine WHILE pouring in the oil, that’s a new level of impatience haha
At least he’s not having the engine run during the rebuild
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So basically car mechanic simulator but in vr?
I wish I had a vr headset now
Sooo basically I have to spend like 2000+ dollars to buy a vr headset, upgrade my computer and buy the game, when I could spend the same amount of money and buy a Usdm cressida and buy a non vvti 1jz to swap into it, plus various other upgrades