Amistech Games releasedMy Summer Carlate last year, and quickly reached cult-hit status. In this simulation game, players must try to survive the Finnish summer and build their own car from various parts. The goal of the game is to persevere through harsh road conditions, while also being able to maintain your car’s integrity.
A lot of players have been frustrated with the complexity of building their first working car. After all — you only start with the room full of parts and no descriptions of how any of them fit together. Thankfully, Steam user Necronomicron has offered up somecomprehensive adviceon how to build a working car inMy Summer Car.Here’s the rundown.
Building Your First Working Car inMy Summer Car
Prepare before you try to build.
Since it will probably take a good bit of time both in and out of game to complete your first car, you will want to stock up on as many resources as you possibly can ahead of time. Necronomicron advised to first gather as much money as possible so that you can buy a fan belt, motor oil, and coolant.
All these things will be essential to get your car up and running, so it’s better to have them on hand before you start building.
Necromicon gives the following essential advice:
“…save the game before buying stuff, because your bag with goods will unpack on game load. It is easier to move just one bag rather than 20 items to your home.
I would recommend to buy everything on the left side of the store (which will cost 1,995 mk). However, you will need at least [one] fan belt, three brake/clutch fluids, one motor oil, [and] one coolant.”
He also suggests buying food and other supplies, since this will take awhile to build, and mother nature waits for no one.
Step One: Work on the Front Suspension
The first thing you need to do is jack the car up so you can work on the frame and underpinnings of the vehicle. To raise the body:
Once you’ve got the car jacked up, head over to the tool box. To use the tool box, hover your cursor to its opening and press “Use”. You’ll need to come back here often to switch out tools as necessary. To get to a specific tool, press 2, then click on whichever one you need. Once you have it, press 1 to hide that tool.
Now it’s time to work on the front part of your car’s frame. Here’s the order in which you need to attach your parts (and whatscrews or boltsyou need to use):
Step 2: Work on the Rear Suspension
The next major step in this process is putting together the rear suspension. So you’ll want to lower your frame and remove the floor jack. Move it to the rear bumper of the car, then jack the vehicle back up.
Once it’s up, you’ll need to add more parts in the following order:
Step 3: Put Together the Engine
Now that you’ve got your rear suspension built, lower the floor jack and remove it. Push your car into the garage where you’ll complete the next several steps.
For right now, though, you’re going to set the car aside and focus on building your engine. Set the engine block on a spacious work table and build it out as follows:
Step 4: Install the Engine
Now comes a tricky part. You need to get the engine you just built into the car by hoisting it. Grab the hoist and use it to lift up the engine. Be careful, though! The engine can detach from the hoist if you aren’t paying attention.
Move the host over to the car, then lower it. As soon as the engine is in the proper position, bolts will appear — two 11mm bolts on the front side and one 11mm bolt on the rear side.
Once you’ve got the engine aligned properly, unscrew it from the hoist. Then raise the hoist again and put it away. Now you’re ready to start working on the guts of the car that will make it run!
Step 5: Work On Everything Under the Hood
It’s time to dig deep into your car building process and start making all the internal connections that will turn this hunk of metal from a collection of parts to a fully running vehicle. Here’s the order in which you need to build everything:
The nuts you’re looking for on each wheel look like this:
Step 6: Build Out the Car Interior
Finally! You’ve got a car that should be able to run on its own. But that’s pretty useless without a comfortable interior. So now it’s time to build out the inside of your summer ride.
Step 7: Work on the Car Exterior
Now that you have seats and a steering wheel to make your car much more driveable, you’ll need to add all the external features like doors and headlights that will keep you rolling along.
Step 8: Adjust Your Wheels
You’re almost ready to go! But before you start zooming around, you need to make sure your wheels are up to snuff. The orientation of your front wheels is probably pretty messed up by now, so you’ll need to adjust the nut on the inside of each wheel (14mm).
Step 9: Paint Your Car
Time to customize your sweet summer ride! There are 12 glossy and 1 matte paints. So pick which one you want to use and pick it up. Press the “Use” button to paint your car with that color.
Step 10: Start Your Engine!
You’re getting so close to vehicular freedom that you can almost taste it. But you have adjust your fan belt and test everything out to make sure it’s running smoothly before you hit the road.
To start your car:
When you do this, the fan belt may squeak. Even if it doesn’t, you should adjust it by following the steps below:
Step 11: Test Drive
Finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for. Time to see if your car can actually go anywhere.
Get back into the car. Your engine is probably still cold, which is why you pulled out the choke in a previous step — you need it to heat until the temperature arrow is in the middle position on the gauge. Rev the engine a bit to heat it up faster.
Once your engine is heated, push in the choke and drive! Hopefully everything is running smoothly and you don’t experience any sort of breakdown.
Step 12: Register Your Car
The last step in getting your car road-ready is going through a car inspection to ensure that vehicle isn’t a safety risk to your or anyone else. You can have your car inspected for 325 mk.
Once it passes inspection, register your plates. Now you’re ready to go! Drive your car to your heart’s content.
Step 13: Upgrade as Necessary
This last step is optional, but we’re willing to bet that you’ll take advantage of it at some point or another. Once you’ve built a base car, you can invest in upgrades that will pimp out your ride and make you the talk of your Finnish town. If you want to buy everything, you’ll need almost 30,000 mk. But if you only want to invest in a few pieces here and there, below is a full list of each part you can upgrade and how much it costs:
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That wraps up our guide to building a working car inMy Summer Car! Now that you can roam freely around the roads of your small Finland town, be sure to check out the rest of ourMy Summer Carguidesfor even more tips and tricks:
