# Engine-Simulator/engine-sim-community-edition

Combustion engine simulation game that generates realistic audio.

Repository: https://github.com/Engine-Simulator/engine-sim-community-edition
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/engine-sim-community-edition
Homepage: https://www.engine-sim.parts/
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-09-11T16:01:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 41, release rhythm 8, longevity 94
- inputs: {"age_days": 1321, "days_push": 356, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2938, forks 184 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.947182+00:00)

## What it is
A real-time internal combustion engine simulation application that generates realistic engine audio and simulates engine response characteristics. It is an entertainment/educational tool, not a scientific engineering tool, and this community edition is no longer maintained in favor of a newer commercial version.

## Use cases
- simulate realistic car engine sounds
- hear what different engine configurations sound like
- play with engine parameters like firing order and exhaust
- generate engine audio for game projects
- learn how combustion engines work interactively

## When to choose
- you want realistic synthesized engine audio for entertainment or demos
- you want to experiment with engine configurations and hear the results
- you need the free open-source version for a game project with credit

## When to avoid
- you need accurate engineering figures for real engine tuning or design
- you want an actively maintained or supported tool
- you need cross-platform support beyond Windows
- you expect open-source code in this repository

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: simulation, audio-processing, graphics
- domain: simulation, gaming-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: combustion-engine, engine-audio, real-time-simulation, game, physics-simulation, audio, desktop

## Member repositories
- Engine-Simulator/engine-sim-community-edition (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.947182+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:33:05.458640+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Engine-Simulator/engine-sim-community-edition (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.947182+00:00, sha e194849e032a)
  - homepage: https://www.engine-sim.parts/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:39.090470+00:00, sha f8d1043ab78c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.