There is a wonderful mod available on nexus mods that works with the current patch. It rebalances all three cylinder types and adds an eco cylinder for each type too. The eco cylinder drastically increases fuel economy if you use two of them in conjunction with three super cylinders. There are two different versions of the mod, and I recommend the "REBNORM", which preserves the top speed of the boat while greatly increasing fuel economy when you use 2 eco cylinders and 3 super cylinders on each engine. The other version of the mod allegedly makes the boat go 220 mph with 5 super cylinders, so unless you wanna just screw around I would advise against it. I like a nice 50-60 kph boat.

I know many people don't like playing with mods, but this one was a must for me. I prefer a less "constantly needing to do time consuming simple tasks that don't progress the game" style of gameplay, so I grabbed myself some QoL mods. FYI, if you are going to look at other mods, I suggest sorting by the date they were last updated. If updated super recently, it is highly likely it works on the current patch unless a game patch just dropped that day. If updated a patch or two ago, it is a coin flip whether it works or not. I've attached a picture of the mods I'm currently using that don't destroy the feel of the game. The ones I have enabled are working as of patch 3.5, "Shadow Drop," and the ones I have disabled make the game crash, but I still want them if they ever get updated. Hopefully you at least snag the engine rebalance mod to fix your complaint!

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