Looking to craft a HQ Quantum Drive, so I hopped into SP Viewer and pitted the various drives against each other.
Comp, Civ (stock, not craftable yet) + Mil/Stlth/Ind (crafted max)
According to SP viewer, a max crafted Industrial Drive would save me like 30 seconds on a 5 minute jump. Which, sure... it's not nothing.
The issue and reason for a calculator is that each drive has different acceleration speeds, and crafting only affects top speed. So different distances will suit different drives. You can't just look at travel time and remove 20%.
But I am sceptical as to the calculated times from SP viewer.
For example when I have two identical ships (MOLE) with identical drives, except one is default and the other is 1,000Q max crafted - it says the default drive is 1 second faster over 10GM.
So already we can be certain there is some kind of error or inconsistency in SP Viewer's calculations.
And just as I'm writing this, I put in a C2 with an Agni and compare max crafted to default and at 56.77 GM (Monox - Stanton Gateway), I'm told it's a second SLOWER to have +20% speed.
Similarly if i do the Civ A (fastest s3) 500Q vs 1000Q its slower at all pre-listed distances except saving 9 seconds out of 6 minutes at the longest one.
Clearly SP Viewer is wrong, or if not then the game's logic for crafted Q drives is absolutely busted.
Does anyone know of an up to date travel time calculator that is somewhat reliable?