Update Speculation thread

The trickster the map improvements look awesome tho

 

So in the next two weeks? That seems soon, does it match the previous update pattern? (I remember someone calculated the average number of days between updates)

 

I think a dev's statement is a lot more credible than a community made algorithm.

 

That's probably true

 

For the past 2 or 3 years the update releases have been fairly consistent. One in mid/late December, one in April/May, and one in July/August.

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On the topic of major WCUSA additions: I'm still hoping for more underground features in game. WCUSA could really use something. A subway would be odd since we have the trolley, but there are some IRL public transport lines that are at/below/above grade at different spots so the fictional city of Belasco could see that. Especially if some of it is abandoned or under construction (yes, I know I'm obsessed with abandoned infastructure. That's a topic for a different thread though)

 

Wca already has an unfinished subway tunnel where the elevated tracks go underground.

 

the bolide shown in the video does not appear to have an engine mesh of improved quality compared to the existing version, so it's likely that, as I suspencted, stoot's team of highly skilled remasterers are working on vanbus.

 

Facts

 

Here is my spreadsheet if you want it

But keep in mind that it's just an average time span between each updates, that implies that the devs didn't got any major problem before the release, and that the devs maintained their ~115 days between each update schedule. It's pretty nice to get an idea of when does the update could drop but it's just an estimation based on nothing more than the previous updates date (and in this case, it matches pretty accurately nadeox's statement as "end of july-early august")

 

Man, I'm hyped for the new Nodeoline containers and the new remasters. I'm hyped for this update in general. Am I wrong, or are the devs actually doing a Bolide remaster or rework?

 

no they're working on vanbus

 

Do you have anything to substantiate that?

 

gogo me maymays

 

Please translate that into a recognizable language.

 

I speak this language and it mean : "The sciences of speculation are a deep field that only wise magician can explore, trust me..."

 

I'd think some underground/multilevel/building cut-through roads like LA's Grand Avenue or the streets around Seattle's convention center would be possible without major changes to the level, or needing to depart too much from real-world infrastructure in the region. Hell, even just a basement parking garage would offer another route to take from the waterfront to streets further up the hill.

Much as I like the idea of driving along a subway line, I wouldn't bother giving the railroad extra detail until or unless there is a solid gameplay reason for making it accessible. At present, it would be a slightly faster, much riskier path between uptown and the bridge, and there's not even a good place to disembark the tracks over that way. Plus there's the question of how to cap off the ends of the track, without the dead ends they seem to have just put so much work into eliminating.

 

Really? I thought I heard something about the Bolide.

 

I'd take anything additional over the current state, but I love the creepy underground city feel of subways specifically. The Utah mine tunnels were perfect and I'd love to see an equivelant on a couple of maps, with a couple creepy easter eggs thrown in. I was really disapointed we didn't see a Back to the Future III reference in thr Utah tunnels.

 

This will probably be a huge update. The pickup crawler/prerunner, the new port/industrial map, a west coast usa edit, bolide remaster, and the 3rd stage of the pickup/roamer/van update.
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I cant find the beamng discord (sorry for offtopic)

 

I guess it's time for someone to do this... I don't really keep up with the discord stuff or optimization news, so I'll edit in anything anyone else remembers...

H-Series content: The D-Series already got a big update, the Roamer doesn't need much. That just leaves the van. Plus, This comment
Port/Industrial remaster: There's been some talk of it and multiple teasers. We get at least one map remaster every update now, so no reason to think we won't get these
WCUSA Changes and Optimizations: See last page
Superpig: The single cab dove nose/tail IFS/Solid axle is in game with WIP textures. I can't imagine they would release half of it in one update and half in another, unless it's released in a hotfix after the update. That sounds fairly likely actually, since we still haven't seen the final textures, widebody, extended cab, or crew cab. So maybe this should be orange...
D-Series i6 improvements: See This
Pessima Race Livery: It was teased, I see no reason we won't see it
Vehcile Material Updates:
Camera Path Tool Improvements

Tire updates: See this
More ESC updates + torque vectoring: We know it's being worked on, the other cars need the fancy stuff the FCV got
Audio Ray Tracing & other improvements: We know it's on their wishlist
Roamer content additions: We probably will see some small stuff since the D/H-Series is being worked on, but I'm putting this in orange since nothing big is confirmed. There's some possibilities for stuff though.

Wendover: Only if development goes ahead at ludicrous speed. We just got a car in the last update, so two updates in a row would be pushing it even for a vehicle that will probably be low on content.
Other Vehicle Remasters: This combined with confirmed/probably vehicle content would be a lot of stuff for one update.
Other map updates: Industrial and Port probably kept the team busy enough
Development limbo stuff: See definition of development limbo.

Edits:
Thanks @CaptainZoll