Update Speculation thread

I don't get what you're talking about i just looked at it and it's not any darker than any other vehicle with a black interior.

 

I got your point. Seems like more vehicles have almost pitch black interiors. I compared miramar to etk 800, in etk I at least can see where seats end, unlike in miramar

 

Yeah definitely could do with more interior color options, A more basic gauge cluster (Base model cars in the 60s didn't have Tachometers and the Miramar isn't what I consider luxurious or the peak of performance.) and a front bench seat option.

 

Be that as it may, the modified chassis would still consume significant development resources.

There is one problem you missed with the Miramar - the gauge cluster. I seem to recall it has a... rather odd selection of gauges - and the base, Luxe, and GTz all have the same cluster, including the same tach. The GTz engine will happily wind into no-number territory on the standard tach with no damage. The interior needs a serious rework.

 

Guessing it could be a combination of the FWD H body and E body (apparently they were fairly similar mechanically) would make sense to do this as it would make it more interesting with a FWD V8 over just being V6.


Talking about FWD V8 it would be interesting to have something similar to the early 70's Eldorado/Toronado in BeamNG, maybe the mechanicals could be useful for a motor home too.

 

One thing i was considering about the wendover, could it have a longitudinal FWD layout, like an earlier E-Body?
it would make sense canonically (and modelling wise) to share transmissions with the legran and have it transverse, but that was never explicitly stated, only that it used the same enignes.
plus, it's a layout that hasn't been seen on a car in game so far, and there aren't many more opportunities to do so.

 

triumphant saab noises

 

Isn't the Wendover post 1986 though. I think the E bodies from that time were Transverse FWD. Hence why I thought of the idea of an early 70s Transverse V8 Personal luxury coupe.

This should be made after the devs focus on more modern and european vehicles.

 

Or atleast european variants of existing vehicles.

 

Agree
After a lot of thinking, I found only one major problem that most likely keeps devs from adding EUDM/JDM configs: UI
With the current UI it would be a big mess, like D-series configs

 

I'd expect the update to take longer than usual with their offices being shut because of the pandemic. They aren't messing around with restrictions etc in Germany. They take lockdown etc very seriously unlike the UK and US.

Things will take longer when being done from home over a server.

 

Arent some employees always working from home?

 

I think something like half of the employees worked from home remotely before this all. A fair number of vehicle artists for example live in the US & Australia

 

I don't think so, half of the team works from home at normal time, so the team is prepared to it, and you can still go to work on some days of the week in germany

 

Hey guys!
First sorry for my English.
Second, I have a question and some material to speculate on (perhaps).
In what update did they add these ads in italy?



And to stay on the subject of speculation: think that in the future, (not that far), we will have a character for the sandbox and for the career, that we will have to customize, to which we will have to look after, buying food and clothes; also according to the photo that the developers gave us in one of the teasers:

 

.... and also, 0.19 and 0.20 updates were released during pandemic (in the expected time)

 

Yep, so even though the German government is being unreasonable, their populus is still made up of high quality, timely, workers... really the pandemic hasn't changed a thing.

 

Most of the devs work remotely normally. Been so since the start.

 

Okay so mass speculation coming up...

At the moment we have 27 official vehicles across 11 brands and they are:
Autobello: Piccolina
Bruckell: LeGran, Moonhawk
Burnside: Special
*Cherrier: FCV (Vivace and Tograc)
Civetta: Bolide
ETK: 800 Series, I-Series, K-Series
Gavril: Barstow, Bluebuck, D-Series, Grand Marshal, H-Series, Roamer, T-Series
Hirochi: SBR4, Sunburst
Ibishu: 200BX, Covet, Hopper, Miramar, New Pessima, Old Pessima, Pigeon
**Soliad: Wendover
Wentward: DT40L
*Differently named, listed as one vehicle
**Soliad Wendover not released

These brands are from the following countries:
France: Cherrier
Germany: ETK
Italy: Autobello, Civetta
Japan: Hirochi, Ibishu
USA: Bruckell, Burnside, Gavril, Soliad, Wentward

Most brand vehicles: Gavril, Ibishu
Least brand vehicles: Autobello, Burnside, Cherrier, Civetta, Soliad, Wentward
Most nation vehicles: USA
Least nation vehicles: France
Most brands in nation: USA
Least brands in nation: France, Germany

Using this data we know that France, Germany, and Italy have the least content.
-France is represented by the Cherrier FCV, which by its Polizia and Gendarmerie configs mean that it is used by French and Italian police forces. However, there is no official map sent in France.
-Germany is represented by the ETK 800, I, and K. The 800 has a Polizei config, which is used by the German police.
-Italy is represented by the Autobello Piccolina and Civetta Bolide. The Piccolina has a Carabinieri config used by Italian police, and the Bolide has a Polizia config.

Therefore
-France is the overall least represented nation, due to the FCV's only recent addition. But due to it and the Sunburst's Gendarmerie configs, a French map could be possible in the future.
-Germany has both one brand, and one map, both of which are ETK. An ETK DEC remaster is likely, as the map is very underdeveloped and is mainly used for time trials and a campaign. The 800 and I-Series are very good, the K-Series, however, feels very rushed due to its lack of ttSport and Diesel parts. A rework of the ETK nomenclature is a longstanding desire of mine. As ETK is the only brand for Germany, another brand could be established.
-Italy has one map and two vehicles, and are very good at representing Italian automobiles, and the eponymous Italy map is of a high standard.

TL;DR: Germany is the least represented map, and a remaster of the Driver Education Centre is likely, a new brand/vehicle is possible after the Wendover release.

 

Ok so hol' up now you say France is the least represented right, has everyone forgot about that random big island in the middle of the pacific and indian oceans. So France has one car, how many cars do we have? despite have a once lucrative car business. I think their pretty well represent compared to us