Update Speculation thread

now we just need hidden Breaking Bad references on the map to confirm

 

I love it! Looks cute but deadly, somehow, hahaha. And it's great that we have a new Autobello in the game.

 

holy-

 

Positive vmlinuz post:0

 

its both. seems there will be 6x6 and 4x4 versions

 

Autobello confirmed?

 

Next new car will be a Pontiac Aztek

 

It could just be the "Vigili del Fuoco" variant. The fire station in Italy can be used now!

 

More teasers holy crap

 

That's awesome!

 

Yep, Bruckell already has the powertrains to make a car like this. The 3.3/3.8 V6s or even an older version of the Bastion 3.5 V6 turned sideways and coupled with the 4-Speed Automatic and the LeGran/Wendover AWD system will do nicely.

 

This is amazing honestly big ol 4wd vans are sick

 

This is awesome, very unique and cool looking

 

Well, it also has portal axles but judging by the screenshot they are not quite the same.
Unimog as well as volvo c303/c304/c306 both have portal axles but also solid axles.

Steyr-puch Pinzgauer on the other hand also has portal axles but swing axles at the same time. That means on every axle there are two pivot points just next to differential. So unlike the solid axle wheels don’t remain parallel to one another at all times.

This should make for an interesting camber changes on bumps and theoretically a fairly wild handling. I’m really looking forward to it.

 

I think the new truck will have 4x2, 4x4, 6x4, 6x6 drive.

 

Nah bro it's all photoshop what do you mean

 

I don't know if the AATV "needs its time" - it certainly looks very complete already, and it can't be too hard to stick a top on it like the Beaver had. It might need some new water physics, but with a new map and several new off-road vehicles that will regularly spend their time in water, I could see new water physics being the main feature in 0.27.

As for the Autobello van, well...

I mean, if we're getting two similar off-road vehicles in one update, awesome. I just thought that, since the mystery buggy and trophy truck would likely use a lot of the same components, they would be two variants of the same vehicle.

Also, holy shit, new Autobello and new van and it's a cutesy little box with 6x6 variants, portal axles, and all kinds of other things . Quite odd that there's been a lot of emphasis on Italian vehicles lately (including the new van, we'll be up to four (five if you count the Piccobuggy, with two/three being released back-to-back), but I'm fine with it. (Map's looking swell, as well.)

Yeezus, this could be possibly the biggest update yet.

 

Updated my post summarizing teasers for 0.27 . This post is getting rather large...

 

I must hand it to the devs, I don't do that nearly enough but clearly trucks and other offroad vehicles are their specialty. Good to see them adding variety in the truck department, much needed and much appreciated!

I wonder what engines it will have, if I had to guess I would say it will feature a choice of a 2.0-liter air-cooled petrol boxer or some kind of inline-four atmospheric diesel. Either one should be plenty of motivation for its intended purpose

On another note, the good news about the Pizzagauer being Italian is that virtually any European rebadge is historically plausible. It can be French, German, British, even Yugoslavian and the design is generic enough that it will work

 

That is interesting for sure. The swing axles will certainly help in the handling department. But the absence of live axles signals to me that it is more off-road focused instead of a multi-purpose vehicle (Agriculture, lumber, roadworks etc).
I do hope that get a version with a 2-seater cab and cargo-bed.