Released American 80's Fullsize Series 2.1

Seems like the last official "Police Apprehender" package for the Delta 88 was in 1979, outside the scope of this mod

So most likely they were all custom ordered and there was no unified police package. I will make configs based on the parts from the older models then.
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The people who complained there were not enough stock factory configs can rest now.

I intentionally omitted a few options, namely the Royale Brougham versions with 3-speed transmissions. Realistically not many people would buy those, if they are going for a top trim luxury spec then why not get the better transmission as well. For the same reason I omitted the Diesel Royale Brougham LS, it didn't get many sales irl either way. I didn't include them because I'm worried about config spam, remember that these are only the sedan options, it will also need the coupe, holiday coupe and wagon, + the custom configs. There will easily be over 100 configs per car even without the ones I didn't include and even after removing all the really similar duplicates the original mod is full of.
All the configs have accurate weights to real life, the engine specs are also roughly the same, but they don't compare to any exact factory numbers as those varied A LOT during the 5 years of production, the values we have are roughly estimated average values that should be good enough.
Now before tackling the other body styles I would prefer getting some non-stock parts in game and the custom configs, while waiting for Sergent Fido to send the updated textures, so then I can rework the skin UV on this body and all the skins, so I don't have to redo the whole process later with the other bodies.

 

Still WIP, multiple passengers

 

Fleet config is a good idea, but the sunroof would be too much work to add considering the scope the mod already has, and I won't be adding any more fancy engine things. We already have way more engine options and customization than vanilla cars. 9 engines, 8 long blocks, 6 headers, 10 intakes, 4 ECUs, 17 engine color options, removable aircon pulley, EGR valve, catalytic converters and engine fan... It would be too much work to make different variants of the engines depending on the year while keeping everything else working.

 

I have done WAY too many changes to the slots system and naming to make it less confusing and easier to work on, that it will never work so easily. Plus a lot of custom configs need to be redone anyway due to being unrealistic. Especially the race version.

 

So now that I have a job I will be only able to work on this on weekends, and today I managed to get some good progress. The first thing I did was reworking the police push bars so they don't get stuck in cars anymore, and I'm happy with the results, you can do a lot of damage without getting stuck now.

And later I added some new police parts such as red flashing spotlights and interior partition.

Next thing to do will be fixing the issues with the light bars, I don't think I will be reworking them completely because a lot of other things reuse their materials and that would either break them or force me to duplicate assets. But maybe I can improve some things in them using vanilla assets.

 

I could maybe do an early demo release when 1 of the cars is done, remember that the whole mod has 3 cars though, they share many assets so it would be maybe half of all work with the Delta 88 done.

 

I kept the attachment the same as originally, stronger to the frame and weaker to the bumper. If they are not actually bolted to the bumper irl then I can use support beams instead.