Update Speculation thread

Yeah, I agree ETK I-series would be a great base for S1 E2 quattro style vehicle perhaps with shorter wheelbase and crazy aero. This again would be another great opportunity to introduce a proper rival in form of awd MR covet. It would fit right in. I also think there is still a niche to fill in form of mid-engined awd group B style car. After all it was arguably peak rallying and that specific layout was the most accomplished of them all. One can dream.

 

also the italic letters spell out HIDDEN so that's why I think we might be getting some sort of new car

 

Is it just me, or does that kinda look like the Dynamo?

 

similar styling but I dont think it is
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depending on what end it what this new car has very pronounced tailfins or fenders

 

I hope we can get more clues about sunburst remaster tonight.

 

but that won't be in the true spirit of the devs literally giving the vaguest hints of anything happening

 

that is most definitely a bluebuck

 

That's what I thought after looking at it

 

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it ain't a bluebuck

 

How it looks just like one and has the colors

 

I think the hidden part was the new fencing

 

My oh my, imagine the turbo F4s in the Sunburst with anti-lag! Also, imagine a Vivace Rally X config and the 1.6 I4/2.5 I5 having anti-lag integrated in their Race ECUs too! My dad's classic (and still bangin') Technics speakers are gonna love'em even more than they do now! Mmm-hmm!
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I absolutely agree but Cherrier could also have a say in Group B racing since it's got the 5-cylinder! An earlier version of the 5-cylinder with smaller displacement (say 2.2 liters) would be great in the car you just described.
The I-Series doesn't really look like a Group B car, it's more of a race track car. Yeah, the Rally config is awesome but it's more towards the more casual Sunday Hillclimb Rallies. Like someone modifying his E30 325i for rallying!
The race track configs are much more serious and this is also evident in the fact that they also have a homologation variant for the street (the ttSport Evolution, with the huge rear wing and the 5-spoke ETK Aero-5 wheels).
In my opinion, the I-Series is much more appropriate for big boy racing on the tracks than for big boy rallying.
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I hope they do put it on all Ibishu cars with the 2.0 DOHC I4 and have been hoping for this since the 0.32 dropped.
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Plus it's too narrow for a modern Japanese export car of its class. 1688mm of width (according to the relative blueprint poster) is more in line with the Japanese regulations and, actually, it's narrower than the quite a bit older S13-14-15 Silvias/SXs, which were 1695mm wide!

 

It's a Bluebuck, same dashboard, same rear end, same roof, same hood and so on.

 

The tailfins are more pronounced, and the front fenders look to be shaped for round headlights. I'm thinking prefacelift

 

god i hope so

 

What if we get a Bluebuck remaster and a Sunburst remaster in the same update? After all, the dev team has remastered multiple cars at the same time in the past (see 0.24, with the remaster of the '96 Pessima and H-Series), or worked on multiple vehicles at once (see 0.24.1, which had Bastion release and Bolide remaster).

 

if we actually get bluebuck content that changes it from a prismarine slab to an actual car i will be so happy

 

Possible. At first I thought there was something on the hood (grey thing) that would just obscure what that shape looks like, but if that grey thing is ground, then it's a definitely a different front design. Tailfins could be because different lighting/shadow (they do look quite strongly shaped, though.) but if front desing is new then the rear could easily be too.

 

isn't that bluebuck just damaged
It has an obvious dent in the roof

 

why would the devs decide to add a 3rd 60s thing when nobody even requests it