Update Speculation thread

GTA 4, it is the best game besides BeamNG

 

Oh dang, I forgot today was Tuesday lmao

 

I hope its an underground salt mine or something lol

 

I noticed some people talking about what brand the heavy equipment will be, but something I realized, Volvo makes heavy equipment and this might be a good opportunity to introduce a Scandinavian brand to the game. I remember there was an old Swedish brand Jargl that was never used, not sure if they’ll use it now or go with a different name.


A Volvo inspired brand could have a very diverse product range, from heavy equipment to passenger cars and SUVs, euro trucks and buses and even VN-series inspired euro brand, US-spec conventional trucks.

 

Wendsday and still nothing
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While that would be neat, I reckon the haul truck and loader are going to be US-built. It would make the most sense for a game that primarily takes place in the US. However, the Wydra is built in Poland (even though its 8x8 version is quite similar to the US-built Mudd-Ox and Canadian-built Argo), so I could see these two large vehicles being used to introduce a new nation to the roster.

Also, I just realized that BeamNG.drive is becoming a semi-sequel to Need For Madness, with some of the recent vehicle additions (like the Charro/Kentarch (which are similar to the Wow Caninaro) and MD-Series (which is quite close to the EL KING)). I highly doubt it's intentional, since Need For Madness is a very niche game, but it is a funny coincidence. There's a vehicle in that game called the M A S H E E N, which is similar to the Caterpillar 966 front-end loader and is infamous for being very deadly and nigh-indestructible. The Beam wheel loader ought to be a riot to destroy cars with - especially if it gets a ram plow.

I wonder if the wheel loader will use conventional steering, or if it will use articulated steering (like several wheel loaders do). The Wydra introduced a new style of steering to the game, so it would make sense for the wheel loader to introduce another.

 

The update is coming out next week at the latest and you can’t tell me nothing. They gotta build hype before the winter sale and give themselves enough time to roll out hotfixes before they give the team time off for the holidays. .37 had 6 hot fixes total, just sayin

 

I have a feeling it's going to be a situation similar to the school bus for the name
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When it comes to the copycat kind of sequel kind of stuff to other people's games I feel deep down like it's going to lose itself if it does that too much. BeamNG drive has a special kind of energy to it you know. It's unique and if it becomes a copycat of something else it'll be too easy for someone else to come along and rip everyone off and all their hard work on here
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Is going to stay true to itself I hope

 

I don't think BeamNG is copying those games in particular. From what I've seen, those are obscure browser vehicular combat games. You could also say BeamNG is also copying Carmageddon because iirc one of the game in that series has a drivable haul truck and a loader, when I'm 100% sure its a coincidence lol.

tldr: I don't think BeamNG is copying anything and its a coincidence that some vehicles line up with other games.

 

When it comes to the copycat kind of sequel kind of stuff to other people's games I feel deep down like it's going to lose itself if it does that too much. Be ment

Thats a relief

 

BeamNG is copying the movie Cars because cars didn't exist before it obv.

 

I don't know how anyone could think Beam is copying anyone. They're pioneers, the originators of soft-body physics in a driving game. If anything, the number of developers taking inspiration from or blatantly ripping off Beam is significant.

 

I wasn't trying to say that Beam's copying Need For Madness - the two are very different games with very different mechanics. However, I can understand why y'all thought that from my original post. It's more just a funny coincidence that two games focused on vehicular destruction and racing have a fair few vehicles in common. But I guess that it's natural to arrive at certain vehicle types when you have a small roster and many different niches to fill.

 

Judging by these statistics, we will receive an update soon (each orange square was a major update)

 

The US maps don't necessarily relate to US heavy equipment. The Japanese and Korean brands (Hyundai, Daewoo, Doosan, Takeuchi, Komatsu) all have a healthy stake in the US heavy equipment industry, as well as Volvo from Sweden and Liebherr from Germany/Switzerland.

(Yes there's a ton of asterisks in that since it's a huge blanket statement covering multiple industries and regions and talking about conglomerates that change hands every couple of years... The point is these could easily be from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, the US, or Sweden)

 

Volvo does manufacture several of their construction equipment models in Pennsylvania USA, so a European company wouldn't be out of place in game

 

I would not be surprised if they created a new brand for those two and other heavy machinery we might get in the future. Would make sense imo, since Cat and Hitachi or Komatsu are basically just that.

 

Randolph maybe. They are more of a trailer manufactor and coachbuilder, but it could be.

 

My wild guess is FPU. This acronym formes from the polish words "Fabryka Pojazdów Użytkowych" which roughly translates to "Utilitarian Vehicles Factory". It would also kind of make sense since Eastern Europe is a home to irl large haulers brand: Belaz.

 

Most trailer manufactures, including Randolph Ohio's Eastern Manufacturing, stick to trailers/similar upfits. The one I can think of that is worth mentioning is Brandt as they do manufacture trailers and modify/distribute heavy equipment, including mining equipment. The closest they have to this stuff is modified John Deere loaders and articulated dump trucks.