Plus, there should be more older buildings, since cities like Portland (not the one in Oregon) have more dated-looking structures. Also, there should be more variety with the houses. If you look at most New England cities/towns, most blocks are almost unique in design.
There are some older houses outside of the town, but once you get into the town everything seems to be from the same time period.
Plus, they almost have the same size. Even where I live, there's so many homes with different lengths, heights, and widths. The only unique houses are the porch houses, but the point still stands. I'd also put an sign for Firwood, since about almost EVERY city/town/village has an sign with that area's name, unless it's in more barren countries, or is far away from road.
Pretty much every town has signage. It'd be interesting if the entire map was Firwood, and there were a couple villages within it (Basically small towns within a town, that pay taxes to the town and share public services).
It'd be interesting to see incorporated communities around, and it doesn't sound that bad of an idea. They are common around the US, and it could make sense. Another one would be more service buildings, like insurance buildings.
Again, signage is key. It would be nice to know what stores exist within the town, not just a bunch of brick shells.
East Coast USA was my most played map until West Coast USA came around, looking back, it just feels bland, and a bit boring. There is nothing but road, no fun crashing spots, or anything of that sort.
To be honest, it's kinda annoying how the West Coast gets all the attention in video games now. It doesn't help that BeamNG is following the trend.
Well, the west coast is single handedly the most diverse part of America, going from Desert Flats, Rocky mountains, Run down cities, to Palm trees, Pine tree mountains, and huge Californian cities. Over here its just green.
ECU is supposed to be super rural maine. It doesn't come with as many features as WCU has but it has more aesthetic cohesion and it serves as a single biome. Only thing it needs is some kind of reference to Stephen King.
I am aware that ECA is supposed to be rural Maine, but the level and detail and lack of structures in many parts of the map is very inaccurate. This is coming from someone very familiar with the area. Also, you can't disagree that ECA needs more polish.
Well. I cant speak as if i know more of the area than you. It IS an old map and the game has both been improving its performance, adding more content, and being filled with more. However let me remind you that ECU isn't exactly the same as it was when it was first released. However i DO get where you are coming from. You want a few more points of interests. Maybe a damm, a small airstrip, an access to a highway or such to make it seem a tad bit less "no mans land" and as long as it doesn't break with the aesthetic of the rest of the level i agree.
IMO it does come out undetailed yet it actually has alot of them. But maybe its abit to clean still? Things arent that dirty, not alot of scrap laying around, posters covering places and so on. Comparing to other game cities it seems to be whats different. Also, some nice particle effects of stuff blowing around would be nice. Now ofcourse since we dont have traffic it makes alot of diffference too.
So, pretty much, some of you want ECA to become the new WCA? I HIGHLY disagree with that idea. In my opinion, ECA should remain distinctly rural compared to the hustle and bustle of WCA. Yes, I can see how you would want some new buildings, a couple more places of interest (like a small runway and another tiny town), and a few dead-end exits like WCA/HR/ETK DEC/Utah. I can get behind that. What I cannot get behind is covering half of ECA with a bigger-than-Belasco-sized Firwood. I see Firwood as pretty much the mirror town to Belasco (a small, rural New England town vs. a relatively small Californian city), and having Firwood become bigger than Belasco would remove most of its charm, in my opinion.
I agree. I would like the overall map to be bigger but still keep its rural charm. Forest lots of Forest with some farm fields.
Okay, here's my 2¢. I think Firwood is just fine as it is, as a small, relaxed new england town, but I think it could use maybe a small village in one of the fields, maybe a sign by that Y intersection, and a little bit more detail, such as signs and street names. Oh, and re-do the water in the valley so stuff can float....
