Update Speculation thread

I'm going to bet that tires will be next. Transmission/electrics are tied together in the fact that both will enable starting/stopping of engines, and there is no sound currently for the stopping/starting of engines. Why bother putting in the effort into creating a new sound for the engine sound we have now, when they know it will be replaced in the near future with an all new sound system. Maybe they will be working on it, but I don't think it will get released until the rest of the new sounds are out.

It's almost like you're renovating a house when you know it will get torn down in a few month anyways. Why bother renovating when you can have something brand new.

 

there are specific textures for it already as used by the automatic test map

 

Yeah, I thought the transmission would probably be the "last brick" on the house, seeing how it needs a bunch of base features to be totally implemented. Tire system would also be my bet if just because they are working a lot on temperature.

And speaking of temperature, maybe they surprise us with an updated fire system that actually affect the engine and brakes (interestingly enough, the fire already affect the tires)

As for the sound, they seemed to be making great steps and I wish they had made more posts about it in the dev section after the sound guy showed us the logic he was working on. Anyway, I don't think the sound system would condition the implementation of other features, they don't seem to have problems using placeholder sounds, prioritizing the code.

A bit off topic, funnily enough last week AC's creator answered a question I made to him on a youtube video about manual engine starting in his game and he said they already had that coded in, but the main problem was that the sound guys were too busy recording new cars to go back to the old cars and record the individual engine start sound for each one (as they use the real sound for everything in each car). So maybe you're right with the sound issue.

He also said that they were wondering how to implement F1 car stalling, as apparently they don't have manual start and if you stall one your race is done. I found that interesting.

 

It looks like you may soon be able to change the number on skins... which is cool!

 

Uv maps yay

 

Update 6.1 is out.

I caught the locked blog too

 

You can see it now... well for me

 

SBR4 got a hill climb variant, I did not see that coming. I hope that the K-Series gets some new parts soon, I bet it would look great in a racing configuration with a big GT wing, vented hood, and wide body kit.

 

I found official t75_dumptruck configuration, it spawns normal white T-Series fifth wheel upfit

 

I found it too

 

Will we also be able to change colour and the sponsors?
-realizes dreams of custom skins are coming back to life-
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And why the /s ?

 

Well, 0.6.1 came a lot faster than I expected. Still, the release let us in on a few secrets, most notably the possibility of the dumptruck.

Version 0.6.2: Sept 2-9
Dynamometer: Tdev stated in regards to the dyno "It has some bugs that we were not able to solve yet "
That statement coupled with @Drivver's argument, lead me to move it to the orange category.

Legran: Gabester said the legran would be going in game soon after the 2400i. That was said over a month ago, and until we have conformation on which vehicle will be next, I will be putting the Legran as a possibility, but not certainty.

T-75 Dumptruck: Files were leaked in the 0.6.1 update that hinted at a T-75 Dumptuck configuration. Due to the lack of models/images/proof, we can safely assume that it is just a concept or in very early stages of development. Thanks @SuperNoob05

Sounds: Teased over two months ago and not seen since, we are certain new sounds are being worked on. We may get new sounds as a total surprise, like the replay system was, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

-turns to frown, but then sees something...-

Not at the moment....
Well then, I guess I'll sit here and wait patiently for that in about 7+ updates....
In the meantime, 3 new Miramar skins, that can hold me over for a while, along with the ETK skin

 

I guess with all these hill climb cars, we will be getting some hill climb scenarios, will be interesting

 

they ninjaed out the config in later 0.6.1 releases

 

Only thing left about the dumptruck seems to be the material, grabbed a screenshot this time in case they remove it next update.

 

In the Devblog, the 'ETK C' got improvements, could this be something like the Mercedes Benz C Class?