Early Experimental Preview of Career Concept

That's so nice to hear, I'll pass this on to our concept artist as well, she did great stuff with the logos!

I quickly prototyped the system to get it off the ground a few months back, and here's a peek at how it looked until only three days before feature freeze:


I do miss the shields, but the logos turned out exactly how I hoped: distinct enough to feel like real companies without taking over the game.

Insurance in real life always depends on the vehicle and how you use it. A daily driver policy won’t cover a heavy hauler you're keeping in the back garage, and prestige or collector cars usually need or benefit from specialist coverage. Giving each type its own tiered, believable options felt essential, and that hasn't changed.

The part I enjoy most is how the multi-vehicle discount works exactly like the real world. Add a $1,000 beater to an existing policy with a $400,000 vehicle and the whole fleet immediately gets the group discount. A lot of people do that trick in real life to save thousands. It only works one way though; you can’t insure the cheap car first and then add the expensive one and feel the same level of savings haha.

Coverage is split into five tiers based on total fleet value (0-50k, 50-100k, and so on). Anything over $500k caps the multi-vehicle discount at 30%. That allows for some sly strategy: one company might offer much lower deductibles, another might give instant repairs, and sometimes it’s cheaper to keep everything on one policy for the tier bonus, sometimes it makes more sense to split a particular vehicle onto its own policy to get the perk you actually want for that specific vehicle.

On top of that there’s now a Driver’s Abstract page that shows money spent, money saved, your current driving score, and the option to reset the record if things have gone badly for you. Rates react to your record just like real insurance: clean driving saves a lot, lots of crashes or tickets and the price climbs fast.

0.37 made insurance simple and a lot of people hated it (though a few mentioned they didn't mind). With 0.38 we’ve effectively given both groups what they wanted: full negotiation when buying and selling, deeper ownership options for people who enjoy tinkering, and for everyone else the whole system still runs automatically in the background with zero interaction required.

 

That's great to hear, we'll 145% all day haha! Thank you

Regarding the lighting system, what do you mean specifically regarding the halogen system? You mean the lights fading on and off when they switch from red/green/yellow, or do you mean they aren't casting actual light into the world?

 

I love that level of attention to detail, the way the traffic lights work now are quite "unique" but I'll throw this idea out there and see if we can make something happen! Great idea, thanks for sharing =)

 

Yup it absolutely is! No renewal fees, no initial fee when purchasing, nothing! Just.. not recommended haha! Enjoy =)