Update Speculation thread

ah, good point
I guess I get it now
I still think that gridmap is getting released in 0.22, as I think the map coming this update would have been teased already imo, plus the fact that a gridmap wouldn't need so much detail like other maps
but you do have a very solid point there

 

Not only do the developers have to 3D model all assets by hand, they are also doubling the size of the map (source). They also need to check for bugs, fine-tune everything, make textures, collisions, etc. I doubt they made the current gridmap within 3 weeks, and this map will likely take much longer. I am 99% sure that the Gridmap update will not come out in 0.22.0, but there is a small chance they might add it in a smaller hotfix update.

 

I doubt a remaster of a map like gridmap would come in a hotfix
if not 0.22, 0.23 is probably when it's coming
as captain zoll said, the teaser showed some complete textures and models
and, 3D modeling a gridmap, although obviously complicated, would go faster than modeling the average map
especially when a lot of the map can be rendered simple shapes (and yes, I have looked at the wide concept)

 

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe that was just a proof of concept render and wasn't in game.

 

It wasn't in game, if you look it's just a render
I'm saying it was partially modeled and had textures at the very least
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I never even implied that it was in game

 

The thing is, if in early March they didn't even have it in game yet, I highly doubt they'll get it in game in a month, especially as it's now the same size as West Coast, USA.

 

it may be the size of WCUSA, but again, wouldn't need the same amount of detail
saying that it wasn't in game by then is a huge assumption, especially when we don't know how early/late it is in the process
although yes, it wasn't shown in-game by the render
we only saw a small portion of the map, too

 

on the topic of new level content, does anyone still have the pictures of that japanese town model that was in JRI's files?

 

There were no collisions as far as I know.

 

Wow! Didn't know that...does it planned or what is this?

 

You know, now that I think about it, and it's a massive stretch, what if the jri remaster was just a part one and more content was on the way? The map still shares a ton of assets with other maps, namely industrial and derby arenas, and still feels a bit empty compared to other levels of it's size.

 

speculation of a new map of the future: i think if there is a new map i think it would be a African country with off road paths because they started adding a lot of off road type of cars into the game so maybe this could become true idk.

 

Ah the Australia bud eh? Good idea bud. Can`t wait to drive upside down eh!

 

Would defiantly be interesting to see a left hand drive map, as someone who lives in a left hand drive country. However being that there are only 2 RHD vanilla cars it would be a little bit pointless imo. Still a neat concept

 

automation test track is set up for right hand drive ( i think ) but i think the AI is set up wrong ( may be wrong on all of that ) but i think ( off pc atm )

 

The current Grid, Small, Pure is still using the ground texture from the original Gridmap.

 

Wow! I've somehow missed this completely. Back when the remaster came out I remember I was surprised that there are no residential buildings, not even abandoned ones. I've got to find some time to boot up Beam and find out where this was intended to be located... I wonder if it's remnants of a scrapped concept, or a WIP that will eventually find it's way into the map!

 

I think it's just because Jared Samuelson love so much off roading

 

I think you mistook australian for canadian.