Tbh, yes, the Sunburst needs a good remastering but what it truly needs are the Flat-4 engines to set it apart from the other FWD/FWD-based AWD cars in BeamNG, which all use Inline-4 engines. Hirochi in general must make Flat engines its brand symbol because there already is a Japanese brand (Ibishu) with Inline-4 engines across its entire lineup.
Even ferrettank has said that if he was with the company when they released the Sunburst, he'd have pushed to give it a flat engine. Since he's leading vehicle development now, I wonder if he can make it so for the Sunburst's eventual remaster.
the point still stands, even the modders know that Hirochi is a Flat engine company. none of that V nonsense!
I hope that future/post-remaster Hirochi content really leans into "quirky engineering firm", some less traditional engines to give the company it's own flavor would be great
I'm not exactly sure if I remember the comment about that correctly, but I think Diamondback said the reason for the Sunburst not having a Flat-4 engine is that it would be too close to a Subaru, which could potentially result in a lawsuit as the two marques would be too similiar
And then there's the bastion with obviously charger-inspired configs, the bolide which looks like a ferrari, i think the sunburst got a different enough design so that it wouldn't be too much cpoyright-infringing.
Like ManfredE3 said, it was mentioned on the podcast on YouTube a few weeks ago. He also wrote about it in a comment on the BeamNG subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BeamNG/comments/r13gil/this_car_looks_familiar/hlx9f86/ On the same thread, he talks about the Sunburst: https://www.reddit.com/r/BeamNG/comments/r13gil/this_car_looks_familiar/hlyrhve/
i wonder if the Covet might get a remaster soon, honestly. it's another one of the original original cars that haven't gotten much attention. it's definitely deserves a five door variant, along with a facelift.
And it need to get more detailed interior, the original looks like it's from a Indian market car (no hate). Also Grand Marshal needs remaster (at least better detailed interior)
Let's wish for the best! That doesn't make any sense because BeamNG cars have a myriad of details resembling real-life cars! The Solid Tornado wheels of the Wendover, the engine cover design with the 5 red marks of the Cherrier Inline-5, the gauge clusters of the Bastion and the modern ETKs, the ttSport 5-spoke wheels of the modern ETKs and so on! A Flat-4 engine wouldn't really be reason enough for a copyright infringement. Plus the Sunburst has a different enough design. Its interior is lacking and it's also missing some more body styles. A 5-door kinda-Shuttle, a Sedan and (of course) a small 3-door Liftback Coupe!