Update Speculation thread

I think an interesting route to take would be basically taking the Moonhawk, making a 4 door version of it and offering it as a trim named the Bastion, so it would be the Bruckell Moonhawk Bastion. This is a similar concept to how the Supra used to be a trim of the Celica and eventually split off and became its own model with it's own trims. A similar concept could be applied to an El Camino like body style of the Moonhawk as well, and we already have someone making a version of the Bastion as a ute.

 

it would make sense definitely, since the lack of teasers and large lack of actual in game screenshots has begun to make me think the next vehicle we see in game might not be the civetta after all

 

Page 2021.

And post #40404 (error)

 

You're right, the 378 is quite powerful for its time, even with the 2-barrel carburetor (181hp) but it's not that far from the real-life Chevy 400CUI, which made 175hp back then.
Also, IRL, the 454 BBC made roughly 215hp during those dark times and, with the 4-barrel carburetor, the in-game 378 almost matches it (208hp), which isn't all that correct after the 1976 facelift of the Moonhawk.
So, the 2-barrel 181hp/4-barrel 208hp 378CUI can be reserved for the 1973-75 Moonhawk (which got out just at the start of the energy crisis), while some more restricted versions of this engine, with less hp, can be put on the 1976-78 one.
Also yes, the 244CUI Inline-6 can have a powerless version for the Base facelift model while the 160hp version of this engine we know can be reserved for the prefacelift 73-75 model (meaning that the 244 can have its own tuning parts too). But for the "powerless" 244 to exist, a middle ground has to be made and that's by expanding the variety of engines because if anything, the distance between the "powerless" 244 and the non-choked 2-barrel 378 is too long (supposing the former is around 110hp and the latter, as we know it, is at 181hp). So a V8 smaller than the 378 can fit in between the 244 and the 378 while a Diesel V8 (with an available Turbocharger, as I said earlier) can be fitted to the facelifted models, as a reaction to the energy crisis. Plus a V8 larger than all of the aforementioned ones (and coming with a 4-barrel as standard) can satisfy those who want their excesses, adapted to the time period of course.

So, for simplifying all this text mess, we have:

244CUI Inline-6
"Powerless" Base version: 1976-78 facelift
160hp version, as we know it: 1973-75 prefacelift

V8 Smaller than the 378CUI V8, middle-ground between the 244 and the 378
1973-75 prefacelift, 1976-78 facelift - it can stay on both life cycles with its power/torque figures unchanged, for those who don't want a large V8 or the 244CUI Inline-6

Diesel V8 with available Turbocharger
1976-1978 facelift - as a response to the gas crunch

378CUI V8
The non-choked 2-barrel 181hp/4-barrel 208hp versions as we know them: 1973-75 prefacelift
Choked 2-barrel/4-barrel variants: 1976-78 facelift - these choked variants can coexist with the smaller gas V8, for those who just want more displacement plus a bit more torque out of it

V8 larger than all of the aforementioned engines, with standard 4-barrel carburetor
Non-choked: 1973-75 prefacelift
Choked: 1976-78 facelift


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I agree with everything you said, these are niches not filled in the BeamNG lore up until now!
T-Top and Convertible Moonhawk bodies (plus a Landau Top for the Coupe and T-Top Moonhawk bodies) would also be great, as would a Moonhawk Bastion Station Wagon be!
Not to mention (since I mentioned Convertibles and Wagons) that the Gavril Bluebuck could easily have Convertible and Wagon variants as well! The existing bodies offer an easy base for them: the 2-door Hardtop for the Convertible, the 4-door Sedan for the Wagon plus a Special 4-door Marshal Convertible based on the 4-door Hardtop!
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I find the Bastion good looking as well.
Also, putting real-life brands isn't the purpose of BeamNG. BeamNG already has its own lore of companies and nameplates, so it doesn't need real ones to become better known!

 

Unrelated, but we are about to hit page 2022

 

yes 2022 go brrrrrrrr

 

2022 yessir

 

yep

 

god just close this thread already. who cares about if it’s page 2022

 

no

 

you’re not doing a good job at proving me wrong

 

ok

 

it changes every 20 posts and we're only at post 15 including this
why is this even a big deal

 

this thread makes me lose braincells sometimes

 

well maybe if yall stopped complaining about how bad it is, it'd stop getting worse?

 

Honestly the devs should just close the thread until the next teaser/update, as everyone else said, there's nothing left to speculate about

 

One look at the USA and how much people complain about its government proves that wrong.
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Yes, please

 

$50 says they won't do that lmao. As that'll mean, the update is still X distance away.

 

GUYSSS THIS THING HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE NEW WORLD EDITOR GOT RELEASED!!!
(No joke)

 

Devs, lock this thread. Now!