Update Speculation thread

Yes, the focus was more on off-road capability; between the 0.27 and 0.30 updates, almost no road-oriented vehicles were added. (Stambecco not including After all, it’s an off-road van.)

 

Similar vibes?

 

I’m also seeing either G-class or Nissan Patrol. I’ll stick with G-class for the moment for the sole reason that the previous teaser seemed to show a newer front end than the vehicle in this teaser’s rear. That could point to a vehicle with a long production span and minimal design changes, meaning this could be a pre-facelift varient.

also, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the G-class have the option for rear steering? That would make the most sense to me.

either way, if it’s G-class based it’s probably going to be an ETK, and if it’s Patrol or Mega Cruiser based, it’s probably going to be an Ibishu (or Hirochi, but we’ve gotten several hirochis in the past 4 updates)

 

but they can make it Autobello. Stambecco is Volvo irl so they can make land rover as it as well

 

I am 100% convinced that this one is going to be an H1 based vehicle, and with the unusual headlights and 4 wheel steering I think they are going to make it also have a modernised version as a reference to EV Hummer. Unlikely? Yes, but they have surprised us before.

 

I’m actually going to correct myself, and say disregard what I said before. I’ve been looking a bit closer at the two images side by side, and the Mega Cruiser and the vehicle in the teaser seem to line up almost PERFECTLY.

I now believe there is a possibility that this could be an Ibishu based on the Toyota Mega Cruiser and the Hummer H1, with a hint of G-class and Patrol in the front end. There’s another reason for this too. We could be having an Ibishu themed update, which brings us this new vehicle alongside a Hopper remaster, killing two birds with one stone in a way. The vehicle in the teaser itself seems a bit large and different in the front and rear fascia’s to be a Hopper itself, but maybe it is a larger cousin of the Hopper.

the hopper desperately needs a remaster, and this could be their opportunity.

 

I agree, but the front-end structure is different; I suspect they might end up combining and mixing elements from various models again.

 

It likely cannot be an Ibishu, as (IIRC) Stenyak said on Reddit that the name 'Capybara' was considered for an upcoming vehicle (I cannot recall whether it was planned for this year or next year). The vehicle was also explicitly stated to not be an Ibishu. As Capybara sounds very fitting for a military based vehicle, along with being rather weird, I feel that it would most likely either be an ETK or Hirochi. If anyone has the original Reddit post, it could help greatly!

 

I believe there’s already a joke mod out there called the Ibishu capybara, which is literally a capybara. I’m pretty sure Stenyak was jokingly referencing that. Hirochi would make sense from the standpoint of how it tends to be given vehicles typically associated with other nations (SBR, HT55, ETC.), but they’re already received utility vehicles recently with the heavy equipment. The closest thing Ibishu has to a true utility vehicle is the Pigeon, which, if we’re being honest, is quite small. The Miramar UTE I guess COULD count as well. ETK would be a bit of a stretch. I’d say if the vehicle is going to be an etk, it’d have to be mainly G-wagon based like I initially thought it was.

 

I think it might be on the WCUSA map, near the steel mill.

While yes, the game already has multiple off-road vehicles, I think that having more vehicles in the game is always fun. Besides, if it is based on a more obscure vehicle like the Mega Cruiser, that would be cool.

It might be like how the Hopper is a bit of an amalgamation between a 90s Jeep Wrangler with a hint of Nissan Patrol, this new vehicle could be a mashup of HMMWV and Mega Cruiser, which would make sense as both vehicles are quite similar.
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I'm pretty sure he said that in 2025, and people have already concluded that it was likely referencing the HT-55 and the WL-40, as Capybara sounds similar to Caterpillar, the machinery company.

 

did some research on the toyota megacruiser if it is a megacrusier type vehicle it would use the same engine as this bus which is a 4l 4 cylinder, so maybe a asian bus could be something possible in the future?

 

So it's definitely a classic off roader and that's a vehicle species which had been underrepresented in BeamNG up until now, with the Stambecco being the only representative - it was more like a multi-purpose tool, though.
We now have to see what brand it is. I'm between Bruckell, Gavril and Ibishu. All these 3 car brands have classic engines for the job (Bruckell has the 244CUI 'Econo-Six' I6 and the 309CUI 'Solace-Eight' V8, Gavril has the 232CUI 'Super-Thrift' I6 and the 291CUI 'Fleet-Power' V8 and Ibishu has the 1.9 SOHC I4 and it could also have early versions of the 2.5 I4 and the 4.0 I6).
Now that I think of it, Autobello can also be a candidate, with its air-cooled 2.6 I6. Plus, Bruckell can also equip this car with an early version of the 2.5 I4 we know from the LeGran et al.

Very interesting, in a few words!

 

Isn't the vehicle in the teaser more modern to have Gavril and Bruckell's CUI engines ?
With the first teaser, we saw how modern it is, maybe around 2000s.

 

I feel like those headlights are more indicative of a facelift (similarly to the cage on the facelift Stambecco) or even a restomod, but of course that offers no insight into how old it is when production began. For all we know (at the moment), it could debut in the late 70s, à la the VW Iltis.

 

Not quite, this is old, 1980's for sure, japanese vibes coming from the panel's geometry and bumper. If that's the rear, then it is 100% a megacruiser. If that's the front end, it does also remind me of a more square looking International Scout tbh

 

Not really. The slab-like way the body panels look and the way they tuck at their ends, the big square chrome bumper and the body colored wheels with the manually locking hubs tell me that it's a 70s vehicle. Possibly older, even.

 

There are no manual locking hubs in that teaser, it is just a smooth hub cap.

 

Those modern lights from the first teaser doesn't mean much imo. Hummers H1s get a lot of modern versions by different coachbuilders like this Mil-Spec M1-R.