Update Speculation thread

Careful, the kid that wants a 1910s may crawl out of a hole to say that they want it and that you are wrong.

A modern crossover/outbackish wagon is where the stuff they are adding seems to be headed.

 

I want a horse drawn carriage and you are wrong.
OT: Ummm... Australian cars are cool, we should get one.

 

No official Austrailian maps. I don't think Austrailian cars were ever exported to any of the locations of the official maps either. So I would guess not?

 

I cannot argue with this hole in my minimal attempt to fit something on topic in my post.

 

Holdens were sold in New Zealand, which is where the Automation Test Track is set. However, the Automation Test Track may or may not be canon.

 

I DEMAND that all cars currently in game be removed and replaced with pre-war cars. I will only tolerate pre-war cars in BeamNG. If there are any post-war cars in BeamNG at any time after the next update is released, I will literally metabolize glucose into adenosine triphosphate, H2O and CO2

 

Um, okay. I'm not so sure about a new car yet either. There are electric drive trains and stuff like that, but for all we know. It could just be ETK 800 series changes. That said, we might get a new car and apart from the post @Blijo made, I heard nothing about ETK 800 series changes. I'm not sure about how this this car thing is going to play out yet.

Are you referring to that hot take post @Blijo made?

By the way, I do understand it's a hot take, but I don't think we are getting a 1910's vehicle at all. I'm not sure how this "modern car" thing is going to play out yet, but I do think we will be more likely to get one then a 1910s vehicle. As far as I can tell, there are no pictures of this new modern car yet, but it really seems like more people on here want a modern car then a 1910s aka pre war car, plus there are no pictures of the 1910s vehicle either.

I couldn't agree with you more if I wanted to. I think Jungle Rock Island, Industrial Site/Port, and Small Island USA all really need renovations and updates. I am exicted for this Utah update, heck it's only thing I really want for Christmas and it doesn't even have to come on the exact day of Christmas. It can come before or a little bit after. I think Utah, Jungle Rock Island, Industrial Site/Port, and Small Island USA all need updates, renovations, and possibly expansions.

 

I totally forgot about that one, which is odd considering how frequently I drive there.

However, I don't know if the Automation Test Track is officially cannon in the game? Its a cool map for sure, but I don't think the same level of resources went into making it as other maps. So I am not sure if its just bonus content that exists to make the automation update more substantial. Especially considering the game doesn't feature RHD cars. <=== [#fakeNews] For traffic to make sense they would need at least a few RHD cars for variety. With that said, it is another race track, and the handling track could have some cool Project Gotham style cone challenges on it. So maybe it will be used for story stuff?

 

I'm not sure who exactly owns the rights to that map. We also have not seen any New Zealand themed configurations, which makes me suspect that it is an "automation map" rather than a "BeamNG map".

 

On topic of cars we want in BeamNG, I don't want to start another debate, but I wouldn't mind having one of those ingame:



It could possibly use the current Sunburst engine(s) but have its own transmission etc.

 

What the map needs is a proper day/night cycle system.

 

You can kind of get that now. Under the time of day option in the environment tab, there is an option for "Play" that changes the time of day, and you can adjust the length of day and night using the sliders.

 

I've been thinking about family vehicles, and what could fill different archetypes.

Station wagon: This is a body style we don't have much of yet, the only one being the ETK 800-Series which isn't as much of a stereotypical wagon.
Stations wagons are often associated with large American 1970s wagons, which would be in an era we already have quite a few vehicles from, but it can still add diversity.
It could be from a more specific point in that era that we don't have as much in such as the late 70s, or even a body style variant of the Moonhawk. It could also be more luxury car based, I have seen some people in this topic say that we don't have a large dedicated luxury car yet. Theoretically a large early 70s luxury wagon could still add diversity to the game as it would fill the dedicated large luxury car slot as well as being a more unique body style despite being from an era we already have cars from.
Another potential wagon could be something Swedish like an old Volvo brick. This again wouldn't be a new era, but it would still introduce a more unusual body style, a new manufacturer, and a new country of origin.

Minivan: Something we don't have yet at all, I think would make the most sense coming from the heyday of minivans.
I have seen some people requesting more unusual vans such as Japanese 4x4 vans as the minivan, which I think would be good additions to the game, but not in place of a regular minivan. Minivans were most popular during the 1980s and 1990s, before SUVs became more popular. As such I think a minivan from this era would make the most sense, rather than something newer, as this was the birth of the modern minivan and when the most successful minivans came about such as the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager siblings. Again despite being from an era we already have a lot from, I think the new archetype would more than make up for that. This would also make it easier to implement as the original minivans were car based, and the van could be based on the platform of the LeGran or the Wendover. I do recall seeing in an old now gone post from Gabester, that eventually a minivan would be made on the Wendover's platform. I don't know if that's still the plan or not, but one of the vehicles on the concept list was called the "Soliad Palisade" which could be the Wendover-based minivan. A Wendover minivan makes me think more of the original Pontiac Trans Sport rather than a Dodge Caravan, but I think either would fill the role well.

SUV: We already have the Roamer which sums up the large truck-based SUV segment quite well, and it comes from the era in which large SUVs gained popularity.
If we were to get another large SUV the main difference would likely be the age, as it should be newer to fill the lack of more modern cars. I don't have much else to say about this.

Crossover: Something we don't have yet at all, this could be used to fill several missing archetypes in one vehicle.
Since the modern era is lacking in cars, is the birthplace of the crossover, and is seemingly the heyday of the crossover, this would be the best era for a crossover to be from. Similarly this would be a good opportunity to include a new manufacturer and country of origin, as the crossover could come from somewhere new like South Korea. I'm picturing something like a Kia Soul. This vehicle would help fill the gap in more modern cars, fill the lacking crossover archetype, and introduce a new country of origin.

 

fun fact: in swedish, "i roll" is "jag rullar" or "jag rull", which is pretty close to "jargl".

sticking to the autobello naming scheme, i vote for "jargl" to be renamed to "bästabil" /s

 

Oh wow, that's amazing.. someone thought about this..
The word 'Volvo' really has some gravity and 'Saab' may already sound kinda remote to non Scandinavians I
guess. And 'Scania' really speaks for itself. Are you Scandinavian maybe ? Maybe Scandinavians are best
in deciding what a cool Scandinavian car brand name would be. Considering the fact 'Saab' already' sounds
kinda strange (for 'non-Scans') and adding this coincidental resemblance you mention, the name Jargl might
indeed be appropriate for the Scandinavian tongue ? Was it suggested by a Scandinavian person in the first
place btw ? I've become a little afraid know to come up with a suggestion myself

 

the difference is most english-speakers will pronounce it with a hard j, like in jaaggggggg...

but it sounds strange even with the softer J that i use. with a "silent" letter G, it sounds a bit better, but it's an odd name for sure. even if it were to sound good with nordic tongue, it would not be wise for an international vehicle brand to be made using an un-pronouncable word for other cultures. "squit" is just ridiculous as well.

 

by a soft j, do you mean "yargl" or "hargl"?

 

i always pronounced it 'zhargle'

 

Personally, I think the Gavril Roamer is more similar to a 90s or early 2000s Ford Explorer type vehicle then it is to the D-series, but that's just my opinion. If the D-series was a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck, then it would be similar to a 1994 Chevrolet Suburban or to a Gavril vehicle just like the '94 Chevrolet Suburban except it would have a few differences to add a bit of creativity and Beamng.drive to it and to avoid being accused of "copyright infringement" by Chevrolet.

By the way, I could share my thoughts on copyright, but it may be considered off topic on here.

To be honest, That looks like a modified Subaru Forester to me. By the way, I don't blame you at all for not wanting to start another car debate. I would rather see other users go off-topic on here and debate over cartoons and reality shows then continue to keep having this "old car vs new car" debate.

 

Agree, but..

why would 'Bästabil' fulfill the commercial purpose then ?

edit : Wait ! How about 'Aurora'?

edit edit : No ! I got it ! Norrsken ! That's Swedish for Northern Lights