Gavril D15

I'll jump back on board with the Racerback/Razorback/Cab Spoiler again:

Apparently they made these things for stepsides too.

 

On the engine part, some ideas for the 6-cylinders, mesh wise:

• Grab the higher detail model/textures from the '60s Gavrils and combine with the more modern intakes seen on the pre and post-facelift V8 D-series. (BTW, the Hopper is still carb-only for some reason, and its 4-cyl is suspiciously similar to the 6-cyl)

• As a wild card option, seeing the early adoption of the SOHC V8 design, introduce a fuel-injected OHV or SOHC V6. The OHV V6 mesh for the block could be derived from the LeGran/Wendy while a new SOHC V6 mesh could be justified as being useful in future content.

• Super insane platinum gold star 500% wild card option, remodel and modernise the straight 6 to a fuel-injected, SOHC design with the door left open to turbocharge and convert to DOHC in future models. Later reuse it in a certain RHD-developed large size RWD passenger car (and maybe even scale down and further reuse the mesh of the SOHC block with the old ETKs).

The SOHC V8s still don't have a accurate torque curve; they need at least 10% more peak torque for their displacement, and have a bit too much around max RPM, which is itself set too high. The 2-valves are notorious for not breathing particularly well after peak torque RPM, especially the older versions.

Think the SOHC mesh should be a little wider too, and there are visible gaps between the intake plenum and intake, and also below the plenum around the accessory belt.
Note that the higher width of OHC V8s is partly why V8 swaps with their pushrod rivals are more popular IRL.

Sidetracking here:

Spoiler

I'm guessing that the SOHC was redone with animated parts partly because the IRL SOHC '90s counterpart of the Marshal outlived its '90s OHV rival by a very great margin; triple the lifespan if not counting the 1998 re-body and the various separate chassis updates... (edit for clarification) ...as a separate model.

In other words, from the '90s onward, a lot more separate-frame, OHC V8 cop cars and taxis should exist compared to OHV.

The OHC could be expanded upon with newer major internals/sub-parts, e.g. a 3-valve or a DOHC 4-valve head conversion.

I won't mention further vehicle possibilities with the OHC V8 here ("coughs" Barstow, but newer), but I will say that 2020 WCUSA/Belasco using a 20+ year old cop car doesn't quite make sense.

An evolution of the '60s Gavril V8 would be a good candidate for the pre-facelift when combined with the modern intakes, and frankly the post-facelift too if wanting to distance this generation of D-Series from the Roamer.

I will mention that 1 nitpick I have with the current D/Roamer/Van/Cab lineup is the combination of a SOHC V8 drivetrain strategy from 1 IRL automaker, and the (light duty) SLA suspension design and tire sizing from a rival.
(In the Roamer's case, ignore the suspension design part, but the tire part stands.)

That, and the need to embrace the "slow" and remove the 6-Speed auto from showroom standard variants...

 

for engine options, I would love some love for the i6. maybe add the 4.9l in-game. TONS of low-end torque but kind of falls flat on the higher RPMs

 

I'd be fine with a 6 cylinder that doesn't look like it was from RoR

 

The D10 Zeta, being an off-road vehicle with off-road suspension, shoudn't use both open differentials

 

D-Series straight-six's gonna get an update Soon(tm).

Honestly, I really hope to see a lot more tuning parts for the six, perhaps even a bigger ~5.0-liter version (a la Ford 300 L6) for more torque. Maybe even a diesel version? It seems really underutilized compared to the V8s, and that's a bit of a shame.

 

actually, it's 4.9l while the Ford 302 is a 5.0, weird but that's how it is. the 300 was BUILT for low end torque and LIFETIME reliability. most 300s that went into the Cash for Clunkers scam did NOT want to die. they would sputter and maybe backfire but they would keep going and going and going. there is a reason Ford stopped making them, they were too reliable, and maybe didn't sell as well in it's later life.

 

Techinically, the Ford 302 is also a 4.9L. Just marketed as a 5.0L to avoid confusion apparently.

 

Hi all,

Wasn't their a gooseneck option at some point? I can't seem to find it anymore.

 

That's part of @AR162B 's Trailerpack mod. You can find it here.

It goes well with AR162B's Gavril D-series Addon mod. You can find that here.

 

Thank you!!!

 

Would it be possible to add All-Terrain tires for the duallies? Its strange just having AT tires in the front and HD tires in the back.

 

Also, is it possible to add the dirty skin back in game? I do believe that was the veteran skin of the D-Series.

 

yeah and different size tires for the rear wheels

 

new IFS update works great now! no more steering snappage on tiny bumps and jumps when offroading through deserts!!

 

You can get it here (shameless plug, I know)

 

Well, honestly. I think a D-series towtruck would be nice, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

 

There was one being made, but not much has been said about it recently. I think the problem is that proper rope physics are not yet implemented. There was a picture of it floating around here, but I can’t seem to find it right now.

 

Here is a screenshot of it. The push bumper for it has been in game for ages and recently used in a config. At some point it was given to the Roamer as well (or maybe it was always available and I just never noticed...), not sure about the H-Series... It could be useful for a police H35 or something like that...

Personally I would've just went for a wheel lift and/or rollback and/or ramp truck since those don't need ropeables. Not a big deal though, I'm in no rush and we got the T-Series rollback in the meantime.

 

Yeah, I hear about proper rope physics not being implemented yet and that's probably why the devs aren't doing it.

Good point, it would be cool if the devs implemented AR162B's D-Series addon, but I'm not expecting them to, at least not anytime soon.