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Franz027 · Apr 17, 2021

CaptainZoll said: ↑

Did anyone else catch this image on Car_Killer's imgur?

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Where i can find Beamng Drive images in Imgur? Which hasthag i have to use?

n0ckboi · Apr 17, 2021

CaptainZoll said: ↑

Did anyone else catch this image on Car_Killer's imgur?

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wow

XR8guy · Apr 17, 2021

looks like it has some porsche elements (i forgot what model had the low down headlights)

Jakux · Apr 17, 2021

XR8guy said: ↑

looks like it has some porsche elements (i forgot what model had the low down headlights)
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We can be sure of one thing: He t h i c c

XR8guy · Apr 17, 2021

anyone know where that corner is?

robert357 · Apr 17, 2021

Woah nice. On first thought it looked similar to Evolution mod but it's different. If it's official then I hope it will be first proper build race car.

Sithhy™ · Apr 17, 2021

XR8guy said: ↑

anyone know where that corner is?
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Main straight (not the one with pits) of the WCUSA race track, right after the drag strip

Penguin72 · Apr 17, 2021

XR8guy said: ↑

anyone know where that corner is?
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It's the 2nd chicane on the back straightaway.

XR8guy · Apr 17, 2021

Sithhy™ said: ↑

Main straight (not the one with pits) of the WCUSA race track, right after the drag strip
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Penguin72 said: ↑

It's the 2nd chicane on the back straightaway.
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thanks

Softair · Apr 17, 2021

Considering how many times he would upload a picture "accidentally" now, it´s probably intentional.

Car_Killer · Apr 17, 2021

CaptainZoll said: ↑

Did anyone else catch this image on Car_Killer's imgur?

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Ok, cool leak, but it's not my imgur and this screenshot is from discord server / conversation
I'd be happy if you don't put words or screenshots in my mouth again.

In addition screenshot name is "screenshot_2054.png" not "screenshot_2021-03-20_16-23-28.png" for example. Looking at it's resolution, it's definitely not my screenshot.

KrukasKlep · Apr 17, 2021

yea i like this

XR8guy · Apr 17, 2021

Car_Killer said: ↑

Ok, cool leak, but it's not my imgur and this screenshot is from discord server / conversation
I'd be happy if you don't put words or screenshots in my mouth again.

In addition screenshot name is "screenshot_2054.png" not "screenshot_2021-03-20_16-23-28.png" for example. Looking at it's resolution, it's definitely not my screenshot.
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can you address the bolide situation?

Car_Killer · Apr 17, 2021

XR8guy said: ↑

can you address the bolide situation?
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Probably some mod as you can see by looking at shading, probably not even from mod repository, I don't know all mods

Jakux · Apr 17, 2021

XR8guy said: ↑

can you address the bolide situation?
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Well, he can't do that.
Unless he wants some trouble

austen64 · Apr 17, 2021

It’s a fake image, Zoll made it to fool gullible people like he did with the Civetta Wendover edit a few months ago.

DankMemeBunny · Apr 17, 2021

SuperAusten64 said: ↑

It’s a fake image, Zoll made it to fool gullible people like he did with the Civetta Wendover edit a few months ago.
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Jakux · Apr 17, 2021

DankMemeBunny said: ↑

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Informative

McBeamer94 · Apr 17, 2021

NGAP NSO Shotgun Chuck said: ↑

So, to change the subject again. I was thinking about career mode and what possible starter cars could be. My idea, at this point, is pretty simple: take any car with a derby-racer config (or multiple, in the case of the LeGran), figure out what factory config it's based on, then remove any hubcaps, hit it with an old-paint skin, and replace bias-ply tires with radials because seriously, the only people who still use bias-ply tires in 2021 are nut-and-bolt restorers.

There's one big problem with that, though. It's called the Ibishu 200BX. To get an idea of what I'm talking about, here's the starter-car list I came up with:

Ibishu 200BX (5MT)
Gavril Barstow 232 I6 (4MT) [substitute 175/65R14 Standard tires]
Gavril Bluebuck 232 I6 (4-door sedan, 3MT) [substitute 175/65R14 Standard tires]
Ibishu Covet 1.5 DX (4MT)
Gavril Grand Marshal Fleet (4AT) {"The Miserable" comes with a police livery and spotlights, but is in all other respects a base model.}
Bruckell LeGran Regulier (sedan, late, 4MT)
Bruckell LeGran S V6 (wagon, early, 3AT) {There is no S V6 wagon included in vanilla content, but "The Objectionable" appears to be one. It's also 4MT, but I decided to call that non-factory.}
Bruckell Moonhawk I6 (early, 3MT) [substitute 205/75R15 Standard tires]
Ibishu Pessima 1.8 DX (5MT)
Soliad Wendover 3300 (early, 3AT) {"The Unpunctual" is 4MT, but given that the Wendover ended up being more Cadillac than Pontiac, I'm going to call that a non-factory installation.}
Gavril D35 V8 (RC/SB, mid, 4AT) {Non-vanilla configuration, but the front axle, frame, and engine tell me it's what "The Disappointment" is, making the short bed the most suspect part.}
Gavril H15 (4AT)
Gavril Roamer V8 (early, 4AT) {Heavy-frame shenanigans with "The Horrendous", but it's not an LXT35 so I'm going to ignore that.}

After laps around Hirochi Raceway's long course, the first thing that sticks out to me (other than not having a D15 anywhere) is that that even the base-model 200BX, stock for stock, is head and shoulders above pretty much all of these cars. It's also faster than higher trim levels like the Wendover SE 4400, Pessima LX 2.0, and Grand Marshal Police Package. Basically every car on this list requires a higher trim level to get close to the base-model 200BX, and switching to an automatic transmission barely slows it down despite making it several million times more annoying to drive. The Barstow seems to be the closest with a 291-2bbl and radials being mostly sufficient; the others require much higher-level hardware to bring them to parity. In particular, no H-series is ever going to match it without serious upgrades.

The next thing that sticks out to me is that nearly other car on that list comes with some sort of down-the-line sacrifice - some sort of built-in failing that will require swapping major components, such as engines, gearboxes, or suspensions, to be competitive in the endgame. The Barstow, Bluebuck, and Moonhawk all come with garbage I6 engines, which currently have no tuning other than derby exhausts and nitrous. Most of the modern Gavrils have the 4.5L V8; the one that doesn't is saddled with a heavy frame and beam-axle front end so it will never be good for much except smashing cops out of the way. The Covet has the useless single-cam engine, and that gearbox has a big step between first and second which, when combined with the gutless engine, makes certain low-speed corners utterly heinous. If you want a LeGran, you have a choice between the garbage version of the I4 (which also suffers from the same gearbox issue as the Covet) and the garbage version of the V6. The Pessima has, again, the engine no one will want. The Wendover is just dog slow with the same "lesser" V6 as the LeGran wagon. If the devs felt like making upgrading more complex, you could possibly stick with the original hardware - at the price of having a more expensive upgrade path with less to show for it in the end.

The 200BX, meanwhile, comes with none of those sacrifices. There's only one engine available, and it's a perfectly capable tuning platform. There's only one suspension setup available, and it obviously does well enough in the curves to more than make up for any lack of power. Picking the 200BX as your starter would just be easy mode, straight up. That car, as it came, would be able to carry you all the way into the endgame with no swaps or conversions.

So, this is more of a suggestion than a speculation, but when the 200BX gets remastered, it needs a lower-end version to make it a little more even with the game's other old-paint-skin-having cars. A 180BX, or even a 150BX. Maybe give it a targa/T-top or convertible version, to make it heavier. I don't care if this isn't perfectly realistic. Call it an entry-level version that didn't sell well, or say it was aimed at developing markets. Something like that, rather than allow it to become the early-game OP car with no reason to ever choose anything else.
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Tbh, I'd like to see an Inline-6 in the BX Coupe, it surely suits the character of the car really well! The smaller engine versions with the 1.8 SOHC and the 1.5 DOHC are also good and the T-Top is certainly gonna look right for its time period!
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MatthiasGT said: ↑

Joke Radoslave

Joke about todays autoindustry trend

V10 and V12 engines would be wonderful to see in beamng
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Yes!! There are plenty of niche cars which could take advantage of the V10/V12 engines!
A modern supercar/hypercar
A classic supercar/hypercar
A big SUV, for the ultimate craze
An uber-luxury F-Segment limo, with various lengths
A luxury Grand Tourer
A small D-Segment sedan
A midsize E-Segment sedan
A commercial truck even!

In short, everything!

LucasBE · Apr 17, 2021

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