WIP Beta released Maluch Remastered 1.6

I made a list of all the reasonable things that the model is missing which it would be nice to have models of them:

• Roof rack / cargo area bags and suitcases, with attachment ropes:

There were even suitcases made specifically for this roof rack:

• Snow plow (ok maybe this is not THAT realistic but as far as I know it was a pretty common modification):

• Various types of air vent covers:

Including one that acts as a spoiler, which was used in the aftermarket "sport" version which was a commercial failure and almost everyone forgot it existed:

• These taillights with reflectors:

• Missing lettering types next to 650 number: S for Special trim, L for Lux trim (couldn't finf picture) and K for Komfort trim:

• Some aftermarket hubcaps:

• Decklid for 600cc engine:

• Bumper guards:

• P-2 type bumpers:

• Aftermarket seats with headrests before they were available from factory:

• Headlight lids (rain protection):

• More wide wheels:

• Rubber for back windows:

• Aftermarket steering wheel:

Is there anything I missed that we need? Maybe yes, maybe not, there's already a ton of stuff in the mod.

 

In my version the taillights are separated, though they still have a bit messed up materials and polyflow. These taillights are probably the most important thing that is missing, as they were present on all FL trims. (Btw if someone knows what were the trims for this facelift please tell me, I know there were 4 but I can't find the names of them anywhere or what they had specifically, on the ST it was Standard, Special, Lux, Komfort and then later E, for EL it was el, el SX, elx, elx SX and Town, but idk for FL). Other missing stock parts are rear windows rubber (was part of tilting rear windows as well as available separately), bumper guards (came from factory on Lux and E trim) and P-2 type bumpers (came with Komfort trim, which btw was the only one for ST version that featured seatbelts and the passenger side mirror lol), as well as the missing lettering. All other parts are aftermarket (unless the roof rack was a factory option? I have no idea about this one tbh, it was visible in many ads of the ST version).
EDIT: Found original Fiat folder for FL, these are the trims:

• Standard: What we have in the mod, except it has only the driver side mirror, and still has ST steering wheel
• Elegant (the name of this version might have inspired the EL name of next facelift): What we have in the mod except with glued windshield, EL hubcaps and front headrests (not regulated)
• SX: Additionally heated backlight, tilting rear windows and regulated front headrests

Standard version was the only one for the majority of time since FL was percieved as a higher trim of ST so it didn't need any additional luxury, probably it did feature all the stuff of the Komfort version additionally and was just stripped down to a base trim later. The other trims only appeared when Fiat bought FSM and it became Fiat Auto Poland. This is also when the big ugly air vents became a thing lol. Also from what I can see in the pictures only the Fiat version had black water drains, the rest still had body colored ones.

 

The heated backlight wasn't actually as rare as the mod suggests in its current state. While the 600cc version never recieved it, all of the 650 trims aside from the lowest standard one were equipped with it, so technically the 650E in the mod should have it, maybe back then it just had a different design. On the first facelift not just the SX trim had this, but it was also optional on Elegant trim. Before trims became a thing, I think the only FL option had it as an option too. Then on the final facelift the el SX, elx SX and Town had it, so only normal el and elx didn't. About the mirror, it was always only a high trim option but as far as I know people would buy it as an aftermarket item, like seatbelts which were a really luxury thing for the earliest pre-facelift lol. For the ST only the Komfort trim had it, then it became available on the same trims that added the heated backlight. The mod in its current state doesn't have any of the trims so all versions have both mirrors, which might make you confused. So in conclusion, the heating may be way more common than you think, and the mirror way more rare, so it's reasonable that the export models had the heated backlight but no passenger mirror.

 

Tracks are extremely complex to make, there is a tracked prototype irl but way too much has to be changed or done from cratch to recreate it, it doesn't look like the normal version at all:


Tires with chains tend to be buggy so I wouldn't want to make them, though people have been creating weird contraptions that involve them and snow plows:


Crawler suspension isn't needed, this car is so small that the regular lifted Hopper suspension will already look like this on it:


Or at least like this (it's what the current offroad version in the mod is based on):

 

I just thought something about the sounds: maybe they would be more accurate if the samples were sped up a bit? The idle especially sounds way slower than irl, higher RPMs more accurate but maybe still, could someone try and see if it improves the sound enough?

 

SKB found a video with a sound source that seems usable for the mod, could someone try to make this work in BeamNG (if there are no copyright issues with it)?

 

Testing new sounds by SKB, they are essentially the original sounds, but improved and sped up a lot. It actually sounds like the original engine now instead of like a 1 cylinder one. This engine doesn't sound like a typical I2 because the cylinders fire at the same time in it, so it's closer to an F2 engine in sound.