Early Experimental Preview of Career Concept

Although I agree with you that these sorts of game mechanics are really engaging and fun, I have to say that no, at the time there are no plans for this sort of gameplay. We are about the driving experience first and foremost, I won't say that we will never do this, but at the current time there are no plans for it on the Career Mode development map.

It turns out there is a more difficult balancing under the scenes than meets the eye. This concern/issue has been raised a few times already, and I'll bring it up with the team again as well to see what we can do to improve this. Thanks for bringing it up again!

 

Thanks for the update, we've got people looking into on the Career side and the vehicle side at the moment thanks to the reports!

 

I completely agree—it would be amazing to see this and all the similar features come to life, and I’ve heard this sentiment echoed across the community for as long as I can remember! I really appreciate your enthusiasm here @Musicman27 and encourage everyone to keep the suggestions coming. Please go ahead and treat this like a career-related suggestions thread, it’s great to hear what you're all excited about!

On the note of developer activity, I want to assure you that my colleagues are active across various threads, this one included. If they seem a bit quiet at times, it’s only because they're deep in the development trenches, working hard to bring you the best as always. And between us..... I might spend a bit too much time here — but let’s keep that between us so it doesn’t look like I’m slacking off!! Haha, just kidding, of course.

I'm right there with you on the excitement for door chimes, interior lights, gas door flaps, windshield wipers, and all the other similar details people have discussed. Here’s to hoping we can make these happen one day!

Keep the ideas flowing!

 

Great timing with your question! I've been in several meetings just last week about this very topic.

As some of you might have seen on the previous page, I've been adjusting the road layout at the Spearleaf Marine Logistics container yard to better suit different vehicle types. We're exploring some promising solutions that would allow level artists to designate specific roads - don't hold me to this, it won't be exactly this - that allows level artists to basically say: "This road is for trucks and cars" "This road is for cars only" or "this road is for police only" etc etc. This should help direct big rigs more realistically through the environment. That logic is currently missing and until Career Mode got to this stage there was never a strong enough case for it. Though it's important to note, this feature is still in development and it’s a bit complex

In the real world drivers can read signage, but in our game the signage isn't really even there, let alone the rest of the rules of the road. So there are many avenues to explore here, the simplest and most direct would be, "find the size or the weight of the vehicle and determine the route accordingly." We're considering a straightforward approach that routes vehicles based on their size or weight. While we’re not there yet, and it definitely won’t be ready next week or the week after for example, we're actively working on it and moving in the right direction!

Thanks for your patience and enthusiasm— I completely agree that it's crucial as we tackle this!

 

Haha that was something I added one evening because I drove out of the quarry and thought, "this is dumb, I just want to get on the freeway!!" ... haha. I had to reengineer the road itself, then change up the lanes and terrain and forest and signage on the hwy. It's not super realistic without proper road signs like, "trucks only" or "authorized access" etc etc buuut it'll be good for the delivery gameplay. The quarry was a result of me talking to the original WCUSA artist awhile back, "We have all this space here, it should be a quarry! Big'ol mountain eater company comes in, actually. . . would make for some great gameplay" and on the call I just came up with a basic layout, a week later we had a quarry that eventually required a proper freeway entrance! I'm not *officially* on the art team, but I sure cause them grief haha!

Yeah this sort of vehicle would be great fun for sure!

A little "bing! low fuel!" would be really great, I don't know why we don't already have that, thanks for that I'll make noise about it with the team!

 

Thanks for mentioning this! I didn't realize it was missing from Career Mode, I'll make sure we get this sorted!

This is certainly something that should be possible, it's certainly in the plans!