WIP Project Shitbox

ZackIGuess · Nov 9, 2024

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More pics of the Pony, it's sedan variant and the Exceedia in more detail...

The sedan variant

And the Exceedia (The sedan variant of the Mocco)

I didn't show much of the Exceedia and Pony sedan in much detail such as the rear and wheel options... So here they are in much detail! The rear of the Exceedia is influenced by the Civic Ferio

My intention with the Sungwoo name is not only parody Daewoo, but also part of Kia and Hyundai... But if you want I can contact UrbanMaid to use his Daewon name...
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woah they look magnificent...
what's the name of the map by the way?

thatwesternstar4964 · Nov 9, 2024

the s10 is perfect

Emil11001100 · Nov 9, 2024

ZackIGuess said: ↑

woah they look magnificent...
what's the name of the map by the way?
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i dont think thats in beamng, it looks like a renderer

Efini611 · Nov 9, 2024

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i dont think thats in beamng, it looks like a renderer
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It’s Blender… Rendered in cycles… I have to sort some little touches here and there with the textures before going for the JBeam…

Danny the Sniper · Nov 10, 2024

Yay! More subcompacts for BeamNG! (and a lore-friendly Ford Festiva/Kia Avella at that)

Watt2007 · Nov 10, 2024

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Can't fix the photo issues... Here are some photos of the project

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Aw the car is so cute

LegThePeg · Nov 10, 2024

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Hello everyone!

Have you ever wondered what's missing in BeamNG Drive? We have american cars, japanese cars... But we need something... Lore-friendly korean shitboxes from the 90s...

So here it is... My ambitious project at the time... Project Shitbox

Project Shitbox consists of two brands, Uranus (Parody of Geo and Saturn) and Sungwoo (Parody of Daewoo) and three cars... The Uranus Probe, Sungwoo Mocco and Sungwoo Pony (A parody of the Ford Aspire/Kia Avella from the 90s)

Let me begin with the lore...

The lore

Back in the late 80s the american market became flooded by japanese imports, and local brands with their inefficient and ancient boxy cars couldn't compete with their more modern japanese counterparts...

The execs at Gavril Motor Company in 1988 had the solution... Create a new brand directed straight to compete with the imports... Enter Uranus, which initially began selling rebadged Ibishus and Hirochis built in Canada...

They sold well but their unfortunate brand name and slogans such as "Quality from Uranus" became a national joke... But things got worse by the mid 90s...

In 1994 the new Uranus Probe/Sungwoo Mocco arrived...

Developed jointly with the korean Sungwoo Motors, which developed and built the Probe and their respective Mocco variants using ancient Hirochi underpinnings but modernizing their 1.3 and 1.5 engines (With disastrous results)

In the USA, the Probe sold like hot-cakes... But it quickly became a laughing stock of a car, nicknaming it "The colonoscopy on wheels" or "The metal supository" for its shoddiness and terrible name choice...

Despite selling well, it had a plethora of reliability and build quality issues such as rust, thin and weak bodyshell prone to splitting in a half in a crash, timing belts that snapped of, head gaskets that melted, faulty airbags, faulty electronics, deadly crash safety, poor handling, weak engines, etc

In the rest of the world, we had the Sungwoo Mocco and its sedan variant, the Exceedia...

In 1998 the Probe was axed as bad publicity began to pile up for Gavril (Thanks to its poor safety records and horrible reliability) but the horror continued!

Enter in 1999 the Sungwoo Pony

The Pony was just a rehashed and facelifted Mocco with little improvements... Did they fix the Mocco's issues?

Hah! No! It was still unreliable! And they managed to make the interior even worse with fake wood galore!

The Pony lasted till 2007... But in some countries such as Iran and China it's still being built to this day! Even after Sungwoo collapsed in 2011 (It's founder... Kim Sung Woo was arrested for corruption and more criminal stuff we don't wanna know)

The engines

All of them use the same Hirochi derived 1.3 and 1.5 engines, now dubbed as "Ecopower"

The Probe/Mocco 1.3 wheezed 60 HP and did 0 to 60 in 14 seconds... Top speed? Don't ask...

The 1.5 did a little bit beter with 73 HP... Was it faster? No!

The Pony had the same Ecopower engines but now upgraded to 75 HP and 83 HP! Wowzer! Did they fix the snapping cam-belts and head gaskets made from lettuce? Nope!

The trims

Uranus Probe

- Drive (Base poverty spec, steelies, no ABS and no airbags)
- Comfort (Mid-trim level, funky three spoke alloys, ABS and driver airbag included)
- Highline (Top trim level with a spoiler, rainbow "Highline" decals plastered on the doors and different seat upholstery)

(Some little photos of the Highline here... Oh and that thing on the rear view mirror? It's a plastic jellyfish... Its' name is Colin)

Sungwoo Mocco/Exceedia

- G (Base spec, steelies with no hubcaps, no ABS, no airbags)
- GL (Mid trim spec, steelies with hubcaps, ABS, driver airbag and front power windows)
- GLX (Top trim spec, alloys, and 1.5 liter engine)

Sungwoo Pony

Same as the Mocco... G, GL and GLX

The sum up

And so that's the sum up of my project... It began in summer of last year and I will be open for help to port it from Blender and Jbeam it for BeamNG... (I never Jbeamed a mod before so I'll need some help)

Hope you like it and laughed at bit at the lore part...
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A lore friendly Daewoo already exists, called Daewon. It was created by Urbanmaid to cover their platform vehicle (currently used for a coach bus)
https://www.beamng.com/resources/daewon-commercial-frame-vehicles.30008/

qaqa2 · Nov 11, 2024

i love me a cheap econobox
this looks sick, good luck with the project

Maxode · Nov 12, 2024

Ура, новый говнобокс
Надеюсь на дальнейшее развитие модификации!
Удачи!

Efini611 · Nov 26, 2024

Well... The modelling phase is reaching the end of the line... Time for some brainstorming!

I got an idea for this car... I want it to make it pathetically weak and unsafe (Weaker than the Covet to be more exact)

One idea I had was to make some bodyshell parts such as the roof rippable... Or the entire car to be ripped in a half in a fatal "T-Bone" crash. (I don't know if this is possible)

(Though I don't know how to jbeam it yet so I'll need some help in the "conversion" phase)

Handling wise... Massive body roll and catastrophic understeer in curves comes straight to my mind

If anyone has some ideas for trims or configs, let me know!

catchow1977 · Nov 26, 2024

im just posting this here so that i can be updated on this other than that i have nothing to say about this

LegThePeg · Nov 26, 2024

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im just posting this here so that i can be updated on this other than that i have nothing to say about this
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You can just click the "Watch thread" button at the top

Efini611 · Feb 23, 2025

A little promotional advert for the "Highline" trim of the Uranus Probe

Watt2007 · Feb 23, 2025

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A little promotional advert for the "Highline" trim of the Uranus Probe
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Ooh I LOVE the 90s esthetic man, great job with that one

dmcmaniac · Feb 23, 2025

i love classic cars but the thing i love more is shitboxes

Shibe · Feb 26, 2025

i think a diesel engine would suit this car, maybe a slugish but torquy 1.7L ~65hp engine. And a sporty GTI trim level would be cool too with a ~110hp 1.6L or 1.8L.

Musicman27 · Feb 26, 2025

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A little promotional advert for the "Highline" trim of the Uranus Probe
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This image just speaks 90's. I love it.
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"Choose quality from Uranus" LOL

among us sussy moment · Feb 26, 2025

how many youtubers are going to accidentally say the name of this thing in reviews

Shelbyiris · Feb 27, 2025

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how many youtubers are going to accidentally say the name of this thing in reviews
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at least one

Musicman27 · Feb 27, 2025

Shelbyiris said: ↑

at least one
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I would be highly disappointed if they didn't.

(Nice new PFP @Shelbyiris )
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Reminds me of this Autopian article topshot they had once...

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