1990-1994 HIROCHI ASTORIA LORE: The Astoria was marketed after Ibishu acquired a 20% stake in Hirochi in late 1991. It was primarily sold in the U.S. from 1988 to 1993. It found a modest but loyal following among enthusiasts who appreciated its blend of Japanese reliability and understated flair. However, it struggled to find mainstream success, often overshadowed by the very Pessima it blatantly copied. new thread https://www.beamng.com/threads/hyasu-sentia-1990–1994.104624/#post-1848177
I’m sorry but this lore really isn’t that great. Why would Ibishu buy a 20% stake in Hirochi? And why would this mean Hirochi immediately rebadges the Pessima? This wouldn’t make much sense unless we had like four or five Japanese brands in this game.
sorry, but this sounds as if Kia buys Subaru or something like that the only reason i can think this would work if you changed the Pessima into a RWD, made it more sporty and add a Boxer engine
so a Boxer BX then? (thats the only Ibishu sporty car that i can think of, and that is in the regular game)
This is not hate, but I think you should do some things to make sure that this mod is well done and that you don't abandon it without even posting progress: 1- Improve the Lore please, I'm not quite convinced that Hirochi resells the pessima, you can simply create another brand. 2- Show at least the 3d cube and the name of the dae in blender as progress lol, or some sketch/image of how the car would look like in its final form 3- Don't go to bring out two new threads of new cars, first finish putting the bruckell screens on the Flare/Rustler please! I'm sure this rebadge will be just that, a pessima with the logos changed, so I don't expect much, but you can surprise us anyway if you at least change the front design to make it more Hirochi. Take this as a suggestion, as i said, i'm not trying to hate you, I'm just trying to get this mod completed at some point and make it a good mod, and you a good modder of course.
with such success you could make a gavril rebadge of whatever ibishu because gm bought a stake in subaru around 20 years ago