Update Speculation thread

More AI slop ( Sorry )

Anyway, yeah new cars are a pain, I wish ( it will ever happen ) we still had the Ford falcon, Holden commodore, and We had the Crown vic, As much as i do adore crown vics, I would love the 1940s-80s Fullsize.

I think that 1970s is one of the most underrated US era for car's, A big bumper smooth massive land tank, YES PLEASE

I mean Holden was safe for there time. See this crash test ( added what one that is not crashed looks like, because why not )

 

Your car isn't polluting more than a bus or plane. The difference tho, is that the ratio is way different. If everybody take the car VS everybody taking the bus, the car scenario will do more pollution than the buses because its a ratio between passengers/pollution. Thats why buses and planes are considered more eco-friendly. They pollute less by the amount of people they carry.

Basically, its 30 cars VS 1 bus. 1 bus pollute less than 30 cars.

 

You think that Holden is safe?

 

for its time it was

 

I'd agree if the roads in my small town of origin weren't one-way streets and so narrow, to the point that even small citybuses can't move like they should and yet bus timetables still exist. And they don't even need irregularly parked cars to be that narrow either, mind you. They're the width of the innermost streets near the Civetta Castle of Castelleto in the Italy map! Our public transport is literally useless in such an environment. Not to mention that, when someone does park irregularly and doesn't leave enough space, our buses only have a country horn, so they end up scaring and deafening everyone around them when honking for the obstructing vehicle to go away.

 

Thats a different problem than the pollution problem you mentionned lol. Its unrelated. I checked your city in your bio, and yeah, its an antique city, it was never designed with vehicles in the first place, so of course its tight and the infrastructure isn't great lol.

 

Will they ever fix this? This bug has not been fixed since ETK refresh in 0.28

 

Definitly need a remaster. The refresh wasn't enough.

 

Are you talking about the black box around the text? If so that's not a big but a feature. On cars of that vintage whenever they put digital stuff in the dash you could always see the screen hiding on the cluster. I actually suggested a long time ago that the devs add that in, because the test just floating on the matte background with no evidence of a screen wasn't very realistic.

 

slop or not that looks pretty cool but I lowk could enjoy a malaise era sedan

 

I think OP is referring to the way it doesn't reach the left gauge and extends past the one on the right, hence the arrows pointing to the corners. I do agree that it's a realistic addition but it also looks a little jank.
Here's a quick and dirty fix I did to demonstrate what it should look like in my opinion.

 

I’m starting to wonder if there remastered cars will eventually get remakes just like the T-Series had. And yes the 800-Series needs a remaster.

 

I doubt it, I don't think any vehicles are in such a bad state to actually need to be remade from the ground up.

I think the Hopper, Barstow and Moonhawk need remasters, though.

And the MK1 Pessima, Piccolina and the newer ETKs definitely need some love too, but I think that could be fixed with refreshes. Some new parts/configs, new engine models (especially for the Pessima, the crankshaft pulley is just an octagon), slightly refreshed interior...

 

After way too much scrutiny of these early-development pictures (which may or may not accurately reflect the finished product), I have concluded that it is front-engine. Looking at the roof line, side glass, wheel positioning, and bumper overhang, I've determined it as such.
The last car at the bottom of the image appears to be the latest iteration (of what is shown) and has the most detail, which I think provides the clearest cues about its design language. It LOOKS European. It could be Japanese if we venture into the territory of Lexus LFA or something, but I'm thinking either a new brand or a Civetta model similar to a Ferrari Portofino.
If it's what I think, then it's only the second modern front-engine, 2-door coupe in the game, aside from the ETK K series. However, the K series began production in 2015 and wrapped up in 2021. So, you could make a case that yes, it's modern, but it's also a little outdated. Which means this car could also be a successor to the K series. Who Knows?
(I still think it's an Aston Vantage-inspired car till I see otherwise, and I hate how this teaser image is always cropped, either horizontally or vertically)

 

I thought so too, looks vaguely like a modernized Alfa 8c to me

 

Yes, I also think that the dashboard should look like this

 

A new Civetta model would make some sense (and I wouldn't be against it at all), but I still feel like a new brand from a new nation would be more likely, based on previous updates. 2025's updates were actually quite similar to 2019's updates (although the order of content/feature releases were fairly different). Both had updates for the Hirochis and the raceway (0.16/0.17, 0.35/0.38), updates for the Moonhawk and Miramar (0.16/0.17, 0.35/0.36/0.37), a new or updated classic Gavril sedan (0.17, 0.36), updates for the Grand Marshal (0.17.1, 0.37), updates for Italy (0.16, 0.38), expansions for mining (0.18, 0.38), several new configs around one motorsport type (0.18, 0.35), and a new two-door body style with a topper (0.18, 0.36).

And you know what released right after 0.18? A new modern vehicle (the FCV) with a new engine type (inline-five) from a new nation (France) that also added two new body types (5-door hatchback, compact crossover) and was followed by a few more modern vehicles (Bastion, Scintilla). 0.16 and 0.35 were also preceded by an update that added a classic car (0.15, 0.34). 2019 and 2025 definitely feel like "transition" years between eras. I don't think this new car will be as fresh for the game as the FCV was six years ago, but it could still have the following qualities:

-Brand new (looks like it could still be produced)
-New engine type (this could have a V12, or even a V16 (although the second option's far less likely) - or it could be a hybrid or fully EV car)
-New nation (I still think the UK's quite likely, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was Chinese - they've recently been dabbling in V12s (see: Hongqi HQE and L5), and while two-door FR coupes are very rare there, that hasn't stopped the devs from putting vehicles where they "shouldn't" belong (see: SBR, Wigeon, Hopper, Wydra). It could also be from South Korea, but I feel that's very unlikely.)
-New body style (a convertible passenger car still hasn't happened yet, but maybe this could be it? It could at least get a windshield-less 'Speedster' variant)
-Followed by a few more modern vehicles (with the new focus on traffic, this could be quite likely, since traffic was a big focus of 0.16-0.26)

Whatever this new car ends up being, I'll be interested to see if it ends up being a success for the devs.

 

The clock on the infotainment screen has also been left inactive after the refresh of the Modern ETKs. It's permanently stuck at 12:32 hour.

 

I'm guessing it'll be a pretty close copy of a Vantage, with a gt4 version to go with the K series.

 

We might get F1/Indycar update as beam is targeting other games