Update Speculation thread

It likely has four wheels...

 

I wonder if tire heat will come be in this update, considering the end of the tire physics post where it said, "In the longer view, once we finish stabilizing and cleaning up the latest work, expect things to warm up a bit "

 

Didn't know of either of your points. I had heard rumours of the era about Ferrari being almost strapped for cash (just like Lancia was until Fiat bought the brand in 1969 and tbh, the future of Lancia wasn't gonna be the best either) so that would be a logical conclusion, to make more 'affordable' cars, being engineered by Ferrari but having the Fiat badge. Idk, that was what I thought.
--- Post updated ---

What next? An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile?

 

We would't truly know what market this car will fill until we see some sort of dev blog post on it or at least some more screenshots.
I'm just hopeful this in't like the Wendover where we had to wait nearly 6 months untill we saw proper ingame photos of it.

I'm definitely on the guess of it being a fullsize European luxury car as it's definitely a market that needs to be filled in BeamNG (outside of mods).
Plus yah know V12.

 

I'm not too sure on it, the 6-month update is likely due to some other big backend project (which would take away from the time to work on tire thermals), and it's implied there that there is probably more fine tuning that needs to be done to the general tire mechanics before thermals can be implemented just yet.

 

In the teaser image, you can see a rearview mirror, which suggests that the vehicle's interior is at least partially done. This makes me think that the vehicle itself is pretty complete.

 

My guesses are:
If this is a modern moonhawk, then, I'd expect a an old moonhawk revamp,
Same if it were a civetta, a bolide revamp.
Or, it could be its own brand like the FCV was, and (I hope) would introduce tyre temps and stuff like that.

 

Something like an ultra muscle car would be a great way to introduce tire thermals

Of course the devs are European and can't comprehend a non-luxury car with more than 150 HP or larger than a Honda Civic, so chances are it's a "proper F-segment luxury sports saloon" or something

 

Nice image of neptune you got there
/s

 

I see Dodge Charger.

 

Not all of them are Europeans! Gabe and Jared are Americans, afaik at least!

 

This rearview mirror gives me HEAVY Charger vibes, which makes me feel some American sedan in it but idk

21' Scat Pack rearview

Correct me if i'm wrong but usually they do the vehicle revamps + a new vehicle ONLY when the new vehicle is on the existing ones new platform, and I don't think that would be on a moonhawks platform lol

 

To be fair, I love all kinds of different cars, so every car the devs release is the car I want in game, hahaha.

 

I honestly would be all for more generations of cars already in the game. In theory it should be less work to make a new generation of car than to create an entirely new one, and I personally really like in any game with cars when there are different generations of the same model. Being able to compare different generations of the same car is fun, and also just a neat way to see technology progress.

 

Tbh, I love some kinds of cars more than I love other kinds but I completely agree with your thinking because BeamNG presents all of them in an amazingly realistic way! Plus, diversity makes the roster even more interesting than it already is!

 

other than facelifts, there really isn't any work advantage to different generations of existing models. look at the 80s and 90s pessimas; almost successive generations, and yet there are basically no parts shared between the two.

 

I hope it's not a new brand again, it's better to flesh out the lore of the old ones before adding too much new things.

I think it's gonna be a Civetta because 1) in my opinion it looks at least a little bit like a Maserati (especially the front) and 2) Civetta is the only old brand (as in it was introduced early-ish to the game) to still have only one model, while there are three ETKs, two Hirochis, eight Ibishus, two Bruckells and seven Gavrils.

 

Autobello exists

 

Except for the main base of the 1.8 SOHC/2.0 DOHC engines, the basic steel wheels as well as the hubcaps of the 2.0 LX. Other than these details, I completely agree.