What do you want in 0.40?

id love for gabester to port his gavril omega lineage and burnside sedans as well

 

This would be cool, but it would either require the game to be able to dynamically load in new cars as you go to that place (currently it spawns in one set of cars initially, and just changes the colour of them),
or you'd have to have all the different location specific cars pre-spawned in, sitting somewhere in the map taking up processing power.

A system like this would add a lot of possibilities, they could add buses and trucks to the traffic and restrict them to certain larger roads, they could have high-end cars in affluent areas and cheaper beater cars in low-income areas (sort of like GTA does it),
In fact, such a system would probably allow for "random event" sort of things, like roadworks, or emergency vehicles/tow trucks going to staged crash scenes and breakdowns, even the occasional free-roaming street racer in some tuner car who you can challenge to a race.

The technical likelihood of them reworking the spawning system this way isn't great, so don't get your hopes up too much... though they have surprised us with some of the added features in recent updates, so who knows.

 

PleasePleasePlease remove the trim from the BX cut rear bumper...

 

I wonder if we'll ever get the ability to have really large maps in BeamNG. I used to be an ETS/ATS fiend but didn't really play it after getting Beam but I think I'll dive back into ATS once this releases.

Beam beats out ATS in physics and now graphics as well, and once Beam adds official multiplayer that won't be a limitation either but I really do wonder if we'll ever be able to have a scaled down USA or Europe or Asia in the game. Have roadtrips that are actually LONG and make the day night cycle have more of a purpose, and also make it so fuel is a thing to worry about. Like Beam basically has everything but the final two pieces of the puzzle here, multiplayer and map size.

 

more 2000s cars
for example:

1993-2009 autobello nuova piccolina

2001-2008 civetta fulmine

2006-2013 civetta viaggio

1999-2010 autobello dot

2000-2013 cherrier avant

2005-2016 cherrier lumen

1996-2007 etk L-series

2003-2014 hirochi sbr4

1993-2008 ibishu covet

1990-2006 gavril marshal

2000-2003 cherrier vetisse

1980-2013 FPU ulica

2005-2014 bruckell storm

2009-2017 soliad air

 

1990-2006 can't be based of focus, because it's not even a fullsize sedan, i think it'd be better to have any post 2000s Ford Taurus as the next gen grand marshall

 

the marshal would be supposed to be a smaller version of the grand marshal from the same year, something like the gavril vertex

 

Reverse lights on the cargo box upfits and updated retractable fender antenna logic.

 

Some of my ideas:
Remaster Wentward: https://www.beamng.com/threads/new-wentward-buses-gavril-h-series-bus-expansion-concept.111478/
Remaster FPU Wydra: https://www.beamng.com/threads/give-the-fpu-wydra-some-love-remaster-suggestion.111479/
Detailed Robot Van: https://www.beamng.com/threads/robo...ng-the-ibishu-aigeon-autonomous-fleet.111518/
ETK Family: https://www.beamng.com/threads/the-ultimate-etk-update-concept-700-800-and-900-series.111480/

 

I'd love to see this too, as a fellow former ETS/ATS player (still waiting on the PBR overhaul SCS talked about 5+ years ago...). I think it will require an overhaul of how BeamNG maps are made and handled by the BeamNG engine before we can see really large maps. However, we know that even hardware 20 years old can handle large urban maps with a lot of detail (Burnout Paradise on PS3), so it's fortunately not a question of hardware limitations.

Edit: I just remembered that the Shuto Expressway mod is a thing, and that is very large. If that can run well in BeamNG, perhaps the only thing needed is a way to seamlessly load different maps while driving (without a traditional loading screen).

 

sorry, didn't notice that "grand" is missing, in that case, a midsize car might be fitting, i think Ford Fusion (USA) are that size

 

isn't the 2002 ford fusion an hatchback?

and the 2010s one is everything but midsize

 

2002 one is european only. in terms of 2010+ models what size are they then (i probably undersized it), i saw 2015+ models irl and they look as long as BMW 5-Series

 

Those of you who own a PS5 can rest easy, because you'll finally be able to play BeamNG next month!

 

Both gens of US-market Ford Fusion were around 4.85m long - which isn't much longer than the LeGran or '88 Pessima (both around 4.78m). That's a fairly standard length for a mid-size sedan in the US (the ninth-gen Honda Accord, XV50 Camry, and seventh-gen Hyundai Sonata are all around 4.85m long). The sixth-gen Subaru Legacy's a little bit shorter, at 4.79m. Those are all about the same length as an F10 BMW 5-Series (4.89m), which y'all in Europe consider full-size (E-segment). The sixth-gen Mercedes S-Class (5.11m, F-segment) is only a bit longer than the LX Dodge Charger (5.08m, full-size).

So, yes, in Europe, the US Fusion would be a full-size. But here, it's a mid-size. (At one point, cars of its size (like the Ford Fairmont (4.92m)) were marketed as compacts.) And you wanna know what's even more ridiculous? The Fisker Karma (4.97m) was listed by the EPA as a sub-compact because of its tiny interior and cargo space.

 

We're headed back toward the old categorization system at this point. I looked it up and the current BMW 3-series (traditionally their compact offering) is around the same size as a 1960s Chevy Nova which was a compact in its day. Managerial types hate it, but it seems that if the world is left to anything resembling its own devices, it will default to a 110-115 inch wheelbase, 180-190 inch length, 200-350 horsepower longitudinal RWD being the most general all-purpose car.

 

I'm sure we're not gonna get this for a long time, but a light-duty Gavril truck like the D-Series, made between the mid 1950s and late 1960s.

 

I wish that someone would update the Blue Collar (though at this point it might be easier to start from scratch), because it was the perfect 50s truck.

 

late reply, but the Focus saloon as the next gen grand marshal should be a crime, the most suitable option would be the 1998-2011 crown victoria, or a 2010-2019 ford taurus

 

it's not grand (i've made the same comment as you earlier)