Update Speculation thread

The lowest is the Bel Air?

 

From highest to lowest, it was Caprice, Impala, Bel Air, Biscayne.

 

The Biscayne.

GM's '64 fullsize sedan prestige ladder (judging by price):

Cadillac Series 70 ($9746)
Cadillac 60 Special ($6388),
Cadillac Deville ($5655)
Cadillac Series 62 ($4800)
Oldsmobile 98 ($4265)
Buick Electra ($4187)
Pontiac Bonneville ($3433)
Oldsmobile Super 88 ($3256),
Buick Wildcat ($3164)
Pontiac Star Chief ($3109)
Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 ($3005)
Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 ($2935)
Buick LeSabre ($2890)
Pontiac Catalina ($2809)
Chevrolet Impala ($2779)
Chevrolet Bel Air ($2626)
Chevrolet Biscayne ($2524)

 

Just going off the established information that Burnside is Gavril's mild luxury subsidiary (the Mercury to Gavril's Ford), and that they were active until 1985, I'd be willing to bet that the Bluebuck won't be the last word in luxury. Most of them would probably have wound up being pretty regular cars for the era.

I still kind of expect it to take a run at both sports and luxury though. Special trims will probably crop up.

There may very well be a sporty variant with a big engine, front bucket seats*, and a different rear suspension setup (possibly coil springs). Think Impala SS, Galaxie XL, or AMC Rebel SST (although the latter was mid-sized instead of full-size).

There may also be a top-of-the-bottom-of-the-line "luxury" variant, in a similar manner to the Legran Luxe. This one might turn out with a more comfort-focused suspension setup, a different interior material (maybe even real wood trim on certain surfaces), and extra chrome on the outside. Think Impala Caprice or Galaxie 500.

*I suspect that the Bluebuck may be the first vehicle to offer a choice of bench or bucket seats. This could be accomplished as follows:

 

I know this is kind of topic, but can somosom add the new sandstar rims to the wiki?

 

New ITALY screens, signs placing so does that mean roads are finished ???

 

New hot fix out. Only thing of note for content is the return of the old “hard parking” scenario, which I have no memory of anyway...

 

what is this strange contraption?? Looks like some weird tire holder thingy.

 

That's always been there.

 

I am starting to like Italy more than WCA, which I thought would never happen. can't wait to throw a D-series around those towns.

 

Two things I noted out of the new Italy screenshots:

1. There appears to be active roadworks in a least one area. That hole in the road should provide some interesting crashing possibilities...
2. The poster affixed to the side of the building is in a very familiar and welcome art style - that puts to rests fears that a shakeup in the art department permanently altered the style of human characters.

Oh, and I feel like I should mention that a hotfix just dropped, so that's something we should all go check out.

 

What in the world could that thing be that @Diamondback posted??????????

 

Shift light.

 

It was an old scenario from when the scenario system was introduced, in 2015, that got really broken soon after and was taken down from the game

 

New info in the Italy Progress Thread. Very interesting indeed. Also check the Devblog.

EDIT: ninjaed.

 

Diamondback posted in the Italy thread. Now I’m just waiting for Hutch to initiate a turf war.

 

Italy is outttttt

 

Excuse me?

 

nope

 

No it's out, wait a hour or two and you will see.