Beta ARZ 200 2.0 Remastered

The ARZ 200 Remaster Update, Only a year late!​

The rework to a boredom-induced half challenge, half experiment is finally here! Having languished half-finished on my hard drive for the past year, unloved and forgotten untill my recent discovery of some early 2000's car brochures, the ARZ 200 is finally back in new glory being reworked entirely off the remastered Pessima, with an additional and all new “facelift” variant, as well as some reworked and brand new configs to go along with it all!

Originally the vehicle was chosen at random as it was one of my personal favourites ingame (yes yes it's the blobby boring car, i know, thats why i love it! ), however after finding out this was accidentally slightly mirrored in reality with the Honda / Rover partnership, i have taken on some inspirations from MG/Rover vehicles in some of the additions done to this

This new version of the mod includes =

• reworked mod from the ground up (done both right after the remaster and then finished off in the last few recent weeks, so there may be a bit of a quality difference between certain bits and pieces)
• full RHD interior (this time with properly flipped wipers and mirrors that were actually packaged after being fixed, sorry about that, it was literally visible it had not changed in the before and after screenshots of V1.1 too)
• “Standard” pessima clone and mildly altered “Facelift” bodyworks included (Facelift including new front and rear designs and a totally non-cheaply manufactured centre console with CD player fitted)
• a couple of modified ingame parts including one set of debadged ibishu wheels and all-blue lightbar
• 13 configs, including 2 trims with automatic and manual gearbox options (DX & LX), both with pre and post facelift variants (8 configs total), 1 trim with manual only option and V6 engine (ZX) in pre and post facelift variants (2 configs total), a police variant,a derby variant and a beater variant
• correct licence plate designs for pre and post facelift variants (SEE BELOW FOR REQUIRED MOD FOR THESE TO WORK (BIG RED TEXT)!!!)

Known (or potential) Issues =

• wacky shading on some modified parts, especially the pre-facelift grille (i tried fixing that one but it only got worse so no clue on whats going on there), still not very good at this modifying default vehicles thing
  
• some small bits might still be bugged out from the RHD convert, this part of the rework was done the day after the Pessima remaster dropped so it's been a long while
  
• some bits may be missing, again parts of this were done a year ago and finished off recently so i may have forgotten a few things
  
• UV's for skinning on the facelifted variant may be a bit off in places
• there may be some custom parts i missed out flipping,altering or removing when swapping things around to RHD
• potentially some other things i have not spotted, please let me know in a PM or a review!

Spoiler: Lore (potential nonsensical warning)

ARZ Automotive was formed in the mid 90’s following the buyout of a heavily loss-making automotive manufacturer with a sizeable production facility located near Birmingham in the West Midlands of England by what became the ARZ Group, a joint British-Polish owned company which previously constituted of a truck and bus manufacturing division with production facilities in Staverton, Gloucestershire and an additional assembly facility in the Silesian region of Poland for public service vehicles.

With existing product lines failing to sell to turn a sufficient profit and the entire venture risking collapse and threatening the adminstration of the entire group including their prized and successful PSV manufacturing division, a quicker way to turn the Automotive division around was needed, which ended with ARZ enquiring to Ibishu, who offered licensing agreements for their new Pessima to the company, which would allow the model a superior entry into the British market.

The first examples of what was now called the ARZ 200 would roll off the production line a few months following the release of the Pessima in other foreign markets, being practically a carbon copy apart from badging, as engines,drivetrain components and some interior fittings would be shipped from Ibishu, and enjoyed a moderate success with enough sales to allow ARZ to turn the fortunes of their new division around with the proper funds to begin developing some new vehicles of their own.

Following the end of manufacture for the Ibishu Pessima in 2000, ARZ would make the 200 undergo a facelift, altering the front design slightly and heavily modifying the rear ends look, additionally replacing some of the internal and external components that would no longer be manufactured and thus shipped to ARZ from Japan. This “upgraded” version would drag along in production until till 2005, when it would be dropped in favour of a new self-designed and built sedan model which could additionally be marketed in foreign markets unlike the 200.
The 200 is a type that would very quickly begin dwindling in numbers as time went on, aggravated by scrappage schemes offered by dealerships,but leaves a long lasting legacy in its place in history for the kickstart that ARZ Automotive needed to gain its foothold in the British and international markets in the future.

CONFIGS REQUIRE THIS MOD TO SHOW LICENCE PLATES CORRECTLY!!! = https://www.beamng.com/resources/european-license-plates-compilation.6952/


Future Additions
I originally wanted to include more stuff in this rework however i fear losing motivation on this and throwing it to the side for another year, so i've not included absolutely everything i originally wanted to add. Plans for the future include =

• more custom parts
• new configurations for both new trims and variants
• custom modelled ARZ branded wheels
• maybe a new engine or two
• potential return of the "race" configuration with the ETK engine rammed in or something of the sorts (because why not)
  
• other cool things i cant think of right now

without much further blabbering, heres some screenshots of whats included in the mod!


Apologies again if there is a lack of content, however i hope you enjoy what has released and what may come in the future