Hey! I thought I might briefly talk about something that has been on my mind for some time. Looking at BeamNG-s player-made mods, there is some pretty awesome content, both cars and terrains and even more. But one thing that has always slightly questioned me is people naming their mods after official BeamNG manufacturers like Gavril and ETK. I do think that some mods actually live up to the official quality and look very nice overall, like the S-Series, but it just doesn't feel right. It is like if I composed a song and said that this is a new song by Calvin Harris. I'm not being salty or anything but I just feel like the official brands like ETK and Gavril should be reserved for official releases and content. What do you think?
That would greatly narrow down ideas for mods, since creating a car from scratch is hard, so most mods are based on official cars (S-Series is based on the 800 Series). And making a car based on, let's say, Gavril, and calling it somethink like "Lolbrook" wouldnt make sense, so scratch made cars would be the only option (beside rebadges, but their number is limited). Also most community created brand names sound cringy.
No offense, but I 100% disagree with you on this one. While the game is great on its own, these mods using the in-game manufacturers expand and enhance the game. Personally, I'd like to see all mods use in-game companies rather than real life companies because it separates the game from reality and make it something special. That's just my take on it.
Agree. I don't even use real life mods (except some really old ones that hold sentimental value to me). Because back in 2014, I only used russian mods and, witnessing their great difference from real cars, developed a disliking for all real car mods.
Yes! I do the same exact thing! Im very picky and the only real name brand mod I have is SergentFido's Oldsmobile.
Fair enough. I thought that this may be just my own strange quirk, no offense taken. For me it's only that I used to play Rigs of Rods already years before BeamNG was a thing so Gavril for example goes already way back for me. That being said, I would love to see the MV4, MZ2, Omega, Zeta and Bandit brought back to life (in an official way since I know there is a player-made port for the Bandit).
What do you mean? He is the lead designer of BeamNG after all. Besides he once said that he has considered at least making facelift or new models of the old RoR cars so...
