Update Speculation thread

I didn't express myself too well but you got it
"could share even more parts" implying they already share parts, reason why it seems conceivable to me,
used the engine as an exemple cause it was the only one I could think of but there is way more than that.

Concerning the bodystyles I'm not so optimistic :
-5-doors hatch sound plausible, but sedan would be too close to the Pessima maybe.
-Stuff like Aerodeck or Shuttle bodies are really cool (and I'd love it honestly !) but it's probably too much work for not so many possible unique configs.

 

it makes sense, since they are (imo at least) the accord and civic combo of the beamng universe, it would be suiting for them to both get a revamp at the same time

however seeing as how much would need to be reworked on both to get a fully satisfying covet and pessima, it might be split into two just so we could see variations in body style, such as wagons, coupes, etc.

with that being said, i would not mind waiting an extra 3-6 months if it meant we got plenty of covet and pessima body styles

 

interesting that qa_latest is getting updates but who knows if it has anything to do with the next update

 

its likely just more bug fixes, i wouldnt expect the update for at least another month/month and a half

 

I was thinking 6 months.

 

emphasis on the at least part

its fully possible we get a tiny update with just the remastered vehicle and not the supercar as a spring update

 

Nope, it most likely is Group A already. It can't get AWD (at the moment) because under Group A regulations you had to keep the drivetrain layout from a production model. Up until 1988 there were actually very few AWD Group A cars.

 

I feel the Covet is more like a lower class rally car, more amateur-ish privateer team territory than a factory-backed team with loads of money.

 

The Rally livery of the Covet says "Ibishu Racing Team" at the back, so it most likely is a factory racing team backing it.

You're right again, searched it and found out. Thank you very much sir!

 

They could just make a homologation Awd covet. Chances are it might even be rear engine, considering the huge vents in the rear fender flares that look like intake ducts, and the Renault 5 Turbo inspiration.

 

I wish they would add a new bodystyle for the covet like they had done with the legran, and technically the pigeon/wigeon (pigwig) platform. It just feels right. even in the aforementioned legran remaster, they made a new car, as well as heavily remastering another car on a preexisting platform

 

A lot of inspiration must have come from the Peugeot 205 T16, which was also mid-engined, but AWD

 

Make it official.

 

holy shit that Covet rally sketch looks lit, maybe the madmen in the Beam Team actually might add AWD to it after all then.

 

That's possible

But this is extremely unlikely. They would have had to build 5000 mid/rear engine AWD cars in 1 year to homologate them in Group A, and that requires a huge investment. Renault made only 4987 5 Turbos in 6 years, and they had no fancy AWD system.

I think if we get a proper Group A Covet it will either be front engine AWD from the first year or, less likely, a FF car for 1987, as Ibishu (like everyone else) was caught by sursprise by the sudden cancellation of Group B, and then front engine AWD. It could also have some evolution models, as in the early years of Group A WRC they made tremendous progress every year.

 

Nothing says that it will have awd.

 

And also, nothing says it won't have AWD. Let's just wait and see.

 

I don't know about you guys, but I see some crazy homologated racecar potential in this, similar to that of MG Metro 6R4.

 

yeah, me too

 

That's exactly what we see too! Modern rallying (BRC, for Beam Rally Championship) is represented in BeamNG by the Sunburst and the amazing Vivace Rally twins but old rallying is still missing. The gravel version of the Group 4 Bolide is amazing but the other racing groups of its time period aren't represented atm! The Covet Group A and Group B cars plus the Bolide Group 4 can make pretty good 80s company together!
Not to mention the potential of the Group B cars doubling as hillclimb monsters with insane aero aids in maps like the Pikes Peak!