With recent collision improvements preventing vehicles from clipping into each other, It is now quite possible to drive one vehicle over another without becoming stuck: Unfortunately, the vehicles you see above represent the absolute pinnacle of car-crushing in the current version of the official game. 35" tires may be able to do the job, but you have to remove bumpers or risk getting hung up on the approach and departure. Given Beamng's impressive soft-body deformation, a true monster truck will be nearly a necessity for the final version of the game. Now, there are two ways to go about adding in a monster truck, but one in particular stands out as being especially practical. The modern fiberglass-bodied, alcohol-fueled tube-chassis style of monster truck (the "new school") would require a full suite of complex parts, a entirely new Jbeam structure, and could prove difficult to maintain. In any case, @FLyInG 2 YoUr SoUL and his team have already done impressive work modding in a fantastic vehicle under this archetype. The only other way to build a monster truck is to go the "old school" route. This is the classic recipe involving a stock body-on-frame vehicle, heavy duty axles, four high-flotation agricultural tires, huge springs, and a whack-ton of shock absorbers: (picture from here) (Second image retrieved from here) Old School trucks aren't capable of the same massive leaps and sudden acceleration as New School trucks, but their relative ease of construction and maintenance has ensured they continue to be built and run in smaller events to this day. Most of them seem to have been constructed from the mid-eighties to the mid-nineties, meaning that the entire D-series/Roamer/H-series trio is right in the sweet spot for this treatment. We've even got some of the parts already set to go! Simply mate the heavy-duty frame to the eight-lug axles present on the T-series. There may have to be a transfer case made for the front axle, but that would likely trickle over into all-wheel-drive versions of the T-series. Of course, there's also a lot missing. The monster truck chassis would require a new suspension setup, special driveshafts, and the tires may prove to be a headache. I figure that this special chassis would take about as much effort as an all-new car to build, but considering that the final product would be at least three distinct monster trucks (D-series/Roamer/H-series), it may very well be worth the time and effort. The question is, would the community be willing to forgo a new vehicle during a future update if this was the trade-off? There's a poll attached, the results of which are by no means binding. I just wanted to gauge interest and gather opinions on the feasibility of this suggestion.
There was a Gavril D-Series monster truck mod a long time ago but it became outdated. (Yes, the picture is from a Russian mod website).
Just for clarity's sake, what exactly do you mean by "was"? It was something we were going to do, but there's way too much going on with the CRD monster truck to even consider it now? It was something we thought of during our first planning session, and we've been working on it? It was an idea we had, and it's still in the idea phase?
This. Also, my codeveloper is currently on hiatus. We'll reconsider all our plans when he's active again.
It was on the forum, but was removed for unknown reasons(maybe the devs removed it, maybe the author)
I have to original Monster Truck V3 from BeamNG forums but it was removed a long time ago. I also have V1
