Thecarlover's mods & WIPs

After the SUV/Truck, any chance we could get a proper “dictator’s car,” something like the Mercedes Benz 600? You know, typical long-wheelbase, big, heavy, and designed for luxury.

The other thing I could think of would be a small cab-over pickup truck, something kei-car sized.

There are COE vans being made by others, though I’m not sure about them being kei-sized. I don’t think it would be too hard to shrink them down for that, so it won’t be on my to-do list for the moment. As for the dictator cars, I have been thinking about the Mercedes 600 already, but no guarantees. I’ve also been looking at different models of Rolls Royce and Bentley through the years.
After the SUV/SWB pickup, I’ll be making one or two variants of the 90s supercar, and also editing it a bit to look less like a Murciélago and more like a Diablo.

That’s fair enough. Was mostly an idea-drop, nothing to be set in concrete.

A couple of variants of the 90’s supercar would be nice.

Definitely a convertible variant like the 00s one, and then maybe a t-top, but I’m not entirely sure about that. I’ll see how things go.

This SUV will be available soon…

…and so will this pickup!

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The 90s SUV/SWB pickup is now available! Check the first post for the Steam link.
thecarlover90SUVLarge.zip (1.1 MB)

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The Diablo-ish body has been updated, check the first post!

Hate to bother you if you’re busy, but is there anything you’re currently working on?

At some point he mentioned “something modern and aerodynamic”. There just hasn’t been an update in a while.

The going’s slow on the modern and aerodynamic car. I just have a lot going on between work, friends, and family, so it’s taking a lot longer than I anticipated. I’m also having complications working the mesh properly because of the design (after all I only have a few months’ experience in 3DS Max), so that’s draining my motivation somewhat. I can say that I mostly have the side completed, so once I finish that it should be a lot easier and faster. :slight_smile:

As for after my current project, I might revisit some of my earlier models and improve them. I’m mainly looking at the Continental body. I’m also planning to make an early 90s Geo Tracker/Suzuki Sidekick, both 5 door and 3 door hardtop and convertible. We’re missing the small SUVs of the 90s in the game.

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That’s okay. Real life is more important than mods for a game, and I do respect that. I was just curious to see if you’d had any plans/progress/status updates.

Sounds like you’re making progress, and I can certainly understand revisiting earlier models. The Continental’s one of my favorites, so I’m interested to see what improvements could be made. As for the Geo Tracker small SUV, definitely a cool idea. As you said, we’re missing the small SUVs. Heck, if you ask me, we’re missing small in general. But I’m glad to hear that things are in motion, even if they’re not moving fast. After all, rock crawlers may not be super speedy vehicles, but they’ll climb a mountain in the end.

I’ll let you get back to doing whatever you were doing.

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I figure I might as well show what I’ve got so far. I’m still tweaking the design here and there, but I figure I should be able to get the overall shape of the mesh soon and then start working on the details. I really wanted to make something different and futuristic.

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Out of curiosity, how big of an engine can we fit in it? :smiley:

Please tell me that’s going to be the I.A.D Alien

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That looks awesome!

Unlock date of 2020, I am guessing? or 2017, so it can be used in concepts?

Great!!, some “futuristic stuff” (we are lacking advanced models).

While you’re at it, make a boring version of it too.

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woulda asked for an EV1, though an insight works just as well

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Or blend Insight with EV1 and take the best of both. Both cars looked awesome, in my opinion. That, and mix a little Prius in there, too, to get four doors as an option.

That said, the super-futuristic design looks awesome, too.