OK, I start to feel a bit bored about this game now, since it feels like my development has stalled. I have thought about it, and decided to once again take up an old project from the 4.1 era - to recreate the European Car of the year winner, starting in 1964 and going through year by year.
There are plenty of reasons. One is that I still struggle with some eras. 1964, however, is the era I have rather good knowledge and skills in. Going through year by year after that will maybe give some insights in how car design have evolved through the times. Another one is that it is hard to take shortcuts when you have to recreate real cars. If an idea does not work on a fictive car, you can do something different, but in the case of an IRL car, you have to do it as close as you can get, which requires LOTS of fiddling sometimes.
But why create a whole new thread and not just post it in car replicas? Well, I think of this as sort of a project thread. I think we can learn from each other. If I post pictures of the progress, maybe someone new to the game can pick up some valuable ideas from me that has been playing for over six years now. On the other hand I know that there are MANY designers out there that is more skilled than me, that probably has knowledge how I can solve stuff when being stuck, so I gladly take ALL sorts of feedback on my work here. So, this will not be cars slapped together in 15 minutes, rather be serious projects that will take time, and where I will share the progress from start to finish.
So, expect this thread to take off soon. Since I am not at the game now, does anyone have suggestions which body that would be the closest to car #1 - the 1964 Rover 2000?