Also having bodyes of more bold looking cars would be nice
e.g Kia Soul
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Currently, there is a considerable lack of kei car bodies that are available. At the moment, there is only 1 body that technically meets the maximum dimensions of 360cc era kei cars (peel p50 body) which does not unlock until 1960. There are very few bodies for the 550cc era that come to mind, some of which are the 70s kei truck/van, 80s kei truck/golf cart, 80s Daihatsu Mira, and a few sports kei bodies that unlock in 80’ and 85’. For the 660cc era, there is an early 00’s passenger kei, a 10’s kei van and a kei Reventon.
If players wish to perform a campaign playthrough as a kei car manufacturer, it is not feasible until the mid 1970s for trucks and the 1980s for passenger or sports cars, just to give an idea of the lack of keis, especially for the 360cc era (1950-1976).
More kei sized bodies would be beneficial, whether the bodies are custom made as their own models or are made as miniature versions of existing bodies. Below are some ideas for potential kei bodies from different eras for inspiration.
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Zimmer Golden Spirit please…don’t mind if we get the Land Rover Defender first, of course!
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can we get kind of an Ariel Atom body shape, or Caterham or BAC mono
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Not very likely due to various limitations, but we did have a mod for a Donkervoort-esque body back in the dark days of the Kee era.
Costco’s wishlist:
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more easy to mid 2000’s American bodies. Catfish Taurus, W and N bodies, third gen Explorer, blobby F150, GMT1800 in three wheelbases(Suburban,Silverado crew cab, Tahoe/Silverado single cab, TrailBlazer,Colorado), blobby Caravan, a Liberty type small offroader, a retro style PT Cruiser/HHR hatchback with SUV, minivan, ute, and convertible versions maybe a LWB version for a Flex.
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more early 60’s American bodies, they should unlock in '57 or something. First gen Falcon, and a LWB version for a Fairlane, Rambler American/Marlin plus a SWB version for a Metropolitan, a cabover van like the Dodge A100 or Corvair van. The American looking bodies all unlocking in '65 creates some pretty serious problems in lore and continuity.
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a 90’s Asian offroad SUV, should unlock in '90. 110 in wheelbase for an FZJ80. 100 in wheelbase for a Pathfinder, 90 in wheelbase for a Vitara
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a curvier 2000’s Asian SUV, should unlock in 2000. 100 in for a Rav4, 110 in for a Sorento.
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a retro styled European car akin to the 500 and Cooper, unlocks in '02. 90, 97, and 105 in WB. Hatchback, sedan, coupe, convertible, SUV, ute, and minivan variants(not every variant for every wheelbase). Option for a rear engine layout akin to the Twingo
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a more swoopy Asian sedan body like the Sonata, should unlock in 2010. 110 and 120 in wheelbases. Sedan, coupe, wagon variants
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a more angular sedan body like the Art and Science era Cadillacs, should unlock in 2010. 110, 115, and 120 in wheelbases. Coupe, sedan, convertible, wagon, mybe hatchback, maybe ute variants
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A general list of categories of body that I feel are lacking/that I would love to see added.
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Long nosed GT cars, meaning stuff like the Jaguar E type, mercedes SL gull-wing, SLS and AMG GT, Toyota 2000GT and alike. Ones that have the cabin way far back in the body and usually end up with the transmission almost at the rear axel. The only bodies I know of so far that really fit the bill that are currently in the game are the split window corvette body and the '60s Z car body. I know you can do some with the morphs on these, but they’re still pretty limiting. It would be nice to have some more modern ones, like the Mercedes SLS, that would give us something updated to work with and that won’t immediately come off as a retro modern car.
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some early 1950’s “bathtub” bodies in multiple wheelbases, preferably with options for built in fender skirts. This would make it so we could make it so things like the Hudson Hornet and Mercury Coupe. I know there was the “lead sled” mod body at one point, but that was a heavily modified version of this kind of body and didn’t play well when making stock looking cars.
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Just more '50s and '60s bodies in general. That era was such a volatile time for car design, at least in america, so only having about 6 ish bodies for cars other than sports cars feels inadequate. That jet age of cars with fins just feels very under represented in the current body line up.
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Actual sport hatches for the mid to late '70s! Stuff we could use to make mustang II’s, Coswoth vega’s and similar clones. I’ve tried doing with the 3 door hatch version of the BL_18_22 body, but the roof line won’t go flat enough for it to look right. Also some more bigger '70s muscle car bodies would be good. Not everything can be made off of a Falcon XA body or nova body. Seeing something close to a challenger/hemi cuda or a 72/73 mustang would be nice.
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Honestly just some bodies from after 2011 that aren’t that pseudo prius shape with severe amounts of side indentation. I could easily see ones based around stuff like the Ford Fusion, modern camrys, jaguar XE, and Alfa Romeo Gulia, definitely with wagon/estate version of the bodies.
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This is a smaller want, but still an important one: more sportback style sedans. Stuff along the lines of the audi rs7 sportback and Mercedes C63 sedan. If not new bodies for these types of sports sedans, then at least let us pull the back window morphs farther so we can make existing bodies have that streamlined effect. It is not a requirement of a sedan to have a pronounced trunk bulge or even a trunk bulge at all. That is one of my pet peeves when dealing with most bodies that look like you should be able to pull the roof line out long enough so that it blends nicely into the rear end, but you can’t.
(I’ll probably come back at some point when I think of more things, but this is what I have for now)
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Nothing is wrong with liking what British Leyland makes. X3 They did have some fun ideas, even if their build quality was subpar.
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what really is needed is basycalle a whole lineup of 60s european cars, especially larger cars (about 5 metres)
anything that size and of that era is so american it’s damn-near impossible to work with…
Here’s what my suggestion(s) would be:
-I think a brand new hypercar body would be stellar. I mean, obviously, fans are liking cars made on the Laferrari body which is great but (not to be rude) its getting a little old.
-We could really use (and I’m just spitballing here when I say this) a Dodge Caliber-type body, for SUV’s. I tend to make a lot of those and if you don’t believe me you should see my repository.
-The last thing on this list would be a kind-of like, rocket-body or something for the Kamata Angelus and like cars, they wouldn’t have to be from Ridge Racer. Obviously, when (and if) this type of body style comes out people are gonna want to make a sandbox full of SpaceX prototypes (which tbh isn’t really such a bad idea if I only make one) and then we could have a thread entirely for those cars b/c I have seen it done before on a lot of threads and forums here at Discourse. They could make new cars that way for ugly car forums such as mine or whatnot but the point of this nonsensical shit I’m typing up is that we could do so much with a twistable moldable kind of 2010’s concept rocket-ship and I think we need to take that opportunity before its gone.
And that’s really about it or right now so I’m going to get off this page and come back later. And btw I would do all of this myself except I don’t know how to mod. That’s really problematic.
In regards to the 70’s hatchback comment above, I wouldn’t mind seeing a body similar to an AMC Gremlin or Pacer. I’d also like to see a body similar to the Porsche 924/944 and the 928 as well.
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@BobLoblaw I couldn’t agree more! We at RRRB (Ridge Racer: Ryan Barton) could really use one of those to make like a COVID minion. (don’t ask)
If you insist…
But, I didn’t ask…
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Wouldn’t a suitable body be the Opel Ascona/Manta B? Available as 2 or 4 door notchback sedan, notchback coupe and hatchback coupe. A little imagination would turn it into a wagon too, and maybe 5 door hatch, panel van, convertible… The upright front of the Ascona being morphable to the Manta “dropsnoot” would make for many different front designs. Without too much struggle it would become the US Chevy Monza or the aussie Holden Torana, as well as it could serve as a good base for many 70s cars…
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The Manta B is allready ingame. if not someone is faster I will do an ascona B at some point maybe