I haven’t spent any time with the game, I just watched all the available videos, but decided to give some general suggestions about the game. Maybe they have been already implmeneted, maybe they never will, but anyway, this is more like the things I would like to see in my dream game.
Specialization
The company which produces a particular type of car over the years will gain “fame” and will make it easier to sell this type of car. For example the company which makes only sports cars and supercars, like Ferrari, will find it easier to sell their supercars than for example a company which produces every imaginable car, like Toyota, and decides to make a supercar as well. By this I mean, even if technically “Ferarri” supercar is inferior, but because over the years they have built up the image, it will still sell even if it costs more.
Ability to sell tech
This is pretty self-explanatory, but basically if I develop a new engine, and another company wants to use it for their car, they can just buy it off me. And of course visa versa.
Run any-size company
I think that’s already in the game, but nevertheless. Ability to be sucessful while running any kind of company. I don’t mean make the game extremely easy, I just mean that if I want to run a big corporation which releases 10 different models at once and updates them yearly, I hould be able to do it. If I want to run a company which releases a new model every couple of years while stopping the old one, I should be able to do that too.
Second company
This is perhaps for later time and in addition to the previous suggestion, perhaps ability to start a second company. Sort of like Toyota has Lexus and stuff like that. This is only useful if there is a specialization in place, but basically ability to start a new company which specializes in something else. For example premium cars.
I had more ideas but forgot them while writing these ones down. Anyway, I’ll add more later. Keep up the good work, it looks like it will be a cracking game!
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