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1:30 pm in a non-cooled SpeedCo. Meeting Room
Its the type of meeting the crew already had a couple of times: Sit down, let the Community Manager talk for too long and hide you face in a brew brand “Good enough”. The only happy person sets up her laptop in front of the projector screen.
“Nice to see you all again” say Sarah the CM to break the silence.
A joined “mmhhh hmmm” emits from the group of 4 men.
“I see… We know what going on sooo. Lets have a quick look okay?”
The lights in the room dim and the projector hums into life.
With a some taps on the company laptop the Powerpoint starts.
“Welcome to my presen…”
“Okay you used that title at least 2 times now”
“PSS”, Sarah dismisses the Lead Programmer, “How do you guys say, dont fix a running system or something along the lines”
After a long eye roll the Programmer leans back into his chair.
“So yeah where was I… Ah yes first Entry”
“This is the Perdana Acidus 1.8 Turbo from user @HybridTronny featuring Badrul Asri a malaysian ruffian for our Tosuki region”
“Didnt we ask for non branded stuff?” The Project Manager interjects.
“I also think we had a guideline of required livery ques?” The Lead Designer adds
The PM continues, “Well time to throw…”
The CEO stops the him, “Wait Wait wait. Reading through the character this would be a very fitting first car for the area and a perfect contact person story wise. Can’t you just add the checkers and remove the badge?”
“Not without the consent of the creator and who knows when he answers. We really dont have time to wait on a new version for the cover at the moment”
“Okay. Shoot the guy a mail and put the car on the backburner right now, maybe we can get at least the revision soon enough so we can at least put it ingame”
Verdict
A small peppy convertable for a small and city, with a nice character to add to it.
Sadly due to the needed revisions it can not be an contender for the cover
With a way to lenghty transition the next slide pops up:
"Here we have a submission from @AndiD . The ‘Rama Rena Taksi Kabriolet’ for Vardeskik
“Now that needs a shorter name”
“And probally a re… well a design”
“At least the character has been thoughed through, they could have probally used that time fleshing out the car, buuuuut the idea of an older vet”
“Gotta say, some of the lines are funny.”
The convo gets interrupted by the CEO “Alright. We will take the character in. For the car we have to do an in-house design”
Verdict
The Rama Rena Taksi Kabriolet is a car and thats pretty much it.
While the character had a lot of work put into it, the balance is pretty much off here
Boleslav will make it in the game, but he gets a WWII inspired vehicle as his ride
Another random and “quirky” transition
“This is the ‘Taxi Midnight Club’ from @mart1n2005”
“And?”
“Thats it”
“Whatcha mean ‘Thats it’”
“We only received the car file and thats it”
Verdict
Binned for not providing any data
“Please continue then”
“Ehh yeah. Yes”
“Here we have the Tarpon GT by @Maverick74 . This is for the Wild Widths”
“Ha. Thats quite neat. Who doesnt like a muscle car”
“I can see that driving over the long highways next to the red sand”
“Isnt it a bit… too american though. Like i could also imagine this in our East Coast scenario”
“Another issue i see is that the character is very much ‘Dude drives Cab’ needs some rework”
The Lead Designer takes the word “I already got an idea for this”
Verdict
The Tarpon will be included in the game after some major rework
The car will feature a MadMax Interceptor refrence and Sunderland will be changed to fit that vehicle more
“Can I go to the… yes? Okay”
“This is from @BannedByAndroid . The Berlin Taxi for Weißgipfelhausen”
“Didnt the requirements state that we are looking for 2 door vehicles?”
“Yes we did. Its also missing the Ludicrus Cab checkers”
“Is the driver at least fitting”
The men look at each other.
“The driver is an undercover agent” the Lead Programmer stats
“Okay why?”
“Too stop an terrorism group”
“…”
Verdict
The car and character will be split of from each other.
The Berlin Taxi will get ‘Herman the German’ an older german dude with an excentric wardrobe, while the concept of Agent 420 will be toned down from serious Agent to a more James Bond approach.
“Good with that we come to our next… what is this?”
“Um what is that Sarah”
“This should have been the car from @AudiRS4 but looks like something broke with the download…”
Verdict
Binned for wrong naming
“I hope everything else still works…”
“Oh god thanks. Um here we have the Kabgaroo from @thecarlover”
“Oh thats a nice wildcard. You can directly see that its for the Wild Widths.”
“It might not be the most detailed or excentric designs, but it is doing its job very effectivly and what else could you wish for?”
“Maybe a bit more presentable driver? A fat dude in a white tanktop for the cover?”
Sarah links into the convo: “What if gave him a pet kangaroo he playes play-fight with”
“Sold”
Verdict
The Kabgaroo will be a drivable car ingame and might make it on the cover
“Up next the ‘BIG YELLOW THING’ by @Knugcab for New Redway”
“It certainly is big”
“And yellow”
“And could need a polish, what the story here Sarah”
“Um the driver of this cap is an old geezer who lives in the city since ever basicly”
“Okay Okay i can see that. Throw it on the TODO list”
Verdict
The Big Yellow Thing will be a driveable car in the game after some polishing
It is not a contender for the cover
“Next in line:”
“We have the 59 Lowrider by @donutsnail for our starter town Santa de Palma”
“uuuuuh yes yes yes”
“Now thats what i imagine when i hear 'Santa de Palma. Low and Slow. Or in our case, fast and bouncy”
“Absolutly beauty”
“But what about the driver?”
“Driver is a Chicano woman named Rose. Very latin and active character”
“Yes thats peeeerfeeect. What are we waiting for, but it on the list”
Verdict
The 59 Lowrider is a perfect envision of the game and area it will be drivin in
Making it not a strong contender for the cover would be a crime
“Alrighty, next on the list:”
“The Vier Delta, send in by @Kursk for Weißgifelhausen”
“Uuuuh a nice Rally car for Weißgifelhausen? I am on board”
“Yeah and the chracter fits into that role quite well”
"The only real complain i got is that the Taxi livery is very… thrown on, almost as if someone found a nice model of a rally car and just spray painted the checkers on.
“We can fix that though, cant we?”
Verdict
The Vier Delta is a nice unique idea which downfall is the taxi livery
After a touch up the car and character will be implemented into the game
“Last page”
“Another car for New Redway by @ThatCarMadGamer the Ebernhard Cardinair”
“isnt Ebernhard a real brand?”
“Yeah can’t have that. Gotta get rid of the badges and such”
“Well other that that?”
“Its a nice big barge, but i dont think its a right fit for New Redway.”
“Yeah i agree its much more West Coast Cruiser, than Malaise East Coast”
“Aaaand if we change the location of the car we also need to change the character.
Italian Immigrant doesnt really scream sunny West Coast in my opinion”
“So we need to change car, driver and concept”
“mhhh”
Verdict
A very nice car let down by its concept.
The Ebernhard will not be in the game
“Alright gentelmen. I think we have all we need. See you all at the launch party”
Result
Somewhere at your local Mall…
Well done @donutsnail on not only making a nut worthy car, but also making it perfectly fit the game!
2.) @thecarlover
3.) @HybridTronny
4.) @Maverick74
5.) @Kursk
