Hello all, new to the forum, saw the bit about people joining and creating a demand for this game. I’m in!
So my two bit suggestion, since the game focuses on both the build and the business, is to include underhanded tricks, such as spying on your competitors, stealing their technology and slandering their products. Obviously with the chance of repercussions such as the tech not working or failing, or being exposed in the media as being underhanded, etc, etc, etc. Lots of ways to go with that idea.
Perhaps also with research should come quality. They’ve had ABS for decades but it hasn’t always worked like its supposed to. Perhaps once you have a technology you can perfect it? Or just be like Toyota and sit on your hands while everything you build gets recalled. If part quality becomes a factor, the player should definitely face the prospect of a recall and the subsequent PR fallout. I think the key to a good tycoon-style game should be a solid business model side by side with the awesome car building abilities I’ve been seeing in the demo videos.
Keep up the good work!