Hey guys, this is Killrob spea… wait no nvm.
Seriously though, i have a question that i still have not found the answer for in around a year of playing this game:
When, in god’s name, is the sports interior the interior to go for?
Whether i’m building muscle cars, pony, premium, xxx premium, etc., they ALL prefer Premium interiors over Sport ones. Even Track categories i believe, although not sure. But even if they are, they’re such a niche that it’s not even relevant
Think Ferrari F40, or early Lotus Elise. It’s very well designed to be light and cuts out any unnecessary equipment, basically making it a high-end basic interior.
Yes, i know. The thing is, in the game, they’ll ALWAYS lower competitiveness (sorry if misspelled), never up them. Making me wonder wtf they are for, since competitiveness is pretty much your goal
My track oriented cars buyers (and light sport ones) prefer sport interior (or so it was with the previous competitor pack)
But still, that’s quite a niche pick isn’t it? If you’re going for something like the lite campaign, those few groups won’t make you make all the moneys
Supercars/hypercars that require prestige but low weight without much emphasis on comfort make use of the sport interiors. That’s pretty well what it’s designed for.
I think the sports interior can use a little buff, probably just a moderate price decrease will do. It does have its niche, but that niche currently is a little bit too small.
Yeah a buff would be nice. I’d really like to be able to put those in cars that would be considered sporty, but not luxury.
Because cars that are sporty but also luxurious, such as supers, hypers and premiums and so on, require Luxury / Hand made / Premium interiors, but cars that need speed but not much less prefer Basic or Standard over Sport, so… it’s a really small niche
For normal sporty cars you should use normal or basic interior, sports interior is meant for high prestige cars that do not need too high levels of comfort. Track cars should be using basic interior.
Shouldn’t there be some safety buff for sport interiors too?
Or just add a sport safty, which is not comfortable but light and tough
At this stage, even hypercars with extreme performance require prestige over sportiness, so hand made interiors, or luxury interiors if hand made is too expensive/too heavy, are still strongly preferred. A decrease in price might be one advantage, but on the other hand a buff to prestige may also be helpful.
With that logic, shouldn’t upping the Q slider drop the weight. Low sider => heavy sport buckets, almost standar like trim; high slider => carbon fibre buckets and trim. Like Porsche and similar have been doing…
I would love if this was the case. Might make going for light cars actually somewhat appealing.
With that kind of thinking, you’re going to break all the community challenges you sneaky bastard 
And with your kind of logic you would break conventions of UI 
(while I do think what you say makes sense). All other things get heavier for the interior and then sports would be an exception. Also I don’t think it actually goes that way, even in sports- and supercars advertised as super-light, they cram in more low-weight shit the higher the quality, not the same amount at a lower weight. Overall being light, but still heavier than the more basic interiors.
Aw… Why do you want my track day specials to be so uncomfortable Killrob? POR QUE?
I heard that the seats used in racecars are fairly comfy.
The issue is the other stuff around that is always nice to have when you don’t want to race and just want to go to work.
Stuff like sound insulation, a suspension that absorbs bumps instead of transferring them to your spine, AC, carpet, etc.
Here is what I think are their IRL analogues:
Most modern basic trim shitboxes actually have a standard interior. Basic is when you start seeing stuff like no carpet in many areas.
And premium can also be found in some cheaper cars if you get the upscale trim with heated leather seats and stuff like that.
For basic interior, you’re looking at things like the Tata Nano, the Lada Niva (as it was in the 2000s), and commercial trucks/vans (like a 2016 F-150 with manual locks, manual windows, no carpets, etc).
Lotus Elise/Exige is more on the standard side of things. Sport interior is more Ferrari F40. While the F430 Challenge does fit with that, the Gallardo Superleggera is more premium.