Whilst ambitious, the inclusion of the wrap editor shows us that the folks at Stellar Entertainment are willing to push the boundaries, even if they more or less just imported the wrap system from Heat... Therefore, it's not entirely out of the question, surely?
Also, the SCPD have multiple liveries/colour schemes. Don't worry, I'm not saying people should be able to create obscene cop cars or begging for cameo police schemes (though that'd be awesome if you could have Rockport, Palmont, TCB, Federal from TR, Fairhaven, Redview County, Ventura Bay, Fortune Valley, Palm City/Eden Shores etc) I'm just suggesting that players could pick from a selection of pre-made wraps, much like their racer counterparts.
As I detailed, this would likely involve remapping some of the SCPD wraps onto other cars, but again Stellar have already demonstrated their ability to do this. To the best of my knowledge, this would include:
That's pretty much all of them from what I can remember... No need to re-map every single one necessarily, seeing as racers only have four pre-made wrap slots, but as you can see there's clearly ample choice regardless.
In simple terms, cops would get to choose from a selection of four pre-made police schemes as I've listed, just like racers can do. Not too unreasonable, right? Hope you can come round to my way of thinking, but if not, don't worry!
I hate to be a pooper but its possible tht the wrap editor may be the last and final update for HPR most likely. Which sucks bc theres many things tht needed to be fix (traffic spawn online is still terrible bruh).
I actually like a few of these ideas (preset cop liveries would be awesome). But knowing Stellar and the fact they only mentioned wrap editor, I doubt they gonna do anything else to this game. Maybe a patch fix and a very very VERY slim chance of bringing back the SLRs but other than tht its done with developement.
Yeah, I can understand that. To be completely honest, I'm surprised they made good on the wrap editor at all! Especially when it's a bit unorthodox and doesn't necessarily fit the HP genre, but I won't start an argument about that...
Glad to hear you approve though, and I do share your cynicism regarding updates. Although a different studio, similar circumstances occurred with Payback (where Abandoned Cars were slowly wound down then dropped entirely) and Heat too, I believe. I also probably shouldn't have advocated the addition of the SLR McLaren 722/SLR McLaren Stirling Moss because of the sheer difficulty of getting a licence for a car with two manufacturers no longer working together.
We'll have to see what happens, eh? At least give us that much-needed traffic stability overhaul in whatever the final minor patch or major update is! I presume most of us will be playing HPR for that little bit longer due to the 2021 installment's delay, so I'd say it's in their best interest as well.
Hmm, I wouldn't be so sure... It's not about jurisdiction or anything, haha. The vast majority of these SCPD schemes are used across the entirety of Seacrest County, irrespective of location generally. For example, I recall one particular single player HP Super/Rapid Deployment event where a Sheriff Z06 and a white/blue HWP Panamera Turbo were both present! Never mind...
Yes, I'm aware it's all set in Seacrest County, but that didn't stop the original Criterion of 2010 from chucking in their bizarre Poliza Gallardo out of the blue either, did it?
The bottom line is, as already detailed, it really wouldn't be too difficult at all and could spice up online lobbies; if only just a little bit. I felt it could be an appropriate compromise between subtle vehicle customization without neglecting core HP genre values, even though I clearly don't understand those. Arguably though, the damage to those roots has already been done by the wrap editor update, if that's what you're concerned about.
