Suggestion for Drivable Cars and Car-Related Careers in The Sims
Hey fellow Simmers! I’ve been thinking about how adding drivable cars could elevate The Sims experience and create new opportunities for gameplay and storytelling. By partnering with a company li...
Since this has come up on the Sims Freeplay please allow me to wade into the water and give my suggestions how Vehicles can be introduced to the Sims 4 in a way that will slightly make up for its lack of an open world. Thank You Simmer Erin for the inspiration
Features
New Garage Room Tab - so that items meant for the garage are in the proper tab instead "Outside". Add appropriate Icons for these things
Driveway
Garage Cabinetry
Garage Clutter
Garage Doors
Garage Shelving
Smoke Detector
Tool Box
Wall Clock
Wall Decor
Work Benches
New Community Lots
Car Wash - Rabbit hole of course
Dealership - New Retail Store along with the accoutrements (Front Door & Window, Signage, Printed Front Door Rug, Maybe one of those wavy Inflatables)
Drag Strip or Raceway
"Lover's Lane" Park - Just a small pretty park with some park benches, water fountain and a load of parking spots.
Mechanic Shop/Filling Station/Charging Station/Convenience Store
Tattoo Shop (We have it now) We could use the Motorcycle though
New Career
Mechanic
Two Branches
Auto Body
Engine/Everything Else Mechanic
New Radio Channel
Classic Rock - My pick!
Rockabilly
New Retail Category
Car DealershipSales & Service
New Skills
Learning to Drive a Car
Learning to Drive a Motorcycle
Vehicle Maintenance
Return of the Career Carpool & NPC Vehicles
Chinese Food Delivery
Florist Delivery
Gardener's Truck
Grocery Delivery
Handiman Truck
Limousine Service
Maid Service
Pest Control
Pizza Man
School Bus
Taxi
New Event
Car Show
New Interactions & Animations
Check Oil Level
Check Tire Pressure
Getting in and out of Vehicles
Haggle about Price
Honking Horn - Animation
Offer a Ride to...
Make Out in Car
Open Car Door for Child, Elder, Lady, Pet (Politeness should still be a thing if the Sims isn't rude or evil)
Open Trunk to Get Tire Iron
Prop up Hood to Show Off the Engine
Put Cat in Carrier for Car Drive
Put Dog in Car Safety First! The Sim is connecting the car harness to the dog. Her child is also belted in. She has also placed a seat cover keep it clean against dog hair. Good Work!
Put on Seatbelt - Animation
Secure Young Child or Pet - Animation
Sit in Car to listen to Music
Take Child to School
Teach to Drive
Teach Vehicle Maintenance
Turn on Alarm - Animation and Sound
Volume Control for Car Stereo
Washing the Car
Woo Hoo in Car
Types of Vehicles
Cars
El Camino
Italian Sport's Cars
Limosine
Muscle Cars like the Pontiac GTO, Charger, Chevy Nova, 1958 Plymouth Fury
Roadsters & Convertibles - emphasis upon 1920's-1950's body styles
Woody Wagons
Four Wheelers
Motorcycles, Mopeds, Scooters
School Buses and the return of the carpool with Sims 2 style details
SUV's
Trucks
Vans
Types of Maintenance for Vehicles
Add Air to the Tires
Add Oil
Add Windshield Wiper Fluid
Change the Battery
Change the Oil
Change the Tires
Change the Window Wipers
Clean the Dashboard
Clean the Upholstery
Clean the Windows
Give a Tune Up
Rotate the Tires
Vacuum the car with the Dust Buster if you have Bust the Dust
Wash the Car - Either by Hand or Take it to a Car Wash
Garage Doors Double Garage House - Single & Double Doors
Art Deco Garage
Garage Stool
Metal Cabinets to match the Work Bench
Peg Board with Tools on It
Rolling Work Bench
Sport Car Art Work
Tall Cabinet with matching swatches to tool Chest
Tool Chest matching swatches to Cabinets
Wood Working Bench New Reskin and have swatches to match the tool bench and cabinets. So that it can be seamlessly added to a garage without sticking out. Like this but more pristine to match the other pieces
Working Garage Door like Sims 2
Build/Buy
Baby Changing Table
Commercial Coffee Urn
Comic Book Rack
Gas Station Equipment
Air Pump for Tires
Bollards
Charging Station
Gas Pumps
Heated Food Case
Chicken Strips
Corn Dogs
Tacos
Magazine Rack
Map Rack
Mechanic Shop Equipment
Mechanic Shop Counter with Register
Tire Stack
Vehicle Lift
Models - Some Assembly Required
Airplanes
Cars - Vintage
Ships in a Bottle
Train Set
Parking Spaces
Upgrade the High School Parking Spaces that are decorative to Parking Spaces that you can park on AND decorate (I know High School Years has them but you cannot paint them yourself, also no cars)
Pickle Jar
Post Card Rack
Racks for Chips, Pretzels and Candy
Refrigerated Case for Sodas
Rotating Hot Dog Cooker
Urinals
Water Cooler
Foods Available at the Convenience Store
I patterned this after Buc-ee's even the FUDGE!
Bags of Peanuts
Bags of Pistachios
Bags of Potato Chips
Bags of Pretzels
Bags of Sunflower Seeds
Chicken Strips
Chocolate Bars
Corn Dogs
Hot Dogs
Jerky
Pickles
Sodas
Slushes
Tacos
Souvenirs
Fudge - Yes that's from Buc-ees
Peanut Brittle
Salt Water Taffy
Snow Globes - Unlocks Snow Globes in:
Forgotten Hollow
Glimmerbrook
Granite Falls
Hanford-On-Bagley
Innisgreen
Moonwood Mill
Mt. Komerabi
Ravenwood
Selvadorada
Sulani
Tartosa
Tee Shirts - Same as the Snow Globes
Small Details
Any visible turns or lane changes will include the turn signal being shown
Carpool Drivers can be seen and their pushing of the horn will be shown
Lights Come On at Night
Red Lights brighten when pulling out of driveway as if the brake is being pushed and the car is being put into reverse
You can see passengers if they are tall enough like Sims and Dogs who sit up. Babies & Cats will not
I must say that I have never seen pickles in a gas station shop before. :lol: Here they usually sell water, coffee and soft drinks and snacks like chocolates, biscuits, chips and icecream. They also have various car stuff items, toys, magazines and CDs with music. Maybe some souvenir type stuff like mugs or key chains. And they all sell ice, charcoal and wood for BBQ. Everything is overpriced compared to regular supermarket prices.
"crocobaura;c-18308778" wrote: I must say that I have never seen pickles in a gas station shop before. :lol: Here they usually sell water, coffee and soft drinks and snacks like chocolates, biscuits, chips and icecream. They also have various car stuff items, toys, magazines and CDs with music. Maybe some souvenir type stuff like mugs or key chains. And they all sell ice, charcoal and wood for BBQ. Everything is overpriced compared to regular supermarket prices.
Your picture is not displaying, but I googled them and found them on a site that sells candy and it appears that they are packaged like some sort of snack. Weird if you ask me, imagine struggling to open the packaging with all the pickle water inside. Also, very expensive, here you can buy two jars of regular pickles for the price of one fancy packaged pickle.
I made a post years ago about gas stations/car lots/mechanics and also campers/rvs. It could also include them and have a large 64x64 lot with a pond in the middle for fishing and camper hookups. This would be a neat get away place.
I really don't want a car wash to be rabbit holes like we already have a sponge and a bucket I would rather Sims wash the car I know they can't use a water hose but I would love seeing a sim scrub the car, also eating in car, sleeping in car, hanging out in car, looking at the stars or clouds in back of pick up truck or on roof. Stick out of sunroof, drive in theatre. Teens learning to drive or maybe a Sims learning to drive. Car seats for infants and toddlers.
I’d buy this pack as well as a second pack for off road gameplay including defensive driving skills and maybe an off road driving skill, that meant you could then drive to an off road campsite with an upgraded vehicle or camper van… and stay on a camping vacation about halfway up skill level. Once you maxed the levels, you could participate in a rally…. Eg Variety Bash or Birdsville Races in Australia. Which could then include camel ride to desert and Sounds of Silence dinner and a trip to Uluṟu. So many gameplay possibilities. I’d be one of the first to sign up for pre-release of either/both of these packs.
"Briana2425;c-18309739" wrote: I really don't want a car wash to be rabbit holes like we already have a sponge and a bucket I would rather Sims wash the car I know they can't use a water hose but I would love seeing a sim scrub the car, also eating in car, sleeping in car, hanging out in car, looking at the stars or clouds in back of pick up truck or on roof. Stick out of sunroof, drive in theatre. Teens learning to drive or maybe a Sims learning to drive. Car seats for infants and toddlers.
I did mention washing the car as an animation/Interaction. I mentioned both to give the maximum amount of possible places to take the car since we will be limited in this area.
I don't think they will add interaction to manually wash the cars with sponge and bucket because this will need to take into account the shape and size of car. Maybe they will add one of those huge car wash systems with the huge brushes and water jets that you drive through with your car.
"crocobaura;c-18309837" wrote: I don't think they will add interaction to manually wash the cars with sponge and bucket because this will need to take into account the shape and size of car. Maybe they will add one of those huge car wash systems with the huge brushes and water jets that you drive through with your car.
