Big Announcement Coming Dec 16th Maxis Monthly

I want cars to be in the game! I'd like them in the base-game pleaseeee EA. The point is that cars would be really useless as you will only be able to see your Sims drive them for like 3 seconds before a loading screen pops up, unlike The Sims 3 where we had an open world and could see our Sims drive their cars all around town.

Am I the only one who isn't particularly thrilled about getting cars? :open_mouth:


There will still be loading screens. Some lots would be unreachable by car . I'm not really sure how it'd work, unless your Sim just gets into the car and it disappears.

What we *really* need are improvements to the AI/personality system. I can guarantee you, cars will get old fast because the Sims driving them will be no different, more or less. This goes for every other piece of content they release. It's why TS4 tends to "get old fast". You need to make the stuff using the content interesting, immersive. Or else the content itself will be just as stale.

I'm not really a familial player so I may be biased. Most of my Sims are fantasy-esque, and wouldn't drive cars. :wink:

"thesimmer14;c-17342575" wrote:
Am I the only one who isn't particularly thrilled about getting cars? :open_mouth:


There will still be loading screens. Some lots would be unreachable by car . I'm not really sure how it'd work, unless your Sim just gets into the car and it disappears.

What we *really* need are improvements to the AI/personality system. I can guarantee you, cars will get old fast because the Sims driving them will be no different, more or less. This goes for every other piece of content they release. It's why TS4 tends to "get old fast". You need to make the stuff using the content interesting, immersive. Or else the content itself will be just as stale.

I'm not really a familial player so I may be biased. Most of my Sims are fantasy-esque, and wouldn't drive cars. :wink:

One thing does not exclude another. I fully agree with an idea of ​​improvement in artificial intelligence. But one of the things that has made The Sims 4 extremely boring is the many limitations and very little immersion into reality.
An idea of ​​Sim teleporting everywhere in every situation bothers me SO MUCH.

Sim go to work: Teleport
Sim will visit a friend in the same city: Teleport
Sim go to school: Teleport
Sim will use a elevator: Teleport.
Sim are invited to a date: Instant Teleport!

In the sims 2 for example, the world was not open, but in many other ways compensated for this limitation. There were so many great animations for every kind of thing and so much interaction with objects, that the loading screens became acceptable.
With current technology, such limited gameplay and such lack of whimsy in The Sims 4 is unacceptable.
Even if your gameplay is not focused on the daily life of sims, please understand and support other simmers who want this kind of content back.
Producers have the ability to give you a much richer gameplay if the community asks for it ;)

"Tahabata;c-17342596" wrote:

"thesimmer14;c-17342575" wrote:
Am I the only one who isn't particularly thrilled about getting cars? :open_mouth:


There will still be loading screens. Some lots would be unreachable by car . I'm not really sure how it'd work, unless your Sim just gets into the car and it disappears.

What we *really* need are improvements to the AI/personality system. I can guarantee you, cars will get old fast because the Sims driving them will be no different, more or less. This goes for every other piece of content they release. It's why TS4 tends to "get old fast". You need to make the stuff using the content interesting, immersive. Or else the content itself will be just as stale.

I'm not really a familial player so I may be biased. Most of my Sims are fantasy-esque, and wouldn't drive cars. :wink:

One thing does not exclude another. I fully agree with an idea of ​​improvement in artificial intelligence. But one of the things that has made The Sims 4 extremely boring is the many limitations and very little immersion into reality.
An idea of ​​Sim teleporting everywhere in every situation bothers me SO MUCH.

Sim go to work: Teleport
Sim will visit a friend in the same city: Teleport
Sim go to school: Teleport
Sim will use a elevator: Teleport.
Sim are invited to a date: Instant Teleport!

In the sims 2 for example, the world was not open, but in many other ways compensated for this limitation. There were so many great animations for every kind of thing and so much interaction with objects, that the loading screens became acceptable.
With current technology, such limited gameplay and such lack of whimsy in The Sims 4 is unacceptable.
Even if your gameplay is not focused on the daily life of sims, please understand and support other simmers who want this kind of content back.
Producers have the ability to give you a much richer gameplay if the community asks for it ;)

Of course! I completely support cars! I agree with you, immersion makes a big difference. I think cars would do a lot to enhance this for a lot of players. I think it's a little silly that we teleport to transport everywhere. :/

I guess I'm just a little extra-bitter about the personality system. Woe is me, but I've got Sims living in Pleasantview to make up for it. :p

Sims4 on PC has been taken care of for the year since the latest patch was released before the MM stream. I doubt there will be another patch for us before mid January. And this is an announcement they're talking about, which usually means news about something being released in the month of the announcement. I'd like to take a break from updates and patches for a bit, and not have to deal with the mess that almost always comes afterward. EA, Sony and Microsoft have been discussing the possibility of adding the ability to mod the console versions of Sims4 for months. It's something the console players have been asking for since it was released. Sims Freeplay and Sims Mobile are getting updates, we'll be clued in on when another round of voting for the community stuff pack will happen, then they leave everything up in the air by saying they have one last big announcement for 2019. Yet we have no idea which version of Sims4 they're talking about so I am not at all hopeful this announcement pertains to the PC version. I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer here, just trying to not get caught up in another round of hype the gurus are so fond of creating without saying anything of much importance. Whenever the word ' big ' is attached to a teaser on Twitter I shrug it off as clickbait. Just a way to build hype, stir the pot of speculation, then disappoint us. Enjoy the holiday season ahead of us, and let's all hope the new year brings us better content for our games. :)

"icmnfrsh;c-17340864" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-17340851" wrote:
https://twitter.com/TheSimCommunity/status/1205182637691850754?s=19

If it warrants a trailer, it must be really huge. I don't think even terrain tools had a trailer.

The last free update that I can remember having one was toddlers. Do you think the announcement is somewhere along that scope? I can see cars/transportation or CAW being trailer-worthy updates.

Sims 4 gallery for consoles.

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"Dianesims;c-17342420" wrote:
I really think it might be cars though, because :

- They added a Transportation category to Buy mode, yet there are like maybe 4 objects In it, it seems odd to add a whole category for so few objects unless you plan to add other objects to it.

- Speaking of, Transportation wasn’t a thing In TS4 before. The basegame has no means of transportation yet they added a Transportation category....

- I noticed the neighborhoods seem to be more open, my sims still can’t change lots without loading screens but they can move more easily inside the neighborhoods.

- If you look at the new worlds, all lots seem to be connected to a road/street.

It could also be more locations for sims to swim.

Yep, probably gallery for console players.

"thesimmer14;c-17342602" wrote:

"Tahabata;c-17342596" wrote:

"thesimmer14;c-17342575" wrote:
Am I the only one who isn't particularly thrilled about getting cars? :open_mouth:


There will still be loading screens. Some lots would be unreachable by car . I'm not really sure how it'd work, unless your Sim just gets into the car and it disappears.

What we *really* need are improvements to the AI/personality system. I can guarantee you, cars will get old fast because the Sims driving them will be no different, more or less. This goes for every other piece of content they release. It's why TS4 tends to "get old fast". You need to make the stuff using the content interesting, immersive. Or else the content itself will be just as stale.

I'm not really a familial player so I may be biased. Most of my Sims are fantasy-esque, and wouldn't drive cars. :wink:

One thing does not exclude another. I fully agree with an idea of ​​improvement in artificial intelligence. But one of the things that has made The Sims 4 extremely boring is the many limitations and very little immersion into reality.
An idea of ​​Sim teleporting everywhere in every situation bothers me SO MUCH.

Sim go to work: Teleport
Sim will visit a friend in the same city: Teleport
Sim go to school: Teleport
Sim will use a elevator: Teleport.
Sim are invited to a date: Instant Teleport!

In the sims 2 for example, the world was not open, but in many other ways compensated for this limitation. There were so many great animations for every kind of thing and so much interaction with objects, that the loading screens became acceptable.
With current technology, such limited gameplay and such lack of whimsy in The Sims 4 is unacceptable.
Even if your gameplay is not focused on the daily life of sims, please understand and support other simmers who want this kind of content back.
Producers have the ability to give you a much richer gameplay if the community asks for it ;)

Of course! I completely support cars! I agree with you, immersion makes a big difference. I think cars would do a lot to enhance this for a lot of players. I think it's a little silly that we teleport to transport everywhere. :/

I guess I'm just a little extra-bitter about the personality system. Woe is me, but I've got Sims living in Pleasantview to make up for it. :p

Yeah... totally ;/

This explains why many players spend most of their time in CAS or build mode, but get tired of gameplay fast.