EA Says 2021 will be another big year for The Sims 4

"LiELF;c-17736633" wrote:

"Justin;c-17736347" wrote:

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"saphnael;c-17735216" wrote:
most likely we will get 2 GP in 2021, hope we will get Cars, Garage and Road Trip destination world this time.

Cars should be a free base game update for everyone, not behind a paywall though..

I hope it's not a base game update, I don't want them. Especially after seeing the way bicycles work and how the game just gives them to my Sims. Cars were in EPs in the past, there's no reason they should suddenly have to be free now. If they're in a pack, people who don't want them can choose not to buy it.

Not true. There was 1 car available in sims 2 base game & 11 for sims 3 base game. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t be free now. You don’t have to use them if you don’t want to but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have it for those who do want it especially since it’s a request feature. For a “life simulator”, that shouldn’t be behind a paywall.

I would also like to add I also agree about the bicycle being a bit annoying when seeing sims use them in places that are game breaking. What should be done is a option to turn off bicycles & vehicles from being used by sims we are not controlling.

Source:
https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_vehicles

Sims 2 did not have ownable cars until Night Life released. I don't remember Sims 3 having ownable cars when the base game released either, so they may have been patched in when available or I'm just totally remembering it wrong.

The "life simulator" argument doesn't really entitle anything to be free. Plenty of content that caters to "life simulation" comes in packs. The Sims has never been an accurate real life simulator so asking for cars to be patched into Sims 4 would be the equivalent of wanting Aliens or Magic patched as well. (Not saying that would be a bad thing, just that those things are not essential.) Some people may want them, but they're not absolutely necessary. While cars made a lot more sense in Sims 3 for traveling across a large open world, they aren't needed in more closed world games like Sims 2 and 4. Not having them doesn't prevent Sims going to work or traveling, so they should remain optional for those who don't want them by coming in a pack like they did in Sims 2. If they were forced on everyone in a patch, I doubt there would be a way to turn them off and the headache and bugs that come with them would be unavoidable. The way the game works now, if we got cars patched, I'd probably see my Vampires and Spellcasters travelling around in Volvos that the game gives them. I want nothing to do with that.

I do hope they get developed though, for people who want them.