I understand why we don't have currently have vehicles

Yeah now Sims just teleport to every lot, so we technically don't need cars, but I think every Sim game should always have cars (open world or not). Be nice of we had parking lots too. It'd be a nice touch to the game. In Sims 2 you used the phone to travel too, and it was nice when a taxi would show up to drop you off. I do hope they can add them soon. I honestly think Sims 4 would've had vehicles if it weren't for *cough* Olympus *cough*. I don't think they would've left it out of the base game if the game was originally intended to be offline.


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"Horrorgirl6;d-949503" wrote:
Okay, people, I know people want cars. But I understand why we don't have them in the game. In Sims 2 how a sim travel to community lot we had a taxi, or in Night life we had cars. The only way to travel was with taxi, and cars. In Sims 3 we had an open world, and use them to travel. In Sims 4 we travel by phone.Im not against cars, but I understand why currently are not in the game

Sorry but how does this highlight the reason we don’t have cars ?

"Horrorgirl6;c-16777637" wrote:

"Garethlex;c-16777612" wrote:

"Horrorgirl6;d-949503" wrote:
Okay, people, I know people want cars. But I understand why we don't have them in the game. In Sims 2 how a sim travels to community lot we had a taxi, or in Nightlife we had cars. The only way to travel was with taxi and cars. In Sims 3 we had an open world, and use them to travel. In Sims 4 we travel by phone. Im not against cars, but I understand why currently are not in the game

Sorry, but how does this highlight the reason we don’t have cars?

Because you don't need cars to travel to lots. You just teleport by phone. To be fair we didn't need cars to travel in three, but it did make it faster.

But cars should always be in The Sims regardless, there is a need for them. Otherwise we don't need stoves, refrigerators, beds etc, Sims needs could just automatically get filled, but that's not realistic at all. It's just something that should be in the game. It is a simulation of life after all. o:)

We have never “needed” cars in any of the sims games but we have had them for immersion and gameplay. In the sims 4 the roads arent real so I think that may have something to do with it.

I think we should have them. It doesn't make sense that sims just materialize from thin air. It's even worse that elevators are not animated so sims materialize from one floor to another.

It's like saying we don't need doors if sims could materialize from one room to another. Why take the effort to animate and code doors if sims could just vanish from one room to the next?

In Sims 2 you could just walk somewhere by going to the edge of the lot, or you could get in your car and drive there. For going to other lots, the end effect is exactly the same. Cars were still nice because they let people tell the stories they wanted to tell.

TS4 is weird because there's all the public area around the lot, and some lots don't even have anything that could be considered road access. I'm pretty certain that there are prototype cars that the Sims team is working on. (There are prototypes for a lot of things that aren't ready for public release yet.) The catch is that once cars are released, it'll be harder to justify working on them more in the future. And it's hard to make cars feel like proper cars that you drive, instead of simple teleporters, within the game as it stands now.

"Horrorgirl6;c-16779757" wrote:

"DreamaDove;c-16779569" wrote:
I think we should have them. It doesn't make sense that sims just materialize from thin air. It's even worse that elevators are not animated so sims materialize from one floor to another.

It's like saying we don't need doors if sims could materialize from one room to another. Why take the effort to animate and code doors if sims could just vanish from one room to the next?

I but it was a reason we had them in 2 .Becuse you couldn't travel without a taxi, or car.Sims 2 cars came with late night.

they could have very well made it in ts2 to be able to travel by using the phone, but they went the extra mile and gave us cars. The fact that we can travel using the phone right now doesn't negate the need for cars. It's like when you buy something on the computer it magically shows up in your inventory instead of having to wait for it to arrive in the mailbox and picking it up there. It's not a feature, it's lazy shortcut.

Even if we stay away from an open world, transportation is essential and universality too for a simulation .
So car yes for sure but not only. Walk, bikes electric bikes motorbikes boats small and big ones windsurfs skate boards rollers ULM helicopters and public transportation of all kinds too.

I am sure I did forget a few ones.

The only real reason I can think of to make me understand it, is that it’s easier to develop. That’s not a good reason for me though.

"JoAnne65;c-16780887" wrote:
The only real reason I can think of to make me understand it, is that it’s easier to develop. That’s not a good reason for me though.

From the posts I'm reading on here lately, the new excuse for not having this or that is because there wasn't time? I really hope that's not true. If it is, it's a pretty sad excuse.