"ShannonMarie_76;c-18322126" wrote:
"LeucosiaX;d-1011391" wrote:
https://youtu.be/1d2A2mMbyLQ?si=beC-ax5V-yrM-lZq
I think it would be perfect if the new expansion comes with motorcycles and we get cars with an update or game pack after!
Why? We don't have an open world and we do not get to see our sims travel other than a jog or dog walk around the neighborhood. I think it would be such a waste, I would much rather something that will improve more game play.
This has been addressed many times on the forums over the years, but the short answer is that many of us have fond memories of cars in TS2, which was also not open world (and had even less open space than TS4 does in the neighborhoods). There were plenty of things you could do with the cars that did not require an open world. Restoring/rebuilding the cars was a wonderful group activity for friends or family members. You could sit in the car and listen to music, or make out/woohoo. Teens could sneak out in the car. You could use the car to get to work or school if you missed the car pool or school bus.
With TS4's neighborhoods, we could probably also leave the lots with the cars to drive to other lots in the same neighborhood. Or just "take a drive around the neighborhood." If we had motorbikes/scooters that came with the pack, we could probably also put them in our inventories like we would a bike or a boat, and take them to ride around other neighborhoods.
Mind you, in TS3, whole cars could go in the inventory, too, but that was rather silly, so I could take it or leave it. Although, let's be honest, putting a whole bicycle in your backpack isn't super realistic, either.
Edited to add: I could be wrong, it's been a long time, but my memory is that you could also nap in the cars in TS2. It would be funny for your sims to come home from work so exhausted that they fall asleep in the car in the driveway. (Not that, ummm, I know anyone who's ever done that in real life.) It would also make an interesting twist for rags to riches. Instead of living out of a tent, you could have a sim basically living out of their car if they could nap/sleep in it, or sit in it to get protection from rain/snow.
And of course, you could have a mechanic or car salesman sim using the retail lots from Get to Work, even if a new career wasn't added.
