The only big feature that hasn't returned yet are Hotels

"Wispye;c-18249011" wrote:
with a closed world i can't see the need for cars

I won't cry if cars aren't here for that reason, but it would still be cool. The Sims 2 had closed world and cars worked just fine. Getting into the car and disappearing into the loading screen would be just fine and mechanics skill, possibility to fix, build, or wash your car, building relations wit it would make up for closed world