THE. SIMS. 4. NEEDS. CARS. WHY. &. HOW

This would work better if we had open worlds. However, cars wouldn't be very practical in a place like Willow Creek, where the neighborhoods are separated by water. Then again, it would be great in Newcrest. Maybe other forms of transportation, like boat, bus, etc would be helpful.
We really need more expensive things in this game. Cars could help with that.

"AbbyBaba729;c-17806948" wrote:
cars wouldn't be very practical in a place like Willow Creek, where the neighborhoods are separated by water. Then again, it would be great in Newcrest. Maybe other forms of transportation, like boat, bus, etc would be helpful.
We really need more expensive things in this game.

i wouldn't be against flying cars, or flying buses etc lol

"DragonCat159;d-987070" wrote:
1. Before anyone pull up the argument that they're useless, we have bikes and a ferry boat in CATS & DOGS that trigger a loading screen. Much like windows, they don't have to necessary serve a crucial advantage to your Sims, but they can be aesthetically pleasing.
2. While some pre-existing words don't have cosmetically driveways on residential and commercial lots, it's still better than not having cars. Lots that don't have a driveway could have the car simply poof when leaving or entering the lot. Or if possible, have cars still be animated while still in the absense of driveways. If possible, devs could create additional FX (for each individual car model, like 6 if there are six cars in first release) that are triggered when Sim starts a car. This will show the cars that pass by your lot stop, to allow your car (with the respective backdrop number that corresponds to the car model) to pull out of the driveway and thus become part of the FX traffic.
3. Dunno what else I wanted to add.

To be more honest, we do need more cars and have them available in the Transportation group. However, they don't need to do anything. They can just be static objects. We builders love a good floorplan, and the vast majority out there include garages. It would be nice to build them as intended. All we need are more static vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, and trailers), and a good selection of garage doors that one can set as "open" or "closed."

I don't care if the sims can't actually drive them.

At this point I would be fine to have the fake cars we already have but with an interaction that takes us to a loading screen and they just have to give us garage doors. It would be better than ending TS4 without it.

By 2021 I couldn't care less. This game is almost over anyway.
But I do agree the Sims 4 needs car transportation and even other mediums in general. It's not just about driving the cars, it's also about the Sims not teleporting from lot to lot by using their phone.
The Sims 4 might not be open world but is a taxi to take your sims around town or a carpool too much to ask for?

I think it would be awesome if we could click on the current means of transportation available in the worlds and be able to travel somewhere the same way as the boat to the island in Brindleton Bay. I think it should cost some money too. I noticed that sometimes when I send my sims home from Magnolia Promenade they usually go through the boat pier. How lovely it would be if that boat also had another docking pier in Willow Creek and you could travel between the two hoods by means of the steam boat in exchange for say 20 simoleons? Same with the trains, we have them in Mt. Komorebi, in Willow Creek, in Evergreen Harbor. As for cars, I think they would be no different than rockets, we should be able to work on them, upgrade them, customize/restore them, etc. In TS3 if your lot had no link to road or no driveway, you could park the car in your inventory, so I think they could do the same in TS4. Also, we should have to pay for gas, insurance, etc.

EA, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase give us cars !! My sims need a car and a garage. I don't care if there's a loading screen. It could bring a lot of gameplay too, here's a non exhaustive list :

- Driving,
- Learning/teaching how to drive.
- Mechanician career
- Car dealership as a retail lot
- Car salesman as a career
- Pilot career.
- New Traits
- New woohoo location,
- Garages
- Etc....

I would like to see cars return, I'm not a fan of the argument that they don't belong in the sims4, the same can be said about a lot of other stuff that Maxis have added to this game over the years.

*cough, *cough Batuu *cough.

....sorry, I got something in my throat, at least we have TwistedMexi's Tool mod and Lorysims decorative cars...

https://i.imgur.com/qEZWKUC.png
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Nope, I never want to see "Open World" again. It was a mistake the first time and I doubt the devs will ever make that mistake again. Open World games are highly scripted with few or no free roaming characters. That is why they work with only the character you are playing roaming free. In Sims it was constant stuck sims, stuck cars, empty venues, etc. I don't play the sims to wonder around. I play to create stories. And no Sims 4 is not at an end. In case all of you hadn't noticed, this is the age of "service" software. Most companies don't scrap and start over in this time, they add on to what is there. Waiting for Sims 5?... Don't hold your breath. I don't mean to be snippy, but I am tired of those who don't like the current format deciding that because they don't like it that is proof that it is not good. No, it only means that you don't like it.

As for cars, I can take or leave them. I play the Sims as a different country, which happens to be very "green" and cars are a rare thing. The lack of access roads are not an obstacle though. There are places in the US, California for example where in the hills, they have what are called, "walk streets." People park their cars in garages below the hills and use an outdoor tower elevator to go up to the residential area. My uncle lives there, so there are ways to do it.

"Mendota;c-17807822" wrote:
Nope, I never want to see "Open World" again. It was a mistake the first time and I doubt the devs will ever make that mistake again. Open World games are highly scripted with few or no free roaming characters. That is why they work with only the character you are playing roaming free. In Sims it was constant stuck sims, stuck cars, empty venues, etc. I don't play the sims to wonder around. I play to create stories. And no Sims 4 is not at an end. In case all of you hadn't noticed, this is the age of "service" software. Most companies don't scrap and start over in this time, they add on to what is there. Waiting for Sims 5?... Don't hold your breath. I don't mean to be snippy, but I am tired of those who don't like the current format deciding that because they don't like it that is proof that it is not good. No, it only means that you don't like it.

As for cars, I can take or leave them. I play the Sims as a different country, which happens to be very "green" and cars are a rare thing. The lack of access roads are not an obstacle though. There are places in the US, California for example where in the hills, they have what are called, "walk streets." People park their cars in garages below the hills and use an outdoor tower elevator to go up to the residential area. My uncle lives there, so there are ways to do it.

By that logic, I guess we can remove TV's as well, they cause lag, take time to animate and no one is watching TV these days.

I think that this mindset have appeared a little too often in gaming communities... If we are not showing EA and Maxis what we feel is okay and what is not okay they will reduce the sims even more.

I know that it will probably be difficult to make an open world game and cars for a life simulation game, but so was making an open world for other games as well, and it did not stop developers from investing into technology so it became possible.

Ubisoft did not make their worlds smaller or removed boats from Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Naughty Dog did not make their worlds smaller either they even added a car that you could travel around in Uncharted 4, Rockstar Games did not make their worlds smaller, they made it bigger, more fun and they also improved horses from Red Dead Redemption 2. They did not reduce features in their previous games, they expanded them.

This is game development, not a netflix service. The updates that we have gotten from Maxis, like the inventory update last year shows that they want to improve this game, but they are dragged down by this "games as a service" model.

And this mindset should not be accepted in the sims community.