What are you looking forward to with cars?

Sit in it, turn on radio, make out, and woohoo just like Sims 2 cars. Hopefully they work like Sims 2 as well and not like Sims 3, but if fade on and off the driveway it must then so be it. Long as it drive down the road and we hit the loading screen like Sims 2 it should be fine. Modders will expand cars for us so Maxis just needs to deliver a stable framework.

"ChadSims2;c-16275622" wrote:

"graventhe;c-16226516" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-16226499" wrote:

"graventhe;c-16226299" wrote:
Guys, sorry to disappoint you but usable driveable cars are impossible due to game engine
Maybe we can kiss and woohoo in them yes but unfortunately the main feature (driving) is impossible..
They'll have to reprogram the engine so the moving decor cars in the background can be removed and replaced them with real usable cars..
You think EA would do that for us? Lol

If that's the case why were they mentioned in numourous surveys and why did a simguru ask for suggestions if they do bring them back?

Because they meant it like a garage GP, you can fix and rev car engine like in sims 2 freetime and we'll have interactive cars parked IN LOTS but they probably won't be usable on roads.

Did you read the survey?

Get behind the wheel of different vehicles including cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Fix up old cars, build a hotrod, or jump in your ride and explore a number of unique tourist destinations... another part of the survey says... Your Sims can now choose from a wide variety of vehicles to own and drive including cars, trucks and even motorcycles.

This sure looks like its more than fixing up your car in a garage both driving and fixing cars are mentioned multiple times not just working in a garage.

The only thing suggesting they’ll be able to actually drive there is the ‘vehicles to own and drive’ remark. The other bolded parts could very well be a figure of speech. Get behind the wheel (and hit a loading screen), jump in your ride (and get a loading screen). Not that it couldn’t happen, but I don’t see much of a guarantee there tbh.

Cars are the one thing I definitely don't miss. I rarely used them in Sims 2 because of the loading screens and in Sims 3 my sims walked or biked. I love those bikes with the baskets.

I am probably the only simmer that does not care about cars...but when we do get them, I want the woohoo/makeout options..and garages for building.

"ChadSims2;c-16220887" wrote:
I would like to see the return of fixer upper cars and adding modern and classic cars I really hate how Sims 4 forces everything to be modern so the worlds and tech always remain the same generation after generation. But mainly I want transportation to be in all worlds even if they cant own a car in certain worlds like San Myshuno they would have the option to take a taxi or ride the bus, in homes that are not in the city or don't have a road connection like many lots in Widenburg it would be nice to have bikes or Vespa's to be a form of off road travel instead of just poofing.

I agree with this! I also think it shouldn't be the same for each generation. It kinda takes the realistic feel out the game.

"Writin_Reg;c-16225058" wrote:

"aero2491;d-931682" wrote:
What do you think we'll be able to do with them? What type of car do you want?

Did they say we were getting cars? If they did I missed it and would be very surprised seeing the game has no road system at all in it.

No there has been no confirmation we're getting cars but a simguru did ask people what they'd like if they ever did do cars a while back plus there are subtle hints. Roads aren't needed. They could use the teleport system.

"Writin_Reg;c-16225058" wrote:

"aero2491;d-931682" wrote:
What do you think we'll be able to do with them? What type of car do you want?

Did they say we were getting cars? If they did I missed it and would be very surprised seeing the game has no road system at all in it.

No, I was meaning if we do get them lol

"catloverplayer;c-16225610" wrote:

"drake_mccarty;c-16225235" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-16225166" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16225058" wrote:

"aero2491;d-931682" wrote:
What do you think we'll be able to do with them? What type of car do you want?

Did they say we were getting cars? If they did I missed it and would be very surprised seeing the game has no road system at all in it.

No there has been no confirmation we're getting cars but a simguru did ask people what they'd like if they ever did do cars a while back plus there are subtle hints. Roads aren't needed. They could use the teleport system.

Without functional roads there’s no reason to add cars. A car isn’t a couch, it’s not just an object you sit in and hangout. It’s a form of transportation first and foremost, prioritizing cars for any other purpose besides driving and transportation is a complete waste of time and resources IMO.

At this point it wouldn’t really be beneficial to add cars. They wouldn’t be compatible with any world we have already, and unless they are patched into the base game there’s not a very big chance they will function in any future world.

If we could see the car driving till we hit the load screen and then Sims getting out when at the lot that could work.

That only works in a game world with a road system - like Sims 2 which was using the Sim City 4 templates and road system. Even in Sims 2 devs still had to make a road link for the lots just to back up into the road, and it had a road system. That lot link is huge too and only worked on larger lots.

Sims 3 had a road system from Build World, but devs did not make the road links to the lots in that one so cars had to teleport to the road and sims teleported inside for even that road system to work. But sims lots were locked to the road as well.

Sims 4 has none of either of those period. There is no code I can see to support any kind of use of cars off a lot. I don't see code for even bicycles or any other wheeled device off a lot.

We've already seen what modders can do - they've been trying since the game came out.

It's sad as I really still miss the open world and my sims driving all over the place.

"graventhe;c-16226299" wrote:
Guys, sorry to disappoint you but usable driveable cars are impossible due to game engine
Maybe we can kiss and woohoo in them yes but unfortunately the main feature (driving) is impossible..
They'll have to reprogram the engine so the moving decor cars in the background can be removed and replaced them with real usable cars..
You think EA would do that for us? Lol

Lol absolutely not

"catloverplayer;c-16226524" wrote:

"graventhe;c-16226516" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-16226499" wrote:

"graventhe;c-16226299" wrote:
Guys, sorry to disappoint you but usable driveable cars are impossible due to game engine
Maybe we can kiss and woohoo in them yes but unfortunately the main feature (driving) is impossible..
They'll have to reprogram the engine so the moving decor cars in the background can be removed and replaced them with real usable cars..
You think EA would do that for us? Lol

If that's the case why were they mentioned in numourous surveys and why did a simguru ask for suggestions if they do bring them back?

Because they meant it like a garage GP, you can fix and rev car engine like in sims 2 freetime and we'll have interactive cars parked IN LOTS but they probably won't be usable on roads.

One of the surveys mentioned a Sims Grand Canyon location your sims could drive to. Other vehicles like bikes and motorcycles were also mentioned in a survey for TS4.

That means a whole new small world (like forgotten hollow) dedicated for small driving animation in that GP, don't expect much though, remember it's semi closed world and it's only few seconds you may seem ur sim driving then vanishing into loading screens
Unless they made a very big 64×64 lot that is made for car driving show off/racing
Making roads routable for cars isn't compatible with the game engine (I hope I'm wrong)
And don't expect driving in other worlds except in the Cars GP