What are you looking forward to with cars?

"Movotti;c-16230919" wrote:
After thinking long and hard, I've come up with something.

Why do cars have to be done in the same way they've been done before?
We've never had RVs and campervans, so why not go with something slightly different? Why not have cars in a vacation pack?

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/932071/on-the-road-vacation-pack

"Writin_Reg;c-16227574" wrote:
I have a feeling that Guru who asked for kind of cars people would like to see was for the FX cars in coming worlds and for those parked in parking lots when they were making BB. If you notice there a some new ones in the parking lots.

As for the early surveys - those were not made by Maxis but by EA's marketing even before the game came out.

That'd be disappointing for a lot of people.
Oh well, maybe cars will be included if there's a ts5

I just can't see us not getting cars in TS4 since the other sims games had them. I think they'll be patched in like toddlers were. Maxis will find a way. When they were making the game they knew cars was a popular feature so I can't see them leaving them out.

Garages
Immersion
Shorter times for sims to get home without having to force your sims to travel to their homes through the phone

The inclusion of an open world. They'd kind of have to make it that way if cars were drive-able.
That and the ability to impress people with a convertible, because I'm unable to emulate this in my actual life.

"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.

I've mentioned this idea before in another thread, but a way to add functional cars in Sims 4 would be to just add a drive way on a lot, place the car on the driveway, and any car animations that would happen, would happen on the driveway which is on the lot itself, so basically for transportation you'd see the sim(s) climb into the car and start to drive off before cutting to a loading screen, then when visiting another lot, if there's a driveway placed, you'd see the car pull in and the sims get out, again, all on the lot itself, and if there is no driveway the car would just show up in your inventory. Yes it would be a bit of a hassle, because if you wanted the full car gameplay experience you'd have to place a driveway on almost every single lot you wish to visit, which would take up physical space on the lot itself, which might be a problem for smaller lots, but it's a solution nonetheless.

Other gameplay ideas besides transportation though, I would like to see some tinker/upgrade options, some upgrade options could be add TV (Sims fun need increases before arriving at a lot), heated seats (Sims get a happy buff), efficient engine (If gas was something the new cars added, this would make it so gas is either less expensive, or the car uses less gas in general), etc., so sims can build the handiness skill, it would make a great new woohoo spot, it would also be a cool new spot for kids to play in. If cars are added, it would also be really cool to see cars added to the police station, so before your sim travelled somewhere, they'd drive off in a police car completed with a siren and lights. These are my ideas, although to be honest cars aren't really my number one most wished for feature right now.

"VengefulNoodles;c-16243174" wrote:
Being able to teach teen to drive, makeout sessions, and woohoo in the car

Agreed.

I'm looking forward to roads.

We don't have many of those.

It's funny, because I must've dreamt twice already that we got cars. And both times they were paid content. I guess that says something about what my subconscious believes. :D

I still feel like we'll get cars at some point. Kimmi wouldn't have asked for input for nothing. At they very least they must've considered it. As for the implementation, it remains to be seen if they'll be well-done, but I hope so, because they've shown they are capable of doing a good job with some of last year's packs

Garages! Driveways! Realistic homes as opposed to our "fake garage doors".

"icmnfrsh;c-16243587" wrote:
It's funny, because I must've dreamt twice already that we got cars. And both times they were paid content. I guess that says something about what my subconscious believes. :D

I still feel like we'll get cars at some point. Kimmi wouldn't have asked for input for nothing. At they very least they must've considered it. As for the implementation, it remains to be seen if they'll be well-done, but I hope so, because they've shown they are capable of doing a good job with some of last year's packs

Well the big update to the base game should be coming soon. Last year we got Toddlers in January 2 weeks before the Vampire GP. My theory is in February we're due for the Adventure GP and hopefully we'll get the big update to the base game 2 weeks before release. Crossing my fingers it's cars.

I'd love that, but an update as big as toddlers is probably a one-off thing. Even the nonbinary genders patch randomly came out in September, so there's no telling what will come next. I feel like we'll still get cars in some form eventually