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On The Road GP or if you add Motels EP- Cars, Maintenance, Car Shows, Roadside Attractions

redrogue60redrogue60 Posts: 2,075 Member
Since this has come up on the Sims Freeplay please allow me to wade into the water and give my suggestions how Vehicles can be introduced to the Sims 4 in a way that will slightly make up for its lack of an open world. Thank You Simmer Erin for the inspiration


Features
  • New Garage Room Tab - so that items meant for the garage are in the proper tab instead "Outside". Add appropriate Icons for these things
    • Driveway
    • Garage Cabinetry
    • Garage Clutter
    • Garage Doors
    • Garage Shelving
    • Smoke Detector
    • Tool Box
    • Wall Clock
    • Wall Decor
    • Work Benches

    New Community Lots
    • Car Wash - Rabbit hole of course
    • Dealership - New Retail Store along with the accoutrements (Front Door & Window, Signage, Printed Front Door Rug, Maybe one of those wavy Inflatables)
    • Drag Strip or Raceway
    • "Lover's Lane" Park - Just a small pretty park with some park benches, water fountain and a load of parking spots.
    • Mechanic Shop/Filling Station/Charging Station/Convenience Store
    • Motels - Just the most basic accommodation
      • Check In Lobby & Desk
      • Rooms with bathroom
      • Housekeeping
      • Parking Lot for the vehicles
    • Roadside Attraction
    • Tattoo Shop
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    New Career
    • Mechanic

    New Retail Category
    • Car Dealership

    New Skills
    • Learning to Drive
    • Vehicle Maintenance

    Return of the Carpool & NPC Vehicles
    • Busses
    • Chinese Delivery
    • Gardener's Truck
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    • Grocery Delivery
    • Handiman Truck
    • Pest Control
    • Pizza Man
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    • Taxi

    New Event
    • Car Show
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    • With Judging!
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    • And Trophy
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      New Interactions & Animations
      • Check Oil Level
      • Check Tire Pressure
      • Getting in and out of Vehicles
      • Haggle about Price
      • Honking Horn - Animation
      • Offer a Ride to...
      • Make Out in Car
      • Open Car Door for Child, Elder, Lady, Pet (Politeness should still be a thing if the Sims isn't rude or evil)
      • Open Trunk to Get Tire Iron
      • Put Cat in Carrier for Car Drive
      • Put Dog in Car
      • Put on Seatbelt - Animation
      • Secure Young Child or Pet - Animation
      • Sit in Car to listen to Music
      • Take Child to School
      • Teach to Drive
      • Teach Vehicle Maintenance
      • Turn on Alarm - Animation and Sound
      • Volume Control for Car Stereo
      • Washing the Car
      • Woo Hoo in Car

      Types of Vehicles
      • Cars
        • El Camino style
        • Italian Sport's Cars
        • Limosine
        • Muscle Cars like the Pontiac GTO, Charger, Chevy Nova, 1958 Plymouth Fury
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        • Roadsters & Convertibles - emphasis upon 1920's-1950's body styles
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        • Woody Wagons
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      • Four Wheelers
      • Motorcycles, Mopeds, Scooters
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      • School Buses and the return of the carpool with Sims 2 style details
      • SUV's
      • Trucks
      • Vans

      Types of Maintenance for Vehicles

      • Add Air to the Tires
      • Add Oil
      • Add Windshield Wiper Fluid
      • Change the Battery
      • Change the Oil
      • Change the Tires
      • Change the Window Wipers
      • Clean the Dashboard
      • Clean the Upholstery
      • Clean the Windows
      • Give a Tune Up
      • Rotate the Tires
      • Vacuum the car with the Dust Buster if you have Bust the Dust
      • Wash the Car - Either by Hand or Take it to a Car Wash

      Vehicle Upgrades
      • Add an Alarm for the Car
      • Add Better Speakers
      • Add Decorative Frame to the License Plate
      • Add Details to Paint
        • Add Artwork - Especially on the side of Vans
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        • Add Flames
        • Add Flowers
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        • Add Pin Stripes
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        • Add Racing Stripes
        • Add Symbol
          • All seeing Eye
          • Peace Symbol
          • Phoenix
      • Add Beads to Rearview Mirror
      • Add Dice to the Rearview Mirror
      • Add Hula Girl to Dashboard
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      • Add a Nitrous Oxide System
      • Change the Horn Sound
      • Change the Upholstery
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      • Repaint the Vehicle
        • Baby Blue
        • Baby Pink
        • Beige
        • Black
        • Brown
        • Camo (Beiges or Greens)
        • Crimson
        • Emerald Green
        • Fire Engine Red
        • Hot Pink
        • Hunter Green
        • Orange
        • Plum Crazy Purple
        • Royal Blue
        • Teal
        • White
        • Yellow
      • Tint the Windows

      New Woo Hoo Spots
      • Car Wash
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      • Vehicles
        • Cars
        • SUV's
        • Trucks

        Garage Items
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        • Car Wash bucket
        • Driveway - straight and curve pieces to make circular drive
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        • Driveway Gates
          Art Deco
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          Art Nouveau
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          Estate
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          Louis XV
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          Mid Century Modern
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          Western & Ranch Style
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        • Garage Stool
        • Metal Cabinets to match the Work Bench
        • Peg Board with Tools on It
        • Rolling Work Bench
        • Sport Car Art Work
        • Tall Cabinet with matching swatches to tool Chest
        • Tool Chest matching swatches to Cabinets
        • Wood Working Bench New Reskin and have swatches to match the tool bench and cabinets. So that it can be seamlessly added to a garage without sticking out. Like this but more pristine to match the other pieces
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        • Working Garage Door like Sims 2

        Mechanic Shop Items and other build/buy
        • Air Pump for Tires
        • Baby Changing Table
        • Charging Station
        • Comic Book Rack
        • Gas Pumps
        • Heated Case for Corn Dogs, Chicken Strips
        • Magazine Rack
        • Map Rack
        • Models - Cars, Ships in a Bottle that can be assembled
        • Parking Spaces
          • Upgrade the High School Parking Spaces that are decorative to Parking Spaces that you can park on AND decorate
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        • Pickle Jar
        • Post Card Rack
        • Racks for Chips, Pretzels and Candy
        • Refrigerated Case for Sodas
        • Rotating Hot Dog Cooker
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        • Mechanic Shop Counter with Register
        • Tire Stack
        • Train Set and model
        • Urinals
        • Vehicle Lift
        • Water Cooler

        Foods Available at the Convenience Store
        • Bags of Peanuts
        • Bags of Pistachios
        • Bags of Potato Chips
        • Bags of Pretzels
        • Bags of Sunflower Seeds
        • Chicken Strips
        • Chocolate Bars
        • Corn Dogs
        • Hot Dogs
        • Jerky
        • Pickles
        • Sodas
        • Slushes
        • Tacos

        Souvenirs
        • Fudge
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        • Peanut Brittle
        • Salt Water Taffy
        • Snow globes - Unlocks snow globes in:
          • Forgotten Hollow
          • Glimmerbrook
          • Granite Falls
          • Moonwood Mill
          • Mt. Komerabi
          • Selvadorada
          • Sulani
          • Tartosa
        • Tee Shirts - Same as the Snowglobes

        Small Details
        • Any visible turns or lane changes will include the turn signal being shown
        • Carpool Drivers can be seen and their pushing of the horn will be shown
        • Lights Come On at Night
        • Red Lights brighten when pulling out of driveway as if the brake is being pushed and the car is being put into reverse
        • You can see passengers if they are tall enough like Sims and Dogs who sit up. Babies & Cats will not
        • Street Signs
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        Roadside Attractions
        • Bigfoot Museum
        • Cardiff Giant
        • Carhenge
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        • Chapel of the Blue Suede Shoes
        • La Brea Tar Pit
        • Largest Ball of Yarn
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        • Tallest Garden Gnome
        • Two Headed Snake Reptile House

        New CAS Assets
        • Driving Gloves
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          Colors
          • Black
          • Mahogany Brown
          • Oxblood
          • Red
          • Saddle Brown
        • Flat Caps
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          Colors
          • Black Leather
          • Grey Herringbone Harris Tweed
          • Grey Leather
          • Mahogany Brown Herringbone Harris Tweed
          • Mahogany Brown Leather
          • Navy Blue Herringbone Harris Tweed
          • Oxblood Herringbone Harris Tweed
          • Oxblood Leather
          • Red Leather
          • Saddle Brown Herringbone Harris Tweed
          • Saddle Brown Leather
        • Motorcycle Jackets for Male & Female Sims
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        • Moto Jackets
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        • Vintage Driving Goggles
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        Design Your Own Motorcycle Helmet
        • Colors
        • Designs
        • Embellishments
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“All mushrooms are edible, but some only once.” Terry Pratchett
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
    I must say that I have never seen pickles in a gas station shop before. :lol: Here they usually sell water, coffee and soft drinks and snacks like chocolates, biscuits, chips and icecream. They also have various car stuff items, toys, magazines and CDs with music. Maybe some souvenir type stuff like mugs or key chains. And they all sell ice, charcoal and wood for BBQ. Everything is overpriced compared to regular supermarket prices.
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    redrogue60redrogue60 Posts: 2,075 Member
    crocobaura wrote: »
    I must say that I have never seen pickles in a gas station shop before. :lol: Here they usually sell water, coffee and soft drinks and snacks like chocolates, biscuits, chips and icecream. They also have various car stuff items, toys, magazines and CDs with music. Maybe some souvenir type stuff like mugs or key chains. And they all sell ice, charcoal and wood for BBQ. Everything is overpriced compared to regular supermarket prices.

    Here's what they are typically sold like
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    “All mushrooms are edible, but some only once.” Terry Pratchett
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
    Your picture is not displaying, but I googled them and found them on a site that sells candy and it appears that they are packaged like some sort of snack. Weird if you ask me, imagine struggling to open the packaging with all the pickle water inside. Also, very expensive, here you can buy two jars of regular pickles for the price of one fancy packaged pickle.
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    davina1221davina1221 Posts: 3,662 Member
    I made a post years ago about gas stations/car lots/mechanics and also campers/rvs. It could also include them and have a large 64x64 lot with a pond in the middle for fishing and camper hookups. This would be a neat get away place.
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    Briana2425Briana2425 Posts: 3,671 Member
    I really don't want a car wash to be rabbit holes like we already have a sponge and a bucket I would rather Sims wash the car I know they can't use a water hose but I would love seeing a sim scrub the car, also eating in car, sleeping in car, hanging out in car, looking at the stars or clouds in back of pick up truck or on roof. Stick out of sunroof, drive in theatre. Teens learning to drive or maybe a Sims learning to drive. Car seats for infants and toddlers.
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    brizgalbrizgal Posts: 153 Member
    edited September 2023
    I’d buy this pack as well as a second pack for off road gameplay including defensive driving skills and maybe an off road driving skill, that meant you could then drive to an off road campsite with an upgraded vehicle or camper van… and stay on a camping vacation about halfway up skill level. Once you maxed the levels, you could participate in a rally…. Eg Variety Bash or Birdsville Races in Australia. Which could then include camel ride to desert and Sounds of Silence dinner and a trip to Uluṟu. So many gameplay possibilities. I’d be one of the first to sign up for pre-release of either/both of these packs.
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    redrogue60redrogue60 Posts: 2,075 Member
    Briana2425 wrote: »
    I really don't want a car wash to be rabbit holes like we already have a sponge and a bucket I would rather Sims wash the car I know they can't use a water hose but I would love seeing a sim scrub the car, also eating in car, sleeping in car, hanging out in car, looking at the stars or clouds in back of pick up truck or on roof. Stick out of sunroof, drive in theatre. Teens learning to drive or maybe a Sims learning to drive. Car seats for infants and toddlers.

    I did mention washing the car as an animation/Interaction. I mentioned both to give the maximum amount of possible places to take the car since we will be limited in this area.
    “All mushrooms are edible, but some only once.” Terry Pratchett
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
    I don't think they will add interaction to manually wash the cars with sponge and bucket because this will need to take into account the shape and size of car. Maybe they will add one of those huge car wash systems with the huge brushes and water jets that you drive through with your car.
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    manicobsessivemanicobsessive Posts: 1,141 Member
    I never thought I would be much interested in a pack like this, but you have some really nice ideas there that I would really like in game. :)
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    mollie1998mollie1998 Posts: 446 Member
    edited September 2023
    Oh cool I would love that carpools and gas stations wow but I would like taxi boats too
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    redrogue60redrogue60 Posts: 2,075 Member
    crocobaura wrote: »
    I don't think they will add interaction to manually wash the cars with sponge and bucket because this will need to take into account the shape and size of car. Maybe they will add one of those huge car wash systems with the huge brushes and water jets that you drive through with your car.

    You mean a car wash?
    “All mushrooms are edible, but some only once.” Terry Pratchett
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
    redrogue60 wrote: »
    crocobaura wrote: »
    I don't think they will add interaction to manually wash the cars with sponge and bucket because this will need to take into account the shape and size of car. Maybe they will add one of those huge car wash systems with the huge brushes and water jets that you drive through with your car.

    You mean a car wash?

    Yes. it's a car wash.
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