Since I have started the idea of making cars for FS, Hellhound suggested that there should be a Car-Download section.

This should encourage many people to start making cars of there own. Since making a car utilizes almost all the tools in Gmax or FSDS, it will probably help many people [beginner or pro] to expand their knowledge about their design tools.

My knowledge has already greatly expanded ever since I finished and released the Mercedes SL600. Now, as you already know, I'm making the Porsche. I have also aquired the skills to create a detailed human model.

Gmax and FSDS are made to do more than just aircraft and scenery. They can do much more.

At the bottom of my signature, there is a list of websites. Onnovanbraam and Comet-Cartoons are considered great starting points.

I understand there is already the Misc section for all the sims, but the files are kind of disorganized or maybe all over the place.

So, a Car section should draw a lot of attention and encouragement.

You can call me wierd if you like. I like being the only guy making these kinds of addons for a flight sim. 

Besides, I'm getting bored of making aircraft.

Not long ago, someone in these forums pointed out that I am one step closer to disrupting the virtual car-racing market. Someone else also pointed out that I am changing the overall purpose of the flight sim.

Well, many people wanted car traffic for FS. Now they got one.

All that's needed is a suitable road or track as scenery along with a surface that's just right.

The thing I like about active/interactive ground vehicles is that it adds more realism to FS.

Why add buildings - have static ground vehicles? So - bring it on & of course we'll have moving ground traffiuc soon. Scenery is getting better all the time. Is that going to stop? Course not. Bring the notion on 10 years & we'll be driving through wooded national parks - it adds a lot more appeal to the whole sim & also adds to the FS experience - Chase a car - practice land on a busy highway as police struggle to clear it in time - emergency flights to accidents meeting ambulance at landing point -

Why add trees & forests? Same notion ...   I'm looking forward to photo realistic looking jagged rocky mountain tops, heavily forested mountains, traffic jams on airport ring roads, sexy hostesses/co-pilots who'll do a lot more than they do in real life   , .... & carb heat!  

FS98 does most of the purely 'fs' stuff fairly well & I sometimes think why would someone want to move on if that's all they wanted?

P.S. One of my workshop projects that may or may not see the light of day is a Bentley Azure

Yup I like Volkswagen Ferrari's too

& Ford Aston Martins   & Chrysler Mercedes C600

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- no surprise there as for most of it's life Bentley was Rolls Royce in car terms .- one & the same. RR aero engines of course was a completely separate company from the early times..

& on another subject it's interesting how BMW now own the RR licence to produce cars under that name - but Volkswagen own the actual company & factory in Crewe - making Bentley only now.  I can see Ford making 'RR' soon - as it does Range Rover & Aston ......


I better stop before this gets moved to 'Auto's'

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What is with Hagar's petty Sniping?  It appears he may soon be on the Tabloids, Strutting about with his Pup?  Maybe he's gone Cuckoo?

There are perfectly good reasons to have cars in the sim...what else would you chase with a police helicopter?

Just imagine the MP session on the Zone...

Why not have an intermediate step? For now maybe a "Surface Vehicles" page. Put all the boats, ships and cars together. If enough files are released to warrant seperate pages later, fine.

*cringes when Pete realizes I'm now inventing work for him*

Great idea!

To populate the section, can I request a 4 Series Scania (Surprise surprise!), a BMW m3 & m5 and a Sinclair c5!   

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Don't humor him - next thing he'll want is accurate transmission shifting!

K - the van braam site just added some of my favorite F. cars - of the mid/late sixties period!!!