If you go to he main web -> Modules -> Town Square , there's a release date where it should be the progression bar. So I'm very confident we still got the 23rd of April.

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Hello everyone, I'm new to this game and I'm very excited to play it. Since all of you are contributing in the forum with suggestions, I would like to explain mine. I'm a car otaku, love to drive and modify cars the way I like. If this game is going to be "realistic" it definitely will need a complex vehicle section. --TYPES OF CARS Variety is the clue here. From new cars to old, from basic and simple cars to special models and one-of-a-kind. Micro-cars, small cars, sedans, sport cars, hyper cars, small and big vans, trucks, big rigs, etc. The more the better. Take a look at other games like Gran Turismo, there are more than 1000 different cars (although some of them are different versions of the same model), or GTA V with classes and diversity. Another important category is using different types and versions of the same model. For example, using the Ford Mustang that everybody knows, it's not the same a 1969 Mustang Boss 302 and a 2015 Mustang Ecoboost Convertible. Also, in the very same year there are lots of variants, taking the 1969 Mustang, there are the Base, Convertible, Mach 1, Boss 302, Boss 429, and special versions like the Super Cobra Jet. All with their own engine trims and transmissions. This apply to all the cars, another example, this time more complex with a Japanese car: the Nissan 180SX (know as 240SX in the USA and 200SX in Europe). A popular car among tuners and drifters all around the globe. As far as I know, Identity will be based on USA, so the local model will be the 240SX. The differences? Lots of them. Every region got a different engine and here comes the fuss. The original 180SX sold only in Japan started in 1989 with an engine called CA18DET, a 1.8 litter turbo. The model was called "Zenki ("early" in Japanese) by locals. It was sold from 1989 to 1990. From 1991 to 1995 the model got a facelift and an engine upgrade. The engine now was SR20DET, 2.0 liter with turbo. The car was called "Chuki" ("middle" by locals). Notice the visual and performance differences? The final form was in 1996 to 1998. The model got upgraded in visuals, called the Type X. The engine was the same with so little upgrades. The car was called Kouki ("late" in Japanese). The visuals were shocking different. Since that was a Japan-only sold car and we're in the USA, the car available would be the 240SX. Read the "Import" section to see how to get the 180SX. The 240SX was sold from 1989 to 1995 in the USA, using both the Zenki and Chuki models BUT both with different engines as the 180SX. Both used the KA24DE, a 2.4 litter engine, low-performance taken from a Nissan truck used in the States. Why? Don't ask me. A popular modification to the 240SX is to swap the engine with a SR20DET. In Europe, it was the same as in the USA but with the early-Japanese engine CA18DET. So here you got it, same model with different variations and engine. --IMPORT AND EXPORTING CARS The local cars are great, but don't you want that rare gem that was only sold in a certain country? Importing cars is a popular choice by automotive freaks to buy a cheaper or different cars as everybody else. In the USA, you can't import cars that were never sold here unless they are +25 years old. If you are up to trend in car news, you are aware of the Skyline GT-R R32 importing situation. The Skyline, a car that was never sold in the USA, now that has more than 25 years old you can freely import it and drive it. A forgiven fruit faster than a Porsche or a Ferrari from his era. Importing and exporting cars should be a business also. Local workshops bring into the States cars now legal from other countries like Japan or Europe, and at the same time they export local cars to those countries. It would be really cool if you could only buy these imported cars via those business. --MODIFICATION OPTIONS You have bought you desire car, it looks cool and bright. What do you do now? Tune it of course! So may options, styles, paints, wheels and stuff to convert your casual car into a one-of-a-kind. Let's start with the most common styles nowadays. -Tuner. Mostly used with Japanese cars. Build for performance but at the same time to look good. In a Japanese car, the more JDM the better. -Muscle car (drag racer, resto-mod,hot rod,...). In muscle cars, the most popular styles are the drag racer and the track racer, build for speed using just a few visual bits. Another style is the resto-mod, taking an old school musle car and modify it with the most modern and best parts available in the market. Really popular in the 2000's with heroes like Chip Foose. -Hot rods, rat rods, roadsters. Usually with 30's and 40's American cars, highly-modified from it's origins. Rat Rods are based on a more dirty and poor way. Also hot rods are very popular in drag racing series. -Drift cars. Looks very similar to tuner cars but more aggressive looking and modified for drifting. This style vary from practice cars to professional cars. Drifting was originated in Japan in the late 80's, consist in taking corners with your car sideways. Usually this style is only for fun purpose but in professional categories the winner is decided by a set of judges, judging style, speed and sideways angle. This style is NOT limited to just Japanese cars. -Race car, Time Attack, race-spec. Not just a race car, but a highly-modified car with just one purpose: fastest lap time. Visuals are not the most important aspect in this style, but aggressive looking and beautiful paint scheme are important too. -Bosozoku, Grachan, Kyusha, Japanese old school. The Bosozoku cars were originated in Japan in the 70's and consist in modify the car in a exaggerated style with colors, lights and big exhaust. The Kyusha evolved from Bosozoku, using a similar style but more focused on racing and performance. Note the evolution. -Stance, camber-gang, low-life, German style. Stance is a purely aesthetic style to look cool. Slamming your car to the ground to be the lowest. Very popular with European and Japanese cars. Usually the performance of the car has been left intact, or actually it has been worsened with the suspension geometry by having a crazy amount of camber in your wheels. There are still lots of different styles but these ones are the more popular and most important to start with. --RACE STYLES Now with your modified car you need a place to race with your friends. Where to start? -Street racing. Straight outta Fast & Furious. Street racing has been the most popular style for young people who has no money to go to a racetrack. Usually on sea ports, abandoned roads or mountain roads. Street racing embraces all kind of styles, from drag racing to touge to time trial. -Touge. Another kind of street racing but only in mountain roads. Racing downhill or uphill, or just freely drifting with your friends having a good time. Touge was originated in Japan and it's still very popular with young drifters. -Drag racing. The streets or the drag strip. 1/8 mile, a quarter mile or an entire mile. Racing from still to the finish line in a straight line. Very popular in the USA. -Time Attack. Originated as a cheap option to race in track. You race alone against the clock, and the one who gets the fastest lap time it's the winner. Nowadays it's a popular event and houses the fastest street modified cars. -Race spec. Race spec includes all the categories and races that happens in a race track. A group of cars, usually with similar performance, race side by side in a racetrack and the first one to complete all the laps it's the winner. These races start from basic-modified cars to official automakers race cars. -Drifting. Usually raced in small race tracks to save money. You don't race a drifting event, you just freely drift your car and have fun. In a judged drifting event, a set of judged set you a score based on style, speed and drift angle. I think those are the most popular race styles. Again, there are lots of styles left with different rules. Will update the post with more info in the upcoming days. Thanks!

So, since there are a lot of people in this forum that likes cars and/or want to do car-stuff once the game is out, I though in this idea: post pictures and info of your car! I will start with mines. I'm from Spain and I own a performance workshop called Midnight Empire. This is my 1989 Nissan 200SX with CA18DET, my first car and the one I used to learn to drive. Used it for 2 years for daily. Don't mind the ride height, those where stock suspension, now I have adjustable suspension and the car is low af. I named it "Miku", since it's blue and I'm a very big fan of Hatsune Miku, one of the biggest representative icon of Japanese culture. Now Miku is sitting under construction in the workshop. The engine is being modified to Stage 3 with custom map, approx 300 HP. VAG coils conversion, new intercooler with custom fabricated front, and other little stuff that makes it a great car. -Suspension: front JIC Magic, rear Tein -Diff: S14 welded -Arms: Driftworks adjustable arm -Wheels: Kosei K3 Emery Gold -Radiator: Driftworks SuperCool -Intercooler: Race-spec Forge -Turbo: S14 T28 at 1 bar -Boost controller: HKS EVC 5 -Coils: VAG R8 / Gallardo coils with custom fabricated harness -Steering wheel: official OMP -Exhaust: 2.5 inch straight pipe -Rear lights: Type X clear style -Skyline GT-R R32 444cc injectors -Z32 MAF -HKS Super Power Flow air filter -NISMO oil filter -Custom fabricated Power Brace -And lots of stuff and hours spend in this car This is my second car, the daily one. A 1993 Suzuki Swift GTI. Cheap, lightweight and fast. And I mean... really fast. This nugget has a 1.3 Twim Cam engine dropping 101 HP. Can rev up to 9000 and has torque in every single rpm (not like the Civics). I called it the "Madrid's White Comet" since the previous owner slap it a Red Suns sticker. Although this little poor car is just too small for me, I need a more powered car with RWD, so I'm planning on selling it and buying something like a Lexus IS200. Here comes the good stuff, the workshop. It's a little garage but enough to fit some cool cars in. We have just started in this business and we already have big reputation in the sector.

So, once we will be able to play and roleplay, I and I bet lots of people won't use mics. Either because they don't have a mic or because they don't want to use a mic. For example, on my situation I won't use a mic because I feel it's a pity to talk when there are chats. Will myself and other users with the same issue be in major disadvantage?

This one.

－ ｢ ＳＡＹＯＮＡＲＡ ＲＡＣＩＮＧ ｣ － - ABOUT US Welcome to Sayonara Racing. We are a street racing club with our own personal workshop. We formed the gang in the 90's when street racing was popular. Nowadays we just try to survive among the others with the spirit that is extinguishing. We used to be the top club in the 90's, drifting from the mountain touge to high-speed racing at the highway. -OUR ACTIVITIES Our original activity and our favorite one: mountain drifting, also know as "touge" in Japanese. We go to the mountain roads and drift downhill or uphill with our friends in the middle of the night, away from the people and the city. Sadly, those nowadays mountain roads are usually patrolled by police and are filled with speed cameras, so our trips to the mountains are less then ever. Thankfully, the city is big and there are places where we can drift, like the sea ports or abandoned industrial zones. We usually meet every Saturday night at XXXXX at XX:XX PM and drift until the morning sun comes up (if the police don't stop us). Our other big activity is the highway racing: Wangan style. Originated in Japan in the 2000's, people started to build high powered cars and run at incredible high speeds (300 km/h or 180 mp/h). Since our cars are more focused at drifting and are not that fast, we usually just go and drive on the highway, there's always people with similar cars to challenge. - WORKSHOP Our workshop is located at the outside of the city, away from the noisy people. Our workshop used to be members-only, but now you can bring your own car and let us modify it. We are experts in drifting builds. Also sometimes we have some cars for sale, come check it out. - VIDEOS Old video of our touge nights at the mountain, drifting all night. Video of these days, where we drift Saturday nights at the sea port. Onboard video of one of our drivers at the highway. Want to be one of us? Show us your ride, your skills and your true passion. Beware, the simple action of having one of our team stickers on your car means the police will ask you question!

If it make you feel better: I don't drive and drink. I need all my senses at it's best so I can go downhill at 100 mp/h.

It's weekend so you know what's happening tonight

SAO is BEYOND bad. PS: where's my loli?

Definitely I will !

Cool! Another team of car enthusiast. I'm the owner of Sayonara Racing, a more workshop-centered street team. But I would love to assist to your meets and touge nights defending my team's pride! PS; if there's enough street teams, it could be cool to have a territory map, so teams can race each other like in Initial D.

More drifting nights

Hm... I see your point. But that's actually the "fun" of this. Complicated stuff that everybody should not be able to do, then the point of having workshops and mechanics that know how to.

Even more generalized? The ones I posted are already simplified for everybody! PS: yeah, I know my parts. I actually have my own workshop irl

Name: Martin Kojima Age: 28From (City, Country): MiamiAppearance (Body, Face): thin and average height, long white hairAttire: normal clothes, sometimes real imported Yankii and Bosozoku clothes for eventsJob: self-employee at Sayonara RacingDetail of House: lives in a small room upstairs of the workshop Detail of Car/Vehicle: For daily: imported Nissan Skyline ER34 4-door. Engine: RB25DET. Transmission: automatic. Horsepower: 250 HP For work: Ford F-150 SVT Lightning (with car trailer). Engine: 5.4L Supercharged Triton V8. Transmission: manual. Horsepower: 380 HP For pleasure driving: Nissan Fairlady S30Z G-Nose. Engine: L28 stroker 3.0L with triple carbs. Transmission: manual. Horsepower: 310 HP For drifting: Nissan 180SX. Engine: SR20DET. Transmission: manual. Horsepower: 550 HP For racetrack: drift-missile practice car Nissan Skyline R32 GTS-T (not legally imported). Engine: RB20DET. Transmission: manual. Horsepower: 300 HP Personality: solitary, don't like to talk too much, introvert. Get's angry easily, sometimes dangerous. Young wild spirit at it's finest.Background: When he was young he and his parents moved to Japan for work. There he learned the passion about cars. At the age of 15, he finally got behind the wheel of a car and learned to drift (of course illegally, he doesn't even have a driving license). He learned from the best street racers from the mountains of Japan and mechanic from his friends. At 20 his parents and he moved to XXXX (identity island), where he could start a new life working for his passion. He started it's own business at the age of 22, a car workshop with a private team that could keep with the forgotten street-life passion: Sayonara Racing. He has been arrested 4 times and had 2 cars impounded for reckless driving and illegal drifting on public roads. Police known him very well and has always an eye over him.

Yeah, there should be an actual driving school and test. It's even more important if there's manual driving option.

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So... I had this idea. You can actually, in real life, go and buy a military vehicle, from an old Jeep to a forgotten Russian T-72. Yes, you can. And no, it's not THAT expensive has you think. Here's an example of a website that sells off used tanks. In most countries, the law let you to buy and in most cases drive this things in the streets, though most of those countries force you to permanently dismantle the guns and cannons of the vehicles. Here's a photo of well-know Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Patton M-47. Let's make an actual example: Someone is selling this Sherman tanks from WWII for $60.000 USD. As you can see the entire tanks is in really bad condition, missing the cannon and with a broken engine. The seller tells us we can buy a bran new original engine for extra $30.000 or just an used engine fro $3.000 . This very same tanks, in perfect condition, repaired and road-legal usually sells for $300.000 . Other company sells parts. For example this Sherman tank drive spools, restored for $3.000 . Tank parts is a big deal when there are people out there who buys rusted-out tanks and want to restore them. Other examples are this: people who like guns and buy a tank to use it as a "gun". In the USA they force you to dismantle the tanks' guns, but there's an exception if you have weapons license and the certain requirements. In most cases under this "exception rule" you can keep the guns and fire them at shooting camps, but your tank becomes illegal to drive on streets. So, in summary, my idea is to add old military vehicles so the people with tons of money can buy them, drive them, repair them and if they fulfill all the requirements, to shoot them (of course at firing camps or events or something). Hope you like the idea .

Hello again all! Keeping with the thread today we'll be talking about engine tuning and performance. --TUNING AND PERFORMANCE Aside from visual tuning and styles, the engine is one of the most important parts of the car. Let's start with engine performance: there are tons of different parts and ways to modify an engine. For example, one of the most popular ways to increase power is a turbo. If your car already has a turbo, you can increase the air pressure (PSI) or get a bigger one. Once you're finishes with the turbo, you find you need a blow off valve to get rid of pressurized air once you let go the throttle. Ok, now your intercooler is just tiny and can't keep up the the turbo velocity, so you need a bigger turbo with new pipes. Oh, wait! Your spark plugs get too hot because of the turbo power... See? Tuning is actually pretty tricky and each modification needs other new parts. Here's a list of how the tuning could work (way too simplified): -Engine block components --Pistons -> stock / forged / forged with increased bore and stroke / billet with increased bore and stroke --Connecting rods -> stock / forged --Crankshaft -> stock / forged / billet with increased stroke --Main and rod bearings -> different sizes --Piston rings -> stock / better flow --Oil filter -> stock / smaller with better efficiency --Oil drain plug -> stock / magnetic plug --Intake and exhaust studs -> stock / steel --Water pump -> stock / more flow capacity --Oil pump -> stock / more flow capacity --Oil adapters -> none / block adaptor (for gauges sensors) / block relocation adaptor (for oil cooler lines and move the oil filter to new desire place) --Oil pan -> stock / bigger --Engine mounts -> stock / polyurethane / solid -Engine head components --Head stud kit -> stock / harder material --Head gasket -> stock / multi layer metal with different thickness (less thickness more compression ratio = more power) --Valves -> stock / steel / titanium billet --Valve guides -> stock / smaller rubber --Valve seats -> stock / titanium --Camshaft -> stock / forged with different sizes / billet with different sizes -Gearbox --Disc -> stock / better material / solid hub --Clutch kit -> stock / stage 1 (street) / stage 2 (sport) / stage 3 (track) / stage 4 (competition) --Clutch pump -> stock / bigger pump --Flywheel -> stock / lightweight --Clutch line -> stock / steel / steel shorter --Gearbox mounts -> stock / polyurethane / solid -Drivetrain --Sub frame bushes -> stock / polyurethane / solid --Drive axle -> stock / bigger and stronger --Driveshaft -> stock / lightweight / aluminum and stronger -Differential --Bushings -> stock / polyurethane / solid --Differential -> stock (usually open) / welded / LSD 1 way / LSD 1.5 way / LSD 2 way --Diff cover plate -> stock / bigger for more oil capacity / billet and bigger -Exhaust --Exhaust manifold -> stock / tubular header (for NA cars) / titanium low mount (for turbo cars) / titanium top mount (for turbo cars) --Silencer -> stock / bigger / titanium and bigger --Catalytic converter -> stock / aftermarket with better flow / test pipe (straight pipe to remove the catalytic) --Down pipe -> stock / bigger --Full exhaust -> stock / straight exhaust (straight pipe from manifold to silencer) / sport exhaust line in different sizes (2", 2.5", 3") / titanium -Intake --Air filter -> stock / cone filter --Intake manifold -> stock / ported stock / aftermarket ported and polished / race-spec manifold -Intercooler --Intercooler -> stock / bigger / aluminum and bigger / race-spec --Piping -> stock / aluminum / aluminium custom lines -Turbo --Turbo -> stock / stock from better engine / aftermarket (different sizes) / twim turbo setup --Turbo blanket -> steel blanket / titanium blanket (to keep hear away from turbo) --Wastegate -> stock / precision external wastegate --Blow off valve -> aftermarket --Boost controller -> aftermarket -Suspension and steering --Suspension -> stock / lowered and better coilovers / stiffer coilovers and springs / adjustable suspension / air suspension --Arms -> stock / stronger / adjustable arms --Bushings -> stock / polyurethane / solid --Steering -> stock / aftermarket with more turn capacity / adjustable arms --Sway bars -> stock / stiffer --Strut bars -> aftermarket -Brakes --Calipers -> stock / stock from better car / aftermarket --Brake lines -> stock / stainless lines --Brake pads -> stock / better material --Rotors -> stock / bigger rotors / slotted and drilled / two-piece disc (floating disc) --Handbrake -> stock / drift button / hydraulic handbrake -Pulleys --Crank pulley -> stock / aluminum / billet --Damper pulley -> stock / aluminum / billet -Cooling --Radiator -> stock / stock from better car / aluminum and bigger --Fans -> stock / viscous fan / electronic fan --Hoses -> stock / aftermarket silicone hoses --Coolant reservoir tank -> stock / aluminum --Oil cooler -> stock / aftermarket and bigger --Thermostat -> stock / aftermarket with different pressures -Fuel delivery --Fuel pump -> stock / upgraded with more fuel capacity --Filter -> stock / bigger / upgraded with more flow capacity --Fuel pressure regulator -> stock / aftermarket / bypass regulator --Injectors -> stock / stock from better engine / aftermarket (bigger with different sizes) -Gauges --Gauges-> stock / aftermarket (boost pressure, exhaust temperature, fuel pressure, oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature, intake manifold pressure, tachometer, volts) -Engine management --Electrical wires -> stock / conversion to use another engine --ECU -> stock / tuner chip / writable race ECU Those are the basic and most popular parts in the performance and tuning world. Of course there are still thousand of them, each for each manufacturer / model / engine. And we can't forgot about the custom builds and fabrication... But that need to be expanded a lot. In the next post we'll talk about engine swaps.