Selectable/Customisable Safety Cars

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Before in FM7 we had the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Pace Car, which sadly didn’t make it’s way onto the latest title. We had a number of cars where pace car lights could be placed on, however there wasn’t any options with the lights. This remains the case with the latest title, only for some reason the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 had it’s lights removed unless you place the widebody on…?

Many race leagues have a safety car but are limited to what they can choose. Meaning they’re not going with whatever car they actually wanted in the first place because of lack of safety car options. Some events also would have a safety car suitable, but such cars don’t have SC lights. A prime example would have been way back when TORA’s TEC wanted to use the 1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV as their pace car. Which they went ahead with, accepting fate of using it without it’s lights which, didn’t look great but had to just be accepted by the community.

However, maybe we can go forward with something new here… We already have the cars, why not have multiple cars in the current upgrade menu able to use the “conversion” option in the upgrades menu to convert cars into safety cars. Once converted we can use the D pad options in an event in order to control what lights are being used. IE press UP for SC light options, then pressing an appropriate option on the D pad for which light you’d like to use, the traditional orange lights, a secondary light option? (Like how F1 has green lights). Let’s have some fun and put a lit up “safety car” in the rear windows, some additional lights through the windscreen, all sorts! Really F1 SC style some of these.

I’d advise on only allowing SC converted car for private lobbies, to save people being distracted in public lobbies.

The cars I suggest add this option to is the following:

Priority cars that I know can work:

  • 2019 Aston Martin Vantage
  • 2021 Audi RS 6 Avant
  • 2021 Audi RS 7 Sportback
  • 2023 BMW M2
  • 2021 BMW M4 Competition Coupé
  • 2020 BMW M2 Competition Coupé
  • 2015 BMW i8
  • 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
  • 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE
  • 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
  • 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
  • 2024 Ford Mustang GT
  • 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
  • 2019 Ginetta G40 Junior
  • 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N
  • 2024 Lamborghini Revuelto
  • 2023 McLaren Artura
  • 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series
  • 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT 4 Door Coupé
  • 2021 Mini John Cooper Works GP
  • 2024 Nissan Z NISMO
  • 2022 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS
  • 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S
  • 2022 Volkswagen Golf R

Some other cars which, I know would work but not as high as a priority as the above cars

  • 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
  • 2017 Alpine A110
  • 2020 Audi RS 3 Sedan
  • 2019 BMW z4 Roadster
  • 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
  • 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray
  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR
  • 2022 Ferrari 296 GTB
  • 2020 Ferrari SF90 Stradale
  • 2020 Ferrari Roma
  • 2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello
  • 2017 Ford Focus RS
  • 2017 Ford GT
  • 2005 Ford GT
  • 2018 Honda Civic Type R
  • 2014 HSV Gen-F GTS
  • 2019 Hyundai Veloster N
  • 2014 Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge
  • 2015 Jaguar F-Type R Coupé
  • 2015 Jaguar XFR-S
  • 2020 Lamborghini Huracán EVO
  • 2021 Lexus LC500
  • 2023 Lotus Emira
  • 2021 Lynk & Co 03+
  • 2021 MG MG6 XPower
  • 2023 Nissan Z
  • 2018 Nissan Sentra NISMO
  • 2023 Porsche 911 Turbo S
  • 2018 Renault Megane R.S.
  • 2022 Subaru BRZ
  • 2023 Toyota Camry TRD
  • 2020 Toyota GR Supra
  • 2020 Xpeng P7

Why stop there? Let’s have some fun with some classics shall we? These ought to be respected however and have their SC lights retro to their era.

  • 1967 Aston Martin DBS
  • 1981 BMW M1
  • 1973 BMW 2002 Turbo
  • 1990 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
  • 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
  • 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO
  • 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso
  • 1986 Ford Escort RS Turbo
  • 1977 Ford Escort RS1800
  • 1973 Ford Escort RS1600
  • 1991 Honda CR-X SiR
  • 1977 Holden Torana A9X
  • 1969 Ford Mustang Boss
  • 1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV
  • 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO
  • 1990 Mercedes 190E 2.5- 16 Evolution II
  • 1965 Mini Cooper S
  • 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
  • 1994 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin-Turbo
  • 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R
  • 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
  • 1970 Porsche 914/6 (Make this like how it was in F1 1973)
  • 1993 Renault Clio Williams
  • 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B-STi Version
  • 1974 Toyota Corolla SR5
  • 1997 Volvo 850 R
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Mate the only issue is that the D-pad controls Telemetry, and in multiplayer Quick Chats, Telemetry, and one other option, but I like the idea

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Hence the suggestion, admittedly edited in after, to only allow these cars into private lobbies.

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Bring back the safety cars.

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It would be fun to have a feature that allows you to act like a game master in a tabletop RPG with the safety car in a private multi-race.

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What purpose would this have? The game master would only be able to do 3 things. 1) Set penalties (Assuming the 1 person who is the “Game master” see’s the infraction). 2) Send out yellow and red flags. 3) Send out a bot powered safety car if they choose to do so.

Seems pretty boring to me, and a waste of time to implement. But we’re not here for a “game master” thing here, we want safety cars back baby.

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I understand your opinion. However, you should understand that your opinion is not the world’s opinion. I do not tolerate people who do not tolerate others.

I have no objection if the bot is a perfect game master, but I am dissatisfied with the current behavior of the bot. Until then, I think it would be good to have a function that allows humans to become game masters as a temporary function.