I just wonder why electric engines need gearboxes, since they don't need it in a real car? Also what is the point of having a gearbox in an electric engine with many gears....

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Hello, first i'd like to say I found out about the game a couple months back via Automation. I just downloaded it last night and ended up playing it for around 8 hours(in 2 spans).
I know the game is obviously still in beta, and that it will have its bugs, but I really like this. It's a great concept and really I think it will be much different than Automation. Same "plot" I guess, but very much different. I actually had to start over twice due to bankruptcy, but on the 3rd I figured it out. Through 1912 I had made well over 100 million and was then making 5 million a month after that.
I know you are already aware of these bugs, but in all 3 starts , I would try to click on the stock market(the first button inside the vault) and it would crash the game... and revert to the previous save, even if I manually saved it right before going into it.

I can't wait for a "fuller" demo to be released(maybe start in the 30's) and I will definetly consider buying the game.
Keep up the good work.

I must say that this game will most likely be a huge success if done right like it looks like it will be. I know of three games that are being developed that i would consider a "car company", "car business" , "car building" game.

Cars Inc, or Cars Incorporated is very similar to this and have a few alpha's out. Their alpha really got me hooked into these type of games.

Automation I love because of the detail. I am currently studying to become a mechanical engineer and hope to work somewhere within the "car world" making Automation a lot of fun for me.

Gear City has peaked my interest for the couple of weeks. I have spent hours on end trying to figure this game out after playing cars inc and i am learning a lot after every bankruptcy .

That being said, here is how i would rate these three games.
Cars Inc: very fun and a great introduction game to this genre.
Automation: An engineers paradise, lots of detail and very educational.
Gear City: the perfect balance. Lots of detail, wont take you hours to develop one engine. Teaches you how hard and rewarding it would be to own a car company. Makes you realize why car companies do what they do with their models in real life.

This game has the potential to be a huge hit. I think the deal breaker for this game is that the developers aren't making this game to get rich. However it may happen to them. I hope this game makes it far, maybe even to Gear City 2.

So, I'm having the problem of not being able to make a successful car? all that i make sell like 0-5 a month, and i always go bankrupt, anybody mind helping me out?

Hello everyone.

I came here from the Automation website. I thought the game was interesting so I've been following the website lately and I downloaded the beta yesterday. Since I can't be arsed with a single thread for every suggestion/bug I have found I'm creating this thread which I think is the correct way to do it.

First of all though, a little bit of background to understand a bit better what I'm on about. I am a monumental car bore and the economic/business part while being also part of the game is not my main focus. Having said that, let's move on.

I have played the game two or three times (that means I have started from scratch this amount of times) and I have found the following bugs:

• The dimensions seem to be off. In SI units (I'm European) the cars are always comically short and preposterously wide. Like 3 and 6 metres respectively, which doesn't make any sense at all. In inches I think that the measurements are right, but not being familiar with those units I'm not sure.
  
• Sometimes when you click on the safebox and want to go for an IPO the game crashes. This has only happened to me once.
  
• It's seems quite difficult to create a high performance car. I desgined a supercharged V12 Coupé which had 175bhp and could hit 123mph, and performance was still regarded as poor. There were not many cars which could do over 120mph in the 20's.
  

• I would lock newer technologies in early cars, or make them costly. For isntance a six speed gearbox in a car from 1900 doesn't look very realistic and neither does a V6 engine (the first manufacturer to mass produce them was Lancia in 1950).
  
• Performance figures seem a bit optismistic in some cases, like cars in the early days doing 0-60mph in 6 seconds or less. Same can be said about about weight figures, a supercharged V12 can't be close to 100kg and neither can its frame be below that figure.
  
• I think you should be able to update certain parts of your current production cars without actually having to design a whole new vehicle; like for instance a new body or a new engine. This way versions of the same model should be able to be created more easily.
  
• The business managing part also seems overtly complex to me, like hiring people and setting wages. If I want to make a small factory for high-end luxury automobiles I don't need to have as many people employed as a mass-production economy car manufacturer, yet you also get the same "Understaffed *whatever*" messages. Result? You end up with a large stock of unsaleable, massively expensive luxury cars.
  
• Following previous suggestion, I would also be a good idea to set not only a cost-per-unit, but also a projected price (or know what prices your rivals are selling similar cars, I personally couldn't find it anywhere). This way you know if you are selling your cars at more or less the right prices. Maybe it owuld be a good idea to include a more engineering based-mode and another more buisness-based mode which limited opposed functions in each mode.
  
• Also, the car/part designer sliders are a bit sui generis. I mean you set everything to max and you seem to be getting the perfect car, but in reality it's not as easy. A Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari can both be great cars, but the Rolls-Royce does not have the handling of the Ferrari and the Ferrari does not have the comfort of the Rolls-Royce. It's impossible to create a car with perfect ride and handling, because they are opposed characteristics and you have to take a compromise; i.e. can't have both.
  

Will it be possible to import your own logos into the game, and will this feature be in the demo?

If so, what format, size and settings do I need to use?

Thanks.

I remember in Oldtimer, there was an option to run a racing team for your company, this feature was noticeably missing from Detroit.

Will there be a feature in GearCity and if so how will it be handled?

I have watched both the v0.4 and v0.7 videos on YouTube, and I must say, this game looks very promising. I was sent here by a post on Automation Game's Facebook wall, and I think I may like this game just as much, if not more.

I just have a few questions to ask if you don't mind.

1. What will the price of this game be?
   
2. When will there be a beta or demo?
   
3. When will the game be complete?
   

How will you implement the business side of our car company into the game? Would it be something like Detroit?