Cars : ¿Keep it simple or full customization?

[deLechuga]

I've seen some people over-modifyng cars lately and I wanted to know what do you think about it. Personally, when I purchase a car, I customize it, but never with the most expensive items, generally those make the car look like a toy.. so I am in the middle.. not full customization, but I like to add some things to my vehicles.

 

The mods I ALWAYS add, no exceptions are : Rims / Custom Tires - Paint jobs.

 

So, what's your opinion?

[Nipper]

Depends on the car.

[sash2k4plus]

I avoid adding spoilers to some cars and leave it stock.

[LoA-Phantom]

Depends on the car.

[MitchMaljers]

Depends on the car..
On almost all my vehicles (except for my Bullet) I kept the rims stock. even the paintjobs are somewhat simple as you would see them on their real life versions.

[We Are Ninja]

Depends on the car.

Yeah. Depends entirely on the car. Though I tend to gravitate towards cars that I feel would look good with customization...

[Aero Dynamo]

Depends on the car.

[malcolmfunktion]

 

 

Depends on the car.

Exactly, I have a Jester and there's no way its getting full roll cage...and that spoiler!?!? Will ya stop

[Dont Shoot]

you putting custom tires on all cars is over-modifying cars. Having custom tires on supers and sedans/coupes just looks dumb

[deLechuga]

you putting custom tires on all cars is over-modifying cars. Having custom tires on supers and sedans/coupes just looks dumb

In my opinion, it doesn't looks dumb... I only have cars that I think will look good with those custom tires.

[Vehicles]

I put a tuner wing on my Bright Orange Coquette,am i over modifying?(no carbon)

[deLechuga]

I put a tuner wing on my Bright Orange Coquette,am i over modifying?(no carbon)

That depends on which other things you have added to the car. If it looks good and u like it, it's okay.

[dewtech]

As above depends on the car.

 

For example Lola's bobcat is kept simple to look like a farm truck - got the xenons and a lot of under the bonnet mods though

 

The other end of the scale is her Phoenix - modded to the max to look like a proper Muscle

[CarimboHanky]

it depends on the car...

 

one thing you can be sure, ill never fully customize my feltzer!

 

THA wing!

[AscendantWyvern]

It depends on the car if you ask me.

 

You wont catch me dead putting a huge racing spoiler on a sedan.

[A Maned Wolf]

Mostly stock with tasteful rims.

[Tupiz]

Mostly stock with tasteful rims.

I like that.

 

I keep my cars pretty simple, here's a little example of how I customize mine:

 

[DevilDaRebel]

you putting custom tires on all cars is over-modifying cars. Having custom tires on supers and sedans/coupes just looks dumb

 

So having sponsor decals on a tire on a super car is dumb? Especially when supercars have racing tires? and almost all of the racing tires or good tires you buy come with sponsor decals?

 

Stop...Just sit down.

[JC Hammer]

you putting custom tires on all cars is over-modifying cars. Having custom tires on supers and sedans/coupes just looks dumb

Ignorant statement, most racers have raised white letter tires, for advertising, especially when static displayed. If your gonna put a spoiler on it or any racing mods, the custom tires should go with it. You want to keep it street than go with blackwalls.

 

The McLaren f1 about as super a super car as you can get.

 

[DevilDaRebel]

 

you putting custom tires on all cars is over-modifying cars. Having custom tires on supers and sedans/coupes just looks dumb

Ignorant statement, most racers have raised white letter tires, for advertising, especially when static displayed. If your gonna put a spoiler on it or any racing mods, the custom tires should go with it. You want to keep it street than go with blackwalls.

 

The McLaren f1 about as super a super car as you can get.

 

 

 

I don't even pay attention to people like that guy. They post sh*t they don't even know about.

 

Especially about Ricers, AND WTF U DOIN PUT A BIG SPOILER KIDD? U DONT KNOW BOUT CARS.

 

When big spoilers are the one that makes a car go fast, and lip and small spoilers do NOTHING compared to big spoilers.

Edited March 15, 2014 by Ibareny

[JC Hammer]

I put a tuner wing on my Bright Orange Coquette,am i over modifying?(no carbon)

General Motors didn't think a GT wing over modifying on the coquette's real life version.

 

[NorthwindJME]

¬_¬ Here we go again. Why do people who don't like cars that are modified act like this.

 

LOOK! HE HAS CHANGED HIS CARS APPEARANCE, GET HIM!

 

It is not wrong to alter the appearance of a car as long as it has also received performance upgrades.

 

In the real world when its done right it can make a car look really nice, individualise their car and even improve performance. Its those who make a mess of it that give the tuners a bad name.

 

On topic:

It depends on the car. I do like to fully modify my cars mostly for performance. Styling is nice but since my tastes in car styling modification has mellowed quite a lot in the last few years subtle body kits are better when available. Unless its used as a race car its preferable to not have racing splitters, canards, big GT spoilers and such.

 

I'd really like to see a tarmac race track added in to the map, that'd be cool. Then the likes of the DTM Feltzer and GT Jester would look better in this game.

[Misanthrope Z]

depends on the car, but i lean more toward cars that have lots of custom options anyway

 

with that, like North said, i like to dress them up the way I like, and that just so happens to be track cars and street racers

 

if people hate it, so what, i build my cars the way I like, not so it looks like whatever's in my neighbor's driveway just to satisfy a bunch of boring purists

 

i swear, every purist here has the sh*ttiest logic, what with every race-inspired car being a "ricer"

 

i guess lemans cars, track cars, street racers (actually modded for racing, NOT just cosmetic), drag cars, pretty much everything that isn't seen going to a grocery store every day is considered "rice"

 

it's your garage, do what you want

[JC Hammer]

i swear, every purist here has the sh*ttiest logic, what with every race-inspired car being a "ricer"

from the Urban Dictionary

ricer

(Ricer: from the latin word Ricarius meaning to suck at everything you attempt)

 

A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster. The most common modifications are (but not limited to):

 

- Huge exhaust that serves no purpose but to make the car louder

- Large spoiler on the back that looks like something Boeing made for the 747

- Lots of after-market company stickers they don't have parts from, but must be cool

- Expensive rims that usually cost more than the car itself

- Bodykit to make the car appear lower, usually accented with chicken wire

- Clear tail lights and corner signals

- A "performace intake"- a tube that feeds cold air to their engine usually located in areas of excessive heat (behind or on top of the engine)

- Most of these riced cars (a.k.a. rice rockets or rice burners) are imports; Honda Civics, Accords, Integras, CRXs, RSXs, Del Sols Mitsubishi Eclipses, Lancers, Subaru Imprezas, however there are some domestics such as Chevrolet Caviliers, Dodge Neons, Ford Focus; small, slow, economy cars designed specifically to go slow. Please note that some Supras, Skylines, WRX's and other higher performance imports are designed to go fast, and are therfore not always considered rice. It really depends on the severity of the case.

 

The "ricer" attempts to make their car "performance" by adding the modifications listed above. These ricers are not confined to any one ethnic group or color, however different ethnic groups are known for certain styles.

Honda Civics with big spoilers and 4" exhaust tips are considered to be ricers.

Edited March 15, 2014 by jcph3

[fw3]

Personally, I prefer keeping my cars in their original state, only changing the horn. See?



Oh wait... I lied.

[Misanthrope Z]

 

i swear, every purist here has the sh*ttiest logic, what with every race-inspired car being a "ricer"

from the Urban Dictionary

ricer

(Ricer: from the latin word Ricarius meaning to suck at everything you attempt)

 

A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster. The most common modifications are (but not limited to):

 

- Huge exhaust that serves no purpose but to make the car louder

- Large spoiler on the back that looks like something Boeing made for the 747

- Lots of after-market company stickers they don't have parts from, but must be cool

- Expensive rims that usually cost more than the car itself

- Bodykit to make the car appear lower, usually accented with chicken wire

- Clear tail lights and corner signals

- A "performace intake"- a tube that feeds cold air to their engine usually located in areas of excessive heat (behind or on top of the engine)

- Most of these riced cars (a.k.a. rice rockets or rice burners) are imports; Honda Civics, Accords, Integras, CRXs, RSXs, Del Sols Mitsubishi Eclipses, Lancers, Subaru Imprezas, however there are some domestics such as Chevrolet Caviliers, Dodge Neons, Ford Focus; small, slow, economy cars designed specifically to go slow. Please note that some Supras, Skylines, WRX's and other higher performance imports are designed to go fast, and are therfore not always considered rice. It really depends on the severity of the case.

 

The "ricer" attempts to make their car "performance" by adding the modifications listed above. These ricers are not confined to any one ethnic group or color, however different ethnic groups are known for certain styles.

Honda Civics with big spoilers and 4" exhaust tips are considered to be ricers.

 

i know the definition, half the people that throw the word out don't

[ezfaun]

Wings only make a car go round bends faster but slows them down on the straights quite a lot. There are different designs of wings. I'll shed on two of the many. But first, I'll explain the basics.

 

A wing works just like an airfoil on an aircraft. You notice that an aircraft's airfoil is curved at the top and flat or concave at the bottom. This shape, when air flows around it, produces a pressure difference on the top and bottom. The top having lower pressure while the bottom a higher one. As metioned in Bermoulli's Theorem, fluids (air, water, etc) tends to bring differentiating pressure to an equilibrium. Thus, the higher pressure at the bottom of the airfoil "pushes" it upward. Creating lift. Spoilers on cars are just the other way around.

 

L= ¹/₂pv²AC_L

 

Now theres many different designs but I'll explain on two.

 

One for maximum downforce and one to reduce turbulence. The maximum downforce one is the most efficient on race tracks with a lot of corners. It's high angle of attack and high camber line means that it produces maximum reverse-lift but it also means that theres a greater pressure difference on the top and bottom of the wing. This can cause a lot of turbulence and drag and it is generally redundant to put this on a civic. It'll go slower and have worse mileage.

 

The wing that's made to reduce turbulence generally has a smaller angle of attack and a smoother camber line. It does however provide some useful downforce too. It works by sort off catching the turbulent wind that passes over a car's cabin. Normally, when a large object passes through air, it will leave a large vortex which causes turbulence and drag like a train for example. Wings can be engineered to counter this effect to an extent but they have to be properly engineered to work with the car's air flow caused by it's design. Two examples are my 04 hawkeye wrx and my 99 skyline gt-t ER34. I've driven both cars without their wings and they sway left and right more at speeds at about 190km/h-210km/h. The wrx also drank more fuel.

 

With that said, I think rice is subjective. But generally rice is most often used by people to describe the sort of car that was made to look racey but it doesn't have any performance capabilities when compared to real race cars, preferably with a fart can. On the minority's end, it's also used by hicks to describe any non 'murican import that doesnt have a v8. Being an aerospace engineer for eurocopter, I classify slow ass beaters with coffee can exhausts and park benches as ricers, And Evos and WRXs as not. Unless it's slow as sh*t.

Edited March 15, 2014 by ezfaun

[Laveerre]

Spoilers = Lip spoiler is the only spoiler that I like
Bodywork = Stock pretty much
Wheels and suspension are the only thing that makes a car look good

[Ammunized]

 

 

Close enough?:

Edited March 15, 2014 by Ammunized

[Chrunchip]

Dawn (main char) is living a "Jane Smith" life - semi luxury / undercover / assasin. Most cars are stock-like except tires and paintjobs. Shafter, Sentinal Convertible, Cog Cabrio, Adder.

 

Phoenix (2nd char) is living a "Brian O'Conner" life (RIP Paul!) - streetracer / tuner / hotshot. Most cars are fully visual modded... like the Jester, Penumera, Elegy, Bathi.

 

I like the contrast of both lifestyles