Randomize!

[VosNox]

How about a randomizer function in sandbox mode that picks the year, body, engine placement, and suspension for you? After you've clicked random, you can either move forward or click again.

[Killrob]

Hmm, why?

[cpufreak101]

Hmm, why?

for when you're creativity is just gone

[VosNox]

You can only play this game for so long before you find yourself in a rut. So a randomizer might be a good kick in the pants.

[nialloftara]

How many times is that? I catch my self thinking of new ides for designs everyday and I am totally still addicted.

[07CobaltGirl]

Reset the scenarios. Start over. Find new ways to use fixtures. I really don't see how you can run out of ideas. If you are just burned out, take a break from the game for a bit. These are the things I do.

If you really just need something "outside of your own box", pick a real-world company and attempt to replicated it. Start a new company and build only pickups or city cars (or some type of car you just really don't like much). Plenty to do in Automation without a randomizer.

[HighOctaneLove]

You can only play this game for so long before you find yourself in a rut. So a randomizer might be a good kick in the pants.

Go on Origin and download the Starwars Battlefront Beta; that'll keep you occupied for a while!

[ArnRno]

I'd much rather a car body randomizer myself!

All that dragging of the model shape is really just changing a set of numbers, how about a randomized set of those values and bam, new body shape. It can be just a starting point, you can still adhust it yourself.

[Felgen]

For a randomizer to actually produce a feasible, realistic car, a lot of artificial intelligence is needed. This will add a lot of development time (as well as many, many lines of code; making the game more difficult to debug) for something gimmicky. I have a degree in computer engineering myself (working on a master's degree now), so I know it's a tougher task than it initially may seem like.