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Im well aware that Pinnifarina isn't just a Coachbuilder, All I am saying is it would be nice to have such companies that you could buy bodies from, or maybe even have them design a body for you.(not sure how well that would work though..)

There are many such companies, and atleast a few would be nice, others could possibly be modded in later.

I wonder how easy it would be to mod in new body designs for the game.. or any graphics type stuff.

Companies like Alpina could be represented in the game. The devs have confirmed that you will be able to buy whole car models and rebrand them. What they haven't confirmed is whether we will be able to modify them.. but I suspect we will.

I think relations between companys should play a big factor when it comes to tuning companies. Companies like Alpina don't just pop up overnight and I highly doubt BMW would send prototypes to a new company.. The more deals you make and such, the better relations get and unlocks more options and better deals.

IMO tuning companies should be left out for the release and added later.. There are much more important things to add to the game, and the player should be able to make his own anyways.. Plus since they will all be using models based on existing ones it should be quite easy to mod them into the game.

As for the counter measures for spying and the like.. If caught it should affect your companies public image, but moreso in the countries where the company you stole from reside.

Perhaps government fines if caught?

Maybe the player could hire security personel, and buy security buildings and security upgrades(keycard, fingerprint, etc.. They would be unlocked in certain years) to help prevent stealing.

Maybe random events if your engineers are poorly paid they might defect or sell secrets to competitors.

i can agree with all u said

Quick note: someone mentioned the word 'Prestige'

Could these be some modifier/stat for your company? Maybe regional prestige? Sort of how well known you are, like reputation (but Prestige sounds better...).

I was thinking something along the lines of "Public Image", and it being region specific.. Prestige would work too

Although Prestige might be better represented as a more overall company image. Kinda like how everyone in the world knows what a Ferrari is even if they have never seen one in person, or they don't sell many where they live.

It'll be pretty much as you say.

Prestige - What Ferrari and BMW etc have, class and desirability, performance
Reputation - What VW and Honda have, a reputation for making a good quality, good value product that does the job well.


Oh and those will be both per model, and averaged out for the company as a whole... sort of (still designing that bit!)

Real-life example: the number of DeTomaso Panteras produced each year was limited to the number of transaxles ZF could supply.