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Feature Unlock Dates - Open Beta Build 151204
Note: I didn't check features that weren't represented in the changelog in some fashion - so there may be unlock dates below that were correct in 151127 and not in 151130.
Note 2015-11-30: Added production limits for chassis and body panel materials.
Note 2015-12-04: Updating safety option unlock dates going from 151130 to 151205 - again, didn't check for other unlock-date changes, they may exist.
Note 2015-12-07: Adding note that minimum tyre profiles are at +0 Quality - increasing quality allows lower profile tyres.
Note 2015-12-17: Checked mid-engined unlock dates with modded 1965 bodies.
Chassis
Chassis Type:
- 1940: Ladder
- 1951: Monocoque
Material:
- 1940: Steel
- 1940: Galvanized Steel
- 1980: Corrosion Rest. Steel
- 1988: Carbon Fibre (with Monocoque; No Mass Production)
- 1997: AHS Steel
- 2000: Glued Aluminium (with Monocoque; Limited Production)
- 2015: Carbon Fibre (with Monocoque; Limited Production)
Engine Placement:
- 1940: Front Longitudinal
- 1940: Rear Longitudinal
- 1962: Front Transverse
- *: Mid Transverse
- *: Mid Longitudinal
Front Suspension:
- 1940: MacPherson Strut
- 1940: Double Wishbone
- 1990: Pushrod (with Rear Longitudinal, Mid Transverse, or Mid Longitudinal)
Rear Suspension:
- 1940: Solid Axle Coil (with Front Transverse or Front Longitudinal)
- 1940: Solid Axle Leaf (with Front Transverse or Front Longitudinal)
- 1940: Semi Trailing Arm (with Front Transverse or Front Longitudinal)
- 1940: MacPherson Strut (with Mid Transverse, Mid Longitudinal, or Rear Longitudinal)
- 1940: Double Wishbone
- 1962: Torsion Beam (with Front Transverse)
- 1990: MultiLink (with Front Transverse or Front Longitudinal)
- 1990: Pushrod (with Front Transverse, Front Longitudinal, Mid Transverse, or Mid Longitudinal)
Panel Material:
- 1940: Steel
- 1940: Aluminium (No Mass Production)
- 1955: Fibre Glass (No Mass Production)
- 1971: Fibre Glass (Limited Production)
- 1980: Corrosion Rest. Steel
- 1981: Aluminium (Limited Production)
- 1985: Partial Alu
- 1993: Carbon Fibre (No Mass Production)
- 2006: Carbon Fibre (Limited Production)
- 2011: Aluminium
Body Type
Drive Type, Front Transverse:
- 1962: Transverse FWD
- 1990: Transverse AWD
Drive Type, Front Longitudinal:
- 1940: Longitudinal RWD
- 1940: Longitudinal 4x4
- 1981: Longitudinal AWD
Drive Type, Rear Longitudinal:
- 1940: Longitudinal RWD
Drive Type, Mid Transverse:
- *: Transverse RWD
- 1990: Transverse AWD
Drive Type, Mid Longitudinal:
- *: Longitudinal RWD
- 1985: Longitudinal AWD
Engine Block
Engine Block:
- 1940: Inline 4
- 1940: Inline 6
- 1940: V8 Crossplane
- 1940: V8 Flatplane
- 1940: V12
- 1960: V6
Block Material:
- 1940: Cast Iron
- 1960: Aluminium
- 1996: AlSi
- 2005: Magnesium
Head and Valves:
- 1940: Push Rod
- 1940: Direct Acting OHC
- 1940: Overhead Cam (2, 3, 4 valves/cyl)
- 1940: Dual Overhead Cam (2, 4 valves/cyl)
- 1989: Dual Overhead Cam (5 valves/cyl)
- 2000: Modern OHV
Head Material:
- 1940: Cast Iron
- 1950: Aluminium
- 1996: AlSi
VVL:
- 1940: None
- 1994: VVL (all engines except Push Rod, Modern OHV, and DOHC 5 valves/cyl)
Bottom End
Crank:
- 1940: Cast Iron
- 1956: Forged Steel
- 1986: Billet Steel
Conrods:
- 1940: Cast
- 1940: Heavy Duty Cast
- 1956: Forged H Beam
- 1967: I Beam Steel
- 1997: I Beam Titanium
Pistons:
- 1940: Cast
- 1940: Heavy Cast Piston
- 1956: Forged
- 1970: Hypereutectic Cast
- 1991: Low Friction Cast
- 1991: Lightweight Forged
Top End
VVT:
- 1940: None
- 1988: VVT (Direct Acting OHC or SOHC)
- 1988: VVT - Intake (DOHC)
- 1992: VVT - All Cams (DOHC)
Aspiration
Type:
- 1940: Naturally Aspirated
- 1975: Turbo Charger (not V12 yet)
Setup:
- 1975: Single Turbo (I4, I6)
- 1975: Twin Turbo (V6, V8, V8FP)
- 1975: Journal Bearing
- 1980: Ball Bearing
(Note: I haven't been thorough on this tab - there may be other year-dependencies hiding somewhere I haven't found.)
Intake
Fuel System (Carburettor):
- 1940: Single Barrel
- 1940: Single Barrel Eco
- 1948: 2 Barrel
- 1954: DCOE
- 1959: 4 Barrel
Fuel System (Injection):
- 1968: Mechanical Injection
- 1982: Single Point EFI
- 1982: Multi Point EFI
- 2001: Direct Injection
Fuel Type:
- 1940: Regular Leaded
- 1940: Super Leaded
- 1960: Low Quality
- 1970: Regular
- 1985: Premium
- 1990: Super
- 1995: Ultimate
Exhaust
Headers:
- 1940: Cast Log
- 1940: Short Cast
- 1940: Tubular
- 1940: Long Tubular
- 1940: Race Tubular
Muffler Bypass:
- 1940: No Valve
- 1999: Bypass Valves
Catalytic Converter (unleaded only):
- 1940: None
- 1972: Two-way
- 1978: Three-way
- 1984: High Flow Three-way
Muffler:
- 1940: None
- 1940: Baffled
- 1950: Reverse Flow
- 1968: Straight Through
Drivetrain
Gearbox:
- 1940: Manual
- 1950: Automatic (Torque Converter)
- 2000: Sequential (Single Clutch)
- 2006: Sequential (Double Clutch)
Ratios (Manual):
- 1940: 2 (last year 1990)
- 1940: 3 (last year 2000)
- 1940: 4
- 1965: 5
- 1995: 6
- 2012: 7
Ratios (Automatic):
- 1950: 2 (last year 1990)
- 1960: 3 (last year 2000)
- 1975: 4
- 1995: 5
- 2003: 6
- 2006: 7
- 2011: 8
- 2015: 9
Ratios (Sequential):
- 2000: 3 (last year 2000)
- 2000: 4
- 2000: 5
- 2000: 6
- 2012: 7
Differentials:
- 1940: Open
- 1940: Manual Locker
- 1950: Automatic Locker
- 1981: Geared LSD
- 1985: Viscous LSD
- 2001: Electric LSD
Wheel
Minimum +0-Quality Profile:
- 1940: 105
- 1941: 100
- 1945: 95
- 1949: 90
- 1953: 85
- 1957: 80
- 1960: 75
- 1964: 70
- 1968: 65
- 1972: 60
- 1976: 55
- 1980: 50
- 1983: 45
- 1987: 40
- 1991: 35
- 1995: 30
- 1999: 25
- 2003: 20
- 2006: 15
Rim Material:
- 1940: Steel
- 1961: Magnesium
- 1970: Alloy
- 2015: Carbon Fibre
Brakes
Brakes:
- 1940: Drum (SLS)
- 1952: Drum (2LS) (front only)
- 1959: Solid Disc
- 1975: Vented Disc
- 2008: Carbon Ceramic
Disc Brake Pistons:
- 1959: 1 Piston
- 1965: 2 Piston
- 1976: 3 Piston
- 1990: 4 Piston
- 1999: 6 Piston
Aerodynamics
Undertray:
- 1940: None
- 1940: Offroad Skidtray
- 1960: Semi Clad
- 1975: Fully Clad
- 1994: Downforce
Active Wings:
- 1940: None
- 1993: Active Wing
Active Cooling:
- 1940: None
- 1993: Cooling Flaps
Fittings
Entertainment:
- 1940: None
- 1940: Luxury AM Radio (last year 1954)
- 1945: Premium AM Radio (last year 1971)
- 1950: Standard AM Radio (last year 1973)
- 1954: Basic AM Radio (last year 1975)
- 1955: Phonograph (last year 1969)
- 1970: Luxury 8 Track (last year 1981)
- 1972: Premium 8 Track (last year 1983)
- 1974: Standard 8 Track (last year 1985)
- 1976: Basic 8 Track (last year 1987)
- 1982: Luxury Cassette (last year 1991)
- 1984: Premium Cassette (last year 1993)
- 1986: Standard Cassette (last year 1997)
- 1988: Basic Cassette (last year 2000)
- 1992: Luxury CD (last year 2002)
- 1994: Premium CD (last year 2004)
- 1998: Standard CD (last year 2011)
- 2001: Basic CD (last year 2012)
- 2003: Luxury SatNav (last year 2009)
- 2005: Premium SatNav (last year 2010)
- 2010: Luxury Infotainment (last year 2016)
- 2011: Premium Infotainment (last year 2018)
- 2012: Standard Infotainment
- 2013: Basic Infotainment
- 2017: Luxury HUD
- 2019: Premium HUD
Driver Assists:
- 1955: Power Steering
- 1985: Antilock Braking System
- 1989: Traction Control**
- 1997: Electronic Stability
** Requires electronic fuel injection. (Thanks for the tip, TrackpadUser!)
Safety:
- 1940: None
- 1940: Advanced 40s (last year 1949)
- 1945: Standard 40s (last year 1954)
- 1950: Advanced 50s (last year 1960)
- 1955: Standard 50s (last year 1964)
- 1961: Advanced 60s (last year 1969)
- 1965: Standard 60s (last year 1974)
- 1968: Basic 60s (last year 1977)
- 1970: Advanced 70s (last year 1979)
- 1975: Standard 70s (last year 1984)
- 1978: Basic 70s (last year 1987)
- 1980: Advanced 80s (last year 1989)
- 1985: Standard 80s (last year 1993)
- 1988: Basic 80s (last year 1997)
- 1990: Advanced 90s (last year 1999)
- 1994: Standard 90s (last year 2004)
- 1998: Basic 90s (last year 2007)
- 2000: Advanced 00s (last year 2009)
- 2005: Standard 00s (last year 2014)
- 2008: Basic 00s (last year 2017)
- 2010: Advanced 10s (last year 2019)
- 2015: Standard 10s
- 2018: Basic 10s
- 2020: Advanced 20s
Suspension
Springs:
- 1940: Standard
- 1955: Progressive
- 1965: Hydropneumatic
- 1982: Air***
- 1995: Active Sport
- 1995: Active Comfort
*** Not always available; as far as I can determine from my experiments, Air Suspension has a suspension geometry prerequisite depending on engine placement:
- For a front-engined car: front double-wishbone suspension.
- For a rear-engined or mid-engined car: front and rear double-wishbone or pushrod.
Dampers:
- 1940: Twin-Tube
- 1966: Gas Mono-Tube
- 1987: Adaptive
- 1995: Semi Active
Sway Bars:
- 1940: Passive
- 1995: Semi Active
- 2000: Offroad
- 2005: Active