Question about multiple car versions.

[pizman]

Hi guys.
Badly i can not find a awnser here with search.....
Can somebody explane me the difference of the "Car Versions" ??

I not mean the different Production Years ( E.g. FMW Panther MK1 / MK2 represent for sure 2 different cars):
I mean e,g, Morena Bizzarini and Morena Bizzarini "spectaculo".

For me it looks like this is the same car... The one got the "normal Body PArts"..... the Other the Parts from the "Body Tuning Shop" .

So in easy words.... If i got a "normal" car in game..... And i buy all Tuning Body Parts..... Where is then the difference to a Car in game that have the other name already ??

[SJOEE]

The Morena Bizzarini has all regular parts, while the Spettacolo has some of the tuning parts as default (hood, or lights). And yes, you could make a standard look like a Spettacolo by replacing the parts. The official registration would still have it as Standard.
To use one of your examples as an example, there's a FMW Panther MK2 and there's a FMW Panther MK2 Performance. The regular version has the V8 DOHC AXK engine as default, while Performance has the V8 DOHC Supercharged as default. There might be some slight differences in body parts also, with the Performance version requiring some Body Tuning Shop items. While they have different 'default' parts, you can have one and rebuild it as the other though.

There are also a few cars where the engine type depends on which version you bought though! The FMW Roadster Sport for example can only have a V6 engine, while the regular FMW Roadster does not even have the option for a V6 engine. They only have I3 and I4 options... which you cannot put in the Sport version. I don't think this happens frequently, it's the only time I've personally built an engine and was surprised that it didn't fit in an alternate version of a car where it normally should fit.

However... I don't think there's a bonus for restoring a car to be as 'close to stock as possible', so there's nothing preventing you from doing engine swaps or going aftermarket on body parts... as long as the chassis will allow it. Not all versions allow for all engine swaps.

EDIT: Actually I found several more examples: The Bolt Atlanta F-Mill can *only* have an I6 OHV engine installed, while the regular Bolt Atlanta has four V8 options but no I6 option. The same goes for the Bolt Chapman F-Mill vs regular.

There's a list of cars here where you can compare regular vs alternate options, you'll see there's actually a decent amount of cars where the options do matter: https://car-mechanic-simulator-2021.fandom.com/wiki/Vehicles

[pizman]

Thanks a lot for your detailed reply.

My intention is pretty simple..... After doing a lot of Jobs and level through the game the final long time motivation is simply Own every single car in the best performance ( all tuning parts 3 star)

So i just think about if it is needed to own all "multi Version Cars" also multiple times.
If there is a different Motor i must simply decide for the one with the strongest Motor.
If there is just a difference of Tuning PArts ( i can do myself by buy them) then i will not farm it twice.

Thanks a lot !

[Zereda]

if you dig into the code in the files each variant has a different overall value also which will determine how much a car is valued.

Example:
I bought 3 different deloreans Painted, Carbon Fiber, and Gold. I put all the gold parts on all 3 cars and had all same engines with base parts non tuned for this test. Gold was valued at 207k Carbon Fiber was valued at 169K and the Painted valued at 154K. Names are by version name. all had gold parts remember so fully same car but not according to the "VIN". the neet thing i noticed though the Carbon fiber was the lightest.

[Bender24k]

Originally posted by pizman:

Thanks a lot for your detailed reply.

My intention is pretty simple..... After doing a lot of Jobs and level through the game the final long time motivation is simply Own every single car in the best performance ( all tuning parts 3 star)

Bender likes your attitude. I am trying to get 100% 3-star examples of all the different variants of some of the cars. Mostly the mod cars. Ferrari, McLaren, DeLorean and Skyline 2000. Those are my start.

We SO NEED a place to display our cars. Used Car lot, multi-level parking garage, Jay Leno's Garage - a field? Something! I need to see more than 3 of my cars at a time. Bender is insecure. LOL.