I am an engineer who spends all day working with 3D modelling software. Simply put, Dream Car Builder is what I wish I was using all day at work. The game allows for the creation of an incredibly diverse selection of vehicles, aircraft, and so on, but this is not some cheesy cut-and-paste building system, this is almost more like CAD, (albiet infinitiely more fun to use). The interface is simple, and easy to navigate, and the design control menus are well laid out and very clear.

The player is resposible for every aspect of the design, but having a familiarity with CAD is by no means necessary to enjoy the game. Being able to see and feel changes applied to a vehicle's dynamics in the garage while cruising around one of the many maps, makes Dream Car Builder unique. Just playing the game and refining a design can help to develop a real understanding of the way the physical world interacts with a mechanical system. Beginners can start with some of the excellent work posted to the workshop, modify them, or start their own designs from scratch. For advanced players of Dream Car Builder, the sky is the limit. Excellent game, and it gets better with every update. Strongly recommend!

For me, there's no other game that even comes close to this. I like to tinker and make stuff; I've tried many sandbox building games to scratch that itch, but have always felt limited by the builder. Many building games dumb down the builder in order to retain mainstream appeal.

Dream Car Builder is like the polar opposite of that; it's made for the natural born tinkerers and wannabe engineers. The builder looks more like a CAD program than a video game! (but the learning curve is still easy)

Right now, I'm trying to build a car with realistic wishbone suspension, and I'm actually having to do research on suspension geometry and apply real-world principles with the roll centre, caster angle, scrub radius, etc. in order to perfect the handling. Making changes to the shock absorbers and swaybars has the same effects on understeer and oversteer as it does in real life and in sim-racing games. If that sounds like fun to you, then buy this game now.

the idea of building your own car seemed fun to me at first but after a quick try i realized that i dont enjoy it afterall and that i preffer drive cars then building them.
would only recommend to people who are the opposite of me.
game isnt bad itself but not my cup of tea.

This is not a game about building your dream car. This is about being the car builder of your dreams.

In the past two days I've played about 16 hours of this game. It's amazing how much time you can spend engineering suspension systems and then crashing the same vehicle in 50 different ways.

I think the sandbox mode is the only true way to experience this game. You can spend 30 minutes or so working on a super fancy suspension system, then watch it crunch in front of your eyes because you forgot to add a support beam. That just makes it all the more satisfying when you finally get it working.

You get to watch your intricate mechanisms working in a realistic way (other than the fact that frames have no collisions, only the points). You get to drive fast and crash in slow motion.

Want to make a crab car? A porta-potty that drives? Or a replica of a real car, complete with the same suspension setup? You can do that in this game.

That said, there is no logic or programming, it's purely physics-based, which means this game does not scratch ALL my itches... but it sure does scratch a lot of them!

Other reviews have compared the user experience of the editor to that of working in CAD. I can see the similarity, yeah. It's just a lot more intuitive and fun than CAD is. There are no sketches, extrusions, tolerances etc. just you and your vertex-based creation. Have fun!

Best game I've ever refunded.

While the game didn't scratch my weirdly-particular itch for a customization-heavy arcade racer, it would be remiss of me to deny that this game may very well be THE most in-depth car-building-and-testing simulator on the market.

Anyone with even a passing interest in designing and testing out unorthodox vehicle designs really ought to check this game out.

A nice little game thats headed in the right direction. Its in the good hands of a sole developer who isnt lazy and is constantly improving the aspects of his game.

There is a pretty in-depth building system here and lots of time can be wasted making cool designs. The physics are also quite complex and fairly realistic.

Its currently lacking content. No AI races, multiplayer, manual transmission and controller support. As it stands, its a damn good car-building game.

(Reviewing experience of the pre-release beta) I recorded a first look/highlights video of this for my channel a few days before release and it made for some fun and entertaining footage! This is a game with serious potential in building capabilities. It is very complex, looking at all the options going into it, but the complexity is clearly a testament to the amount of creative freedom the game allows you to have. There is a ton of room for improvement of course, but It looks like those improvements are being worked on regularly. I hope the development of this game continues into what I know it can be!

yes

Best game on the planet. For all you mechanics out there, this is a game worth buying. It is hard at first, you have to spend a lot of time working on your cars, but the satisfaction of having a nice working car is unspeakable. You just have to not give up and keep at it!

Worth every penny, I hope this game gets more development.