Re: Functional Cars
by RogueToad16Original Post
@TheSims4Player29nobody knows. 
Without an open world there isn't a reason for cars, and it was already stated that TS4 will not be getting an open world. It has an entirely different engine than TS3 did. And TS4 doesn't have an open world because the open world in TS3 caused the game to run incredibly slowly, often grinding to a complete halt on many people's computers! 
To avoid this Maxis gave us semi-open worlds. 
And some neighborhoods in TS4 (like Forgotten Hollow from the Vampires GP) don't even have proper roads anyway.
We still could get cars like we had in TS2 (which had a completely closed world). But in TS2, your Sims would just get in their cars and pull out of the driveway and then disappear into a loading screen. This probably isn't what you want, but if TS4 ever gets cars, this is how it will be! 
Its the price we pay for having the game run 
Some Sim Gurus did state that the brooms in Realm of Magic will be able to be flown just about everywhere. But if you fly out of the little section of neighborhood that is open to your Sim, it will end up being like the cars in TS2. You still are going to have loading screens. 
However it would be a nice feature to add for the people who like to build lots and want to have a reason to built a garage an have a car inside. Plus, it could drive a little further than past the lot like on TS2 and maybe have some extra features, like taking kids to Scout meetings and a honeymoon limo, and such.
@RogueToad16& @TheSims4Player29 , there is one other thing that they could do with cars in TS4 -- have old cars in need of repair that our Sims can fix up as a hobby! They had this in both TS2 and TS3, and even with a closed world it was still a nice feature! :eahigh_file:
@AndyZhang2896, yes, your way of traveling by just pressing M to open the neighborhood map is quicker and more practical ! @RogueToad16 and @TheSims4Player29 , maybe you wouldn't mind having The Sims 2's style of how cars worked. I does give the semblance of real life without taxing the game engine too much.
I just fear since many people have played TS3, if TS4 went back and did TS2 -style cars, that most people would be extremely disappointed, if not down right enraged!
And like @Psychotps said, even if they gave us the option of fixing up cars , this might seem a bit empty to players who had cars that could go almost anywhere in TS3. 
The sad thing is that no matter what they end up doing, I think people will be upset! Personally, I don't care as long as my game still runs smoothly! But so many people are demanding this and I don't think they realize that it would break the game. But anything less than cars that can go everywhere will still have people upset. It's a no win situation. 
