Test Drive Prices

[Young Wallace]

Players interested in buying vehicles have no way currently to know which vehicles have what statistics beside word of mouth. Test-driving a car either costs as much as it does to buy it or is at least too absurd of a price to pay to not own the car. I propose that test driving car prices be updated to maybe 10% of the full price or some percentage, and on top of that they despawn when the player dies. The second part I include so that we do not have a server full of people driving fancy cars just because they are all 'test driving it'

This change is very needed if vehicle statistics aren't added to the car dealership GUI as buying cars is a major money sink for the game, and players shouldn't be forced to gamble. Right now probably 70% of players just use the Dodge Monaco because its cheap and safe. If they could view car statistics they would have reason to save up for a specific ride they like the aesthetic and performance of. This change to test driving would be a change easier for development to implement, if not making them despawn on death then at least just reducing the price would be enough for a temporary improvement of the current car purchasing system.

[Me.]

You dont actually pay the money to test drive, you just have to have that amount on you. I t never even leaves your pocket. As to the despawning after death or people "test driving" as transport, test drives only last like 2 mins so unless you just want to go to one spot that's really unnecessary. Also the only real relevant statistic available would be speed, a lot of handling is subjective so you cant really rate one cars handling better than another. Also, at least with luxury cars and supers, pretty sure its 50% of the cost of the vehicle which isn't much if that's a vehicle you're actually considering saving for.

[Young Wallace]

You dont actually pay the money to test drive, you just have to have that amount on you. I t never even leaves your pocket. As to the despawning after death or people "test driving" as transport, test drives only last like 2 mins so unless you just want to go to one spot that's really unnecessary. Also the only real relevant statistic available would be speed, a lot of handling is subjective so you cant really rate one cars handling better than another. Also, at least with luxury cars and supers, pretty sure its 50% of the cost of the vehicle which isn't much if that's a vehicle you're actually considering saving for.

Ah okay. Maybe some disclaimer that test driving doesn't actually cost money on the UI would be in order then. I know myself and others have been led to believe it does.

[Lordskips]

that isnt the test drive price thats the real price and when you click test drive it says you need half the amount of the car