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RedCarDriver Moderators Posts: 1211 Location: United States Arizona Occupation: it's complicated... more complicated than my relationships Age: 30 V$: 86310	#133459 2017-11-28 14:01
	One of the more persistent issues is simply that most modders basically get too old for the scene and leave just as they're getting good. That's a reality of life, though, and there's not really anything that can be done about it. What is happening now that is new, though, is that there are not as many new modders coming in from elsewhere. Here's my advice on this: the tutorial section of the site could probably get a revamp to be a little more interconnected, like a wiki, instead of being put up in big solid blocks that single page authors own. This might help reduce the barriers to learning how to mod. About VIP mods: Obviously it doesn't help with every other case of this if I say so, but - I'd like to remind everyone that my mods are not VIP. Many of them are simply not done yet. The R33, in particular, is pretty close to being done, but is also my active development platform for new things (i.e. the analog odometer) and is easily the most complicated mod I have ever made. My goal with the R33 has been to make a car mod that demonstrates everything SLRR can accomplish, and I think I've done pretty well on that front so far - but quality takes time. I've also got a few unannounced projects in the works. In the meantime, everything else in my life hasn't left me with a lot of time for SLRR, but it is still on my mind enough of the time that I've continued to make stuff for it. There's also another uncomfortable aspect of this situation: car games are arguably slowly dying, just as the gasoline-powered, human-driven car slowly dies. We may be in the sunset days of the automotive hobby. My opinion is that it's therefore worthwhile to start moving to an archivist role, trying to remember and capture everything that made all of this worth our time, rather than simply trying to act like it's as alive as ever. This post was edited by RedCarDriver (2017-11-28 14:10, ago)
	My Roleplay Thread Roleplay set roughly in a fictionalized version of Phoenix, Arizona. The time varies, with a lot of flashbacks / stories told through old photos as well as flash forwards to later times, but is intended to be one continuous story. My character is about 5 years older than myself, and considerably richer. lol. I have a couple of other made-up characters for the RP too. Current cars: - Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BCNR33 1996 S2) - Toyota Supra (JZA80 1993) - auto N/A; work in progress Shop drift car: Nissan Skyline GTS25t 2JZ Swap (ECR33 1994) Previous cars: - Nissan 240SX RHD Conversion / RB Swap - parted out - Pontiac G8 V6, LS7 Swap - sold - Toyota Supra Turbo (JZA80 1997) - stolen Others' featured cars: - Jake's Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BCNR33) "Wine Red" with Nismo RB28 Will the R33 ever be released? When? : The R33 is a long running work in progress that will be released when it's done, and not a moment sooner. I'm definitely being a perfectionist about this, but I want this to be the mod the community deserves and expects, not merely the latest in a set of stop-gap mods. Will you be making a Mustang 2015 / S550? : Not after the large bunch of other stuff I'm planning to make is all done. Is that your mod in those screenshots? : Is it the Skyline R33, the Audi A5, the Crossfire, the Supra JZA80 (with Bigg Boss93) or one of the ones I've released (like the Mustangs)? If so, yes. If not, probably not; search the GOM and VStanced downloads sections for it. Mustang mod updates? : A new SN95 1995 Mustang mod is planned (the original wasn't mine); a Foxbody remake with LOD0 meshes is in the works, and will include more parts than the original version; and I am preparing updates to the SN95 2000, many of which are finished but not there yet.