Jidousha Shakai: An upcoming open-world racing game

Freznosis

Hello guys, I'd like to introduce you to a game I've been working on for a couple years now. It's called Jidousha Shakai and I feel it can be a strong contender for the dominated market which is racing games. Below is the description directly from the Steam Greenlight page so you guys can read up more on the game itself. If you goto the Greenlight page itself, you can see some gameplay videos and more screenshots of the game.

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About Jidousha Shakai (Greenlight)

Spoiler:

The next generation of open-world racing games has arrived!

Jidousha Shakai is an open world racing game with unrivaled customization to spark the new coming of open world racers. Control every inch of your cars appearance to give it your unique touch and then take it online and compete in various events, car meets, or just cruise with your crew! If you'd like to experience Jidousha Shakai in it's fullest form we need your help today!

Some (but not all) of the awesome features that are currently in Jidousha Shakai!
Bodykits (front bumpers, rear bumpers, hoods, trunks, spoilers/wings, exhausts, headlights, tailights, and more)
Engine Performance (intakes, starters, cams, forced induction, blocks, full engine swaps)
Paint (matte, chrome, metallic, flip-flop, pearlescent, window tint, dual color wheels)
Full featured rim/wheel creator! (Fully procedural wheels at your finger tips with many options to create your perfect wheel on the fly!)
And more! (License plates, light color, light bulbs (HID, XENON, ETC))

In the future Jidousha Shakai will be introduced to many new additions and features including...
Full mod support (custom cars, parts, maps, etc)
In-game map creator (road creator, building placer, foliage, custom mesh import)
Full online server based cross-platform multiplayer
Fun game events w/ custom event organizer (car meets, drift meets, cruise sessions, street drag sessions, and more)
Story and non-linear progression
Full in-game radio that features streaming and VLC playlist support (current music system is basic but included)
More ideas from the community (you!) that have been noted!

Some screenshots!

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[li]In the future when mod support is added I'd love to get VSTANCED more involved in the modding scene for Jidousha Shakai, as the mod tools will be readily available and quite easy to use. 🙂[/li]
[li]You can try an old version of the game from the IndieDB site.[/li]
[li]*There are currently 3 cars in-game, however the S13 is the most polished car which is why it is the only one showing up in pictures.[/li]

Bigg_Boss93

That sounds promising!

Have you made any ingame videos that shows customization, driving and damage(if there is any)?

ps: i havent checked the links atm as i'm from phone and almost asleep lol

ParkerFM01

It looks really good! Keep up the good work as what you have here looks really promising!

Freznosis

# Bigg Boss93 :
That sounds promising!

Have you made any ingame videos that shows customization, driving and damage(if there is any)?

ps: i havent checked the links atm as i'm from phone and almost asleep lol

Thank you! Currently there isn't any videos of customization however I was literally in the middle of recording one. It will be posted to the Steam Greenlight page today (my time, 2-3 hours), also it will include some gameplay footage of the latest version and not the older version on IndieDB (that you guys can play now). I'll update this thread with more information as time goes on and some other things. Thanks for your comments and feel free to test out the game and offer feedback 🙂

yngsensei

It looks really good man. I hope that the game will be a contender amongst other racing games. Keep up the good work. Support from Bosnia ❤

Sleepin_mOnkey

That's an real nice idea but how much hardware is needed to run this game

Freznosis

# yngsensei :
It looks really good man. I hope that the game will be a contender amongst other racing games. Keep up the good work. Support from Bosnia ❤

Thanks man, I am forever hoping so and am excited for the future! 😃

# Sleepin mOnkey :
That's an real nice idea but how much hardware is needed to run this game

Currently since it's in alpha, there may be some optimization problems or some overlooked performance hogs, but I'm doing my best to optimize the game best I can. Users with core2duo's / low-end gpu's and integrated graphics users are reporting frame-rates a high as 120fps, of course certain graphics options turned off or a combination of them. I am currently sitting at about 200fps currently with a mid-spec gaming machine. So I'd say most people could run this pretty well.

Sam_C

Bloody hell lol, uncapped framerate 500fps almost melted my gpu hahah

After limiting the framerate I can say this game is awesome! I was blown away by the graphics well done. Good levels of customization too!

Few bugs which im sure your aware of:

Type-x rear light glows are white
Unless im doing something wrong I can't get past the barrier at the start unless I ram it lol
When changing front wheel color it changes rear.
Cannot change rear wheel color.

Big thing that will need some work is tyre marks and smoke. Massive framerate drops with choppy looking smoke.

Massive well done mate! Seriously has some potential

Freznosis

# Sam C :
Bloody hell lol, uncapped framerate 500fps almost melted my gpu hahah

After limiting the framerate I can say this game is awesome! I was blown away by the graphics well done. Good levels of customization too!

Few bugs which im sure your aware of:

Type-x rear light glows are white
Unless im doing something wrong I can't get past the barrier at the start unless I ram it lol
When changing front wheel color it changes rear.
Cannot change rear wheel color.

Big thing that will need some work is tyre marks and smoke. Massive framerate drops with choppy looking smoke.

Massive well done mate! Seriously has some potential

Yes sir! All of this was fixed, thanks for your feedback! 🙂

Also, some screenshots of the latest developments.

yngsensei

Yo, i was playing the game, its pretty good. The physics are a bit buggy but all in all good concept. Btw i got a bug where the wheels dissappear and you cant do anything. Tried a fresh "install" and removed the game files. Still the same. Any help?

Facepalm

Lacks rice parts -0/10

Just kidding, it looks very promising indeed. Though, even though I dunno how it works, you shouldn't use actual names to avoid copyrights and such. Again, not sure.
You could rename the Nissan 240SX to Nissenpai 420XS

Holy_Shit_Man

Or make some generic car and let modders do the rest 😉

Nexion

Im gonna go with KeeJay on this one. I'd recommend making a generic car as the base and let modders have fun doing the rest obviously you would be able to add new cars yourself. Just a good thought.

Facepalm

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You could like, use one of the Invictus cars!
That's a bad idea, but what could possibly go wrong?

Freznosis

# KeeJay :
Or make some generic car and let modders do the rest 😉

# Nexion :
Im gonna go with KeeJay on this one. I'd recommend making a generic car as the base and let modders have fun doing the rest obviously you would be able to add new cars yourself. Just a good thought.

I'm going to quote a post I made on a different site.

Freznosis :
Because I'd like Jidousha Shakai to be as flexible as possible, I want the game to feature a pre-determined car list which can transfer over easily to other platforms. (Say consoles for example) However, this will not be a burden as the mod tools that are already developed but not released (Map creator and car importer) are fairly easy to use and when expanded upon can bring great creativity into the game. This is where modding groups and sites come in and create great content for the game even years down the line. I'd love to create a game just like SLRR but that is already being pursued and I feel this is a better avenue for my style. Hope you guys understand 🙂

NFSFan96

# yngsensei :
Yo, i was playing the game, its pretty good. The physics are a bit buggy but all in all good concept. Btw i got a bug where the wheels dissappear and you cant do anything. Tried a fresh "install" and removed the game files. Still the same. Any help?

Go to c:\ProgramData\ then remove the CloudWeight folder.

Freznosis

Forgot to post this up here 🙂

Freznosis

And another one.

Pinter

Will there be touge?

Freznosis

Here's 0.72 (pre-release) and 0.8 (unfinished pre-release)

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# Pinter :
Will there be touge?

It is definitely in the plans 🙂