A free to play multiplayer, persistent, text-based strategy game where every vehicle has a purpose!
Buy and sell from a selection of over 500 detailed retro cars & other vehicles. Carry out maintenance, fit performance parts and race them in competition with the other players inhabiting MotorNation.
Whether you're into high-powered Italian supercars or fancy modifying a more everyday motor, these can compete using a class system to keep races challenging, progress through the ranks and where anything can happen. But remember, pushing a car too far past its limits can make it unreliable or difficult to control around corners...
Or if racing isn't your thing - trade cars for profit and attempt to become the richest citizen, acquiring some of the world's rarest cars along the way! Or - just deliver pizzas...
It’s finally here! The first iteration of the Auction House, where players can list vehicles and bid against each other!
Will you get a bargain? Will you pay over the odds out of sheer desperation? Will you bid on something that you probably shouldn’t have? It’s like real-life, except the money is pretend and you won’t get ejected from your home by your friends / parents / significant other for your poor financial (& practical) decisions!
As this is the first iteration, and a massively complex feature by itself, for now auctions are purely player-driven, with no computer citizens taking part. However, this feature does now address a need within the game to cater for vehicle trades where the vehicle value is not easily definable and is instead better defined by you - the players!
Apologies to members that it has taken this long. I knew it would never be easy to make this feature, and whilst initial progress was rapid, it soon became apparent that there was an awful lot to think about.
Players must have the first property upgrade, i.e. a Terraced House (two or more parking spaces) to create listings or bid in the Auction House. It is an advanced feature, with pre-paid bids and reserved parking (explained below), and therefore it is aimed at more experienced players.
Basically: You list to sell.
Basically: You bid to buy.
As part of the Auction House, the following is also worth noting:
In short: Vehicle prices are now more consistent and more accurate.
In short: The game can cancel other actions for you more easily, where you would otherwise have to do it manually if you want to do activities with your vehicle, e.g. auction it.
There has been considerable work, and further groundwork laid to improve how vehicle interactions work in-game e.g. cases where you can’t use a vehicle for a given reason e.g. you can’t make use of vehicles in auctions, there are limits of what you can do if a vehicle is advertised in the classifieds etc... Should improve player experience and smooth out the development of future actions in the future.
For example, negating the need to manually cancel classified adverts, the game will instead be able to do it for you if you wanted to proceed.
Whilst I do not wish to increase membership pricing, I may be forced to increase prices roughly in-line with inflation in the near future. It looks like the last time I increased pricing was September 2023, and unfortunately the cost of living has only continued to rise since then.
During this time, I have tried to absorb price rises across many aspects of running the game, even including from the payment providers themselves! Membership keeps the lights on, puts food on the table, and allows me to keep working on this game as my job.
As before, existing members will be unaffected by these changes, provided you do not switch member tiers and that you keep your subscription running. It will unfortunately affect those who buy annual memberships through Ko-fi going forwards as there is no automatic renewal. Annual memberships will, however, still continue to enjoy a discount versus monthly.
I will give members a further heads-up ahead of any price change.
There have been the following recent event(s) on the community Discord that are worth checking out!
Many thanks to those that organised these, they are fantastic to see!
If this is something that tickles your interest, then please check out the #events channel on the community discord server! https://discord.com/channels/885205134165020692/1090272722464018553
Want to know more about the game and its development? Members get the inside track with exclusive member updates! Every contribution matters, with membership starting at just £2.50 a month! (when paid yearly)
Don't miss out on the full experience!
The game is intended to be easy to play but is built on a foundation of complex models to provide a rich and detailed game world!
