Upgradeable Taxi

Hey everyone, Toko here.

I was getting really tired of how the vanilla taxi feels and drives, so I decided to completely overhaul it. Basically, this mod lets you actually buy upgrades for the taxi at Fleetari's. The better your cab, the more money you make.

Here is what's included:

Mechanics & Physics:

Custom Diesel Engines: Added the OM 605 (both NA and Turbo). It’s got real torque curves, proper diesel engine inertia, and actual turbo lag.

722. 3 Auto Trans: Proper 4-speed automatic w/ 6 positions (P-R-N-D-S-L). Pro tip: if you want fuel economy while working, put it in S mode. It launches in 2nd gear and actively holds higher gears relative to your speed to keep the RPMs way down. But if you just wanna floor it and go fast, stick to D ofc.

Proper Mercedes Physics: I completely revised the suspension geometry (dynamic caster, anti-squat). Also added a legit LSD that dynamically locks based on your wheel slip and torque.

Interior:

there's a completely reworked dash cluster to look as close as possible to the original Mercedes W124 tacho. (Huuuuuuge thanks to Chillax1000mg, a really talented designer who took the time and effort to make the gauge cluster look really close to the original). there's also a standard version for the interior texture you can buy

Economy & Progression

Fleetari's Brochure: You don't just spawn this stuff in via a UI menu. There's a physical brochure sitting at Fleetari's where you actually buy the upgrades and you need to wait aprox 20 mins to be done

Premium Taxi Payouts: The game now tracks your upgrades. The more "Premium" your taxi is (engine upgrades, safety stuff), the more money you make per ride, and your wait time between calls drops significantly.

Future Plans

This is just the initial release, the idea is to have a plethora of new options, such a different engines (including gasoline ones), paintjobs, transmissions and more

But the better part is the planned feature for we to actually buy the taxi itself, receiving 100% of the fares instead of the 40%

⚠️ READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING (Beta Notes & Disclaimer) ⚠️

Luxury Interior is WIP: Buying the luxury interior upgrade is temporarily disabled right now. I'm still finishing up all the textures for it, so expect it to drop in the next update.

Beta Release: This is an initial beta release, so yeah, there will be bugs. I'm counting on you guys to help me find them so I can get them fixed up ASAP!

AI Usage Disclaimer: I use AI tools to help me produce my mods. It's a massive productivity boost for me and helps me get these projects done. If you don't like that, that's completely fine, just don't download the mod. There is absolutely no need for toxicity in the comments, especially towards me, as I d