The qol mod is a must have. Once you have played the game for a while and find yourself thinking "why didn't they do this or why didn't the make it so you can do that?".... well, the qol mod does it. All the little things you will think of that the devs should have done is right there in 1 mod. Look for the thread in the workshop discussions forum to see how to get it.

Ty, for the quick feedback ! Will gice that tread a look into

It's VERY important that when you go to install MelonLoader, that you uncheck any boxes for automatic updating and do NOT let it default install the latest version. You must manually set it to install version 5.7. The QoL mod will only work with that older version... and I kind of doubt that mod author plans to update their mod to work with the latest version. They'd probably have to do that everytime MelonLoader comes out with a new version then.

Originally posted by Grimmslayer73:

....find yourself thinking "why didn't they do this or why didn't the make it so you can do that?".... well, the qol mod does it. All the little things you will think of that the devs should have done is right there in 1 mod

You are joking? O_o
If i read the features of the QoL Mod i only think "FOR WHAT?"
I play the game sinc ce 2021 and never ever thought that or wanted one of the features from the QoL Mod.

Examples:

- Authentic car brand logos and car names
You know there is a reason why there are not a brand logos and car names on every car?
You know that they have to pay a lot like?

In 2004 Lamborghini asked for $400'000 to allow a gaming company to use it. I don't wanna know what they want in 2024 but i whink it will be between 500'000 to 1 Million
Also sometimes cars are exclusively licensed to a game and you can't get it, like there was no Porsche in Grand Turismo 2 because of it.

You should actually think here how much does it actually cost to get the license and why there are not more licenced cars.

- Added "Exit Game" option to Pause & Quit -menu
Alt + F4 still works on every game or program, aslong as you saved before you are good to go. There is also a reason why developer do something like that, it is from preventing people to accidentally exit the game.
If you watch sometimes youtube or twich there are people who actually pressed accidentally such button and confirmed it and lost hours of gameplay.

Originally posted by bull243:

Hello, waht mods do you advise to install for a new player ?

If you really want mods go to Nexus and look for the following

- QuickShop - Extras
- Engine Stand Mod
- InstantScrews

So before you download the QoL Mod, play the game, read the description of the mod and think if you really need anything from it

Actually, there's lots of stuff in the QoL mod that ARE worthwhile. But, yeah... some of it I don't care for. I edit the config for QoL and set a lot of things to 'False' cuz I could care less about the feature. But, that's the beauty of it... you 'can' modify it to how you want. And, there's several features of that mod that are 'must have' imo. Things I would think the developers should have thought of and included in the game to begin with. As for changing car names and part names... I don't use those mods cuz it just creates confusion... for me. I'm already used to the games default names and know what they represent / similar to in real life. Changing it in game just seems to make it a little more convoluted imo.

Originally posted by Shona (vincit omnia veritas):

Originally posted by Grimmslayer73:

....find yourself thinking "why didn't they do this or why didn't the make it so you can do that?".... well, the qol mod does it. All the little things you will think of that the devs should have done is right there in 1 mod

You are joking? O_o
If i read the features of the QoL Mod i only think "FOR WHAT?"
I play the game sinc ce 2021 and never ever thought that or wanted one of the features from the QoL Mod.

Actually I was serious. qol mod adds a lot of good stuff to the game. Not sure what that has to do with Lamborghini licensing or the fact that you don't find it useful for the same reasons I do?? Maybe you just misunderstood me or I am misunderstanding you....

To give some examples of what QoL mod can do...

SearchWithoutEnter--
This setting allows searching just by typing when shopping. This setting only affect shop screen.

spawningCarshaveAdditionalConfigData--
If car MOD have configured bonusparts and they are enabled to install, this will install those parts.

allowMoreCameraMoving--
This will enable couple of features;
- camera zoom using mousewheel when on track
- more max zoom and moving values on all scenes
- fluid camera replaced by orbit camera instead of fixed camera

unmarkFinishedparts = true
-Jobs only, marked part will be unmarked when its good for job

markBodyParts = true
-Jobs only, ability to mark job bodypart

onCustomerCarSelectLastMountedPartIfWasOk = true
-Jobs only, suggested part will be previous part if not job task part

WarehousehelperIconInventory = true
-Inventory will have icon showing does this part exist in warehouse

WarehousehelperIconShopList = true
-Shoplist will have number showing does this part exist in warehouse

removepartsfromShoppinglist = true
-When you shop a part, it will be remove from your shopping list

openShoplistevenInsideshopconfig = true
-Allows you check shoplist tires values inside shop. Also modify tire buy window options order

populateTirebuydataWhenusingShoplist = true
-Tire and rims options will be autopopulate if shoplist where used. Above setting also needed

allowBrakeLatheFixDrumBrake = true
-You will be able to fix drum brakes also

And the list goes on and on...
You get to see more about what's in this mod by reading through the documentation and this QoLmod.cfg file--which can be opened using Notepad++ btw. That's also a great text editor more powerful than MS's default Notepad app, which you can get free online--do a search. But, the point is... you most likely will not really understand how great the QoL mod is just be looking at the mods main page... on Nexus or wherever. You need to download it and read through it's documentation files.

Still everything useless. If you use QuickShop you only need to press B for normal Parts or N for tunnings parts to buy them. So if you are lazy be lazy in the right way ;)

So no need for the shopping list except bodywork if you can't remember what you need.

onCustomerCarSelectLastMountedPartIfWasOk = true
-Jobs only, suggested part will be previous part if not job task part

markBodyParts = true
-Jobs only, ability to mark job bodypart

Why? Are you so lazy to search for them? Why are you playing a game called Car Mechanic Simulator if you don't wanna be a car mechanic who actually have to search for the parts and the issue?

onCustomerCarSelectLastMountedPartIfWasOk = true
-Jobs only, suggested part will be previous part if not job task part

I do only a few jobs since i beat the story line. Most of the time I buy cars, fix them to 100% and sell them or put them into my parking lot and add them to my google list.

WarehousehelperIconInventory = true
-Inventory will have icon showing does this part exist in warehouse

WarehousehelperIconShopList = true
-Shoplist will have number showing does this part exist in warehouse

Never used the Warehouse in any CMS as you should, so why bother now?

allowBrakeLatheFixDrumBrake = true
-You will be able to fix drum brakes also

Scrap them and buy new ones, i always forget that you can fix brakes in CMS2021


So Everything you posted is not really an improvment to the game, but that is only my opinion.

A really improved would be if you could actually wash the car with a pressure washer and a rag in your hand for the outside and inside.
A welder and a grinding machine to fix the body
A painting gun to paint the car or parts on your own
Let us use the bench to fix the parts instead of a mini game
Let us use the other machines to fix body parts.

So no Press a Button or a mini game and it is done, that would be an improvment for the game. The QoL Mod does nothing instead it makes the game more easier and more boring.


I don't read documentatio, these two examples popped into my eyes immediately.
I actually downloaded the mod and looked into the CFG and still there is nothing in it that improves the game in any way for me.

QoL coupled with TK is heavily geared towards customization, especially for those who do custom configs. All that Mardoin69 mentioned above is one small slice of the whole pie. Those things are just for folks who want a few parameters to mess with in the game itself, but who don't dig deep into the editor, aside from the camera. An unlocked camera is pretty great for screenshots. Vanilla camera freedom is pretty restrictive, except for magnification. I hope RDG officially implements into CMS '25 (26) what Meitzi and Fritz have done with their respective mods, for the most part anyway.