• My Summer Car Gun Mod 2020
• My Summer Car Gun Mod

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My Summer Car is an open world^[1]survival game^[2] in development by Finnish developer Johannes Rojola(aka TopLessGun or RoyalJohnLove) of Amistech. It was released on Steam's Early Access program on October 24, 2016 and is expected to be out of Early Access in 2021. It is of age rating 12A.

Gameplay and setting[edit]

My Summer Car is set in the fictional rural area of Peräjärvi, Finland during the summer of 1995, where the 18-year-old player character has the family home to himself while his parents are on holiday in Tenerife. The player has to assemble, restore and upgrade his father's dilapidated Satsuma AMP (modeled after the Datsun 100A) using the car parts scattered inside the garage, as well as by purchasing new parts. To earn money for parts, the player can perform various countryside chores for neighbours such as delivering firewood on a tractor-pulled trailer, using a vacuum truck to empty their septic tanks, making kilju (Finnish homebrew sugar wine) and selling it to an alcoholic neighbor, and picking up the aforementioned neighbor from the town pub in the early morning in exchange for a small sum of money.^[3] After passing the Satsuma at the vehicle inspection office and installing the appropriate aftermarket parts (which can be obtained by mailing an order form to a parts dealer), the player's car is eligible to enter a weekly amateur rallying event for a chance to win a trophy and prize money. In addition, a computer can be bought in the local convenience store for recreational purposes only.

Building the car is not obvious^[2] as the player must build the car from the ground up. At the start of the game, the car is entirely disassembled down to the last bolt, and the player must place each part in its correct location, including bolting them in one-by-one with the correct size spanner.^[3] While most parts only fit together correctly, it is entirely possible to assemble the car wrongly, e.g. leave out an engine gasket or a bolt, which will, in turn, lead to the failure of the vehicle. In addition to gasoline, the car also requires maintenance of additional fluids, including motor oil, radiator coolant, and brake fluids for the brakes and clutch, which deplete in use and time. The car can be damaged both externally and internally; the windshield can be broken and panels can be dented (the latter being repaired with a sledgehammer or through paying the local mechanic), while the engine can be damaged by things such as downshifting at high revs or careless usage of nitrous oxide.

The player also has access to various other pre-assembled vehicles that only require refueling as maintenance, such as a cargo van owned by his uncle that is capable of carrying large loads, a tractor and a septic truck (which is also owned by said uncle) for utilitarian uses, a two-strokemoped, and a small two-stroke launch at a nearby dock that allows for travel across the map's massive lake. Both the moped and the boat require two-stroke fuel, while the van, tractor and septic truck requires diesel. Fuel oil can also be used for diesel vehicles, though this will result in a fine by the police if caught. The local mechanic will also lend his muscle car while servicing the player's vehicle, but will trash the player's vehicle if the muscle car isn't returned in time. Finally, the player could win a dilapidated station wagon from a ventti dealer infested with a wasp's nest. All of the player's road-going vehicles have the added ability to tow each other as well as salvageable car wrecks. High-speed crashes will likely kill the player; the game optionally features permadeath.^[3] A small, lakeside cabin (serves as the second safe house) can be acquired by winning the bet against the local gambler, who also bets his own car as stated earlier.

Meanwhile, the player must also cater to various survival game aspects as balancing hunger, thirst and fatigue, but also unusual ones such as urine, stress, and dirtiness. For nutrition, the player can buy food and can drink beverages from the store, drink water directly from faucets or taps, and fatigue can be restored by sleeping or by making coffee or drinking it in a pub. Quite humorously, the player can freely urinate anywhere except when sitting in a vehicle. Be warned, as urinating in the house could result in an unremovable stain appearing on the floor of the house. Dirtiness can be decreased by taking a shower, or swimming in the nearby lake. Drinking too much beer (or hard liquor) will eventually get the player drunk, which first causes the player to waver and his vision to distort; further consumption of alcohol can lead the player to pass out and wake up at a random place on the map the next day. Stress can be alleviated by using a sauna, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, or other means such as successfully getting the Satsuma registered; failing to reduce stress to acceptable levels will eventually lead to a fatal heart attack. Police traffic stops randomly spawn along the main road of the in-game world, issuing fines for any traffic violations (speeding, failing to wear a seatbelt, drunk-driving, etc.); if the player fails to pay for a fine, police officers will eventually surround player character's home to arrest and imprison him in jail for a period of time scaled based on the cost of the fine.

Much of the game's originality comes from its irreverent tone:^[2] The game's world is largely populated by low-class residents, many of whom are slovenly or drunkards, and the game includes drunk driving. There are three distinct buttons for cursing and flipping people off – none of which has any consequences other than the occasional response.^[2] The player can hitch a ride, on his cousin who roams frequently, or on a guy in the dance pavillion when the band is playing. The player can also buy booze and lower the prices, a price below 600Mk is a no-no.The game's dialogue is entirely Finnish, with English subtitles. The player may also save the game's progress at his toilet at home or at any of the outhouses dotting the countryside,^[3] which also serves to advance the in-game time to the next even hour. The game also features a minor backstory involving the drunkard neighbor who hid a suitcase full of two million markkas in lottery winnings from his wife; if the player finds it and keeps it for himself, the same neighbor will eventually intrude into the player's house and attempt to murder the player with an axe. If the attack fails, a note can be found attached to his front door, stating that he's had a miserable life. He can then be found hanged from a bridge to the north of the world.

The game does not have Steam Workshop as of now, but modifications can be done by using various modding sites (the most qualitative one being Nexus Mods) in combination with MSC loader (My Summer Car loader, which loads mods into the actual game). One can also make their own custom paint job for the Satsuma AMP, edit the rear window stickers and even change the appearance of other vehicles and buildings using the 'built in' (changing texture files) method or via a mod called 'Vehicle Texture Swap' which does most of the work for you. Two of the most notable mods are MOP (Modern Optimalization Plugin, which adds things like dynamic loading and unloading based on your position in the world to objects, which can increase your FPS massively: this is needed because MSC isn't optimised and doesn't run that well overall in its standard form) and the Satsuma Tangerine (a standalone car unlocked by bringing fish/groceries to your grandmother when she asks for it) mod.

Development[edit]

My Summer Car is primarily developed by a small independent development team consisting of Johannes Rojola ('ToplessGun'/'RoyalJohnLove') and Kaarina Rojola, as well as friends assisting in music and voiceovers. Closed development and beta testing of the game had been documented as early as the middle as 2013, with early snippets of development progress previewed on Rojola's YouTube channel and Twitter accounts. Development commentary hinted of the game intentionally designed to be a life simulator as well as a car simulator, with greater difficulty earning a living and owning, maintaining and driving the Satsuma on top of survival mechanics. The game would later be released as an early access game via Steam's Greenlight program on October 24, 2016, and continues to be incrementally updated with new features and overhauls made available through its development branch and public updates. On May 29, 2020, a sequel; My Winter Car was announced.^[4]

Reception[edit]

The game received generally positive reviews. Writing for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Brendan Caldwell called the game 'Funny, detailed and thoroughly confusing';^[3] while writing for Kotaku, Nathan Grayson called the game 'Janky and weird as fuck, but fun'.^[2] Both Caldwell and Eurogamer's Martin Robinson^[5] compared the game's difficulty curve to Dark Souls.

My Summer Car has also been the subject of praise from within the Finnish gaming community, winning the People's Choice Game of the Year 2016 'Kyöpelit' award in the 2017 Finnish Game Awards [fi],^[6] and being inducted into the Finnish Museum of Games among the museum's 100 game entries in 2018.^[7]

See also[edit]

• Yttilä - The inspiration for Peräjärvi.

References[edit]

1. ^Kauppinen, Jukka O. (26 October 2016). 'Suomalaisesta tietokonepelistä tuli yllättävä hitti – kömpelö ja ruma My Summer Car on ehtaa ysäriä'. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. Retrieved 9 December 2016. Sitä [My Summer Caria] voisi kuvailla jopa suomalaiskansalliseksi Grand Theft Autoksi, sillä molemmat ovat avoimen maailman hiekkalaatikkokohelluksia, joissa pelaajille on vapaat kädet touhuta.
2. ^ ^abcdeGrayson, Nathan. '22 Life Lessons I Learned From A Permadeath Car Game'.
3. ^ ^abcdeCaldwell, Brendan (7 November 2016). 'Premature Evaluation: My Summer Car'.
4. ^Rojola, Johannes. 'UPDATE 29.05.2020'. Steam Powered.
5. ^Robinson, Martin (27 October 2016). 'My Summer Car is the most hardcore driving game yet'.
6. ^'The best games made in Finland were awarded at The Finnish Game Awards'. visionist.fi. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
7. ^'The Finnish Museum of Games > 100 Finnish Games'. Vapriikki Museum Centre. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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My Summer Car is one of the craziest games to come out, and proves that sometimes crazy isn’t always a bad thing.

You start off in an empty house where your parents have just left you on your own for the summer. With no clue what to do with yourself, you try fix up your father’s dismantled car.

Now imagine that scenario playing out as an open world survival game. Good times!

But how could we make this experience even better? It’s simple, really: lots of mods.

So here are some of the best mods you can add onto My Summer Car, just to add in some new features, enhance existing settings, or whatever else your heart desires.

20. Modern Optimization Plugin

My Summer Car isn’t the best-looking game by any means. And it doesn’t always run well either.

Many fans power through, because there is a good game underneath its ugly clothing.

That doesn’t mean improvements can’t be made, however.

And that’s exactly where I’d like to start us off.

Modern Optimization Plugin is a tool to improve the visual experience of the game, as it aims to easily double your frame rate while playing. Very handy.

19. Show Bolt Sizes v2

Now that we’ve got a slight performance boost, let’s get to some quality of life mods you’re sure to find helpful in your next MSC playthrough.

First off, we have Show Bolt Sizes.

My Summer Car is as unforgiving as any other survival game. Just not in the way you might expect.

There’s no hand-holding here, as you’re never really pointed towards the right direction. It’s up to you to figure it all out, and it can’t be easy to figure out how to rebuild a dismantled car.

Show bolt sizes makes things a bit easier, letting you know if the bolts you have are too big, too small, or just the right fit.

18. Fast Travel

Eventually becoming an essential in most open world games, fast travel provides a quick way to get around once you’ve explored most of the map.

This mod lets you fast travel around the 12 locations of the Finnish countryside in My Summer Car, even if you’re doing so by foot.

Not only will this get you to your destination faster, but you still get the stats as if you were travelling normally.

17. Glowing Light Switch Markers

As mentioned earlier, MSC is every bit as hardcore as any other survival game.

You find out early that the game doesn’t take itself all too seriously. But that doesn’t make it any less of a challenge!

Example: getting lost in the dark eventually becomes one of the many challenges you’ll face.

Well these glowing markers make things just a bit easier, as you’ll be able to easily find light switches in dark rooms, instead of having to stumble around in the pitch black.

16. Сlosing Pits Panel

Since this game is mostly about rebuilding that old Satsuma, you’re going to be spending a lot of time in the garage.

Luckily, your garage is already fit for fixing up cars. I mean, it comes with its very own pit installed.

This becomes can get tricky if you unintentionally fall into the pit every now and again. Thank the wonky controls.

Closing Pits Panel helps with that, allowing you to quickly open and close the pit with a simple switch of a button next to the garage door.

15. Actually Useful Sledgehammer (Aka Repair Hammer)

You’re not given a lot of tools in My Summer Car. And the little you’re given are not always as useful.

Well I’m talking mostly about that sledgehammer, which you’ve already figured out can’t really be used for anything.

Well this mod changes that, making it something you’re going to want to have anytime you’re working on that old car.

The sledgehammer can now be used to remove dents from the exterior of your car, helping bring it back to its former glory. Sledgehammer style.

14. Carry More

As with other survival games, you have to keep watch over for a number of health bars here.

These include hunger, thirst, and fatigue. You’ll need to make a trip to the store every now and again to get yourself some food.

And you’ll soon find that even grocery shopping becomes more difficult in this game, as you’re only ever allowed to carry one item at a time.

Well thanks to modder Wampa842, that’s no longer the case. And really, couldn’t this have been in vanilla?

With Carry More, you’re given an inventory system that allows you to carry as many items as you want.

13. Delivery Jobs

Fixing up an old car doesn’t come cheap. You’re going to spend a huge chunk of your time trying to raise money.

The game provides a number of options to do so, mostly by doing some chores for the neighbors for a small fee.

This includes emptying septic tanks and making deliveries as well.

The Delivery Jobs mod adds onto that, randomly generating delivery jobs for you to accomplish for cold hard cash.

You’ll also be able to get delivery jobs from outside Teimo’s shop every 3 days.

12. Roof Rack

Another job available in My Summer Car would is to make kilju (a Finnish homebrew sugar wine) to sell to your alcoholic neighbor.

Roof Rack makes this a bit more fun, as your car now has additional storage other than the drunk, rear, and passenger seat – allowing you to carry much more than you originally could in vanilla.

This is also great for personal beer runs. You’ll be able to take home more beer than you can fit inside your Satsuma.

11. Hayosiko 4×4

Other than your dad’s Satsuma, you’ll also be able to access your Uncle’s Hayosiko van as an alternative means of transportation.

The Hayosiko offers much more storage space than the Satsuma, making it great for transporting parts and other items.

It doesn’t drive quite as well, though. And you’re likely going to end up stuck in the mud every now and then if you’re not careful.

Thanks to the Hayosiko 4×4 mod by Talia Kuznetsova, the van now comes in 4-wheel-drive, making it much easier to navigate rougher roads with. Simple fix with a big difference.

10. VHS Player

There’s a lot more you can do with mods than just make things easier.

For example, this VHS player can actually be spawned in-game and connected to your TV set in-game.

Not only that, but it’s completely customizable so you’re able to choose exactly what videos are shown on each tape.

You’ll have to convert the actual video files to ogv first. But once that’s done you just move them into a game folder and you’re good to go.

9. Cassette Tapes

Similar to the VHS player, you can also add custom music into My Summer Car as well.

Cassette Tapes is a mod that allows you to add custom music. You can play this on the radio system in your house.

The mod supports popular formats like mp3 and wav files, so you shouldn’t have any problems adding music. All pretty simple!

One you’ve placed the files in the game folder, you’re good to jam out.

8. Car Aerial

While the Cassette Tapes mod is good for something to do while passing the time, you’re still going to be spending most of your time in the Satsuma.

Being an old car, the radio system on there isn’t exactly perfect… and isn’t really much good for listening to music on the road.

Car Aerial fixes that, allowing you to place a new ModMagnetic antenna to the Satsuma, giving you better reception wherever you go.

7. Call Your Cousin

Crashing your car is more common than you’d think in My Summer Car, as you’re probably going to die a lot from failed builds.

If you’re lucky enough to survive a crash, you’re going to be left without a car for the duration of the repairs. Which means you’ll have to find another way to get around.

The game offers this through your cousin, who you can hitchhike with if he ever happens to pass you on the road.

It can get tiring waiting for him to drive by… so this mod offers a simple solution.

With “call your cousin” you’ll be able to call Peni to pick you up at your house, and again from the payphone outside Teimo’s pub for a ride back home from the town.

6. Radio for the Fittan

Over time you’ll soon find that longer drives in Peni’s car can become quite boring.

You’re pretty much just waiting to get to your destination. There isn’t really any dialogue during these rides either…

Well this mod offers a neat solution.

It adds a radio to Peni’s car – just a little something to break the silence for those long drives.

5. MSC Birthday Trophy

This one doesn’t really do much. But it’s a cool little easter egg from the community.

It adds a trophy in the form of a beer bottle to the bookcase display in your house.

The plaque on the base reads “happy 2nd year of msc!” as it was made to commemorate the 2 years of My Summer Car back in 2018.

It might not be of much use, but it’s pretty cool to have it there. Just as a reminder of the dedicated MSC modding community that gave us all this!

4. Starter Pack (No Rust, Engine, Subframe, Kicker Subs+++)

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If you want to go beyond what the game allows and really pimp out the Satsuma, you can do that through modding as well.

This texture pack from GyroscopicDesign not only makes your car look completely new, but also sets it up with some custom parts.

Starter Pack removes all rust from the entire vehicle too. And it even includes a custom engine, subframe, pedals, and even subwoofers for a booming sound system.

Tight.

3. Rally Spotlights

If you want to take customization even further, check out the Rally Spotlights mod by Fredrik.

The mod gives you access to wide-beam spotlights in My Summer Car that acts the same as any other placeable car part in the game.

You can purchase and place them on your hood and they’re perfect for driving around during those dark Finnish nights.

The lights can even be painted so you can customize how they look on your Satsuma.

2. Frito Stunt Ramp

As if staying alive on the roads wasn’t hard enough, you may just want to kick the crazy up a notch.

“Crazy” usually makes for some good fun anyways, so what the heck right?

The Frito Stunt Ramp mod takes things to the next level by adding 6 placeable stunt ramps into the game. You’ll be able to spawn and rotate them as you please, so you should be able to set up some pretty crazy jumps.

Just be ready for the crashes!

1. Nicotine Gum

Managing some of the health bars in MSC is just as important as getting that old car to run.

Trying to get your hands on some new car parts can get pretty stressful too. So you’re going to have to unwind in some way.

Stress levels are managed in less ideal ways, like drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes, which if done too much can even make your stress worse.

Nicotine gum can be used as an alternative. It lowers stress levels, even from smoking too much. Go figure!

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