Scarab Engineering / Alternative SRV Options

[Kailoren]

Horizons has been out what, four years now (almost to the day) and we still only have one option for a vehicle when driving around on planets. The scarab is AWFUL to drive especially in low gravity which is pretty much most planets you drive on. How have we not had any options to engineer things on the scarab? More customisation? Engineer different weapons or increase the scanning range etc? At the very least give us a few different options of planetary vehicles, maybe a single vehicle that is larger than a scarab that can only fit in larger ships that can take multiple crew members? One person on the turret, one person driving, one person on scanners etc?

I refuse to believe that this is the best they could do and is all we're going to get for planetary exploration.

Bonus image of my scarab after being YEETED into orbit by a steam vent

 

[Lestat]

I have to agree on this one. I like a heavy-duty one for High G worlds they might not have Thrusters. Might have grappling hooks on the steep incline.

 

[Morbad]

While I don't agree with the OP's assessment of the Scarab, I do hope we'll get more SRV options at some point.

 

[Jaggedmallard]

People have been suggesting this for years now and the outfitting option seems designed to fit multiple surface vehicle types (much like with fighters) so its bizarre that they still haven't given us one.

So support

 

[Kailoren]

I have to agree on this one. I like a heavy-duty one for High G worlds they might not have Thrusters. Might have grappling hooks on the steep incline.

This would be really good, some of the hills at the minute are a headache to climb

While I don't agree with the OP's assessment of the Scarab, I do hope we'll get more SRV options at some point.

I'm talking broadly, I personally have got used to driving the scarab now and for the most part I put four pips to eng and just fly it like a ship. It wasn't until I was helping a friend get his guardian modules for the first time last night and watching him drive around that I was reminded just how bad the scarab can be

 

[JohnnyDangerous]

This is long LONG overdue guys. Cyberpunk is coming out, No Man's Sky has been completely re-written from the ground up, etc. I took a year off (A YEAR) from Elite, and while I like the changes it's really just about one patch worth of upgrades compared to all the other developers. How about doing fewer "Elite-cons" and just concentrate on programming? You even have the 3D rendered vehicles! Drop the ability to fly a skimmer into the SRV bay.