After just over a year of working on it, I’ve decided that it’s finally time to release my first standalone vehicle; **the Procyon Centauri! **
**Always remember to clear cache after updating it and report bugs to the discussion thread. Enjoy!
If you want to make any mods for the car, please ask me first.** I don't allow anyone to take assets or files from the Centauri under any circumstances.
Please note that this car isn’t the kindest to FPS due to screens and lua functions. Low-end systems may dislike it but it should still work.
here’s an awesome video made by @Shadows to demonstrate the car;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u5WzClL_s0
Note that: - Comfort ESC mode turns off the turbo, so if you want full power, switch to another mode. - The bull bar isn't just a swap-out job, as it requires a few steps to work;
- install the cut bumper
- replace your front undertray with the raised one, then remove the front guard.
- install cut wheel arch trim
- change your arch tubs to the ones without frontal panelling. - The panoramic sunroof can only be opened by pressing 'U' and then 'Shift U'. This will prevent it from clipping through the roof.
The Lore Procyon is a luxury subsidiary of Hirochi, and was started up in 1988. The Centauri is its current flagship SUV, in its second generation after its debut in 2011, and is built to compete with other luxury and utilitarian SUVs.
It’s essentially sold everywhere, with a massive range built for pretty much anyone who’s willing to splurge quite a lot of a vehicle that may well last them forever.
A deeper dive into the trim levels;
U-Series
The U-Series Centauris are the hard-wearing, basic versions. Granted, they’re not necessarily basic as they’ve got lots of the comforts of the rest of the range, but they’re definitely not going to mind being used as a workhorse.
The Utility Package removes the rear bench to make way for van equipment. This means extended storage space accessible by the boot and rear doors, with some window panelling and steelies.
X-Series
The X-Series is the most offroad-focused trim level. These Centauris come standard with higher up suspension, which is adaptive and gets softer with the exclusive Offroad mode. They also come with raised lower bodywork, helping attack, breakover and departure angles.
It also comes standard with lockable diffs and a third row, so two more people can be thrown around by that rock you approached much too fast.
All of these features are exaggerated by the Perseverance Package, which comes with all sorts of proper offroad equipment to help with any challenge you throw at it.
S-Series
The S-Series is the sportier series. This level only consists of two cars, but they both come with weight reduction, stiffer and lower adaptive suspension, an exclusive ESC mode (Sport+) and larger front vents allowing for extra cooling of the radiator and intercoolers.
Sport mode loosens up the car and stiffens the suspension further, whilst Sport+ mode adds power. Both modes also make the car louder.
This series also comes with some exclusive styling and bodywork, with sharper, more aggressive lines.
L-Series
The L-Series is the one you look at for long journeys that you just want to relax during. All three variants come with captains’ chairs and seat-mounted entertainment screens for maximum rear passenger comfort.
The L410T comes with softer adaptive suspension, whilst both L520Ts come with adjustable air suspension.
These all come with a classier exterior with larger wheels and more silver trim.
The Nebula Edition adds a starlight roof, with an exclusive interior colour and more.
All of these variants come with one of three engines;
_340TD - 3.3L Twin-Turbocharged Diesel V6 (340hp/710Nm)
_410T - 3.5L Twin-Turbocharged V6 (410hp/535Nm)
_520T - 4.4L Twin-Turbocharged V8 (520hp/650Nm)
Notable Functionality
Here’s three of the main functions of this car in no particular order. I’m not going to show off the majority of them as I’d like you guys to discover them as you play around with the car.
- Adjustable Air Suspension
Adjusted with ‘Ctrl Page Up’ and ‘Ctrl Page Down’, and reset with ‘Ctrl END’, the suspension found on the L520T can be put at any height you need for whatever purpose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWKZI09EU2Y
- Openable Sunrooves
The sunrooves are raisable with ‘U’ and roll back using ‘Shift U’. This will let you get some digital fresh air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78EIb0Rp_T0
- Toggleable third row
To fit in two more unicycles, you can raise the Centauri’s third row using ‘Shift S’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sM5ADRkZgc
Wheels
The Centauri comes with 7 new sets of wheels;
18x7 Procyon Steel
18x7 α Centauri
22x8 β Centauri
22x8 γ Centauri
18x7 δ Centauri
17x7 ε Centauri
20x8 ζ Centauri
Interior Colours Due to the wide variety of trim levels, the Centauri also needs a lot of interior colours to keep them nice and varied. Here’s all 10;
Dark Matter
(with cloth seats)
Dark Matter w/ Arcturus Ruby Accents
Indi Brown
Jupiter Grey w/ Alpha Lupi Accents
Lunar Surface
Orion Ruby
Perseverance Beige
Kerberos Grey w/ Europa Stone
Abyss Blue w/ Carina Orange Contrast Stitching
CREDITS
- @Theo Wilkinson : Right hand drive parts, one or two colours, UK Police, Mountain Rescue, DSE and TC tuning with modes, front fog and cornering lights for the X-Series, Auxiliary roof lights, Jupiter Grey w/ Alpha Lupi interior colour, lots of other smaller things and moral support.
- @DaddelZeit : pretty much all of the lua found in the mod and all of the functional screens.
- @Kueso : the tuning and sounds of all of the engines in the mod, one or two colours, the initial design for the Procyon badge, and the Nebula Edition’s badge.
- @Shadows : the grand majority of the liveries found in the mod.
- @Nacho Problem : lots and lots of initial help on the car’s model, putting me on the right track to make a good start to the mod.
- @Subarishi_Motors : All of the aftermarket suspension options.
- @TrackpadUser : helping me lots with all of the suspension parts, namely the coilovers.
- @Nekkit : initial texturing help for the alpha wheels and giving me a really useful smart material.
- Rotated: creating the best bot in existence (CentauriBot)
- My beta testers: making sure this mod has a (mostly) smooth release to the repo and withstanding the monthly pings it brought them.
Thankyou so much for reading this far if you did, and again, enjoy the mod!