PhoenixSoul

What I had in mind was a bit more robust...

 

Yes, clutch, as in, a manual transmission/stickshift. 

I'd be happy with just a basic driving mechanic. But that actually fits into what I had in mind. I was goin to make it so that when in the car (was thinking of ways to not use an RM engine "vehicle" for it), a switch changes the controls, now your gas button when held begins to make the car move forward, and begins a timer. To that when you hold for so long, it kicks into the next highest movement speed. I'm sure someone like Kayzee can figure out how to inject a pathway here where either the player hits the clutch button within a few seconds, or the engine sputters and the timer resets. (I'm not a big driver, lol. My early adulthood development stages got derailed entirely.)

I found this:

Condition Check: Button pressed: C (C button to move)

           Condition Check: Button pressed: Left (must be inside C condition check)

                      Move route : move left (speed down when moving left/right)

                       Variable A -= 1 (Set up a condition check Variable >=0 so it won't go over minus)

           end

           Condition Check: Button pressed: Right (must be inside C condition check)

                      Move route : move right

                       Variable A -= 1 (speed down when moving left/right)

           end

           Moveroute: move forward (move forward while C is pressed)

           Variable A += 1

           Condition Check: Variable A >= 60 (Acceleration Part)

                     Do nothing here           

           else

                Condition Check: Variable A >= 50

                      Move route : wait(1 frame) wait

                else

                     Condition Check: Variable A >= 40

                           Move route : wait(2 frame) wait (the longer the frame wait, the slower the vehicle goes)

                     end

           end

    else

           Condition Check: Variable A >= 0

               Variable A -= 10 (Speed down when not pressing C)

           end

    end

Here: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/car-driving-script-request-question-gta-style.26914/

I might just try it out, but I'm not the best with this stuff.

Imagine though, how good it could be to have elements of Square's JRPG magic and EA's classic NFS goodness in the same game. Closest we have to that is NFS Underground 1/2 and Most Wanted, and kinda not really good examples of RPG story, but closest to it in a racing game.

I looooove Underground 2. Free roaming the city to challenge other racers, pull up to events and races. The different race styles. The car line and customization. And the story was also good.

You could lowkey do this with a 3d editor like Unity. There's a starter package thingy for racers. Mind you that template is for like carting style box racers, but it gives you the engine and tools you need to get a start on something like that. 

The premise and story of NFS: Most Wanted is why I've always wanted to play it.
I mean, the main character (once again, you) gets cheated, and loses their awesome car to the Blacklist thug Razor. So, the main character has to beat all the others on the Blacklist to face off against Razor and take the car back. It's a riveting premise, and very underrated.