SL Cars > The Shadow Knows

Almost everyone I asked said the best car in SL is the Dominus Shadow. So of course I bought one! It is a fine thing and good fun to slam around the sims (the way I drive). Why do you need to drive a car in SL is a whole other issue! But Need is so RL.

I had a look around SL for other cars and in general seems that the Shadow has set the level all other try to reach.

Key Features for SL Cars:

* Brand
Lot of makers like to rip-off the muscle cars, mustangs, vettes, dodges etc. Some older cars also around. Not sure why anyone would want a Toyota--but you can buy one.

* Looks
Cars bodies can be very reflective and also have great art on them. It is also more interesting to see the entire car including engine, undercarriage, dash.  Being able to easily configure colors, rims and convertible also key.  In general seems like a good challenge to keep the prim count down to less than 35 total.

* Driving
After all it is a car and you will want to take it out for a spin. However at 200 mph the sim does go by pretty quickly. Inevitable I seemed to be moving faster than SL was providing something to drive on. But doing doughnuts at highspeed around the middle of a busy sim is still ok! Cars should have some gears and related performance. The Shadow can drive up a vertical wall as well.  Main issue is in cross sims. Shadow has a special feature to facilitate this.

* Effects
What fun would it be to drive in SL and not leave a dusty wake behind your car! Also need some lights, exhaust flames and hover air cushion.

* Transformations
Car needs to be able to turn into a hover car easily. That seems to be enough really. But other types of vehicles seem to have more interest in turning amphibious or into planes etc.




* Other Features
Nice animations and ability to let passengers do stuff are big styling points.

The prices on cars seems to range from Linden 1000 all the way to 5000. It terms of feature set the Shadow at 2398 is solid value, but it's not a corvette! or a Toyota...

Where to drive such fine cars? Best place I found so far is Silver Motorsports. They have a track and drag strip as well as area to look at some of the cars. They just put up a website to keep score of races. But you can also drive anywhere in SL where you can find some room!