February 26, 2010 vDream - Gumball 3000

09:18am by Cheechoo (Cars)

Thanks to all the users that voted for Frederic and Paul on the Gumball 3000 post!

vDream put them in first place, and now it’s just up to the Betsafe guys to pick the winner!

To the Bestafe guys – pick Paul/Frederic! They are your men! These guys are promoters – and that’s what you and we both want.

To vDreamers – Check out these SWEET pics that they have made for vDream!

I’m saving these for safekeeping…

February 23, 2010 vDream Toolbar!

01:55pm by Cheechoo (Site)

We’ve launched a vDream Toolbar!

Add this to your browser and always be aware of how many vDollars you have, what your gas tank is at, and keep up to date on your watched threads in the forum!

Also, by using the websearch function on the toolbar, you can earn vDollars throughout the day!

And don’t forget you can get the vDream Toolbar Trophy by installing it!

February 16, 2010 vDream User in Gumball 3000!

08:56pm by Cheechoo (Cars)

Fellow vDream super-user Frederic Provost and some friends are hoping to become the Betsafe drivers in the Gumball 3000 set to start in London and end in New York City!

They are going to put some vDream stickers on the car, and wear vDream t-shirts during the Rally!

Let’s put all of our support behind Paul Barszcz and Frederic Provost by voting for them to be the Betsafe drivers!

All you have to do, is click HERE and click on the “VOTE!” button on the right! Let’s get all of vDream’s support on this and see a vDream user exceed to become the Betsafe Gumball 3000 driver!

http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/paul-barszcz/

February 09, 2010 BMW to Le Mans?!?!

07:03pm by Cheechoo (Cars)

Just learned this now, but BMW registered for 24 Heures du Mans this year. It looks to be Two M3 GT2’s backed by BMW.

BMW hasn’t participated in Le Mans since 1999. Exciting! I guess pulling out of F1 was a good thing, since we can finally see some real production-based cars in action!

All information thanks to Jalopnik

February 09, 2010 1,000,000 Posts

05:29pm by Lijen (Site)

The vDream community has come very far since we launched the vForum. There is now a ton of action in the vForum as we have officially surpassed 1 Million posts!

Here are some highlights of creative ways that you (our users) are using the forums:

- A multitude of different guides in the “How to Play vDream” section including buying guides, VDI guides, and helpful tips for new users
- Over 290K posts in the “Car Shows and Contests” section where users are finding creative ways to show off their vdreams and compete with each other in vDream Tournaments
- The vDream Designer program (Part Requests & Submissions) has grown into a weekly monster! Thousands of users look forward to the weekly UGC announcement, and the designer community on vDream continues to create killer content for the users

Because the vForum is a part of vDream that we feel is very important, we will be making some slight upgrades to it in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned! Another thing to note, stay creative with the ways you guys are using the forum because we look to the forum activity when determining what new features to build into vDream.

Happy vDreaming!

January 31, 2010 No more Tesla roadster?!?!?

07:31pm by Daniel (Cars)

WOW! The electric car that many thought was to be the coming of the messiah for the automotive industry has been pulled from production for the coming year!

While they are working on a new platform, the roadster remains their only actual product. What are your thoughts? Is this another “Camaro” cancellation?

Get the full story here:

http://jalopnik.com/5460062/tesla-to-kill-electric-roadster-in-2011

December 04, 2009 Welcome to 3.0

07:57pm by Cheechoo (Site)

vDream 3.0 has been released!

Here is the changelog:

- part types unlock as you level up and will be available for your vDream career - random challenges unlock at Licensed 3 stripe. records will be unaffected before this point.

- All parking spots purchasable from Garage -> Parking spots. we will rotate in collectibles and alphabeticals in this spot - posters can be made from My Profile, and clicking on one of the posters on the wall - Accordion listing in the parts shop, garage, and auto row - app is wider

- triple the amount of trophies - Conversion Kits/Widebody Kits can now be done. Designers, have at it. On our side we will also work on providing these kits for every car - once you get a trophy you will never lose it

One of the main points of 3.0 is the new leveling. Leveling is about 3 times faster than leveling at 2.0. In 2.0, it would take you 3 months to go from about E to Ac. In 3.0, it will take you 3 months to go from N to F1 with the same amount of activity.

So those of you who are upset about not being a higher level, after a few days you will realize you level much faster than before, and your next level will come sooner.

The Admin team will be in support mode for the next week, handing out COTW trophies and Designers trophies, and dealing with any other 3.0 support issues.

Happy vDreaming!

December 02, 2009 3.0 Update: Triple the Trophies

02:38pm by Cheechoo (Site)

One new addition to 3.0 is a large influx in trophies. Trophies have become a pretty big part of vDream Racing, and currently the trophy offering is somewhat paltry.

So we’ve tripled the amount of trophies that can be earned by you guys.

Here’s a teaser!

November 27, 2009 Level Balancing & Challenge Quota

07:10am by Cheechoo (Site)

On to the next teaser update to prepare you guys for 3.0!

One annoying fact that we’ve figured out is that it takes users very very long to level up, and therefore unlock things that they’ve always wanted (that higher car tier, that high performance part). The users that are F1 pilots have been around for over a year.

One of the bigger things about 3.0 is level balancing. We are squeezing the top levels together so it doesn’t take so long to level up. In addition, we are adding mini-levels that we call “stripes” in between each level. There will be things unlocked at each stripe as well as at each level. The important aspect of stripes is that users will feel like they are making more progress. Instead of having to wait a full month to level up to the next level, you will level stripes in that month, all the while unlocking important aspects of the game, and cars, and parts.

For the super users, there will be an unnamed number of new levels beyond F1 pilot for you to strive for.

Current challenge quotas are very static. 15 challenges once a day, and 5 challenges every 4 hours. Only an extra 1 challenge refresh for F1 Pilots. We are changing this to make it much more dynamic. The 15/day, and the 5/4hours will be changed at each level so that as you level up, you will be able to send more challenges, in the form of x per day, and y per 4 hours.