r/pacificDrive

Hey everyone! Previously I made Pacific Drive for my Animal Crossing NH so of course I had to do the same thing once the new Tomodachi Life game came out! So here it is! It's unfortunate I can't share it though, I would love to... I want to see what other people might make for their miis that is Pacific Drive related if anyone else is playing! 👀

Managed to spend a lot of time just milling around and exploring most of the outer zones before venturing inward. My first death (and mistake) was travelling to the wall before I had the LIM Shield, the extract points were subsequently positioned across the wall… of course.. So, to get me ready I did a bit more milling and searching and looting and now I finally feel ready! What do you think?

Added an auto tracking spotlight

I took more pictures w/my phone of newer upgrades since last time but anyway here's a broken down list

1. All armored panels/doors/Bumper

2. Offroad Tires

3. LIM shielding

4. Turbolite engine

5. Lead-Acid Battery

6. Backseat Tank

7. ARC Doc

8. Tier 2 headlights

9. Side battery on right side

10. Solar Panel on right side

11. Both roof racks

12. Side storage left side

13. Side fuel tank left side

14. Sarcophagus decal

15. Purple Paint

16. Flower Power antenna

17. Cactus Shifter

18. Rally steering wheel

19. Astrobuddy bobble

Me:

1. Large Backpack

2. Lead Apron

3. Powerful boots

The Garage:

1. Expanded matter regenerator

2. Scanning antenna 2

3. Detailing station

4. Expeditions

My Hotbar:

1. Plasma scrapper

2. Impact hammer

3. Thermal vac

4. Crude flashlight

5. Liberator

So yeah I made these upgrades after I hit the dark zone and finished the crossing mission and after Tobias... Well... 😢

This seems to be a rite of passage for all Pacific Drive players, right up there with bonking the trunk door on your head and watching the car roll away because you forgot to put it in park...

Anyway, it was just a normal playthrough, and this happened in episode six

We are still building out the route map this week, but after this trip the >!Mid-Zone Crossing!< is now reachable, so we will see some actual narrative progress next time

Of course, we did spend a good chunk of time scouring a Perpetual Stability junction for everything we could fit in the car, so what was meant to be a quick drive ended up with a runtime of ~1 hour, 14 minutes

This weeks garage interlude is a full 22-minute episode, including a few minutes where you can gain some insight into our quirk diagnosis procedure [a blend of guessing, vibes, and intuition]

Difficulty is Mechanic's Road Trip :D

Next Week: >!Crossing into the Mid-Zone!!<

For your convenience, previous posts:

[#1 - Someone Out There?] | [#5 - I'm Here for the Hunt]
[#2 - Colossal Cappy]
[#3 - Tell Me You Saw It Too]
[#4 - How is That Possible?]

My Car:

Sarcophagus decal kit

Offroad Tires

All survival tools packed

A trunk in the trunk

Side fuel & side storage on left side

Armored driver door

Steel panel & steel door everywhere else

Limpulse Emitter

A.R.C. Doc

Handbrake (obvi)

Regular battery

Starter engine

My hot bar:

Plasma Cutter

Impact Hammer

Thermal Vacuum

Liberator

Medkit

Outfit:

Medium backpack

Lead apron

Am I ready to take on the deep zone crossing mission?

Yes or No

Is there anything you learned way too late into the game?

This are the scariest ones In my opinion why are yours ?

I thought it would be cool to mess with the car outside of Pacific Drive, so I built it in Trailmakers! I think it turned out okay, and it drives nicely.

(I don't have a video but I've a few screenshots to put my story in pictures.)

As I saw those conditions, I just wanted to get my last needed anchor and dip out as fast as possible. Yet, everything went wrong... I got griefed by the angry abductors while speeding down to the anchor's location. That flipped my car over at high speed.

Unfortunately, I was struggling for a while to understand how to flip up my car... If that wasn't enough, they pulled my car 100+ meters away while I went to grab the anchor.

I link my gateway and punch it but I am now super late against the swift red storm. As I enter the tunnel, I discover that my battery had fallen to 0.0 during the preceding misadventures thanks to the battery sapping. It was pitch black... but, surprisingly, I reacted well and quickly; I got out of the car, grabbed jumpers out of my emergency side storage, quicky hit my battery and hopped back in the car and punched it.. again.

As soon as I got out of the tunnel, the red storm outpaced me. I had not been in that predicament before but, to my surprise, I wasn't dead yet. I could see that I was taking damage but I was still making progress towards the gateway.

I'm now in hell; my vision is cluttered, I'm getting hit by every anomaly... lighting rods... left-right. There's one more thing I can do to help me get there; I apply a first aid while driving, it's buying me time. I see the gateway, I can make it... just a few more meters... and... I'm out! I'm back at the garage and alive!

The car had never seen such damage. Both front tires are flat, many steel panels and doors are heavily damaged and some are cracked but the more advanced and important parts that I got from the shops are still looking good (magnetic front bumper, lead-panel hood, anti-corrosive rear bumper).

After that, I had a good time rebuilding and upgrading the car while cooling down from the stress and savouring the near-death success. This game is very fun!

literally what the hell are we even doing anymore. if the aliens do come I'll just let them take me. it's gotta be better than dealing with this crap every night