I’m sick and bored with automakers being so goddamn severe on a regular basis. There’s no whimsy, no pageantry, no enjoyable in any way. Fortunately, Rivian observed this dearth of enjoyable proper in time for Halloween and has determined to roll out some reskins for its R1 autos that’ll permit them to “costume up” for the vacation.
Rivian says house owners will have the ability to watch their R1S SUVs and R1T pickup vans remodel with lighting, sounds and visible references to KITT from “Knight Rider,” the DeLorean time machine from “Again to the Future” and a “Haunted Rivian” costume. I like this shit, man. I don’t care if it’s goofy. For a number of years now, Rivian has been including little Halloween easter eggs to its vehicles, but it surely’s now taking it up a notch with these “Automotive Costumes.” Let’s break down what every “Costume” affords.
First up, we’ve bought KITT from “Knight Rider.” All house owners must do is go to the “Get Spooky” card on the principle web page of the Rivian App. From there, choose the Gear Guard (Rivian’s little mascot dude) dressed like Michael Knight to activate it. After that, the inside shows will remodel to seem like KITT’s diagnostic display screen, and it’ll play the unique theme track. Gen 2 R1S and R1T house owners may also be handled to the up to date exterior lightbar remodeling into the cascading purple beam KITT had together with some scanner sound results. Clearly, this solely works whereas in park, but it surely’s nonetheless cool as hell.
Subsequent, we’ve bought the “Again to the Future” Time Machine. Click on the Gear Guard dressed up as Doc Brown, and your screens will develop into the Time Machine’s interface and also you’ll get acceleration sounds from the movie. If you happen to hit the 88 mph button (it doesn’t have something to do with pace), you’ll see much more themed lighting and sound results from the back and front of your R1. Pay attention, I actually don’t care if this can be a gimmick. It’s a gimmick I take pleasure in and that’s all that issues.
Lastly, we get to the Haunted Rivian, which isn’t based mostly on any current mental property, but it surely’s nonetheless moderately cute. Hit the Gear Guard dressed as a scarecrow, and also you’ll have the ability to choose eight completely different sound results and a handful of colour schemes (purple, yellow, purple and inexperienced). Your inside show shall be taken over by static and ghosts. Gen 1 Rivian house owners will get a inexperienced animation on the car’s exterior, however Gen 2 house owners will see no matter colour they’ve chosen.
There are a number of extra little odds and ends which are being added, together with an Owl chirp once you lock or unlock the doorways. Moreover, pedestrians within the driver show will flip into zombies, and bicyclists and motorcyclists shall be headless horsemen. Camp mode additionally will get a reskin that includes crows, pumpkins and inexperienced flames at nighttime. The drive modes additionally get new spooky art work as properly.
Rivian house owners will have the ability to take pleasure in all of this Halloween foolishness beginning on Friday, October 18 at 12:01 p.m. native time. I’m very jealous of them, as my automobile doesn’t do something enjoyable like this. I do know it’s a bit of bit hokey and doesn’t imply a lot for the general driving expertise of the automobile, however I actually want extra automakers did stuff like this. I imply, everybody has screens and over-the-air updates now, so extra automobile corporations must be profiting from that reality and getting foolish with it.
