I’m sick and bored with automakers being so goddamn critical on a regular basis. There’s no whimsy, no pageantry, no enjoyable in any respect. 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 really like this shit, man. I don’t care if it’s goofy. For just a few years now, Rivian has been including little Halloween easter eggs to its automobiles, but it surely’s now taking it up a notch with these “Automotive Costumes.” Let’s break down what every “Costume” gives.
First up, we’ve acquired 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 crimson 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 acquired 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. When you 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 it is 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 primarily based on any current mental property, but it surely’s nonetheless slightly 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 coloration schemes (purple, yellow, crimson and inexperienced). Your inside show might be taken over by static and ghosts. Gen 1 Rivian house owners will get a inexperienced animation on the automobile’s exterior, however Gen 2 house owners will see no matter coloration they’ve chosen.
There are just a few extra little odds and ends which are being added, together with an Owl chirp if you lock or unlock the doorways. Moreover, pedestrians within the driver show will flip into zombies, and bicyclists and motorcyclists might 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 nicely.
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 automotive doesn’t do something enjoyable like this. I do know it’s somewhat bit hokey and doesn’t imply a lot for the general driving expertise of the automotive, however I actually want extra automakers did stuff like this. I imply, everybody has screens and over-the-air updates now, so extra automotive corporations ought to be making the most of that truth and getting foolish with it.
