It’s time to get hyped because The Sims 5 has recently been gaining more and more traction as rumors have continued to swirl in regards to the𓆏 games release date and even potential new features.

Having launched over seventeen years ago, the world famous franchise – which ൩was initially a very different idea – ha🌠s since gone on to sell over 200 million copies worldwide – ranking it as one of the top selling franchises of all time.

However, due to the rather lacklustre performance of The Sims 4's initial base game, it would come as no surprise that many fans of the franchise have since moved on to bigger and better games. That may be all about to change though as - according to several reliable sources - The Sims 5 may see the return of several fan favourite features that have been missin🌳g since the third installment to the series.

While the majority of the rumors are yet to be officially confirmed by EA and Maxis, it is fair to say that despite the poor initial sales of The Sims 4, The Sims 5 is well on its way to hitting our shelves in the coming years. That’s right, The Sims 5 may actually be closer than we think.

So in saying that, get excited because here are 10 mind blowing rumors and 5 must have features that are sure to drag you back into the world of The Sims franchise.

15 Rumor: One Of The Most Beloved Features Is Set T෴o Return

The open world format of The Sims 3 was undoubtedly one of the best features to have ever been introduced into The Sims series, so when fans found out that the beloved feature wasn’t included in its successor, The Sims 4, they were rather shocked. Unlike most developers, when a feature is removed another will usually take its place for the betterment of the game. This wasn’t the case for The Sims 4 as the open world format💙 was replaced with a much smaller, close knit neighbourhood that has frequent loading points when traveling.

However, things are set to change in The Sims 5 as rumors have swirled that the series is set to reintroduce the fan favorite feature in hopes of trying to rectify the poorly made changes that are riddled throughout The Sims 4.

14 ꦛ Rumor: The Customization System Will Receive An 💧Overhaul

I think we can all agree that the general consensus on The Sims 4's customization system, is that it is rather poor. Of course, with that in mind, it is disliked by many fans within the community. The system itself isn't terrible, but it isn’t very good either. The Sims 4 have essentially built upon The Sims 3’s system and made it♚ much more user-friendly and added a n꧒ew layer of freedom when designing your characters.

However, like many features of this installation, the developers – for some strange reason – decided to remove a vast majority of the customization options. This has profoundly limited the characters in terms of fashion choices and material. Luckily though, rumor has it that The Sims 5 will return with a new and impro🌜ved version of the customization systemꦅ – adding more unique choices for the player to choose.

13 Mu🦩st Have: Major Adjustments To The Games Time Accuracy

It is without question that the time accuracy within The Sims series is one of the most frustrating💮 features within the game because let's be real, who takes a 45-minute shower or even an hour and a half to eat breakfast.

While it is understandable that some of these activities do take quite some time to complete, The Sims just mana💟ges to completely blow these times out of proportion - making daily tasks more of a chore than a fun and simple activity.

The issue of time accuracy isn’t a recent one as it has actually been around since the beginning of series and while tthe developers have attempted to combat this issue, they have still yet to perfect the right amount that it takes to complete these simple activities. While we are not sure how Maxis plans to fix this issue, it would be nice to see this system overhauled in The Sims 5.

12 🌠Rumor: Bikes & Vehicles May Be Set To Return

You heard correctly – bikes and vehicles are rumored to be making a much-anticipated return to the neighborhoods of The Sims 5.

Arguably, bikes and vehicles are one of the best features to have ever been introduced into The Sims series as it added a depth of freedom that fans were yet to experience. The removal of this feature was a shock among the community as it was easily one of the most praised features of The Sims 3. While nobody currently knows why EA removed the vast majority of The Sims 3 features, you wouldn’t be wrong to think that EA will be trying to redeem themselves when it comes to The Sims 5.

While this is yet to be official confirmed by EA, it would fit in perfectly among the currently rumored features t꧋hat are set to ret🌸urn – especially the open world format.

11 Rumor: VR Could Be On The Horizon For𒐪 The Sims 5

That’s right. The Sims 5 may very well be playable in VR! According to the rumor, a post was made on Reddit asking fans if they were ready to Live in the world of The Sims – unfortunately, the post was quickly deleted but not before some fan🌄s were able to get a quick glimpse at the post.

While this information is just a rumor, it will be interesting to see how The Sims will play in VR – would this new playing style open up the game for a first person mode, or would it still play in the tr🧸aditional third person perspective. This would also undoubtedly see a large spike in VR sales as it is sure to appeal to a🌞 large audience.

Honestly though, I think we can all agree that the idea of The Sims 5 being VR-ready is pretty exciting and opens up a huge list of potential possibilities that will change how we play and experience The Sims series for.

10 Must🌜 Have: More Life Stages & Aꦡ Better Aging System

This is one of those features that don’t really require an explanation if you have played The Sims before (or simply viewed the image above), you will quickly begin to understand why The Sims 5 is in desperate need of a brand new aging system. In The Sims 4, almos𓄧t every life stage looks almost identical – see the image above for further🥀 proof.

To make matters worse, the developers took several years to finally introduce Toddlers into the base game of The Sims 4 – something that man𓂃y assume would be originally included in the game 🎃upon launch.

Fans would also like to see a better aging system that includes more life stages – with many claiming that it is must have feature should they൲ wish to expand on the realism of the series.

9 ﷽ Rumor: The Sims 5 May Release In 2019

Rumor has it that The Sims 5 may actually be hitting our shelves over the next two year as the current rumors suggest that The Sims 5 is currently in early development and ꦆis set to release in 2019.

While EA is yet to confirm this rumor, it would actually make sense for the series to release during this time period as The Sims series has often kept a fairly even release schedule. Since the release of the series in the year 2000, EA has managed to release a new Sims game every four to five years – The Sims 2 arrived in 2004, The Sims 3 released in 2009, and The Sims 4 landed in 2014.

Given this information, it is easy to believe that the rumor of a new Sims game in 2019 is highly likely.

8 Rumor: The Lack Of Sims 4 Content Could Mean The Sims 5 Is Already In Development 𒅌 💧

It’s no secret that The Sims 4 is lacking in a number of core features – especially when it comes to expansion packs. With almost three whole years having passed since the launch of The Sims 4, fans are still eagerly awaiting🅰 a large number of expansion packs that seem to be missing from the game – namely, the Pets expansion.

While videogames do usually take quite some time to develop, fans are quickly beginning to lose patience – with many left wondering why exactly there is such a wait for extra content when The Sims 3 🦩had already received this content well before the thre𝄹e year mark.

This has caused a rumor to surface that EA is indeed working on the next installment of the series. Given that The Sim 4 is under performing, it would make sense that EA is trying to cut their losses and is attempting to move on to bigger and better projects – The Sims 5, should it be developed correctly, could be tꦗhe answer to this problem.

7 Mus🌃t Have: Pets 𝓰

Fan can finally rejoice as, after three long years of waiting, The Sims 4 will finally be receiving the🐭 much anticipated and highly popular Pets expansion pack – something that many fans were beginning to lose hope on.

Should The Sims 5 see the light of day, Pets will be one of the must have features within the series and should be considered as one of the first expansion packs to be released after the launch of the game. Many have even considered the three year wait for expansion as utterly ridiculous would even go as far as to argue that basic pets such as cats and dogs should be included in the base game as pets a⭕re generally considered🅰 as part of the family anyway.

6 💦 Rumor: It Will Be A Vast Improvement On Previous Games

Many wouldn’t be surprised to find out that The Sims 4 hasn’t performed as well as EA and Maxis had initially planned. The developers of the series have even chosen to speak out about the financial crisis that threatens the series – and as it turns out, the next installment of The Sims relies solely on the success of the fourth game.

A fifth installment to the series seems very likely as the game has picked up quite a bit thanks to the recent number of successful expansion packs. Sources close to the series have revealed that The Sims 5 will see a vast number of improvements to the current features, along with new items and even features that the seri🧸es is yet to see – it’s no surprise that EA and✃ Maxis want to return the series to its roots.