Gamescom Opening Night Live saw Bethesda announce the release date of Starfield's first expansion, Shattered Space, alongside a brief trailer and the surprise early launch of the game's new vehicle. The Rev-8 is now available in-game for all players (talk to your ship technician) and has big Mako energy, with shock absorbers working overtime on the rocky ground (and yes, it has a gun, too).
Ever since launch vehicles have been the most-requested feature for Starfield, for the obvious reason that this is a game chock-full of gigantic planets that you have to traverse on foot. It's probably one of the reasons that exploration ends up feeling a bit dull, and it just feels a bit odd that, in a galaxy full of spaceships and super tech, no-one seemed to think that a car of some kind might be useful.
