One of my idea would be weapon add-ons.one of the games i played from the same devs of RAGE(wolfenstein) was the great selection of weapon upgrades. i had lot of fun just looking for gold to buy a new upgrades for my MP-40.
For now about 6 weapons have been showed properly but inmagine each whit 6 add ons. such as less recoil,scopes, extended magazines, atached blades and silencers,but to make the game more interesting each add on has is pros and cons.let say we put a silencer on the settlers assault riffle yea it can now shoot silently but the con would be less damage. the add ons you buy can be stored at a local shop or a workbench.
Another thing about the add-ons is that they are not permanent you can take them off and on to best deal whit the mission you are gonna play. and each weapon can have 3 add-ons. the idea of this is that each add on will have it uses. and having a fully upgraded weapon would just make each replay more of the same beacuse one would just max out each weapon.


NEW WEAPONS IDEAS.

One thing i notice is that rage has almost no melee weapons.i think it would make the game more fun(whitout mimicking fallout weapons)whit a few unique melee weapons all i have seen for now is the fist of rage. one weapon i would love to have is that sweet curved sword that the ghost clans carry. i think it would be a good addition beacuse of the sucess of fallout games and borderland doesnt have them,it would make them stand out beacuse of the add-ons.
Now the melee weapons have permanent add ons each weapons would have and effect like the curved sword would help climb or get enemies closer,now a club would stun the target and if wearing armor would pierce it. special abilities would be unlocked by training or by using the weapon a lot.

More throwing weapons. is it me or i havent seen grenades? aniway and idea that would be sweet i think no other games has it would be exploding knifes the heroes carries 5 on a pouch straqed in his left shoulder and throws it whit the right hand.this could be and upgrade of the throwing knifes or to the wind stick.

P.S
I aplaud the RAGE team for a great job! i already pre-order the game and i NEVER preorder.i know you guys wont have time to add new content but maybe in a DLC or a GOTY edition consider some of my ideas. .

I WANT TO THANKS BETHESDA and ID GAMES since working on a corporation is sometimes a thankless task you guys prefert to make quality games and GOTY editions whit all the content on a DISC, than to ship a lame ass GOTY edition whit DLC codes on it ( RE5 and Borderlands to name a few.......) i had a freaking good time and worth every cent of it! when i bought FALLOUT 3 GOTY to date the best purchase of a game period. If FALLOUT NEW VEGAS GOTY comes ill preorder!!!!!!!! just waiting fo you guys. aniway sincerily thanks!

I feel the upgrades feature is definitely going to carry into Rage and yes there are grenades. You can see them in the dead city trailer.

Tim Willits I think it was who said you can get components and if you have the schematics you can make the weapons where ever, you don't really need a workbench.

I like the non permanent addon idea. I would love to take off scopes or silencers or even the extra clip sometimes. That should be there.

Melee I WANT FISTS but I think with every weapon you can use the butt of the gun to hit people.

As far as DLC goes ID please forget these new stupid trends of $15 map packs and please oh please go back to the days of expansion packs.
Even bethesda DLC for their game are downloadable but they are like expansion packs not just tiny weapon packs or map packs. They are full blown expansion packs in downloadable form.
Just go back to the days of expansions, I'm sure every gamer would be happy to buy a $30 expac instead of a $15 map pack.