Chances are good we will be getting this mod added to the server eventually. It appears the author is working hard to balance it for vanilla gameplay. That is good for us.
Conventional vehicles are being worked on for the vanilla game. It's still only partially finished (the buggy can only be added with cheat codes for now), but figured it was worth mentioning. I'm sure dino tamer Chris Pratt would approve.
More good news about Ragnarok.. It has been declared 99% complete as of December. Only major feature that remains unfinished is you can't "ascend" on Ragnarok yet. https://ark.gamepedia.com/Ragnarok
Ark is getting some gameplay love: older released creatures are finally getting new abilities to bring them in balance with newer creatures more mounts can jump now Rex got a remodel (looks even better now) and has a new ability that causes "poop lock". pathfinding is better to reduce big creatures getting stuck on rocks/trees fall damage was finally reduced (less stupid deaths on higher difficulties) Full details here: http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=346110
ARK: Eggscellent Adventure Event http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/1654384241440028827
Argentavius can now carry two creatures. Finally, I can bomb people with two suicide dodos on the same run.