Driving is so, SO bad.

[KiltedBastich]

It's just unreal. Even after the recent patch, it's still about the worst I've seen. Drive like a timid grandma or spin out constantly. The racing side jobs are just painful.

[MythicRocfordson]

Depends on the car

[skOsH♥]

eh, I don't find it to be very bad. Some of the cars are a pain to control, but I've gotten the hang of most of them. On a motorbike or a very fast supercar that has good handling, I can drift them 90 degrees for turns at around 80mph just fine. Granted, I *shouldn't* be able to do that without eating pavement (at least on the motorbikes), but, ehh...it's fun :)

I haven't done the racing missions yet on the 1.5 patch on my current playthrough yet, so I can't attest to how the cars handle in those missions.

[rock]

Originally posted by d¢:

eh, I don't find it to be very bad. Some of the cars are a pain to control, but I've gotten the hang of most of them. On a motorbike or a very fast supercar that has good handling, I can drift them 90 degrees for turns at around 80mph just fine. Granted, I *shouldn't* be able to do that without eating pavement (at least on the motorbikes), but, ehh...it's fun :)

I haven't done the racing missions yet on the 1.5 patch on my current playthrough yet, so I can't attest to how the cars handle in those missions.

It's been about my experience. Bikes are super forgiving. Cars handle about as good as you can expect depending on the car. I've done the Beast and Me races, and I didn't run into any problems. Raced twice in beast, once in V-Tech and once in that Batman supercar. Haven't seen any race gigs. Do those even exist?

[KiltedBastich]

Got the sensitivity down to 60%, doesn't help much. Cars all drive like they're on ice, mystery bumps in the road flip you when you drive at speed, physics engine lets you somehow get trapped in spaces too small for the car to get in to. It's just nonsense how bad this is.

[skOsH♥]

Originally posted by RockTheShoulder:

Originally posted by d¢:

eh, I don't find it to be very bad. Some of the cars are a pain to control, but I've gotten the hang of most of them. On a motorbike or a very fast supercar that has good handling, I can drift them 90 degrees for turns at around 80mph just fine. Granted, I *shouldn't* be able to do that without eating pavement (at least on the motorbikes), but, ehh...it's fun :)

I haven't done the racing missions yet on the 1.5 patch on my current playthrough yet, so I can't attest to how the cars handle in those missions.

It's been about my experience. Bikes are super forgiving. Cars handle about as good as you can expect depending on the car. I've done the Beast and Me races, and I didn't run into any problems. Raced twice in beast, once in V-Tech and once in that Batman supercar. Haven't seen any race gigs. Do those even exist?

I meant the quest The Beast In Me, yeah.

I don't think there's any other racing missions. At least, not yet.

[Zero McDol]

CyberVehicleOverhaul mod.

If you know how to tune, then you can easily balance out each car's issues.

From what I've seen, this game has it down pat, however CDPR devs are not too skilled in the balancing of it all, no disrespect intended: Camber is there - Springs are there - dampeners - sway bars - tire pressure(?), maybe - bound - rebound - brake balance - weight and transfer - downforce - toe - caster(?), maybe - differential settings(?), maybe - tire diameter and width - gear ratios. It's all there sure, but is meaningless if poorly balanced.

It takes a mod and the right additional script lines to be able to tweak these things.


re-comment, additions

[Sentient_Toaster]

There aren't any racing gigs, and the Beast and Me races are rigged. There is one gig that requires you to follow somebody in a vehicle (not your vehicle, either) and which requires a car chase that is actually failable.

It's simpler to rely on fast travel, and for shorter trips there's also a perk which removes the stamina cost for sprinting. Something like the "Coyote" can be useful out in the badlands area. Other than that, well, you can use the vehicles as a summonable stash, I guess.

[Zero McDol]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

There aren't any racing gigs, and the Beast and Me races are rigged. There is one gig that requires you to follow somebody in a vehicle (not your vehicle, either) and which requires a car chase that is actually failable.

It's simpler to rely on fast travel, and for shorter trips there's also a perk which removes the stamina cost for sprinting. Something like the "Coyote" can be useful out in the badlands area. Other than that, well, you can use the vehicles as a summonable stash, I guess.

Depends on the player. Me; I drive everywhere I go, so being able to balance the cars' is a must for me.

[Freakshow]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

There aren't any racing gigs, and the Beast and Me races are rigged. There is one gig that requires you to follow somebody in a vehicle (not your vehicle, either) and which requires a car chase that is actually failable.

To be fair, you can use your own vehicle in that race. She'll ask you before you start. I used mine. And you can choose to ignore the part about staying close to the target vehicle and just go on to win the race and get the regular rewards.

Or you can follow the car, let the scripted crash happen and let her shoot him and she'll give you her car. Or talk her out of it and get both cars (from what I've read.. I let her kill him and just got her vehicle/truck/SUV thing).

[rock]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

It's simpler to rely on fast travel, and for shorter trips there's also a perk which removes the stamina cost for sprinting. Something like the "Coyote" can be useful out in the badlands area. Other than that, well, you can use the vehicles as a summonable stash, I guess.

I fast travel a lot, but I also enjoy driving around in first person. Not something I thought I would like to do. There's something satisfying about seeing the interior of a V-Tech. If they ever do customization, I'd love the option to change up the interior, if only adding some minor things.

But man, the bikes in this game are so much better than cars because they behave so unrealistically, almost like an arcade game.

[skOsH♥]

We should make a topic featuring the best mods

Like that car modification addon

And the Tyger Claw aggression addon, for starters

[Rabidnid]

Originally posted by KiltedBastich:

It's just unreal. Even after the recent patch, it's still about the worst I've seen. Drive like a timid grandma or spin out constantly. The racing side jobs are just painful.

I mean look at the speed you are going. Nothing corners well at 120 mph.

It's not the best driving game ever but it's entirely viable now compared to launch.

[medion_no]

Lol you should try the 1.3 driving.

[Gowron'sCrazyEyes]

all the cars handle differently, but if you slam on the breaks and make a turn youre going to spin out every time. be less aggressive.

[Big Moustache]

The worst thing is i unlock my personal smart cab. But no auto pilot or armored mode on it, just banter