Is driving necessary to enjoy the game?

[Sandsifter]

I don't like driving in games, but this game looks like a lot of fun. Is a lot of driving required?

[petrichor]

Yes, this game requires a lot of driving here and there like GTA but also have some fast travel point if you dont want to drive, i suggest you to dive in to mod scene because you will experience Cyberpunk at its fullest. You can tweak the driving mechanics, you can install some JDM, american muscle cars, etc. I think its more fun that way

[Phynrae]

Originally posted by petrichor:

Yes, this game requires a lot of driving here and there like GTA but also have some fast travel point if you dont want to drive, i suggest you to dive in to mod scene because you will experience Cyberpunk at its fullest. You can tweak the driving mechanics, you can install some JDM, american muscle cars, etc. I think its more fun that way

I don't know that it requires a lot of driving, because in truth you could do most of your traveling using the fast-travel system and the Metro, if you wanted.

But there are missions that do require driving, so you coulden't completely avoid it. You would have to do some driving in these missions.

[SkyNet]

Driving is necessary for a handful of missions, but for most of the overworld you can just walk. I would recommend against fast travel because the world is quite full of interesting stuff to discover. You can also move crazy fast with the right combination of cyberware and perks to the point where the vehicle may not feel necessary.

[Sandsifter]

Sounds good. I guess I can struggle through a few mandatory driving missions, even though I totally suck at it. I have no problem walking; I do a lot of that in most of my RPG's.

Thanks for the quick responses.

[Mtabacco]

I love driving to my missions and rarely fast travel. The best thing i did was to make my own radio station with my hand picked music. You will miss a lot by fast traveling everywhere.

[Bjørn]

I can recommend motorcycles for driving in this game. Much easier to get through traffic

And regarding 'mandatory' driving, I first played (half) a game as Nomad (the lifepath), and there was a lot of driving involved in the beginning. In my new game I'm playing Corpo, and there were no driving involved. Not sure about Street Kid life path.

There aren't that many missions where you have to drive, if I remember correctly, and you can skip the racing missions, I guess. But they were also very easy if you hack the other cars by remotely enabling their handbrake, for example. You'll never see them again

Personally I love driving in the game, though, and never use fast travel. But there are fast travel points everywhere.

[Troy]

Originally posted by Sandsifter:

I don't like driving in games, but this game looks like a lot of fun. Is a lot of driving required?

You can drive. You can also use unintended gameplay mechanics to move around NC. Think of it like Rocket Jumping with Vehicles, or using Air-Dash to surf.

[The Study of Trees]

not driving in this game improved my experience, not because driving is bad but because (especially after the phantom liberty updates) you have opportunity to engage with gangs, collect material, sell junk at atms, etc.

[Slim Brady]

I ride a motorcycle armed with a Raiju and katana almost all the time because it feels good.

[Phynrae]

Originally posted by The Study of Trees:

not driving in this game improved my experience, not because driving is bad but because (especially after the phantom liberty updates) you have opportunity to engage with gangs, collect material, sell junk at atms, etc.

Mmhmm. I would definately recommend parking your car or automobicycle every once and then, and just going for a walk, see what you find in around town.

[Mechanical]

For keyboard and mouse, vehicles are way too fast for the narrow roads and streets in the game. With so many tall buildings, and how close they are towards the road, visibility is poor. AI vehicles will also stop and stack up at weird places. PL hands out a dinky little truck that solves several of those issues though.

[Phynrae]

Originally posted by Mechanical:

For keyboard and mouse, vehicles are way too fast for the narrow roads and streets in the game. With so many tall buildings, and how close they are towards the road, visibility is poor. AI vehicles will also stop and stack up at weird places. PL hands out a dinky little truck that solves several of those issues though.

Honestly this is true in all games that features driving, it always sucks with Kb+M, and it is always better with a controller.

But the degree to which it sucks with Kb+M does vary a bit, with some games being suckier than others, and this game is definately twords the suckier end of the spectrum.


You CAN however buy a knockoff X-box controller for next to nothing these days, and the game can seamlessly switch between Kb+M and Controller usage on the fly, so it's a problem that is very easilly solved.

[Sandsifter]

You folks have been so nice, answering so quickly, and helpfully. Thanks for that.
I just realized that this is actually a first person POV game; not sure why I didn't know that before. So, as interesting as it looks, I'll be passing on it; I only play 3rd person games.

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by Phynrae:

Originally posted by petrichor:

Yes, this game requires a lot of driving here and there like GTA but also have some fast travel point if you dont want to drive, i suggest you to dive in to mod scene because you will experience Cyberpunk at its fullest. You can tweak the driving mechanics, you can install some JDM, american muscle cars, etc. I think its more fun that way

I don't know that it requires a lot of driving, because in truth you could do most of your traveling using the fast-travel system and the Metro, if you wanted.

But there are missions that do require driving, so you coulden't completely avoid it. You would have to do some driving in these missions.

yeah on my first playthrough back at launch i literally walked / double jumped and explored for the entire game. very rarely did i bother getting in a vehicle.
game has a handful of missions that require driving. the other 90% of the game is up to you how you get around.

[Death Approaches]

you're really going to hate the missions where you need to klep a car and take it to location B without damaging it... but as long as you don't die, you just get less eddies for trashing the ride.

think of it like witcher 3... most of the time you can just run and don't need to hop on Roach and attack from horseback, but there are horse races, and a few missions where you'll never catch the mission target if you don't ride... similar mechanics.

driving can be fun, but we can't tell you what you'll endure vs what you'll enjoy.