Is it just me?

[SoldadØ]

I'm thinking about buying this game but there are 2 things that are really discouraging me:

1- the boats seem to be very light, they look like jet-skis, they have no weight.
2- they seem very fast (which also reminds me of jet-skis). What appears on the speedometer as 13 knots looks like 30.

Is it just me?

[Tomatokek]

depends on the size of the boat. the smaller ones feel lighter but after upgrading they feel heavier. also depends on if you upgrade the engines or not which will help them move faster. with the starting engines they move very slow. yolu can also just control your speed to match the speed you want.

[Nani Sore]

I think the boats are slow. They go 15 mph fully upgraded and it takes literal hours of irl time to move across the map.

[SoldadØ]

Originally posted by Dark Abyss:

I think the boats are slow. They go 15 mph fully upgraded and it takes literal hours of irl time to move across the map.

Maybe, but I mean it in relation to the feeling of speed. It seems like it's going much faster than it should. Games that give an excellent feeling of speed are Silent Hunter, U-boat, Destroyer: The u-boat Hunter, and even GTA V.

[SoldadØ]

Originally posted by Tomatokek:

depends on the size of the boat. the smaller ones feel lighter but after upgrading they feel heavier. also depends on if you upgrade the engines or not which will help them move faster. with the starting engines they move very slow. yolu can also just control your speed to match the speed you want.

Yes, either way it seems like there is something wrong with the physics. But it must evolve over time.

[letsxgoxgators]

I AGREE, the boats seem to be undersized. I think the speeds are good. could be a few knots faster, but not a big deal really. its a fishing game. fisherman do alot of waiting on the boat lol

[Alphawolf]

These boats are only Tier 1 and Tier 2 boats, they have much larger ships planned to be added in. They are slow at first and yes, I have spent over 2.5 hours just doing 7km and back for deliveries. So while they look fast, the map is a 1 to 1 map of Norway and does take a while to get farther distances.

They still have 2 years of work on it so there is still plenty more that will be added.

[Knottypine]

Originally posted by Voodoo:

2- they seem very fast (which also reminds me of jet-skis). What appears on the speedometer as 13 knots looks like 30.

The speed feels about right. It does not look like 30 knots to me.

[Kal-El 0311]

Buy it and return it if you dont end up liking it.

[cbnnr]

Note the cargo weight of fish is not currently implemented this will matter for fishing boats at least. Dr Phil lists if you put medium cargo to one side but light cargo has no noticeable effect.

[DocNaeco]

Originally posted by Nani Sore:

I think the boats are slow. They go 15 mph fully upgraded and it takes literal hours of irl time to move across the map.

It's realistic.
I'm a fisherman irl, our 45ft fishing boat goes 8-9knots. Our fishing grounds are 70NM away. It takes us about 9-10hours to get there, depending on the tide.

[moyer4487]

Originally posted by Nani Sore:

I think the boats are slow. They go 15 mph fully upgraded and it takes literal hours of irl time to move across the map.

most commercial vessels are slow. most merchant ships only got 15 to 17knots. ships that go faster are military or military supply ships. some smaller oilrig supply boats go pretty quick. but in general most merchant ships are slow. its very costly to have engines that can push a boat up to 25 or 30 knots. plus they will eat up fuel which costs a fortune when u are filling up tanks that hold thousands of gallons. i work on anchor handlers and full power it goes about 17 knots or so. usually cruising at 12 to 14 knots depending on sea conditions. white hull boats are usually slow. grey hull ships are much faste but are military supply ships operated by civillian crew. they are usually seen with battle groups and refuel, resupply ammo and food or parts for broken equipment, they do all this while on the go too. its pretty crazy seeing massive ships that are a few meters apart resupplying while going 20 knots. i am not sure if any navy other than the us is capable of resupplyiing on the go.

[schutt]

Currently game is not working... you want to have more than experience wierd bugs and bugfixes that make it worse then you should not buy it.

[Neon Ninja]

Just had a very promising update today bringing version.8 to the regular branch and making several additions, crash fixes, and bug fixes. I haven't tested yet, but I think it is finally getting to a good place after the last several weeks of them using the experimental branch.