Tires constantly damaged??

[scurvee]

So all of a sudden, like 30 hours in, I can't drive more than a minute or two without one of my tires popping or needing a mechanic's kit. I figured this was a quirk of some kind but I've gone over and over all the quirks and I can't find anything that's like "tires constantly damaged" - the only option is "tires fall off" which is not the problem. WTF is happening? I've scanned all the tires over and over and they aren't coming back as worn out or anything like that. What am I missing??

[Midnght]

Are you replacing tires with new ones when you get to the garage? If so, take a gander at this tire bug.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1458140/discussions/0/4348859098833422315/

[Midnght]

Basically just verify all your tire resistances. For example, if you use all steel or armored you'll net higher impact resistance and armor for all thats worth. coure seems that no amount of protection except maybe the puncture proof saves your tires from the spike puddles they're nasty.

[Lev Astov]

I've been having a lot of problems with offroad tires getting punctured multiple times per mission while driving fairly sedately offroad. That's obviously not how that should work, so I'm wondering the same thing, like if maybe there's some undocumented fatigue rating of items that means they've become more prone to damage. I see there's a proper fatigue status, but that doesn't appear on the tires in question.

I'll try swapping them out for a fresh set and see. Failing that, then the only possible choice for tires from now on is the puncture-proof tires, which seems like a bad design decision.

[Captiva]

I have been using offroad tires for several missions now with no issues.

[PsyBlade]

I'm still in the first area but so far I haven't even put putty on the offroad tires since I got them 4 or so runs ago. They're by far the slowest wearing external part of the car. Even the side storage seems to get more damage, even if just the tiniest bit.

[Dice]

Sometimes a region will have a hazard that targets the tires. If you see that, run the No Flats.

[Lev Astov]

Yeah, I think there's some secret fragility or maybe it was bugged and not showing me that my liberated offroad tires were fragile. I crafted a full set of fresh offroad tires and went on a couple violent missions and had zero issues.

[WetBoxOfLemons]

I used offroad ties a lot, they kept getting punctured or blown out. I think it's because I was driving on the road instead of offroad. There were times I didnt take any damage, or hit anything, not even a small tree or cone. But even then they kept popping. I switched to all-terrain tires, havent run into issues as of yet.
If the offroad tires pop purely because you're driving on the road, they need to rethink that a lot lol.
TLDR: Switch to all terrain ties, might save your sealing kit budget.

[Dix Dark]

Yeah, that became a problem for me at around 15h. I was using offroad tires and was happy, had to switch to puncture resistant and now I only have to fix "loose" 2-3 times on each run which is much easier than fixing 2-3 loose, 2-3 punctured, 1-2 blown every map.

I'm pretty sure tires have the same fragility thing as other parts, but it just wont show it because of a bug of some kind, that would explain all those problems.

[ShockedHearts]

tires get weaker the longer you use them. eventually they will bald and become very unusable, more slippery, easier to knock loose of get flat.

this is when you start replacing tires.

make sure to keep a spare on you in storage and a few lying around at home for easy replacing.

if you have a favorite tire type it can be worth making 8 of them, having 4 in storage, when you replace them put the 4 old ones into repair to get fixed up while you continue doing things, rinse wash repeat.

[Memento Vivere]

Same thing. There's probably a hidden fragility system for tyres. Because when my tyres start to having problems, they usually die pretty quickly. A new tyre doesn't have that kind of problems for about 5-8 runs, then it starts popping or needs a mechanic's kit

[ShockedHearts]

Originally posted by Memento Vivere:

Same thing. There's probably a hidden fragility system for tyres. Because when my tyres start to having problems, they usually die pretty quickly. A new tyre doesn't have that kind of problems for about 5-8 runs, then it starts popping or needs a mechanic's kit

yes this is true.

[scurvee]

Yeah - I think my tires were badly messed up and it just wasn't reporting it. I removed them all and replaced them with new ones and it hasn't happened again since.

[Dubmaster]

let me guess you got to into mid zone with high amount of acid pools/anomaly's, thats why they give you puncture proof tires before you get to deep zone and get yourself all terrain tires

[Notius]

Originally posted by Memento Vivere:

Same thing. There's probably a hidden fragility system for tyres. Because when my tyres start to having problems, they usually die pretty quickly. A new tyre doesn't have that kind of problems for about 5-8 runs, then it starts popping or needs a mechanic's kit

Yeah
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