OP definition

[waltermeimes2010]

What's the meaning of OP in this game?

[Johnny Bifoutre]

" OP " means " Overpowered "in all videogames I think it's same for this one. But I do not think that any truck in this game are technically overpowered unless it's modded.

[Arpente Reves]

Johnny gave a good definition (d'ailleurs c'est quoi ce nom bordel mdr)

I'd just like to add that it's a singleplayer game with no competitive side. Using something OP is usually frowned upon, but here the most important is that you have fun

[CommandDork]

My definition is a car/truck that can cut clean across the map - regardless of terrain - without releasing the accelerator; cutting through asphalt, dirt, mud, deep mud, snow, and ice equally.

Some modded trucks do this and it makes the game boring right quick.

Vanilla trucks typically have a downside (small fuel tank, sensitive balance, long wheelbase, lack of towing equipment, fragility) to keep them within the bounds of the game.

[westrud]

In the forums it can also mean Original Poster, so asking about OP actually made you OP.

[Beast of War]

I do not think OP trucks are really in game.

Sure there are large wheel vehicles that can power themselves through deep mud and snow, even crack through thin ice and are still able to move through that.

BUT

These vehicles are too large to pass many intentional rockwall chokepoints, nor can they negotiate narrow mountain goat path like roads. Or slip between trees in forests.

So they are not universally fit to go anywhere in the map.

It is much more usefull to learn to go around deep mud/snow sinkholes and pools, avoid trapped roads and find passable terrain to base your routes on. Then often enough a common AWD highway truck can do the job.

Of course i use brute force, huge wheel vehicles too when i see fit to do so. There is not one way to play the game or you are doing it "wrong" However i do not depend on brute, huge wheel vehicles as they were not around the 1st time i played the more difficult maps. So i can recommend not becoming dependent on them also.

[Johnny Bifoutre]

Originally posted by Arpente Reves:

Johnny gave a good definition (d'ailleurs c'est quoi ce nom bordel mdr)

I'd just like to add that it's a singleplayer game with no competitive side. Using something OP is usually frowned upon, but here the most important is that you have fun

Mon surnom de lycée à l'époque ! Un vrai épandeur à semence auprès des lycéennes.

[Johnny Bifoutre]

Originally posted by Beast of War:

I do not think OP trucks are really in game.

Sure there are large wheel vehicles that can power themselves through deep mud and snow, even crack through thin ice and are still able to move through that.

BUT

These vehicles are too large to pass many intentional rockwall chokepoints, nor can they negotiate narrow mountain goat path like roads. Or slip between trees in forests.

So they are not universally fit to go anywhere in the map.

It is much more usefull to learn to go around deep mud/snow sinkholes and pools, avoid trapped roads and find passable terrain to base your routes on. Then often enough a common AWD highway truck can do the job.

Of course i use brute force, huge wheel vehicles too when i see fit to do so. There is not one way to play the game or you are doing it "wrong" However i do not depend on brute, huge wheel vehicles as they were not around the 1st time i played the more difficult maps. So i can recommend not becoming dependent on them also.

Very well explained, big trucks don't mean business in all cases

[Johnny Bifoutre]

Originally posted by westrud:

In the forums it can also mean Original Poster, so asking about OP actually made you OP.

That one too !

[Vimpster]

What I consider OP (in game) are trucks that have it all, the good mud tires (MSH), have always on AWD and Diff-lock while also being low on fuel consumption. I figure if they are going to have such good features they should at least be gas guzzlers too to balance it out but for many of the Russian vehicles they have all the features while also being the most fuel efficient. So I generally stick to the North American vehicle options most of the time.

[Nightwolf]

the zikh 612h is a op truck

the tartar is a op scout

the derry special is a op tow truck

all three trucks are overwhelmingly powerful vs ALL trucks in game. they can go anywhere and do almost anything

they have some drawbacks but nothing that stops them dead cold.

the kenworth 663? 633 whatever its called. would be on the list too if its engine was not such crap. though you can easily modify the files to give it a engine and chains on par with the derry special making it OP too

i came up to a scout point that was sheer cliff on either side? did that stop the zikh? nope just winched my way up the cliff with a tree climbed over the cliff and away we go.

any terrain obstacle the devs put in place can easily be avoided or driven around with a little imagination.

i played through seasons 1-7 using these 3 trucks alone and never once ran into a problem in any form. there was never a wow this would be easier with a diff scout moment, never a wow i cant get past this moment. just barreled my way around or over everything in my path with little to no effort\

now if you dont have the dlc thats a different story. the nilla trucks are better balanced than the dlc trucks by a far mile and its doubtful one is superior to all others. they all have a usefulness under certain circumstances

[Vimpster]

Originally posted by Nightwolf:

the zikh 612h is a op truck

the tartar is a op scout

the derry special is a op tow truck

all three trucks are overwhelmingly powerful vs ALL trucks in game. they can go anywhere and do almost anything

they have some drawbacks but nothing that stops them dead cold.

the kenworth 663? 633 whatever its called. would be on the list too if its engine was not such crap. though you can easily modify the files to give it a engine and chains on par with the derry special making it OP too

Not sure I would consider the Derry Special or the Kenworth 963 to be OP. Both of them struggle a lot when pulling weight up hill and both have really bad fuel efficiency. The Kenworth can easily go over 30 liters per minute. If you are playing on normal you might not care, but when you pay for fuel that is a pretty big balancing factor.

[Nightwolf]

its not hard to just plop a fuel tanker in a middle spot to refuel from. i do it a lot to avoid recovering, set up my own repair and refuel spots. on some of the more bs maps its better to make your own garage than go through the bs of driving from the map made garage.

[K***boo]

Originally posted by Nightwolf:

the kenworth 663? 633 whatever its called. would be on the list too if its engine was not such crap.

I always find it funny when people call Kenworth 963 underpowered but then praise the Mastodon, because Mastodon only has 13% higher power-to-weight ratio than the Kenworth(AND it's lighter)

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by K***boo:

I always find it funny when people call Kenworth 963 underpowered but then praise the Mastodon, because Mastodon only has 13% higher power-to-weight ratio than the Kenworth(AND it's lighter)

if power to weight was the only calc in a trucks pulling power on a given terrain that would prob be true, sadly its not. multiple aspects go into the calc that are present in the games files you just have to backward engineer the formula and the kenworths stats got screwed by bad math by the devs. the formula is actually broken and doesnt weight properly the stats.

on flatish terrain the kenworth is fine, but once you talk about heavy cargo and serious inclines the kenworth just gets boned by bad math. thats not to say you cant make it work with a winch but not needing a winch is the base standard for OP

at the end of the day the mastadon just got too much love. the stats players broke down in the game files are really useful but empty as they dont factor in all the inputs in the calculation. most players just go off the in-game file stats without really any clue whats truly going on. some of the engines that are labelled as "good" by the google sheet are off by as much as 50% in something as basic as deep mud scenarios when you factor in the other stats.

in 3 separate instances a truck buried fully in the mud with 0% ground traction is classified by the game as shallow water in the traction calculations lol

[K***boo]

Originally posted by Nightwolf:

if power to weight was the only calc in a trucks pulling power on a given terrain that would prob be true, sadly its not. multiple aspects go into the calc that are present in the games files you just have to backward engineer the formula and the kenworths stats got screwed by bad math by the devs. the formula is actually broken and doesnt weight properly the stats.

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