Cars break way too easily.

[Aki]

So my friend and i got a lada and we drove around a bit and stuff. The game has a ton of lagspikes for us due to driving around a lot. Now it happened 2 times that we crashed the lada with maybe... like.. not even over 40. And on both occasions the front wheels both ruined,the sparkplug ruined,battery ruined and radiator ruined. Why are cars so easy to break ? That can´t be realistic. Now the lada totalled due to lag too now. Not over 40 aswell. Kind of ridiculous. We put so much effort into a car and it just breaks with 1 little crash. This needs fixing in my opinion.

Edit: Our Sarka just did the exact same thing. :/

[Chaoslink]

I don’t feel like it’d be an issue without the lag, but with it is different. Either way they choose, they could use improvement.

[Kurdain]

Yeah, kinda annoying.
Doesn't help that some bushes will sometimes be immovable objects that seem like you should be able to at least creep through.

Many community server offer no vehicle damage but still takes damage from weapons fire...I've found this to be a decent compromise...especially with the desync that seems to happen to me randomly. Hitting something too hard will still injure or kill you also, just the car will be ok.

Again I think the fragility of items and vehicles is nothing but a keep you busy feature.

I'd just like the 'Old Bike' back from DayZ Mod with maybe a gun slot (across handlebars) and a backpack slot (maybe on the rear fender). Had good times on those.

[Enforcer]

40 kph is actually very fast for a moving object. Actually more than enough to break a persons neck in a car accident.
This video actually ilustrates very well how bad an impact at 40kph is for a car. Wait for the shot from under the car then you see how much the engine compartment is damaged by the impact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAyxWajd4-s
This one is "only" double the speed but it is in fact quadruple the force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92jwhEV6KnM
This is how your Lada would look like if it hit a wall at 100 kph. It doesn't even need 200kph since itr can't reach that speed anyways.
https://youtu.be/R7dG9UlzeFM?t=237
Translated into DayZ this would mean.
- broken radiator
- broken battery
- broken sparkplug
- broken wheels ( just look at how wishbones bend plus even more damage on the chassis because everything is connected ) - technically the car would already be totaled in DayZ.