What do beacons and flashing do?

[Salem Graves]

I've seen players with the rotating orange lights on their trucks, I assume those are beacons? What are they meant to be used for? Also, what's the point of flashing your lights with J? (Noob driver here)

[pieperjohanns]

Beacons don't do anything in the game, I think. In reality they are used when you carry oversize loads that are wider than normal loads.

[King Of Essex]

Originally posted by pieperjohanns:

Beacons don't do anything in the game, I think. In reality they are used when you carry oversize loads that are wider than normal loads.

correct, a bit of eye candy in the game

[Visualvengeance]

I know hazard lights make the AI drive more carefully and give lead (in most cases) Flashing with J is fun to blind the on coming drivers in front of you and they will flash you back, but that's pretty much it

[Týr]

Originally posted by pieperjohanns:

Beacons don't do anything in the game, I think. In reality they are used when you carry oversize loads that are wider than normal loads.

I might be wrong, but I´ve got the impression AI gives you more room to manouver in junctions when beacon is on. Also, if you flash headlights you can wave AI to move if they´re blocking your way,

[Xyzan]

Originally posted by Týr:

Also, if you flash headlights you can wave AI to move if they´re blocking your way,

I don't think flash lights have any effect on AI... At least I did not notice any

[Nimir-Raj]

Beacons do nothing.

Indicators work as intended.

Hazards/4-ways work as intended.

Flashing headlights works in certain situations. If you stop and flash an AI vehicle they will go, but it does require you to stop before an "invisible line". If you cross a that line the AI will just stay unmoving.

[Xyzan]

How far from the crossing is that line? As sometimes it happens that I need them to move (especialy with special transport) and they do not ;)

[room217au]

Originally posted by Xyzan:

How far from the crossing is that line?

Nobody knows .. because.. well because it's invisible.

[Nimir-Raj]

The line isn't so much the crossing itself, but the distance to the AI vehicle you want to shift.

[Salem Graves]

Any chance that flashing causes ai to let you into intersections? I was stuck at an intersection wanting to turn left but there was endless traffic, so I just started flashing my lights like crazy and suddenly both lanes decided to stop and let me in, which was pretty neat.

[pieperjohanns]

That endless traffic thing is one of the most annoying bugs.

[Nimir-Raj]

The weird thing is I have never had this endless traffic issue and I run traffic at 150%

[Xyzan]

It happens sometimes, but i have g_traffic 4... But after some time someone stops or flow ends... It might take half an hour game time though... It islike traffic jams, so I'm not consider it as a bug.

[pieperjohanns]

For me it happens for example when I want to leave Tradeaux in Nice. Suddenly an endless line of vehicles comes along although the road is a dead end (an unimportant ring road, to be exact). They also behave differently than usual, because they don't stop for you, even if you're nearly touching their bumper already. I also remember it happening at the repair shop in Debrecen and near the quarry in Jönköping.