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If you watch any experienced truck driver you'll notice they give themselves way more run-down space coming to traffic stops than they actually need.. reason? Because they know idiots will see their allowance gap and think they have plenty of room to cut-in in front of the truck. Plan ahead ;)
Or they start the turn and then suddenly slam the brakes. You get the picture.
Full-left is pretty much realistic, it's also the setting I use and I rarely wind up parking my vehicle in the AI's boot.. Like I said, plan ahead, truck drivers are classified 'Professional Driver' for a reason ;).
I have plenty of other issues with the AI, like having them cut into my turning clearance when cornering with a long load... or sometimes even just randomly ramming into the back of the trailer, obviously asleep at the wheel or something.. Sometimes I avoid the accident only to get totally jammed in a deadlock with no way to manoeuvre out of the situation because the more clearance I manage to make the more the AI creeps in to take it up, heh.. Pretty much real-life kinda stuff, just more frequent :).
It applies precisely as much as you choose for it to apply. You don't have to set a 'realistic' brake strength if you don't want, that's your choice.
It's best to find a setting that works with your pedal. Not so sensitive that just touching the brake pedal locks up the wheels, but not so weak that it takes forever to stop. Modern trucks can actually stop almost as quickly as a small car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa6IXQoYY58
Having said that I concede the point that modern trucks do have pretty effective braking capacities. Driving the older heavies like the 379 I kinda forget this is a simulation of modern trucks..
Even so, IMHO full right is not realistic even for a modern truck, if you can honestly stop a real truck in the distance that full-right brake strength allows you to then you are no ordinary human being :/...
Quick Question though. Should I be using the Retarder and the Exhaust Brake? or is it really not needed. Sorry I'm kinda a noob to anything Truck-wise =\
in emergency brake I use normal brakes and engine brake.
As DocLazy says, you should also take your controller hardware into account when setting it.
All stock trucks in the game have an engine or exhaust brake fitted, the hydro-mechanical retarder is optional with the transmission. The general motto is... if you have, use it :).
If you're going to carry heavy loads, it's probably advisable to consider upgrading the transmission to the retarder equipped version. Both retardation devices work differently and have their relative advantages & drawbacks.
Engine/Exhaust brakes must have RPM to work effectively. As your RPM drops off so does the braking effectiveness. You'll need to downshift accordingly to keep your engine speed up as your vehicle slows. It should go without saying, you will have no braking from engine/exhaust brakes if you aren't in gear ;). That's the obvious disadvantage, the advantage is that you can maintain a high braking effectiveness no matter what your road speed is, so long as you're in the right gear.
Hydro-mechanical retarders are easier to use effectively, they work on the transmission output shaft so their advantage is that they provide braking regardless of whether or not the transmission is in gear. The disadvantage is also that.. they work on the output shaft ;).. that is, they lose braking effectiveness as your road speed decreases. All of the retarders in the game are multi-stage types, they have 3 or 4 stages (can't recall) for increasing retardation as the vehicle slows and for coping with varying grade intensities.
H/m retarders are very effective for rapidly slowing from higher speeds, engine/exhaust brakes are better for maintaining control speed on declines. More generally, engine/exhaust brakes are used to slow the vehicle down until you reach the lower gears.
Some operators use the engine brake to actually help them float the gears more quickly during UPshifts in the lower gears (Jake-shifting) however that's not modelled in the game.
The truck stops on a bit longer distance than its length.
People need to realize that these YT videos only have the purpose of demonstrating the capabilities and capacities of different emergency braking systems (with stress on the term "emergency"). Under normal driving/traffic conditions (in non-emergency circumstances or 99% of the time spent on the roads IRL that is) one would not use or need that kind of braking force to bring the vehicle to a complete stop at a red light, stop sign, junction or wherever. Planning and thinking ahead are 50% of not getting into an accident, both IRL and in-game. ;)