MPH / KmPH

[Harag]

I live in the UK and when I drive I use the MPH in my real car, but when driving in the game I noticed I can switch it to the Europe kmph , but when I drive back to uk it's still kmph - so when the speed limit in the game is 30 in UK - do I have to manually calculate the kmph to stick to the speed limit (or go into the options all the time???) or is 30 limit in whatever country 30 in what ever speed unit setting you have?

[Crossy]

You'll have to manually calculate the speed limit, it's easy enough to do, when you consider that 1km=0.6mi.

Therefore 100kph = 60mph, which you'll likely never reach unless driving downhill with the clutch open.

I set my speedo to mph personally and just roughly guestimate the relative kph based on a couple of figures I already know.

[とre]

30mph is about 50kph, 50mph is ~80kph and 60mph is slightly over 90kph - that's all UK residents should know about speed conversion :) I don't use that gameplay option visiting the UK and you with some practise will need no switching eventually.

[Knottypine]

So are all speed signs in MPH or KmPH?

[Crossy]

In the UK they're all mph and in mainland Europe they're all Kph.

Because us Brits are well awkward ;)

[Kush]

A few of the trucks, such as the DAF XF line, show both units of speed on the dashboard. A gauge for MPH, and a digital readout for km/h.

[Harag]

Thanks for the feedback. I thought the signs might be different in uk & europe as in real life.

[Leonsst]

The signs in UK are in MPH, and on the rest of Europe are in Kmph

[VELARR]

I changed from miles to kph by unchecking (deselecting) "use miles" option in Game Options. This changed the digital read out to kph, so i guess i'll select it again when I go back to UK.

[Dinky]

Originally posted by VELARR:

I changed from miles to kph by unchecking (deselecting) "use miles" option in Game Options. This changed the digital read out to kph, so i guess i'll select it again when I go back to UK.

This is the only easy way to do it. No idea why there's no hotkey for this. Kind of annoying to have to go into the options menu every time you take the ferry/chunnel.

[Angel of Verdun]

1mph = 1,66 kmh.

Simple list.
60 mph = 100kmh
50mph = 80kmh
30mph = 50kmh

But if you want to do the conversions then for a simple math conversion think of it as 1,5 rather than 1,66kmh. 1,5 = 150% so you simply need to add half of the value in mph ontop of the mph again to find kmh.

E.g. 60mph in kmh = 60 + 30 (half of 60) = 90 kmh. And since it's 1.66 and not a flat 1,5 you can round it up to 100kmh.

Another example... 30mhp = 30 + 15 (half of 30) = 45kmh, and round it up since it's 1,66 and not flat 1,5 = 50kmh.

Conversion works other way around as well, except you have to subtract and then round up.

E.g. 100kmh = 100 - 50 (half of 100) = 50mph, rounded up to 60mph.
E.g. 50kmh = 50 - 25 (half of 50) = 25kmh, rounded up to 30mph.

[Magic Pumpkin]

Getting real of sick changing from MPH to KPH every time I leave UK and vice versa, needs an auto change option, I'm not interested in doing maths on the road.

[MichaelF]

Originally posted by Torico:

Getting real of sick changing from MPH to KPH every time I leave UK and vice versa, needs an auto change option, I'm not interested in doing maths on the road.

you don't need to know maths. just remember that 30 mph is 50 kph and 50 mph is 80 kph. thats all you need to know

[Menacing Scarab]

1st number kmh - 2nd number mph

40 - 24
50 - 31
60 - 37
70 - 43
80 - 50
90 - 55
100 - 62
110 - 68
120 - 74
130 - 80 which I would not recommend doing unless the road is very straight

If you spend a few minutes saying them aloud or write them down a couple of time it should stick with you well enough for you to automatically do the conversion without having to think. I know I don't have to think about it anymore, I just see the kmh and know what I can run at with my mph setting

[SierraRacs]

I bought a truck that uses mph and set the gps/route tracker to kph. That way I look at the odometer when in the UK and the gps when in Europe. No math, no conversions.