how to properly upgrade vehicles?

[nikki_sensei]

what is good way to balance performance and armor upgrade? should i just upgrade engine to highest and then also armor to highest? or is it maybe better to remove every armor piece from vehicles and just put performance to highest?

[Look]

split it, for me the best way, so i have fast cars with only a roll bar, then i have cars with 4-5 armor and then i have tanks with armor over 7.

[NohatCoder]

In general you get the fastest car without armor, even if you are building a C or B car and can thus compensate for the armor with more engine power, the car will be overall better with less engine and no armor. Of course you are way more vulnerable without armor, so it is a risk to use none.

[nikki_sensei]

what is then way to decide which vehicle to use for what, is it just bigger vehicle is better for with armor?

[Look]

for me, its a class question - for C its not really important, B it is not acceleration, its more the cornering value, for A is a question from acceleration and cornering.

[Headbanger]

I run no armour unless I'm not finishing the race due to damage.....

[n3mes1s]

This is not a sim, so it really doesnt matter much if your car has 10 ACC or 8.9 lol. It really doesnt make any noticeable difference.

Drive the car you like the most talking about asthetics and handling, and once you like that car, depends on your tastes. I love to put armor visuals on my cars so i ALWAYS do that it doesnt matter if im driving a hammerhead or a raiden. Depending on the car i put more armor or less. For cars like the raiden i usually only add some armor in the sides, up to 4.0 or 4.5 something like that because those cars are designed to be aerodynamic and they are not very heavy.

For cars like the hammerhead, i usually go up to the very top of armor, trying to reach 7-8.
Once i have that number then i start adding performance upgrades. I dont care if the car can only reach 7 speed instead 8 or 9 lol. It doesnt matter in this game. The only thing that matters is the asthetics and handling.

[Highly_Elusive]

If we are talking multiplayer, it depends on what type of servers you play. If it's a "dirty" server, you want decent armor on your car to survive. If you're racing semi-clean, you can do without armor mostly.
Without armor the car will handle much better and also accelerate better.
I would armor up cars that are already heavy, as their handling will be less affected by additional weight. Small, light cars will handle very badly with a lot of armor, and still not be very durable. If you chose a light car, use its agility to evade other cars and drive fast to get away from them.

[Harry Nurpplez]

For a racing server: max performance parts with stock armor plus full roll cage(use light cars)
For a dirty server: max everything(use heavy cars)

[nikki_sensei]

Originally posted by Harry Nurpplez:

For a racing server: max performance parts with stock armor plus full roll cage(use light cars)
For a dirty server: max everything(use heavy cars)

why roll cage? i thought it doesnt give anything except hp, compared to protection from crash that bumpers and side armor give

[Purple44]

Roll cage give protection from roof damage. Being a small car, may end up on your roof when getting knock around in a rough server. ;) In semi-clean, I would loose the weigh so car can go faster.

[Harry Nurpplez]

Originally posted by Purple44:

Roll cage give protection from roof damage. Being a small car, may end up on your roof when getting knock around in a rough server. ;) In semi-clean, I would loose the weigh so car can go faster.

Exactly this right here.