Can't call Chum using flare

[soopytwist]

I was with Chum in the Magnum Opus and stopped for a race. After the race I'm in the car I was racing with and no Chum. I just lost the car after it blew up and now I can't call chum using the flare - pressing 2 doesn't work. So I'm in the middle of nowhere with no car.

[Laptop]

Exit game > load back into it.

[Squalid]

Seems like there's some places where it's not possible to call him. Have You tried huffing it on foot towards a road or something and then tried the flare again there?

[soopytwist]

Originally posted by Squalid:

Seems like there's some places where it's not possible to call him. Have You tried huffing it on foot towards a road or something and then tried the flare again there?

Yeah it seems for some reason I have to run off out somewhere before being able to call Chumbucket. Bit of a pain in the ass.

[HeadWound]

Originally posted by soopytwist:

Originally posted by Squalid:

Seems like there's some places where it's not possible to call him. Have You tried huffing it on foot towards a road or something and then tried the flare again there?

Yeah it seems for some reason I have to run off out somewhere before being able to call Chumbucket. Bit of a pain in the ass.

There's a bunch of places where you can't call him, like being too close to a stronghold, some camps, and some of the race finishes amongst others.

Moving away from where you are to an 'open' area works, as does fast travelling to anywhere, like back to the race start or the nearest vantage point (balloons).

While banging out works, i've never had to do it for this and it's a bigger pain in the _ss than just moving out into an open area IMHO.