Some tips on How to drive better (it still sucks IMO)

[Blaze]

Okay after I finished the game. I started checking vids and the forums for information and testing out different ways of driving for about an hour. Here are some things I have learned about the driving, which I still think is bad by the way, and hopefully this will help anyone else having as much trouble as I am.

First the suspension plays a huge difference in the game. I have no idea why when it says it makes the handling better it is actually making it worse. If you have full set of weight on the car roll around with the third shock peice. If you are just looking for speed and have nothing on, go with default stock suspension. Even if you are doing no defense with the heaviest grill you can make do with the second peice. Don't ever get the maxed shocks until you understand how to do the later stuff I'm about to explain.


How to control your spin outs and counter steers. Tap the brake whenever you are making a correction to your turn or are needing to counter steer. This will for some reason just stop your inertia completely. Mean if you are going right and are haming the stick left tap the brake button (however many of times needed, test it out for your own personal preference) until you beleive you have control of the car again. Now again tap it don't hold it down. You can hold down the gas the whole time just make sure you tap the brake. If you get a handle on this then you can use the full suspension system with some ease.


THERE IS AN E-BRAKE. I didn't find this out until last night arguing with an idiot. I call him an idiot because he only says his opinion doesn't actually give explanations on how he does things different, he just says "i drive gud herp derp, git gud herp derp". So now I have to say he was right in another thread that is around here. He is still an idiot but there is an ebrake so he was right. However, the ebrake works almost exactly as the brake which is stupid. You can use it however to turn 180 if you are in ramming battle with an enemy, or evade them and use it to get behind the enemy.


Why is everyone having such a hard time with this? There is absolutely no counter steering in this game, because of the way the car wheels center before changing direction makes it impossible to counter steer correctly if at all. You can test this out while driving in an open area. Trying just going left and right, left and right. You will notice your cars wheels will center for half a second before turn direction. Another way counter steering is impossible is the speed at which the wheels turn. No matter how far and fast you press on the analog, the wheels turn at the same speed. If you are standing still you will notice that the wheels will auto center at the same speed as well even if you were moving the wheels in the opposite direction. Other car games the wheels turned much much faster allowing you to do maneuvers that almost everyone has become accustomed to doing. This isn't "oh well then that means Mad Max is more realistic." No it isn't. This actually makes Mad Max less realistic. Counter steering is very real and so is drifting. Maneuvers used by controlling the inertia in the car is very very real and because of the lack of this Mad Max driving is hard to get used for anyone experienced in any car games.

Those are my 2 cents I hope this helps anyone having a problem with driving.

[Blaze]

bump for anyone who needs help driving

[Immortan Johann]

In summary:
-Common knowledge
-More reason to use controller
-Lots o

[Snow]

Well, nothing new here for me .. everyone with game and common knowledges know these things already. But i guess you are just mad.

[Immortan Johann]

Originally posted by Rhys:

Well, nothing new here for me .. everyone with game and common knowledges know these things already. But i guess you are just mad.

tfw you're bad enough to be mad but not gud enough to be Max

[Blaze]

I just never bothered to take the time to learn it. I was still trying to figure out how to counter steer the car. Also a lot of people didn't know there was a ebrake. Even I didn't know until recently. Also how am I mad? I wrote it in regards to help people understand more about the game. I'm so confused.

[Immortan Johann]

Originally posted by Blaze:

I just never bothered to take the time to learn it

Sucks IMO

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[Fabiolus]

I find driving in first person view better, for some reason I react better and can driver better that way

[Immortan Johann]

Originally posted by Fabiolus:

I find driving in first person view better, for some reason I react better and can driver better that way

Plus more accurate and challenging. Small orgasms when T-boning kaboom buggies, too.

[Krow]

I'm surprised no one has realized that the longer you push the stick left or right, the harder max turns. Because he's turning the wheel left or right the whole time you're pressing that direction. People oversteer because they're used to like GTA and stuff.

[Dfeeds]

Originally posted by Krow:

I'm surprised no one has realized that the longer you push the stick left or right, the harder max turns. Because he's turning the wheel left or right the whole time you're pressing that direction. People oversteer because they're used to like GTA and stuff.

This is exactly why driving in first person is easier. You can actually watch max spin the wheel. I can't speak for others, but that alone had me subconsciously making much more controlled inputs on the stick than just slamming it left or right. I realized it when I tried using third person again and handled the car like a monkey. Then it sort of hit me. The stick controls are very precise in this game.

[Blaze]

Originally posted by Krow:

I'm surprised no one has realized that the longer you push the stick left or right, the harder max turns. Because he's turning the wheel left or right the whole time you're pressing that direction. People oversteer because they're used to like GTA and stuff.

No what i was saying is that no matter how far you press or how fast, he turns the wheel at the same speed regardless of what you do. Other games you can turn the wheels on the car faster for quick maneuvers or to counter steer the car which is not a sign of someone who is bad at driving. Controlling the weight and inertia of the car is actually very advanced and shows that you have a large amount of skill.

Also my controler might be busted (don't think it is since only game I have a problem with is mad max) but i can't get the wheels to progessively turn. They go from center to maybe 15 degrees but then it goes straight to full turn. There is no inbetween. You can only turn a little bit before the game registers a full turn so unfortuantely no this isn't accurate at all.

I never bothered learning the mechanics because I kept believing that I could control the car how I wanted. Like in any other car game I've played.

So if anyone can test it out and give me a heads up. From stationary position will the wheels go from center to full turn progressively or does it just go 0 to 15 then full turn. Thank you ahead of time.

[Baron Spank]

Real men never brake !

[Immortan Johann]

Originally posted by Blaze:

I never bothered learning the mechanics because I kept believing that I could control the car how I wanted. Like in any other car game I've played.

So if anyone can test it out and give me a heads up. From stationary position will the wheels go from center to full turn progressively or does it just go 0 to 15 then full turn. Thank you ahead of time.

Why don't you test it out since you haven't bothered learning as you said? Everyone else seems to get the idea that controller sensitivity on triggers and sticks effects the power and speed at which you operate.

[Frosty]

I recently have had to use a controller because of an injury to my hand (can't WASD effectively) and noticed the triggers do act somewhat more realistically in terms of throttle application vs. my mechanical keyboard. With the trigger, I can vary throttle and just chug along at a reasonable speed or go full tilt and burn the tires all down the desert. I haven't looked at the steering though to be honest, may check it tonight if I get a chance.

I've noticed that suspension seems to be more about bottoming out damage and the vehicle being less squirrely at higher speeds. But not by much.

[Blaze]

Originally posted by Sloth Johann:

Originally posted by Blaze:

I never bothered learning the mechanics because I kept believing that I could control the car how I wanted. Like in any other car game I've played.

So if anyone can test it out and give me a heads up. From stationary position will the wheels go from center to full turn progressively or does it just go 0 to 15 then full turn. Thank you ahead of time.

Why don't you test it out since you haven't bothered learning as you said? Everyone else seems to get the idea that controller sensitivity on triggers and sticks effects the power and speed at which you operate.

....?? when you read something do you just take bits and pieces of it and just make it up as you go? If you read the paragraph above it it stats that I think my controller MIGHT be broken. Since I've TESTED it out on other games and don't have any problems but only on mad max. So if someone can get their controller to work correctly that means I might need a new one. Man you remind me of people who argue about religion. You know the ones who quote a single sentence without actually taking into account what the whole paragraph says.....