Why is our truck "Tokyo Drift" and NPCs' "Formula One"?

[udar]

Why is our truck "Tokyo Drift" and NPCs' "Formula One"?

You are constantly overshooting, overswinging, unable to make clear turns. Drifting all the time around, unable to dodge debris and some routes are so bad, you cannot stay in them when driving way below speed limit.

Why is player truck so horrible, when I can see all the NPCs making perfect 90° turns with 3 trailers, no drifting, no overswinging, no trailer ramming and destroying themselves, just the way it should be?

[Bambi]

They would have to program the NPC's to be able to fly with complex physics, it is easier to simply give them a simplified flight model instead.

[LazerKarate8]

Why are the highways so narrow with no dividing line? Why does backing up your trailer damage it? Its a $20 game, so this is best it's going to be.

[lnomsim]

If you look carefully, NPC's trailers begin to change course before the tractor.
Those are not trucks, they are trains.

That's also why they prefer to ram you instead of changing course or stopping.

[Sininside]

I see NPCs wrecking into things constantly. Like highway markers and signs. And sometimes each other. I am truly astonished that you haven't. My point is, they drive perfect either.

In space, a thing gains momentum in a certain direction and a thing becomes increasingly difficult to control. There are no wind forces in space. Only momentum and inertia. Mass of object and it's speed or relative velocity equals momentum. Inertia is the law that states that things in motion stay in motion. These are especially true in space.

So let's assume you are going faster than 100 and have a left turn to make in .5 miles. You must plan your next steps well before reaching your turn. In other words; you have to start turning way to the left in order to shift your direction of momentum before you must actually turn. And sometimes you must apply braking. You have to think in hundreds of yards and not feet.

No friction in space means that the only thing that is stopping, slowing or turning you is your thrusters. Or that giant asteroid that seemingly pops in out of nowhere.

Hope this makes sense. Go somewhere safe in an open area and try it out. You'll get the hang of it with practice.

[lnomsim]

Originally posted by Sininside:

I see NPCs wrecking into things constantly. Like highway markers and signs. And sometimes each other. I am truly astonished that you haven't. My point is, they drive perfect either.

In space, a thing gains momentum in a certain direction and a thing becomes increasingly difficult to control. There are no wind forces in space. Only momentum and inertia. Mass of object and it's speed or relative velocity equals momentum. Inertia is the law that states that things in motion stay in motion. These are especially true in space.

So let's assume you are going faster than 100 and have a left turn to make in .5 miles. You must plan your next steps well before reaching your turn. In other words; you have to start turning way to the left in order to shift your direction of momentum before you must actually turn. And sometimes you must apply braking. You have to think in hundreds of yards and not feet.

No friction in space means that the only thing that is stopping, slowing or turning you is your thrusters. Or that giant asteroid that seemingly pops in out of nowhere.

Hope this makes sense. Go somewhere safe in an open area and try it out. You'll get the hang of it with practice.

That's not what inertia is, and that's not how it works in the game either.
Inertia is the state of an object when the sum of all forces upon it is equal to 0.
Most objects in space are anything but in inertia. They constantly accelerate, decelerate and change direction.

But back to the game.

Try this: go full speed ahead, release the thrusters, now do a 180° turn.
You'd expect the truck to now continue to move backwards since no new thrust is applied.
But no, it now continues to move forwards as if the the thrusters were still applying thrust.

There is little to no inertia or momentum in the game unless you deactivate drive assist.

[Primus]

In my opinion, the truck controls and how the truck reacts to user input are spot on. That is one good aspect of this game. In fact, unfortunately, driving (or piloting) is the only fun aspect of the game to me at this time.

[Zielgan]

When turning it definitely helps if you pay attention to your vector instead of where your truck is pointing. You’ll sometimes have to overturn for a couple of seconds in order to move your vector fast enough to turn with the “road”.

[Omence072]

Do you have drive assist off?

[Superlifter]

skill issue

[Uriel]

Originally posted by lnomsim:

Originally posted by Sininside:

I see NPCs wrecking into things constantly. Like highway markers and signs. And sometimes each other. I am truly astonished that you haven't. My point is, they drive perfect either.

In space, a thing gains momentum in a certain direction and a thing becomes increasingly difficult to control. There are no wind forces in space. Only momentum and inertia. Mass of object and it's speed or relative velocity equals momentum. Inertia is the law that states that things in motion stay in motion. These are especially true in space.

So let's assume you are going faster than 100 and have a left turn to make in .5 miles. You must plan your next steps well before reaching your turn. In other words; you have to start turning way to the left in order to shift your direction of momentum before you must actually turn. And sometimes you must apply braking. You have to think in hundreds of yards and not feet.

No friction in space means that the only thing that is stopping, slowing or turning you is your thrusters. Or that giant asteroid that seemingly pops in out of nowhere.

Hope this makes sense. Go somewhere safe in an open area and try it out. You'll get the hang of it with practice.

That's not what inertia is, and that's not how it works in the game either.
Inertia is the state of an object when the sum of all forces upon it is equal to 0.
Most objects in space are anything but in inertia. They constantly accelerate, decelerate and change direction.

You really shouldn't try to contradict someone who actually seem to have some physics knowledge with ignorance.

They defined inertia almost properly, you didn't. The exact definition is "the natural tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change". It's one of the most basic things in physics, also known as "the first law of motion" as defined by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687 : "A body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, except insofar as it is acted upon by a force".

You know less than people from the 17th century.

[Sininside]

Originally posted by Uriel:

Originally posted by lnomsim:

That's not what inertia is, and that's not how it works in the game either.
Inertia is the state of an object when the sum of all forces upon it is equal to 0.
Most objects in space are anything but in inertia. They constantly accelerate, decelerate and change direction.

You really shouldn't try to contradict someone who actually seem to have some physics knowledge with ignorance.

They defined inertia almost properly, you didn't. The exact definition is "the natural tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change". It's one of the most basic things in physics, also known as "the first law of motion" as defined by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687 : "A body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, except insofar as it is acted upon by a force".

You know less than people from the 17th century.

Thank you. You stated the obvious which I didn't have to. Some people today try to sound smart but actually haven't a clue. His comment clearly reflects that.