American Truck Simulator

American Truck Simulator

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Bumblebro Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:16pm
Good Speeding method without getting caught?
I really wanna know if there are any methods or tricks to speeding.
I really need to cut some time here and there but the police really hates me...

Any advice?

And no - i wont stop speeding!! SUE ME
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ttower Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:18pm 
I think the formula is 10% +2 of the speed limit for a fine. So you can drive 56 in a 50 without fines
margalus Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:21pm 
10%-1 and you won't get fined. 56 in a 50 will get you fined.
Ornery Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:21pm 
Turn off fines and hammer down if that's what you want ATS for.
hackintoshchap Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:22pm 
You can switch off traffic offences in the game settings so you do not get any traffic fines.
margalus Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:22pm 
Technically you can do 10% over, but sometimes that 10% will net you an extra 1/2 mph on a decline and that will nail you. So subtract 1 and you are always good.
BlackHillsHntr Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:22pm 
Go 4 mph over the speed limit
Bumblebro Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:26pm 
Yeah i know that i can just turn off fines but thats too easy imo.

I still want the thrill ya know xD
Sekkuar666 Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:33pm 
Press the parking break when you see a cop
J4MESOX4D Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:45pm 
10% leeway but as 0.5mph cannot be seen; stay 1mph under. If the limit is 55mph; you can go 5.5mph over which equates to 60.5 but it's best to stay at 59mph as going even 60.6 will get you ticketed.

At 75mph; you can go 7.5mph over which is 82.5 so staying at 81mph is safe. Also going 87 in 80 zones is fine.
CiD EviL Sep 2, 2017 @ 3:54pm 
I blast the Nevarda back roads 2am
Long Ago [Linux] Sep 2, 2017 @ 6:33pm 
It may depend whether the speed limit is just for trucks or all vehicles. For the most part I set the cruise control at 59 mph in California where car speed limits are higher and passing police ignore me. I did get a ticket doing 61. But I have cruise control tolerance set for zero, so the retarder kicks in if I go over cruise control setting.

It was not until I started doing ETS2 that I realized that. I was wondering why the retarder did not kick in when I gained speed down a hill. It was, just at 5 km/h over the cruise control setting which was not really a problem (5 km/h is less than 5 mph). The EU requires that trucks have governors to prevent them from going over 56 mph (90 km/h) even in the UK where truck speed limit would otherwise be 60 mph. I guess the EU dictating things other than just money related is what spawned BREXIT.

If you have default settings in ATS the cruise control would change in 5 mph increments and could drift up to 5 mph above cruise control setting if your transmission has a retarder. Without a retarder, you could gain more speed down a hill. In that case if you set cruise control at 60 with 5 mph retarder tolerance, you would be ticket bait.
tox Sep 2, 2017 @ 7:39pm 
Originally posted by Sekkuar666:
Press the parking break when you see a cop
A lot of times I see the police just spawn on the road,one second none around al of a sudden they are in review mirror,and always seem two pop up.
Sky_Goddess Sep 3, 2017 @ 12:27am 
Originally posted by Grimisto:
Originally posted by Sekkuar666:
Press the parking break when you see a cop
A lot of times I see the police just spawn on the road,one second none around al of a sudden they are in review mirror,and always seem two pop up.

This. Yep, the cops just pop up when it's "convenient".
Especially when you're slowing down because of a speed limit reduction.
There's a roadworks that's notorious for spawning cop cars when you approach it. I read somewhere on the forum a lot players got caught because of this.
I got caught there too and the cops are laying an ambush there.
It's like I see a pattern here. The AI vehicles act like snitches telling the cops where you are.
I swear within a minute, I see a police car near my truck every time I enter the game. Especially when you speed they're laying in ambush and before you know of it you get a speeding violation. Annoying.

Happy :longhaul:in'
Last edited by Sky_Goddess; Sep 3, 2017 @ 12:29am
oxblood Sep 5, 2017 @ 1:57am 
i find after 10-11 at night trucker's hour, till 5 in morning, go like the clapper's
BobGrey Sep 5, 2017 @ 2:06am 
I found an interesting thing!
In the gameplay settings, you have a choice of what speed limit to show in Route Adviser.
Let's say you are in California where it is a state-wide law that trucks go 55 Or less, but you want to keep up with traffic.
Set the speed limit in gameplay settings to show the car speed limit. Now, Route Adviser will not yell at you until you pass the car speed limit, which may be 75. Due to this, cops will not yell either. Not sure if this is a big or if it is their for car mods or maybe SCS wanted to add cars at some point.
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Date Posted: Sep 2, 2017 @ 2:16pm
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