ATS Awesome Crashes

[ValenKeyes]

Post your media of your best crashes in ATS!

[Oz Gaming]

I drive properly so I Never have any crashes while doing deliveries.

[Greyhawke]

Hey OP, upgrade your potato of a computer and then use mods responsibly and your game won't crash, awesomely or otherwise.

Oh sorry, my bad. I understand now from re-reading Oz's reply that you're talking about "best player truck crashes" and playing the game in a way it wasn't designed to be played.

Seems a bit 'junior high school' to me but ATS is primarily a single player game so you do you . . . so long as it's not on my server (figuratively speaking).

[ValenKeyes]

Hey, guys. Thanks for the comments. I mostly mean post videos or photos of cool looking crashes you happen to have, IF they happen. Not necessarily from playing improperly. I thought of this because last night I had my first ever serious accident in ATS where I hit a small car head on, ramped it, and went airborne across the highway. I didn’t know the physics were like that in the game. It was very impressive. As soon as I figure out how to post it, I will.

[Underscore_101_3]

I rarely crash in ATS, certainly compared to ETS2, and the odd thing is that I drink my beer way faster in ATS than in ETS2.

[mojo_musica]

Most players are good, thanks, we don't need to see bad driving videos to know that you are crashing and not delivering.

[Greyhawke]

Originally posted by ValenKeyes:

Hey, guys. Thanks for the comments. I mostly mean post videos or photos of cool looking crashes you happen to have, IF they happen. Not necessarily from playing improperly . . .

It seems you don't realize what a can of worms you are trying to open so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and finish this reply politely.

How did you just "happen to have" a head on collision with an npc vehicle with enough speed to ramp it and get airborne? In all my years of playing I have never even come close to a head-on collision let alone one with results such as you describe.

But then again, I drive like an old fart who understands the behavior of the npc traffic and who follows the rules of the ATS roads so what do I know? Maybe my first in-game, head-on collision that results in my rig getting airborne will suddenly happen on my next delivery . . .

[jmmsmokey]

Originally posted by Greyhawke:

Originally posted by ValenKeyes:

Hey, guys. Thanks for the comments. I mostly mean post videos or photos of cool looking crashes you happen to have, IF they happen. Not necessarily from playing improperly . . .

It seems you don't realize what a can of worms you are trying to open so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and finish this reply politely.

How did you just "happen to have" a head on collision with an npc vehicle with enough speed to ramp it and get airborne? In all my years of playing I have never even come close to a head-on collision let alone one with results such as you describe.

But then again, I drive like an old fart who understands the behavior of the npc traffic and who follows the rules of the ATS roads so what do I know? Maybe my first in-game, head-on collision that results in my rig getting airborne will suddenly happen on my next delivery . . .

:cozyhoi4eagle:

I've been playing since 2016, and I had a head-on driving the highway between Winnemucca and points west. It was a 70 mph limit, broad daylight, no rain, and very little traffic. An AI car was in my lane and it didn't show up until it was too late to stop. I hit it really hard and had lots of damage.

[🦊 Hermit]

Do AI crashes count? They can be really derpy at times.

Sometimes I really wish my computer was good enough to run recording software at the same time as running games, because this event was crazy! I was cruising down the highway overtaking this tanker, when suddenly the KW900 spawns in directly in front of us, standing upright on it's nose with it's trailer stuck up in the air! Thankfully I was in the fast lane so just drove past it, but the tanker had nowhere to go and slammed into it, which caused the KW to drop down on top of it's cab. It all happened so fast I didn't get a pic of the truck balancing on it's nose, but I did get these pics of the aftermath - my own truck is just out of shot a little way down the road.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2950430704
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2950431014

Some more AI derpiness - one where they crashed into each other trying to merge, one where a car got impatient and put itself in the way of a truck's trailer, and another where they just straight up died and stopped moving for no reason, causing a giant tailback.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2895743509
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977469939
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2893378720

Then there's this...yeah, not much to say here...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2954160419
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2954160447

I do have a few of my own pics too, but they're intentional not accidental crashes. First of all from the truck testing area in Washington:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3093442578
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3093442552
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3093442527

And then the canyon jump easter egg, which I won't say any more about because spoilers.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3095809996

[Greyhawke]

Fwiw, it seems to me that instantaneous spawn accidents are acceptable subject matter lol.

The rest was me just wishing out loud for this thread to stay humorous and not become something else entirely.

I can appreciate laughing at the game's "derpy" moments. They can happen for sure.

I have learned how to just "push" the npc traffic out of the way without triggering a collision when they stop late or otherwise don't give me enough room. Also, I see the work on the anti-gravity tires is coming along nicely too, well done!

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Correct, I was talking about you see traffic, they are doing what they 'normally' do, and then you accidentally somehow have a head-on collision with them at high speed which launches your rig airborne. Sounds like an episode of "The Dukes of Hazard" tv show . . .

[Greyhawke]

ROFL @ the "delivery from the international space station" hehe!

[ValenKeyes]

🤣😂🤣😂 great posts, guys! Keep ‘em coming! I’ve been working out of town, but once I get a chance, I’ll post mine.

[Greyhawke]

Originally posted by Greyhawke:

. . . How did you just "happen to have" a head on collision with an npc vehicle with enough speed to ramp it and get airborne? . . .

Finally, the answer to the question we've all been waiting for!

[Wolfgang]

You want stuff like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1908777584
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2485951460
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2119279827
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2485961763
There you go.

[Greyhawke]

@ Wolfgang (and everyone else too)
The first one is kind of 'meh' for me as I drive with truck and trailer stability turned way down
so taking interchange ramps or exit ramps at speed is not something I do in game. But like I said, to each their own in a single player game. Btw, 'gotta say that's one helluva way to exit a highway and park a rig.

Really could appreciate and give a knowing smile to your display of moving traffic out of your way. That was a nice bit of driving, well done!

See, not the end of the world if npc traffic stops late when you are making a turn either; just move them out of the way and continue on with your delivery. No collision, no fine.

So, fwiw, the rest are spot on in my book. Again, I just really believe this thread has potential (so long as it doesn't become a pile-on complaint fest).

Of course these things can happen in a game such as this, the trick is to laugh, pick up the pieces, and keep enjoying the game. That's the potential I see, and the appreciation I have for a good-natured thread like this.

Thanks for the vids!

[fozz31]

Sometimes I can`t believe the seriousness that some people seem to play. I drive straight 90% of the time but now and then you have to have some fun and do things you would`nt do in real life. Who hasn`t had the urge to barrel down the mountains and use the runaway ramp?