Guide: vehicles

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Here is a list containing the speed, range and fuel consumption of all the vehicles in the base game. I am doing this testing by myself, so it is a work in progress per September 24.

An explanation of what I mean with speed and handling: Speed is both top speed and acceleration. The latter is useful when trying to ram zombies, while the former is useful when travelling long distances on the map. Handling is the ability to dodge zombies and obstacles, braking and grip in general, as well as the ability to shake off zombies when doing backwards donuts.

I did a timed run in Drucker Valley, from the crossroads just beneath Mike's Concrete (my base) and making a circuit to the North-East (past the Barricaded Strip Mall) and back South again past the Vogel House. This circuit was chosen because it has some tight corners and is long enough to easily show the difference in fuel economy.

CAR|SEATS|TRUNK|SPEED|STURDINESS|HANDLING|TIMED RUN|FUEL CONSUMPTION (of 1 can of fuel during timed run)|RANGE SCORE|VERDICT

Ambulance 2|6|Ok|Good|Ok|3.03|80%|69|Gas-guzzling but otherwise usable. Nice siren!

Royale 4|4|Ok|Ok|Poor|3.13|62%|64|Decent choice, but oversteers; every adjustment almost flips it!

Taxi 4|4|Ok|Ok|Ok|3.04|57%|67|Decent choice - maybe one of the easiest cars to reverse into zombies with

Police Cruiser 4|4|Fast|Ok|Very good|2.43|63%|66|Fast car with decent space and a siren

Pilato 4|6|Slow|Ok|Ok|3.19|57%|82|Slow but otherwise good overall choice

Pilato CR 4|6|Fast|Ok|Good|2.49|75%|66|Good overall choice

Miragra 4|4|Fast|Ok|Ok|2.48|51%|73|Cheap to run and quite fast

Miragra NT 4|4|Fast|Ok|Good|2.43|65%|59|Not worth the "upgrade" from the basic version

Passenger Van 4|8|Slow|Good|Poor|3.17|75%|64|Useful for storing extra duffel bags, but not much else

Repair Van 2|8|Very Slow|Good|Poor|3.25|84%|65|The most gas-guzzling car in the game

Cargo Van 2|8|Very Slow|Good|Poor|3.25|75%|64|Useful for storing extra duffel bags, but not much else

Brogan Sport 4|5|Very Fast|Fragile|Very good|2.37|49%|75|Excellent car for supplies runs

Brogan Rapscallion 4|5|Fast|Fragile|Good|2.50|55%|69|Good car for supplies runs

Brogan Trekker 4|8|Ok|Fragile|Poor|2.54|61%|63|The best cargo van is not a cargo van

Survey Car 4|5|Ok|Fragile|Good|3.01|58%|66|Useful car because it scouts the surroundings as you drive around

Maximillian 2|4|Ok|Good|Good|3.01|79%|45|Pretty toy - nothing else

Legendre 4|4|Slow|Good|Poor|3.18|75%|64|Looks good in the parking lot

Rhames V 6|6|Slow|Good|Good|3.19|71%|68|Slow but otherwise decent allround car

Utility Truck 6|6|Very slow|Sturdy|Ok|3.27|67%|72|Slow car that gets stuck on everything, but useful to smash zombies with

Military Truck 6|6|Ok|Sturdy|Ok|3.09|69%|70|Decent allround car, but huge turn range

Vagabond 2|6|Ok|Good|Good|2.57|55%|69|Economical car for supplies runs

Desperado 2|6|Ok|Good|Good|3.03|73%|66|Worse than the Vagabond, but the bigger tyres makes it better off-road

Road Racer 2|3|Fast|Fragile|Very good|2.43|56%|53|Not fast enough and not enough luggage space to be useful

Road Racer MX 2|3|Extremely fast|Fragile|Excellent|2.26|51%|58|Useful having around in case you need to get somewhere really fast

Norma 4|6|Ok|Ok|Very Poor|3.07|71%|68|The car hardly turns and acceleration is so slow that smashing zombies requires lots of space


(Note that the Anniversary update have messed with the speed and handling of some cars, but this will probably be fixed soon)

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Well, since I literally tested fuel consumption and found that they range from around 50% to around 85% of a full can of fuel on the same distance, that claim is obviously false. It's possible that they changed it since I did this experiment, though.

That doc is simply too inaccurate in many of its parameters for it to aid decisionmaking on which car to choose. Top Speed being "basic" on both the Utility Truck and the Survey Car, for instance, makes that column rather useless. If you drive across the map, there's 30 seconds or more between those two.

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I bump this, in anticipation of Update 33, which will change the trunk space of the large vehicles. I will update it when that happens.

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I bump this, in anticipation of Update 33, which will change the trunk space of the large vehicles. I will update it when that happens.

You do know this info is on the wiki https://state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Vehicles

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I bump this, in anticipation of Update 33, which will change the trunk space of the large vehicles. I will update it when that happens.

You do know this info is on the wiki https://state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Vehicles

Not speed and fuel consumption

[biomike]

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You do know this info is on the wiki https://state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Vehicles

Not speed and fuel consumption

If you go to the individual cars it does tell you
For example the this one for the ambulance
https://state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Ambulance

Now here is the nice thing, Fandom lets people update the pages so if you want to add the info when the update drops you can

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Origineel geplaatst door biomike:

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Not speed and fuel consumption

If you go to the individual cars it does tell you
For example the this one for the ambulance
https://state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Ambulance

Now here is the nice thing, Fandom lets people update the pages so if you want to add the info when the update drops you can

Yeah, but that info is very inaccurate. The Ambulance is one of the worst gas guzzlers in the game, it's not average at all. I actually went and tested it, so if this is based on that google doc spreadsheet, they have gone about it all wrong. They tested gallons/km per hour, not miles per gallon/kilometers per liter... or to be more precise; the amount used of a can of gas. The only constant is the gas can, and finding out how many of those you have to use to get somewhere.