Why are there cars in this game?

[rubyismycat]

Seriously why put cars in this game at all? There are barracades blocking roads every 100 meters or so with of course zombies waiting to ambush you so why have cars in the game at all it seems ridiculous to me and the driving controls are terrible the slightest tap on my keyboard and the car starts spinning seriously did the devs think making driving hell was fun? Like so many decisions in this game it makes me seriously wonder just how much coke the devs are snorting?

[Cross{x}Hair]

I really enjoy how the cars drive and every single barricade can be bypassed at high speed except maybe 2 of them.,

[rubyismycat]

Are you using a controller or mouse and keys?

[bLunT]

just be patient you'll get there, after a while you know exactly where to pass :)

tip maybe: don't brake too much, especially at high speed, as in reality that's when you lose complete control, a simple release of the gas and re accelerate at the right timing does the trick for almost everything :)

[The Bored Chairman]

It's because these maps are very large and walking everywhere is just unfeasible.

That, and your rucksack carrying capacity is limited to one, so spare can go in the trunk.

[Protectron]

The two cars you start with, the Ranger SUV/Pilato RT and the Miragra, are both a bit hypersensitive when steering (especially turn-in).

Both cars, when upgraded to the Smashwagon and the Wichita ES respectively, handle much better. Neither are understeering or oversteering. The latter is a bit faster but lower to the ground.

Vans are extremely slow and understeers like a bus. The upgraded version, the Vandito, have turn-in oversteer AND at speed understeer, making it rather poor at handling but with the biggest trunk space in the game.

The trucks are, with the exception of the special versions (Burninator and Trumbull 4x4), slow, but otherwise handles decently.

The jeeps (Vagabond/Desperado/Trail Beast) are good offroaders but difficult to manoevre in reverse. They're a bit slow as well.

The Military Truck and its upgraded version Big Boss are slow, gas-guzzling, not much more armored than any other cars and handles like a bus.

The hatchbacks (Brogan) are quicker and the sport version and Hellion handle very well, but they are all low to the ground and poorly armored.

The Mazda MX-5's (Road Racer) are very quick and handle very well, but are also very low to the ground. All of them are a bit difficult to handle when reversing, though.

The muscle cars (Legendre/Maximillian and Impaler/Mega Max) are kinda useless before upgraded. Then they become the best zombie killing car and one of the best general duty cars in the game. All of them handle pretty good, though, despite the Legendre>Impaler being rather slow.


TL;DR: if you can't handle the quicker cars, go with one of the bigger, more sluggish cars. Like the Smashwagon, Big Boss, Vandito or Viking.

[WarBucks]

the reason those blocks in the road are there is actually a trick to slow down travel so the terrible mechanical drives of the consoles can catch up with the caching.

[Lightravenn]

Seems someone got killed a lot by sudden bloaters spawning heh

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

Originally posted by rubyismycat:

Seriously why put cars in this game at all? There are barracades blocking roads every 100 meters or so with of course zombies waiting to ambush you so why have cars in the game at all it seems ridiculous to me and the driving controls are terrible the slightest tap on my keyboard and the car starts spinning seriously did the devs think making driving hell was fun? Like so many decisions in this game it makes me seriously wonder just how much coke the devs are snorting?

You try and walk your arse like a pack mule across any map in SOD 2 on foot from one end of a map to the other end without getting tired/wounded, then you can complain such simple feature that's makes more sense than your complaint here.

What doesn't make sense is that there aren't any usable heavy military equipment ever in any zombie apocalypse. I want to be able to drive APC or even Tank

[Scorp721]

I just gave up on trying to play with kb/m and play with controller now because of how much time you spend driving. I even tried (for a very very short time) playing with kb/m and had my controller in my lap to drive with. It worked well enough but was just as much of a hassle as I expected it to be.

I know a lot of people refuse to hear any other option than a mouse for aiming in a shooter on PC, but controller is plenty viable. Though I had to disable Aim Assist because it slows the crosshair so hard when you get near a zoms head that you almost can't catch them if they're moving to the side. Though I tend to go controller for 3rd person games and kb/m for first person games so I'm used to it.

[Packard Walsh]

learn to drive

[Eden Monroe RWR]

Originally posted by Robofox:

learn to drive

Lol... get good really???

Xdd

[Cross{x}Hair]

Originally posted by TEXAS 138:

Originally posted by Robofox:

learn to drive

Lol... get good really???

Xdd

usually Id disagree, but in this instance. Its true

[Cyzxxikz]

Originally posted by Elementdragon:

Originally posted by TEXAS 138:

Lol... get good really???

Xdd

usually Id disagree, but in this instance. Its true

same. normally i hate seeing comments like that but....i don't know what else to say besides something dumb like "steer around obstacles"

[Eden Monroe RWR]

Originally posted by Cyzxxikz:

Originally posted by Elementdragon:

usually Id disagree, but in this instance. Its true

same. normally i hate seeing comments like that but....i don't know what else to say besides something dumb like "steer around obstacles"

also true, also true, best regards

[JesterVae]

Personally, I think the obstacles make driving more fun, not less. Trying to get through without hitting something is fun for me.

But do drive something heavy. I prefer the military truck, because its handling feels the most grounded in physical reality. I don't even bother getting my free Burninator because I hate driving that stupid thing.