It's just me or the Explorer is terrible now?

[kokko]

Now that in the new save after 1.0 I can use the Explorer it's terrible and unusable, the big truck is much better for exploring.

Before 1.0 the Explorer was a lot of fun to drive because the suspension was very soft so it always tipped over, but now it's an immovable brick.

["Donut☆]

I didn't play before 1.0 but I'm not a fan of the explorer either. I mostly explore on foot. Because in the explorer:
- You constantly fall upside down.
- Get stuck in vegetation.
- It can't magically fly on top of a small steep cliff.
- The above three causing you to dismantle and build, put the fuel back in, put the inventory back in..
- You can't use your object scanner while driving.

If one of the above reasons is invalid because I'm missing something... feel free to give me tips.

[GAMING_Alligator]

I used it once or twice to traverse mostly flat desert and beach biomes faster than I could on foot. Other than that, it was pretty useless, Just kept getting stuck all the time.

[kokko]

Originally posted by "Donut☆:

I didn't play before 1.0 but I'm not a fan of the explorer either. I mostly explore on foot. Because in the explorer:
- You constantly fall upside down.
- Get stuck in vegetation.
- It can't magically fly on top of a small steep cliff.
- The above three causing you to dismantle and build, put the fuel back in, put the inventory back in..
- You can't use your object scanner while driving.

If one of the above reasons is invalid because I'm missing something... feel free to give me tips.

You're right but all the other vehicles also have these problems, what I meant is that before 1.0 the Explorer drove like butter for example in the desert it feels like riding on waves.

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by kokko:

Now that in the new save after 1.0 I can use the Explorer it's terrible and unusable, the big truck is much better for exploring.

Can't help but disagree there, I use the explorer all the time whenever I need to go to a remote site quickly and it runs just fine. I really enjoy the jumping over hills and what not.

And how is always tipping over enjoyable? Because that also means you're at risk of rolling over which isn't exactly useful when you just want to go from A to B asap. Still, when I make a sharp turn I can still get into situations where two of my wheels lift up from the ground.

I do recall having seen comments about changes in the way vehicles behaved, but that was mostly caused by the new Unreal game engine.

[HardXcoreXdave]

I stopped using the explorer once they halved the inventory back in update 8 I think it was.

[Twelvefield]

The Explorer can't traverse much in the way of water. Sorry, flooded out people, I don't want to trigger you, but a Ford Focus can go through more water than the Explorer.

If the Explorer flew, like a Star Wars snowspeeder, that would be different.

[PhailRaptor]

A Zipline and a Parachute will get you literally anywhere on the map. No vehicle can come close to that.

[Dirtyshadow]

Update 8 and the change to Unreal 5 required the developers to update the driving physics so it's actually less floaty.

No changes since then, but the code now relies on Unreal to do most of the work.

Other than that, there was a 1.0 change to vehicles won't destroy leafy plants on the ground.

[VIRUSOID]

There need to be flying or hovering version of explorer

[🌺💗Tazzamorous💗🌺]

Originally posted by VIRUSOID:

There need to be flying or hovering version of explorer

You can ride a drone. Though you gotta practise heaps to stay on it when it accelerates off. Or perhaps it's just luck no matter what you do? Even if you fall off it's a speed boost that seems roughly twice that of a mk6 conveyor, so you can cross the map with it if you have a jetpack.

All that said, pulse nobelisk is the only real way to travel. The fact you can cross the entire map in 10s, coupled with the sheer enjoyment of blowing yourself up and getting yeeted... nothing else compares. Or perhaps I just need therapy?

[Lucky_Star_Fan]

Seems the same as in beta to me.

[Yeol]

I was looking forward to unlock the explorer, but I can't get the driving with keyboard under control. The trottle is on/off: full speed or stand still. Driving over terrain with trees, rocks and cliffs is for me an impossible mission at full speed. I left the thing somewhere, and am using the bladerunners and parachute to go anywhere. Much more fun.

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by PhailRaptor:

A Zipline and a Parachute will get you literally anywhere on the map. No vehicle can come close to that.

And if you add the bladerunners your traversal is in a lot of cases also faster to reach your endpoint then with an explorer and without the need of fuel.

The only thing the explorer brings is the small extra inventory, And that is why I only build it once and after dismantling never again.

[CushyCrux]

There is also an anoying sound loop /interruption/ error with the motor,

[The Big Brzezinski]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by PhailRaptor:

A Zipline and a Parachute will get you literally anywhere on the map. No vehicle can come close to that.

And if you add the bladerunners your traversal is in a lot of cases also faster to reach your endpoint then with an explorer and without the need of fuel.

The only thing the explorer brings is the small extra inventory, And that is why I only build it once and after dismantling never again.

Inventory, total protection from danger, and a weapon that can kill any alien besides crabs. It's very annoying that such a useful tool is marred by crappy suspension and handling.