John Helldriver/Ryan Gooseling (Car Buggy) Guide For Cadets

[Shizofrend]

Spent a bit browsing the super internet for info and playing around with the new toy super earth granted us (pls grant us some spare tires and seatbelts too) in case anyone's too lazy to google this stuff, here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1hkfjwa/john_helldrivers_car_guide_tips_info_tricks/

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I've been against cars in Helldivers 2 but after seeing how neatly developers implemented them
I got hooked right away and browsed super internet on how to be ryan gosling
whilst driving between factory striders legs, mercy road killin' voteless and more importantly
not whiping the whole team when intrusive thoughts tell me to floor it.
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- When you enter the car you will see a new hud ui element appear where your stamina bar is usually.
There you'll see R_N_D_1_2.
- R = Reverse, N = Neutral, D = Drive, 1 = 1st Gear; slower but better handling and hill/rough terrain performance, 2 = higher top speed than 1st gear but bit more wobbly handling and less traction than 1st.
- Use Control (left) & Shift (right) to change between the options.

Spacebar = Handbreak. C = switch between seat to your left/right. X = Toggle Headlights On/Off. F = Horn

- HMG in the back is same as support weapon stratagem one except it has a tiny bit better handling and 4 magazines/clips (if you have at least 1 bullet left before reloading then it'll reload in circa 2.75 second instead of 5 when you fully empty the whole magazine/clip/howeveryoucallitidkimnotagunsguy)
- You can select one of 3 different rates of fire just like with handheld HMG (lowest one is rly good imho).

- Seems to be back end drive (engine turns the wheels at the back) but car itself seems to be front heavy (helldivers' weight distribution might affect the balance of car mid-air; not 100% sure).

- Tires can be blown out; worsening traction, turning, stopping, accelerating, handling, going uphill, etc...
but you can still drive even with all 4 tires popped.

- Doors can get damaged as well; flapping during turns and thus leaving you more exposed to enemy fire.

- Passengers can heal, reload, peak/aim, shoot and carry one handed items like black box, ssd, etc...
- Peaking out of windows increases risk of flying out of the car during a crash.
- Peaking out of windows or placing markers on map will drop the on-handed items like the black box, etc...
- Friendly fire is still a thing when inside the car (one passenger ends up shooting another, etc...).

- Like in most of the world, driver's side is on the left, so make sure to drive on right side of road to avoid tickets and accidents with other helldrivers.
- If you enter the front passenger seat whilst holding something like an ssd or such you can press C to switch to driver's seat and keep holding the item (probably a bug soon to be patched)

- Putting the car in Neutral and/or holding Handbreak (spacebar) before and when you exit the car should make it less likely to roll down the hill.

- You can move and damage/kill (some?) enemies by driving into/over them but it's not Too reliable on highest difficulties.

- Bubble Shield Generator Backpack stays active when in the car thus offering some extra protection.

- Devs forgot to cut out an unfinished trunk cargo space feature where you can store stuff like explosive barrels in the back trunk of the car.

- Lightly tapping WSAD keys to move, only going top speeds on good terrain and going slower/using lower gears for bad terrain helps prevent accident.

- Stratagem itself has 8 minute cooldown, unlimited uses, 10 second call in time and the dropship that drops it off will shoot nearby enemies for a second or two whilst dropping of your ride.

- You can break open POI container doors by ramming into them, and die when driving into hellbombs.

- Besides pure traversal and some fire-support with skilled machine gunners in back you can also drive by spawners and use car as a safety shield whilst driving and having passengers shoot explosives into holes/vents/doors.

- Landing onto the front of car where headlights are after being airborn often results in instant explosion.
When flipping upside down the HMG gunner usually dies outright.

- You can safely drive over fences, fire hydrants and such small destructible obstacles.

- Car is unlocked via yellow money (forgor name, sry, req smtn slips) in stratagems menu.

- If all players are inside the car when near extraction where pelican lands then pelican will keep hovering.

- Don't try to drive the car into the pelican unless you wonna have a bad time.

- You instantly refill whole stamina bar when entering the car.

- Ragdolling near the car, jetpacking onto it, exiting it whilst it's going and then having it run you over
can often break physiques stuff and send it flying at mach jesus out of milky way galaxy.

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Look both ways before crossing the road.

Don't drink and drive cuz you might spill your drink.

If you manage to perfectly land a turret stratagem balls onto the car without it bouncing every fudge which way you can basically have a moving turret.

You can safely drive over hellbombs if you are in 4th gear at least.

You have to accept terms of service agreement saying you are over 18 and have passed your drivers license exams and test irl before being able to buy the buggy in-game.

Car fast. It go so fast. 30. 30 speed fast.

If you play good eurobeat and say ryan gosling line when entering the car you gain +30 speed.

You can drive off the map and into the giant vertical holes on bug planets for šhitž & giggleš.

If you haven't so far noticed the tips that don't have the " - " symbol before them are bad jokes/sarcasm then you might be too drunk/high or not high/drunk enough.

Sorry for useless jokes at end i'm sleep, sad, high and lonely. I'm having Hellbuggy Withdrawal Symptoms.

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Let me know if I forgot/missed some stuff. I'm 69.42% sure I did. Anyhow. Sorry for bed ingliš. Tis aint mah native speak.

Hope you have a nice and democracy filled day. Cheers.

StimPistolDoc of SES Dream of Family Values signing off.

iO

p.s. Joel please give us seat belts and a spare tire or two

[Dungledoo]

Instructions unclear: Launched my team into orbit with a shocky stick

[Shizofrend]

Originally posted by Dungledoo:

Instructions unclear: Launched my team into orbit with a shocky stick

You can do that with players' car too? I thought that only worked on the driveless parked citizen cars in urban maps

[This PC]

instructions unclear: illuminate saucer stuck doing donuts on gear 7

[Dungledoo]

Originally posted by StimPistolDoc98HR:

Originally posted by Dungledoo:

Instructions unclear: Launched my team into orbit with a shocky stick

You can do that with players' car too? I thought that only worked on the driveless parked citizen cars in urban maps

Anything is possible with the power of a lack of braincells and a shocky stick.

[Shizofrend]

Originally posted by Dungledoo:

Originally posted by StimPistolDoc98HR:

You can do that with players' car too? I thought that only worked on the driveless parked citizen cars in urban maps

Anything is possible with the power of a lack of braincells and a shocky stick.

i've tried it a few days ago for a short bit but it didn't seem to affect it in same way it affects prop cars on the roads of urban maps.
however, ragdolling and touching the car at the same time does seem to turn it into a space shuttle sometimes

[Nyx (She/Her)]

the car is that cursed "not quite all-wheel drive" with ~25% power distribution to the front wheels, but only has rear brakes :)

also the gunner position is blocked by bubble shields and people hanging out of the car.

[Shizofrend]

one thing i missed. car has limited gas BUT you can drive continiously for half an hour before it runs out of gas. So in reality you'll crash/get blown and burn before you ever run out of gas most likely

[Aid of Healer]

pretty sure only america has the driver on the left

[Shizofrend]

Originally posted by Aid of Healer:

pretty sure only america has the driver on the left

don't brits and japanese also drive on left? but ye i think almost everyone else drives on right

p.s. lmfao; why is "Japš" censored?!?