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I overtake all the time when I drive on empty times (500-2500) server, and it is very possible. You just have to be good at it and the person you're overtaking has to cooperate. Just have the GPS, be sure no one comes and that the line isn't continious solid, no incoming corners or junctions. Then easily downshift and have enough power ready to do it quickly, left blinker, make sure no one else is overtaking by mirrors, have a decent distance from your trailer to their cab and merge back with blinker, it's easy as that. The negative part is that some people are idiots and accelerate even more while getting overtaken, which is mentioned as Reckless Driving in 2.5 rule and can lead to a ban. Option 1: If you're halfway overtaking and a vehicle is coming from front, use a bit of retarder and merge back to your position with blinker instead of going nowhere in the grass. Option 2: If the person you overtake is smart enough, they will brake so you can complete the overtake safely before crashing. But unfortunately some people do not cooperate when you overtake them (I think they get mad??) or the truck you had behind will not leave a space if you are forced to merge back to your position. If that happens, from my understanding the other trucks would be at fault as long you were doing overtake on safe conditions: - No solid line, no corners, no railway crossing, etc. - No one coming from the other side in the GPS. You're right on this point, I've often dealt with some idiots that cut me while I'm overtaking because they're about to overtake too but don't check the mirrors, you'd need good reaction time but at that point just let it happen to report the player. When I find that one 60-80 km/h driver with 1 millon tons+ I lose my whole damn patience but your right anyways.

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Looks pretty good, will try it later today, however most C-D people aren't even aware of the forums and other routes, it's like they bought the game solely for playing C-D on TMP. So moving everyone is a hard task, if convincing people to move to the alps is hard, imagine to this one? I love the landscapes and I agree it'd be a better route but people are just stuck to C-D for some reason, it's just getting stressful at this point with how many heavy load & purposely weak truck 60 km/h drivers you see there.

Anything that tries to look like Mexican, Chile or Colombian roads.

You can use the GPS to know if there is a vehicle stopped at the front, as long ur reaction time is good and you brake you will not crash in this kind of situation, it's not neccesary to expand 2.5 rule and make it complex. Sometimes players are obliged to stop in certain areas due to any real life situation or simply a vehicle malfunction. The vehicle in front as a tip can use blinkers so the driver behind can react better. Conclusion: In your video, it is clear that in the GPS there is a lot of traffic, why didn't u see that? distraction? U could have braked from much more earlier as you know there is a small jam ahead. Another tip, switch to exterior camera for a second and watch the situation. Edit: Also noticed somth on the video, it took you plenty of time to start braking when you saw the stopped vehicle, maybe almost 1.5 seconds? Which is also a reason to not entirely to blame it on the parked people.

Agree with the idea, would like it for everyone has most VTC ppl don't have patron. Could be cool for people without VTC too.

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I often type while driving and nothing bad has happened, I have a controller so I can shift, brake and steer with one hand and type with the other, never had trouble of it. When it comes to steering wheel or keyboard steer it gets harder.

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I agree with you completely @TTV TMP_Malinois. In every single report I have made, the message is the same when I get replied, you're right abt the lack of humanity, what you type in the report is ignored and they'll just either decline it or accept it, I also feel like I'm talking to a robot, I've seen some really competent drivers of all countries and languages where they don't know english hence they're limited to become staff, when you make a report, you're asked to select your language but the mod answer is always in english, this wouldn't be a neccesary change if the game had really active staffs even outside of this holiday season, but they're barely on in congested areas, everyone knowning that we need more mods, recruitment is still closed, the only moment you can see a moderator really behaving like a person is in appeals (not always) or in-game, it feels like: @ everyone Everytime you have to answer to a report, copy & paste this message and submit the answer. I couldn't agree more with you.

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Yeah, and there is no signal banning you to merge into the left after the parking which leads to even more confusion, as I suggested a barrier would fix it, but if a barrier is added, players who want to go to Netherland area are forced to enter by parking area since the wouldn't be able to anymore by the gap. So it'd require more signalling

I think this is related to what I was thinking of suggesting last week. This area is very terrible, and Ima be clear, signage isn't the problem when there are a lot of traffic jams in this area normally. The more lane merges = The more queues = The more traffic jams. Back then in the first Duisburg of 1.50 before those cones, there was only a singular merging point, people wouldn't overtake by the parking area back then, there was just a merging point at the end of the highway: when C-D road started, which made only a single queue & merge hence the traffic jams were shorter and "natural". (I'm not saying old Duis was perfect, it just had shorter traffic jams than with the cone update) But now the biggest issue is that there is much more points of merge (3). This is the same image that the guy posted above. People now overtake by the sleeping area everytime they see a bunch of trucks, making the flow harder as theres gonna be queues. WHY is there a gap of space in there? People exiting from the parking should keep going straight to the final merging point, and the ones going to Roterdam, etc, should go to the right, it's as simple as that. But since theres that little gap, the ones who desire to go -> from the left lane make conflict often with the ones overtaking desiring to go <- if that's understandable... Which causes the heavy jam here. Some people might not understand me so I'm providing images. The fix would be preventing players to merge back into the left side by adding more cones in that gap of space so they are forced to continue to the merge ahead. I may have to do this in a separate suggestion but I'll leave it here anyways, my suggestion is fixing that gap of space + fixing the signage as you said (to avoid confusion) The ones at fault here are the players, as the gap is intended for the players on the left who want to go to Roterdam so they can turn right but the ones who can't use it right by overtaking in parking lot will cause the jams. Idk if anything I said is understandable but I hope it is, I don't speak english natively.

Nothing really, just real ops v16

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Bruh this will just make it extremely boring, don't take it SO seriously. It's to have fun when you're bored, accidents give life to this mod and make it funnier, just report reckless drivers and thats all... 60 km/h is painfully slow like seriously... it's pointless and will make a lot of people quit, will this stop people overtaking in traffic jams? No, which is the biggest issue. It's not realistic to add a lot of stuff in gas stations just to "prevent crashing" Whatever it's done on the gas stations, its up to players if they want to respect rules or not. Again 60 kmh will kill the entire playerbase lol (it's not even realistic) accidents have to exist and it gives life to the mod. C-D is taken so seriously and people waste their time in reporting for useless things that don't harm anyone, i just have fun on my side and only report people who really affect a lot of people notoriously Keeping the 110 as always is the best option, dont take accidents so seriously.

Bentley

Interesting poll, my most used truck are Scania R730 and FH750, just because of the elegant looks if you tune it right, I don't like spamming 99 yellow lights everywhere. They are quick, fast but fuel efficiency is --uh I pick DAF bc it's my current favorite and it has the bigger variety out of any brand in-game togheter with Renault. DAF XF 105, DAF XF Euro 6 and DAF XD/XG+ 2021. Comfort, interior, amazing fuel efficiency and the speed / cargo performance is nice as well. XF 105 for the old-ish style and simple tuning Euro 6 looks amazing with white color for some reason. 2021 has no blindspots and I love mirror cameras (in ETS2)

Hello everyone, I am a bit late lol. Yeah, It encourages other players to overtake in wrong scenarios and increase risk of accidents sometimes, what if the same thing is happening when someone is going far by below the speed limit in a highway ? Would it be reckless? That's interesting, for me the wrong thing comes when players don't let the people overtake or give any sign / way to do so, which is not punishable but it just makes a better environment for all and reduces accident risk. When I casually drive 80-90 due to heavy I let everyone pass by left blinker sign. 60 is reckless for me in-game, but 110 also is in some curves, 60 might provoke others to overtake in the wrong time and cause a collisions, 110 might make driver lose control and crash, there's an average for everything and never should be too much or too low. Usually what I do but many dont. I think you should let the others overtake by giving some space or blinker signal. I agree with everything here, an average driving speed that makes everyone happy is 80-90 as you said. This is the kind of behaviour / driving speed I like, it doesn't interfere with anyone and no one will see you as a road obstruction. Haven't seen anyone mad because of it. Good suggestion, 310 hp with 60t people must be extinct 3. Is the most punishable one for me, I like that some GMs actually take action for it. I like seeing everyones opinion, thank you guys for taking the time to give a thought. As i mentioned earlier I'm not saying all of these actions should get punishments (theres some execptions such as 310 horsep- and highway / intersection slow driving) But it makes a greater environment for everyone and not everyone will be desesperate to overtake.

I rarely see someone enjoyning C-D chaos , everyone honks and in everyone chat seems to be mad and spamming rec ban

Classic people not knowning what the map is and overtaking then going into the grass, thats normal idiotness, I keep myself under my limits, I do a lot of things u mention except i actually check the map and see if someone is coming before overtaking, it's just getting a right timing, having the impulse to overtake. True, as long the driver going slow is one of these people who pick a 310 bhp with train 60 ton load (so annoying and no point), If i get asked what to remove from TMP if i could it'd be that combo Yeah its impossible, i just like to vent myself a little bit here, its late and im bored here.