The long-ongoing discussion: Velocity of cars

[akenobot]

Dear TruckersMP Community and TruckersMP Team,

Yes, it's that time again when I bring up the discussion about the speed of cars on Server 1. I am reopening this topic because I believe many players share my opinion, based on an Instagram comment I posted under one of your posts.

My comment received the most likes in months (if not even years) on your posts, which is why I think this topic needs to be discussed.

I am very unhappy with the current situation where trucks can drive as fast as cars. It is neither realistic nor enjoyable when you can't drive a car realistically.

Therefore, my suggestion is to change the speed limit for cars on highways and autobahns, allowing them to drive faster than trucks. Specifically, I propose that cars be allowed to drive up to 150 kph on highways and, on unrestricted sections of the german Autobahn, faster than 150 kph. Additionally, I am totally against removing the speed limit on backroads (like Duisburg-Calais), country roads, Landstraße and so on. However, on highways / Autobahn, it makes just sense to let cars drive faster than 110 kph, and it would not ruin the gameplay!

A point that players have mentioned is that cars are coded to be as heavy as trucks, and if they drive faster, they can cause trucks to fly off the road. It might be beneficial to code cars to be lighter for more realism, not just for faster speeds. I don’t know how you code the cars or if this is even possible, but it's worth considering.

Another argument for the current speed limit is that we can drive faster on Server 2. However, it's clear that the experience on Server 2 is not the same as on Server 1 due to the lack of players. This is why it is even more important to make this change on the main server.

I tihnk we all know, that this is a "Trucking Game" but you gave us the posibility to drive cars so we not only want to improve the truckers-gameplay but also the cars gameplay. 

Please let me know your thoughts on this topic, and I hope the team isn't tired of this discussion!

Yours sincerely

 

 

[KittyYiouo]

1 hour ago, akenobot said:

It might be beneficial to code cars to be lighter for more realism, not just for faster speeds

This

 

Cars in-game should be coded way lighter compared to semi trucks, and for compensation, give them higher speed is fine. Otherwise, plz don't give them higher speed 

[If Its Itchy,Just Scratch]

If you are complaining that it is unrealistic, why not restrict Trucks to 90 kph and let cars drive with max. 110 kph? More realistic than the Current Situation and your Request!  

[Holy`]

Good morning,

 

I believe that the way it is is fine, nowadays we see more often troll cars than trucks, all the time you go in C-D you see a car throwing several players up and even disturbing the flow with overtaking that harms everyone, now think about it, imagine a car with a speed of 150km, it would have no control against these players.

 

I think that if the player really wants to play recklessly, he should go to another server, which in this case is the server without a speed limit.

In conclusion, I think it's perfect the way it is and there's no need to change anything around the cars.

 

[KittyYiouo]

27 minutes ago, If Its Itchy,Just Scratch said:

why not restrict Trucks to 90 kph and let cars drive with max. 110 kph?

then more ppl are gonna drive around with cars since cars have such a HUGE ADVANTAGE at speed 

4 minutes ago, Holy` said:

a car throwing several players up

That's why a lot of ppl are asking the dev to revamp the cars physics, especially their weight and collision physics so that they can't push those 30+ ton semi trucks away in a collision, instead, they are the ones get pushed away like irl 

[akenobot]

3 hours ago, Holy` said:

all the time you go in C-D you see a car throwing several players up [...] now think about it, imagine a car with a speed of 150km, it would have no control against these players.

 

 

 

Thats why only no tempo limit on highways. Outside the autobahn same by now. 

 

3 hours ago, Holy` said:

 

I think that if the player really wants to play recklessly, he should go to another server, which in this case is the server without a speed limit.

 

 

Thats not true because player, who want to drive recklessly, do it right now as well. And also the zone with the most bans and kicks for driving reckless is not on highways.

[Hawkmusen]

It should not be allowed except for police vehicles. This is my opinion. Since this is a simulation game, cars cannot go faster than trucks. We are not playing a racing game after all.

[Nina_Cortex2922]

44 minutes ago, Hawkmusen said:

It should not be allowed except for police vehicles. This is my opinion. Since this is a simulation game, cars cannot go faster than trucks. We are not playing a racing game after all.

I agree about cars, police variants should be faster than regular civilian variants, sadly lot car drivers are thinking they are playing GTA, Gran Turismo or other racing game until they crash into truck.

[akenobot]

10 hours ago, Hawkmusen said:

It should not be allowed except for police vehicles. This is my opinion. Since this is a simulation game, cars cannot go faster than trucks. We are not playing a racing game after all.

So you say, that IRL People doing a race because they driver faster than trucks? 

 

9 hours ago, Nina_Cortex2922 said:

I agree about cars, police variants should be faster than regular civilian variants, sadly lot car drivers are thinking they are playing GTA, Gran Turismo or other racing game until they crash into truck.

Lot car drivers do it already as well and the most kicks and bans for that happens not on highways. So we can consider a no-speed-limit on highways 

[Hawkmusen]

24 minutes ago, akenobot said:

So you say, that IRL People doing a race because they driver faster than trucks? 

 

Lot car drivers do it already as well and the most kicks and bans for that happens not on highways. So we can consider a no-speed-limit on highways 

I'm not talking about real life bro, I'm talking under the name of a simulation game.

[Davina]

Cars should be limited to 1km/h.

 

[Interstate Nomad]

The idea of setting higher speed limits for passenger vehicles than trucks on TruckersMP presents both benefits and challenges. While it can enhance realism and improve traffic flow, it also poses safety risks and potential community divisions. Balancing realism with gameplay enjoyment and community cohesion is key to successfully implementing such changes. Ultimately, any adjustments should aim to enhance the overall simulation experience without compromising the core values of the TruckersMP community.

I think the 110 km/h respectively 150 km/h server speed limits are a reasonable trade-off. 

[poopingcorn]

Unfortunately the feature of cars driving faster than trucks can be abused easily, even if it is restricted from overpopulated places. As you've already noticed, it has the equivalent crash physics of a truck for other players and I'm assuming that it's currently not possible to reduce it since it was released 8 years ago. Yes, cars do drive faster than trucks but I could see that it'll do worse than good due to the nature of the players here on TMP. This question was also answered here on the knowledge base, https://truckersmp.com/knowledge-base/article/574

 

 

[Zhang Cheng]

Dear @akenobot,
It's great to see you here.

 

This is an interesting and complex question, involving considerations from many aspects.
Set a reasonable speed differential: You can set a reasonable speed differential, such as allowing cars to be faster than trucks within a certain range, but not too extreme. This provides a more realistic experience while keeping the game balanced.
Improved traffic management: Improved traffic management rules and systems in the game to cope with the challenges posed by speed differences among different vehicles. Such as adding more traffic signs, intelligent transportation systems, etc.

 

sincere regards,
Zhang Cheng.

[Pinco [CH]]

On 7/14/2024 at 12:50 AM, Hawkmusen said:

It should not be allowed except for police vehicles. This is my opinion. Since this is a simulation game, cars cannot go faster than trucks. We are not playing a racing game after all.

Police vehicles --> Admins already don't have speed limiters

[Nody]

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