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A small note: 80 miles an hour on windy roads, driving in the middle of the road, is not slow and chill. That's "I want to die" fast and reckless... maybe have

A small note: 80 miles an hour on windy roads, driving in the middle of the road, is not slow and chill. That's "I want to die" fast and reckless... maybe have two autodrive settings. "slow and chill" going appropriate speeds and driving correctly (left/right toggle?) and "landscape zoomies" or something for what it currently does. Right now auto pilot is literally stress inducing =D

picture 4y ago
There is a cruise control option to the lower right. You can choose a slower speed
- TheRealPomax 4y ago
  Sure, but if the title of the site is "slow roads" and it's billed as "slow and chill", then careening down a road with half your car in the oncoming traffic lane at 80 miles an hour by default is not a good default. It's a bit like a "ambient study music" site that plays darkstep with flashing lights when you press "just play me something to study to" =)
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  - anslo 4y ago
    Ha, true. I'll see to making it a little less reckless, and probably give a setting to have it follow a lane, if it isn't too difficult. The idea of a "slow road" is more about taking the scenic route - back roads like these tend to have some of the highest speed limits, at least in the UK.
    - em-bee 4y ago
      i found the bus averaging 80km/h pretty realistic. what felt wrong was the acceleration. it would go to max speed on a straight road even if there was a curve just a few hundred meters ahead. perhaps reducing the acceleration when autodrive is on will help. maybe you can add a self learning component. every time the vehicle bumps the barrier, it was going/accelerating to fast.
      - nomel 4y ago
        > maybe you can add a self learning component Basic physics is also pretty applicable here. ;) acceleration = velocity^2 /radius with a simplified max friction force = coefficient of friction * car weight And to tie them together force = mass * acceleration
    - TheRealPomax 4y ago
      Here in Canada 80kph is the maximum for back roads, but when it's twisty by nature, or it's straight with a few turns but has a cliff to one side, that road is a 60kph road. Add most of the time anything S-bend or hard turns will be on a 40kph advisory. No going 115+ in a blind corner over a road that will launch you off the side of a mountain if you steer poorly =D
      - huhtenberg 4y ago
        Don't know whereabouts you are in Canada, but in BC and Alberta all speed limits are excruciatingly low. So much so that it's a norm to drive 20km/h over the limit on the highways and the police won't bother at all until it's an excess of that. This also makes for an excellent emergency budget fill-ups at the end of the quarter - just set a photoradar in the 50 zone where everyone everyday go 80 and, voila, - no deficit.
    - rob74 4y ago
      > back roads like these tend to have some of the highest speed limits I assume that's because there are some roads still left where they're trusting drivers' common sense to not try to drive as fast as they're theoretically allowed to.
antiterra 4y ago
Just assume the roads are closed to everyone else but you, the VIP. As for the speed, it’s nowhere near ‘i want to die’ reckless for those long sweepers and a lot of people do find the rhythm of that sort of driving to be relaxing. The other component is simply that the sensation of speed is always much lower than it would be in real life in these kind of things.
drittich 4y ago
If you read "slow and chill" as an imperative, not adjectives, then it works just fine.
Keyframe 4y ago
even autodrive managed to crash into hill on the side of the road on me, hah.
userbinator 4y ago
That's ~130km/h for those on the other side of the world... which is a normal average speed on the Autobahn.
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- tantalor 4y ago
  Is the Autobahn windy?
  - high_pathetic 4y ago
    It is, if you stick your head out...
- huhtenberg 4y ago
  Ditto for France and Italy.
taberiand 4y ago
For real slow and chill, I propose a third setting - "Medieval handcart" https://youtu.be/RlcuPPPXY3w https://youtu.be/RlcuPPPXY3w
comfypotato 4y ago
You may prefer the other terrain. At the bottom left of the screen you can switch away from the hills. The other road makes more sense to be flying down the middle.
aspyct 4y ago
Yeah, I love how it's called "slow roads", and the car is just zipping at insane speeds. Anyway, good job, actually cool!

picture 4y ago

There is a cruise control option to the lower right. You can choose a slower speed

TheRealPomax 4y ago
Sure, but if the title of the site is "slow roads" and it's billed as "slow and chill", then careening down a road with half your car in the oncoming traffic lane at 80 miles an hour by default is not a good default. It's a bit like a "ambient study music" site that plays darkstep with flashing lights when you press "just play me something to study to" =)
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- anslo 4y ago
  Ha, true. I'll see to making it a little less reckless, and probably give a setting to have it follow a lane, if it isn't too difficult. The idea of a "slow road" is more about taking the scenic route - back roads like these tend to have some of the highest speed limits, at least in the UK.
  - em-bee 4y ago
    i found the bus averaging 80km/h pretty realistic. what felt wrong was the acceleration. it would go to max speed on a straight road even if there was a curve just a few hundred meters ahead. perhaps reducing the acceleration when autodrive is on will help. maybe you can add a self learning component. every time the vehicle bumps the barrier, it was going/accelerating to fast.
    - nomel 4y ago
      > maybe you can add a self learning component Basic physics is also pretty applicable here. ;) acceleration = velocity^2 /radius with a simplified max friction force = coefficient of friction * car weight And to tie them together force = mass * acceleration
  - TheRealPomax 4y ago
    Here in Canada 80kph is the maximum for back roads, but when it's twisty by nature, or it's straight with a few turns but has a cliff to one side, that road is a 60kph road. Add most of the time anything S-bend or hard turns will be on a 40kph advisory. No going 115+ in a blind corner over a road that will launch you off the side of a mountain if you steer poorly =D
    - huhtenberg 4y ago
      Don't know whereabouts you are in Canada, but in BC and Alberta all speed limits are excruciatingly low. So much so that it's a norm to drive 20km/h over the limit on the highways and the police won't bother at all until it's an excess of that. This also makes for an excellent emergency budget fill-ups at the end of the quarter - just set a photoradar in the 50 zone where everyone everyday go 80 and, voila, - no deficit.
  - rob74 4y ago
    > back roads like these tend to have some of the highest speed limits I assume that's because there are some roads still left where they're trusting drivers' common sense to not try to drive as fast as they're theoretically allowed to.

antiterra 4y ago

Just assume the roads are closed to everyone else but you, the VIP. As for the speed, it’s nowhere near ‘i want to die’ reckless for those long sweepers and a lot of people do find the rhythm of that sort of driving to be relaxing. The other component is simply that the sensation of speed is always much lower than it would be in real life in these kind of things.

drittich 4y ago

If you read "slow and chill" as an imperative, not adjectives, then it works just fine.

Keyframe 4y ago

even autodrive managed to crash into hill on the side of the road on me, hah.

userbinator 4y ago

That's ~130km/h for those on the other side of the world... which is a normal average speed on the Autobahn.

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tantalor 4y ago
Is the Autobahn windy?
- high_pathetic 4y ago
  It is, if you stick your head out...
huhtenberg 4y ago
Ditto for France and Italy.

taberiand 4y ago

For real slow and chill, I propose a third setting - "Medieval handcart" https://youtu.be/RlcuPPPXY3w https://youtu.be/RlcuPPPXY3w

comfypotato 4y ago

You may prefer the other terrain. At the bottom left of the screen you can switch away from the hills. The other road makes more sense to be flying down the middle.

aspyct 4y ago

Yeah, I love how it's called "slow roads", and the car is just zipping at insane speeds. Anyway, good job, actually cool!