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Slowroads
- internetter 3y agoPreviously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33305234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33305234
- LoganDark 3y agoLooks like it still doesn't support HiDPI displays all these months later. Hope SlowRoads 2 supports it.
- sidcool 3y agoI opened it on my Intel Mac with 64 gigs RAM and it slowed down like hell, entire machine ground to halt.
- agravier 3y agoThat's the "slow" in the name.
- FergusArgyll 3y agoReally?! I opened it on my 8GB RAM buggy laptop and it worked fine
- lovegrenoble 3y agoworks perfectly for me!
- rezmason 3y agoI'm really looking forward to reading its technical blog.
- planede 3y agoIs it possible to roll the car over? I couldn't manage to do it however hard I tried. Leaving the ground is hard enough, but possible.
- fransje26 3y ago- Choose straight roads - Accelerate the car to 100+ mph (Use "shift" for a boost, if needed) - Enable autodrive (F) - Enjoy, as the car looses control and flies of the road
- kwhitefoot 3y agoThe car looks vaguely like my Model S, that made me expect that it would stay in lane by itself. Driving my real car on an empty gently curving country road is much more relaxing.
- wlonkly 3y agoIt will, if you turn autodrive on.
- em-bee 3y agoi'd like to see something like this fed with openstreetmap data. it doesn't have to be accurate, just approximate, using the road layout, road and terrain type, elevation if available. an advanced version could include traffic or weather data.
- LightBug1 3y ago15 seconds in, I was immediately looking for opportunities to jump the barrier. Never managed it.
- overlordalex 3y agoThe barriers start at the beginning - you just have to reverse and then you can drive over mountains and under water to your hearts content :)
- LightBug1 3y agoYEEHAW!!!
- nmcfarl 3y agoYou can turn off the barriers in settings.
- Tanoc 3y agoThe vehicle seems to behave very strangely. There's lift-off oversteer as though it were rear-engined, but also severe understeer when turning under full power as though it were a front engined truck. The brakes act like they lock up when you're in a high speed turn like there's no ABS, but then when you're going straight they very gradually slow the vehicle down as if there is ABS. All in all the unpredictability makes it very hard to drive the vehicle at very high speeds.
- culopatin 3y agoSudden lift off oversteer does not only happen with rear engined cars though. I’ve certainly gone sideways on fwd econoboxes mid turn in autox by just closing the throttle. Seems then that you’re driving a fwd car with a stiff rear suspension and a softer front
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- btbuildem 3y agoImmediately drove into the forest, and guess what: you don't have stay on the road. You can drive through the rolling hills, or under water (albeit very slowly). You don't even have to stay on the map [1]! 1: https://i.imgur.com/0XeV2d9.png https://i.imgur.com/0XeV2d9.png
- _aavaa_ 3y agoThey have a FAQ about it, but I still think that the name and speed are all wrong. The core of the demo is that procedurally generated landscape and how that's supposed to evoke a feeling. I am paying 0 attention to the hills as the UI, sounds, and boost button are all clearly designed to get me to drift around these bends as quickly as possible. To me, those two parts of the game are absolutely pulling in opposite directions.
- NickNaraghi 3y agothe road is slow, the car is fast :)
- rezmason 3y agoIf you're more into evoking a feeling than simulating countryside, I humbly suggest (aka shamelessly plug) my project and another person's project: https://rezmason.github.io/drivey https://rezmason.github.io/drivey https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/nightdrive.html https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/nightdrive.html
- raindropm 3y agoYou can click the padlock icon at the bottom to select auto cruise speed, I think around 25-30 mph is kinda good spot.
- dforrestwilson 3y agoSame. At first I loved the bucolic setting but very quickly the high pitched whine and fast pace got me annoyed and actively seeking change. Very dissappointed with how the car handles underwater, topping out at a meager 20 mph. I'd have been happy with a slow drive, as advertised.
- chomp 3y agoIn firefox debugger, right click the main chunk and add a script override for it, open it locally, set speedFactor to 10000, save, and reload the page. That should cure your need for speed.
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- perryizgr8 3y ago> Slow Roads? More like Fast Roads! > The idea of a "slow road" is about taking the longer scenic route instead of the highway, not about how fast you drive. TIL Also I love that it runs so well (locked 144 fps with all graphics maxed) on my machine.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoFirefox users: you may want to disable the "Search for text when you start typing" option, it steals focus away from the controls.
- 55624344 3y agohello