Vehicle Physics are Broken

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by XXBLACKATTACKXX, May 13, 2014.

  1. XXBLACKATTACKXX

    It is about time these terrible physics are exposed.

    Currently the way vehicles move and react to terrain is just awful and often times takes away the "futuristic" theme this game has as I see a vangaurd slide down a hill sideways as if it's treads have no traction and the rock is an iceberg.

    The current problem.
    Vehicles have no traction
    Tanks and other vehicles do not have enough power to move p the smallest of hill and bumps.
    FLIPPING

    This has got to stop. The vanguard and prowler slid down any hill like their own ice skates and the magrider flips over the tinniest bumps. For a 450 resource tank to flip over a bump it is supposed to climb is just stupid.

    And the flash and harasser flips even more.

    Make all vehicles like the sunderer that is virtually impossible to flip, then give tanks the traction they should get. These are futuristic tanks, They should be able to climb hills and have the traction to keep themselves from sliding back down uncontrollably.
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  2. Takoita

    And there is also the abysmal perfomance from complete stops. There are a bunch of places on the map where you can walk around freely and won't notice any problems even with a bit of speed, but completely fail to move at anything faster than snail speed without turbo if you stopped even for a moment.
  3. jiggu

    I wonder what happened to that Flash handling fix that was supposed to be released in february.
  4. Aesir


    It's in the archive as status "internal testing" ... for April ... probably 2015.

    https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/april-physics-tuning.167204/

    All jokes aside, we really could do with a general Vehicle patch ... there is a lot of general stuff related to the second most unfinished part of the game after an actual strategical meta ... it's ground Vehicle Combat.
  5. lothbrook

    Don't forget hitting that special bump that makes you explode instantly, i love that one.
  6. Scure

    I agree, Battlefield 1942 had similar physics... 12 years ago... lol
  7. Aesir


    No BF1942 actually had better ones, there was more weight in the movement. The system might be similar in how little traction there was, but there definitely was more weight behind the Vehicles ...

    Edit. not to mention that mods like Desert Combat really pushed the game even further ... people had to lower server gravity to pull off stunt videos ... ,)
  8. Nitish Sharma

    Get a lightning from crown,go down to either of bridges(ti alloys or B point), with racer max equipped,die from the half inch gap between metal and the ground.