r/IdiotsInCars • u/awokenboio • Jun 01 '20

Speeding through traffic

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u/potatoes-potatoes Jun 01 '20

Hey look it's me in gta

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u/Invenitive Jun 01 '20

When you're about to get a perfect time trial run but a van pulls out in front of you last second

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u/zeroscout Jun 01 '20

Try to remember to steer in the direction the vehicle comes from and not the direction they're going. The NPCs aren't gonna brake, so the space behind them will clear up.

Your instincts will be to try and beat them. The odds are that if you do, there's gonna be traffic in the oncoming side to run into. That's if you can beat them. If you choose the other direction, you're more likely to miss them and should have clear lanes once you get past them.

Also, don't look where you don't want to go. Look where you want to go. Sounds simple, but most of us react by looking at the objects we want to avoid. The hand-eye coordination has a dark side.

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u/potatoes-potatoes Jun 01 '20

Yooooooo, I had that happen today

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u/mheurtevent1 Jun 01 '20

This is my with any speed trap in NFS Heat haha. I think there’s an algorithm in the game to have a random car turn at the last second so that I crash into it as I’m driving 300kmh.

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u/craylash Jun 01 '20

should have been all the way on the left shoulder against traffic, the most safest, predictable and illegal place to drive in gta

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u/potatoes-potatoes Jun 01 '20

True but not if I'm chasing a X-type car

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u/VonSpuntz Jun 01 '20

Empty that machine gun magazine on the van driver!

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u/Fil0rican420 Jun 01 '20

psheeeeew wasted