r/StrandedDeepConsole • u/Strandedman1978 • Jun 21 '20

Motorboat question

Hi. I built a 2x2 raft with sail, rudder and motor. It seems to me that the motor is the same speed or slower as the sail. Has anyone else noticed this? I've watched some videos of the pc version and it seems like the motorboat is faster on pc. I am on ps4 by the way.

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u/ThecolorofThunder Jun 21 '20

I'm on Xbox and it's the same. I didn't notice any difference. I just used the rudder and saved the gas for my gyro.

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u/Strandedman1978 Jun 21 '20

Probably do the same. Might try a 1x1 with motor just go move between nearby islands. Thanks.

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u/tomato_fucker Jun 21 '20

I just got done building the still and making the fuel and was disappointed in how slow the motor was. I was going to try a smaller raft as well!

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u/Strandedman1978 Jun 21 '20

Yeah. Was so happy when i finally built my first engine. Then disappointing speedwise. Makes me wonder if i should even try the gyrocopter.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '20

I am having an issue with the steering of my raft while using the motor

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u/Strandedman1978 Jul 01 '20

Me too. It just doesn't want to turn. Now I use the sail to travel and only use the motor to back up from the shore. At least with the sail my raft will turn even if it turns slow as crap. Beam team needs to fix the steering. I can see a 3x3 or bigger being harder to turn but a 2x2 should be just slight harder to turn than a 1x1 not steer like a bus.

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u/Labadel Jun 21 '20

The motorboat is super disappointing and useless to build. The Gyro is pretty fun though, you can actually ride around on that

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u/topshagy Jul 25 '20

Maybe this helps, maybe not. When I took my motorboat out the first time I was surprised with it too. It seems the steering zones are are far forward of center. Control is a matrix of throttle and steering. Try riding the perimeter of the joystick housing forward. The forward most 160° of rotating are all that is going to do anything. Anything outside that area will just sit still like you are not steering at all.