The Open v Solo v Groups thread

[Darrack]

I'd agree with that last part. Open players tend to have a lot more situational awareness, due to the environment they're playing in.

Factually incorrect.
Its like saying that as a truck driver i have more road awareness because its harder to drive a unit and trailer through a town centre, when in fact its nothing to do with my ability just a result of the vehicle/environment im in.
Im no better a driver than the guy sitting in front of me in a mini, im just driving a different vehicle.

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[WhiteHaulerMan]

Factually incorrect.
Its like saying that as a truck driver i have more road awareness because its harder to drive a unit and trailer through a town centre, when in fact its nothing to do with my ability just a result of the vehicle/environment im in.
Im no better a driver than the guy sitting in front of me in a mini, im just driving a different vehicle.

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Thats the point I'm making though. The environment (Open) is what encourages you to develop that better situational awareness.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Assuming said truck driver isn't checking Spotify on their phone...

 

[Darrack]

Thats the point I'm making though. The environment (Open) is what encourages you to develop that better situational awareness.

Yes but that's different to what Noon is implying that Open players 'have' better situational awareness, its still down to the individual.

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[SteveWW57]

Factually incorrect.
Its like saying that as a truck driver i have more road awareness because its harder to drive a unit and trailer through a town centre, when in fact its nothing to do with my ability just a result of the vehicle/environment im in.
Im no better a driver than the guy sitting in front of me in a mini, im just driving a different vehicle.

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The unit and trailer does have a major advantage over smaller vehicles - all those smaller vehicles are very wary of getting too close and defer.

Steve

 

[Darrack]

Assuming said truck driver isn't checking Spotify on their phone...

No time for that rubbish, to much time taken avoiding muppets on push bikes who think the highway code doesn't apply to them

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[Darrack]

The unit and trailer does have a major advantage over smaller vehicles - all those smaller vehicles are very wary of getting too close and defer.

Steve

You would be surprised how many folks really don't care and have no common sense, ive had cars try to undertake me as im trying to swing left!

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[Felix DiCestria]

You would be surprised how many folks really don't care and have no common sense, ive had cars try to undertake me as im trying to swing left!

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German car or white transit?

 

[Darrack]

German car or white transit?

Audi, always an Audi.

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[Screemonster]

Its like saying that as a truck driver i have more road awareness because its harder to drive a unit and trailer through a town centre, when in fact its nothing to do with my ability just a result of the vehicle/environment im in.

I'd say that people who drive for a living should have more experience and awareness than your average shopper or commuter, but I've seen enough taxis think that putting their hazards on allows them to park wherever they like to know better.

 

[SteveWW57]

I'd say that people who drive for a living should have more experience and awareness than your average shopper or commuter, but I've seen enough taxis think that putting their hazards on allows them to park wherever they like to know better.

Those doing driving for a living get very blase. I suspect that driving for a living irl is very much like grinding and doing activities in game. Both have benefits from no one else being around (solo) ( queues, pad blockers/parking space blockers), lots of repetition. Doing deliver/fetch missions in game is very much like being an amazon driver I suspect.

At least irl when you are wanted and the cops scan your number plate, they will pull you over whereas in game they shoot first.

Steve

 

[Darrack]

Those doing driving for a living get very blase. I suspect that driving for a living irl is very much like grinding and doing activities in game. Both have benefits from no one else being around (solo) ( queues, pad blockers/parking space blockers), lots of repetition. Doing deliver/fetch missions in game is very much like being an amazon driver I suspect.

At least irl when you are wanted and the cops scan your number plate, they will pull you over whereas in game they shoot first.

Steve

I wish there was a Solo version of real life, i spend half my trucking time queuing to get into RDCs

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[Felix DiCestria]

Those doing driving for a living get very blase. I suspect that driving for a living irl is very much like grinding and doing activities in game. Both have benefits from no one else being around (solo) ( queues, pad blockers/parking space blockers), lots of repetition. Doing deliver/fetch missions in game is very much like being an amazon driver I suspect.

At least irl when you are wanted and the cops scan your number plate, they will pull you over whereas in game they shoot first.

Steve

I've seen Amazon drivers roll their van trying to do a 3 point turn when 2 rights would achieve the same result. Trucks following sat nav having to be pulled out from a low bridge.
White vans and German cars running red lights and using the hard shoulder for undertaking...

 

[Riverside]

I wish there was a Solo version of real life, i spend half my trucking time queuing to get into RDCs

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Who would load & unload your cargo?

 

[Darrack]

Trucks following sat nav having to be pulled out from a low bridge

There's no excuse for this using a proper truck Sat nav unless your daft enough to not entre the vehicle height.
I was in a diversion once when they sent us through a village to a 13'4 bridge, you can imagine how the conversation with their traffic management went once i managed to turn around

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[Darrack]

Who would load & unload your cargo?

NPC forky

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[Riverside]

NPC forky

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After queuing amongst NPC trucks?

 

[WhiteHaulerMan]

I've seen Amazon drivers roll their van trying to do a 3 point turn when 2 rights would achieve the same result. Trucks following sat nav having to be pulled out from a low bridge.
White vans and German cars running red lights and using the hard shoulder for undertaking...

I read that in the voice of Rutger Hauer

 

[SteveWW57]

I read that in the voice of Rutger Hauer

All these things, lost in time. Like, tears in rain.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Thats the point I'm making though. The environment (Open) is what encourages you to develop that better situational awareness.

Meh. I have the situational awareness of an myopic ant when playing computer games. Just the other day i was getting hit by an NPC for several seconds before it even registered. And that was sober. My reactions when playing drunk (which may or may not be often) are way down.

Nothing helps my situational awareness.

Now, driving, that's a different matter. After driving in Russia and Georgia for many years, I have the situational awareness of cat on Red Bull behind the wheel.

Its a skill that just doesn't transfer to computer games for some reason.

But that's what annoys me about the whole "git gud" open only crowd. They expect everyone to be like them, and if you can't/won't be, then you're a lesser person who deserves everything they get. No room for you in this game if you can't handle it, scrub. Get out of here with your lame attitude, either man up or eat dust.

And that's why I remain grateful to FD for PG and solo modes. Because people like that can drown in their own toxicity while i'm free to play how i want, chill, and yes, be blown up by NPCs because i wasn't paying attention, but hey, that's just a computer algorithm, it derives no satisfaction from my death, and will never post on the forums about how i should "git gud". I die, respawn, then get back to what I was doing, and it doesn't matter. The game has behaved as expected.