Slowroads

They 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.

The 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.

i'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.

- 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

Previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33305234

Immediately 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

> 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.

Firefox users: you may want to disable the "Search for text when you start typing" option, it steals focus away from the controls.

I opened it on my Intel Mac with 64 gigs RAM and it slowed down like hell, entire machine ground to halt.

The 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.

I'm really looking forward to reading its technical blog.

Is 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.

Looks like it still doesn't support HiDPI displays all these months later. Hope SlowRoads 2 supports it.

15 seconds in, I was immediately looking for opportunities to jump the barrier.

Never managed it.

hello

works perfectly for me!