SCS General Discussion Thread

[parasaurolophus67]

Its true, I've seen some of those on youtube vids. Next min they get braked checked for it v:

[Some newbie driver]

@55slxxx Welcome to the reallife. Slimeracing is a thing on two-lane highways...

Years ago, AP-7 north Barcelona (the Spanish highway we have linking to France in the Mediterranean side) was all 2 lanes. And I really like those slime races. Mostly because all the morons driving 140km/h or more (and there wer A LOT of those) can't do nothing but to brake hard and stay behind. I enjoyed to see their faces in despair.

There's still lots of roads in Spain where that can happen, but none has the truck traffic that had that AP-7 back in time neither the amount of ass**** driving like if they were F1 racers (mostly due there was no radar, and usually no mobile controls, from the French border to Barcelona; and they know it)

[eonellivlem]

I too notice this Ai behaviour, i don' t seem to get it too often so i don't mind so much, as it is realistic. In the UK it's sometimes referred to as elephant racing, as you can imagine racing elephants on a narrow track, you'd never get to overtake
On the subject of Iberia and AI, the Spanish toll lanes could do with tweaking, nearly all traffic heads for the right 2 lanes, hardly ever using the other lanes.

[plykkegaard]

Yeah elephant racing, did you know that an elephant can move at speeds up to 40 km/h, quite an accomplishment
Slime racing hehe I like it, those slimy bastards

[supersobes]

Don't most European countries have a law that prohibits trucks from using the left lane when they aren't passing slower traffic? It's illegal in the United States, and I assumed there were similar laws in Europe.

[Bandit & The Snowman]

40 is what it feels like when you're behind two trucks "Elephant race" seems to be an international term and phenomenon. And the first thing that came to my mind when I read the comments here was this satirical German radio sketch, "Stenkelfeld: Elefantenrennen".

[abasstreppas]

What I know in most EU countries trucks are not allowed to overtake when this sign is placed (Swedish in this case). Otherwise I think it's ok
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[plykkegaard]

Don't most European countries have a law that prohibits trucks from using the left lane

In priciples, but ....
In DK on our motorways we have signage for no overtaking during rushour

Eg

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[Esproquet]

In Spain trucks and trains of vehicles longer than 7meters will only use the 2 right lanes on interurban roads (the rule says outside a town), even if there's 3 or more lanes. They should take the right one and use the next one to overtake.

They can overtake as long as it's allowed, but never invading a third lane in the process. Overtaking for trucks may not be allowed (same sign as above) in certain places like some mountain passes.

[supersobes]

Oh, that part about trucks only being allowed in the right two lanes in Spain is interesting! Now that I think about it, I might have actually broken that law while driving around the Iberia DLC a few times.

Are those truck lane restrictions in Europe taken very seriously? In some places of the United States, it doesn't seem that most drivers really care about it.

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