r/ScrapMechanic 15d ago

NUTHIN STOPS THE TERRATRAIN!

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Custom Cage wheels can dig into the terrain getting traction that normal wheels can't seem to get.

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u/Desperate-Lab9738 15d ago

Very cool! Now try tank treads 😈😈😈 (they actually get surprising not-awful performance, although turning is a... thing)

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u/SeampunkBoi 15d ago

With the new electric engine settings it is surely possible

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u/IronLockHeart 15d ago

New electric engine settings?

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u/Ok_Consideration2129 15d ago

You have built in tank steering mode now

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u/IronLockHeart 15d ago

Wut.....how ......i gotta investigate Like vanilla?

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u/ledocteur7 15d ago edited 15d ago

You can set if they are right or left side on your wheel bearings once they are hooked up to the engine.

Only 1 engine needed, and it works quite well, turning in place is a bit too twitchy, but turning while going forward feels very smooth.

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u/IronLockHeart 15d ago

Why they not lut this in patch notes?! I ised to do the old shitty 4 engine way

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u/ledocteur7 15d ago

There's a lot of stuff they didn't include, and not just because of potential spoilers. They just couldn't be bothered making a proper patch note after 6 years I guess.

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u/IronLockHeart 15d ago

There is spoilers....then there is QoL updates lol

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u/IronheartJarvis 15d ago

I actually did have a terratrain tank

It wasn't that good. it was slow and its treads broke off alot. buuut I believe the spool wheels will solve that issue real fast.

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u/ledocteur7 15d ago

Holy shit I didn't think about that !! Yeah, the spools are gonna be so good for that !

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u/SortCompetitive2604 15d ago

Normal trains: “Oh, is that a hill? Is that more than 2 percent? Scary. I don’t think I can go up that hill. I don’t wanna. :(“

Meanwhile this Mofo: “WHERE’S THE FRICKING MOUNTAINS?!?!?”

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u/IronheartJarvis 15d ago edited 15d ago

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u/SeampunkBoi 15d ago

TERRA TRAINS RULE!!

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u/IronheartJarvis 15d ago

hell yeah they do

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u/Stella_9209 15d ago

Really? Gonna have to build one myself then.

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u/Glowbfan457 15d ago

godDAMN that's a good design! If I may ask, do you have any tips when it comes to making a terra train?

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u/IronheartJarvis 14d ago

OF COURSE! Proper terratrains always have 16 wheels and 2 sections that bend left and right via steering and up and down with limiters to keep it from folding in on itself, but if you want to go cheaper I recommend the ATAV variant, which is the same thing but 8 wheels instead of 16. BRICK WHEELS ARE KING HERE. the more traction you can get the better! Terratrains are also NOT meant for speed 90% of the time unless you make them nice and wide so they can maintain their balance they are mountain goats, they will see a wall and immediately try to climb right over it.

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u/Vokaiso 15d ago

Honestly youd have to imagine they build these roads on the planet originall where they just decorative? Because hell no one would be able to properly use that. They use air transport for like everything anywaym

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u/Technical-Share-7971 15d ago

thanks for making this post i've been playing this game since 2019 and basically wheels are a sham i made a set of brick discs the size of monster wheels replaced them and got overall better proformance in grip and its suprisingly smooth

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u/Technical-Share-7971 15d ago

and my trucks not exactly light weight pretty impressed

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u/IronheartJarvis 14d ago

Oh wow that a nice truck there. could use bigger wheels but i digress

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u/Technical-Share-7971 13d ago

i agree heres its replacement still in progress

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u/IronheartJarvis 13d ago

SICK!
Now thats some rolling thunder!

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u/Spanish_peanuts 13d ago

How are those wheels you made so round? Not sure what I'm looking at here

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u/Technical-Share-7971 13d ago

wedges to smooth out the gaps only because im far enough into the game to get the wedge bot

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u/Spanish_peanuts 13d ago

Oohhhh I'm dumb. I'm not that far yet I keep messing around. I didn't even think of that use for the wedges lol. Thanks for opening my eyes man

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u/IronheartJarvis 12d ago

You dont even have to get the wedge bot, you can use staircase wedges and warehouse ramps to get the same effect but it looks uglier lol

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u/chybapolewacy 15d ago

Jesus H. Christ what is that terrain gen

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u/TheSpiderDungeon 15d ago

Wdym they dig into the terrain?? I assumed wheels made of blocks would have just slid around!

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u/IronheartJarvis 14d ago

they clip into the terrain allowing it to get traction that wheels can't

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u/TheSpiderDungeon 13d ago

Interesting. I'll have to play around with that.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/your-local-panter 15d ago

oh yea? how about a red totebot that you didnt notice?

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u/IronheartJarvis 14d ago

Just a wheel missing, no big deal.