Shooting the driver of a vehicle

[Scragnog 0]

Hey guys,

had a quick suggestion based on 0:35 of this video -

(amazing trailer by the way, gave me goosebumps!)

It seems that when the driver of a car/truck is shot, the truck will just stop dead, presumably because the player controlling it is now dead.

I wonder if it's possible to adjust the mechanic so that if the driver is killed, the vehicle goes full-throttle forward until it hits something.

I assume being shot in the head would spasm your foot on the gas pedal, so this seems like it would be true-to-life to me.

It adds a new element to the risk-to-reward ratio, instead of simply killing the driver and stealing the vehicle, you stand the chance that you'll lose the vehicle as it charges off into the ocean/a tree etc.

Another fun element of course would be watching anyone else in the car jump out while its out of control.

Any thoughts? :-)

[Superior 9]

I remember when my group opened fire on a vehicle that stumbled upon our camp. What happened was that after he was killed the truck somehow rolled backwards down the hill before it came to an halt, so I'm not sure how the mechanics are.

A video. Doesn't show it all but it pretty much shows that the vehicle is out of sight so there's no way we could of killed from where we were positioned (meaning the kill was legit and he indeed strolled backwards with the truck)

[Scragnog 0]

does the truck roll up the hill? that seems a little odd if I saw the video correctly, it seems to be facing down the slope.

[Superior 9]

Truck came up the hill then stood still on even ground. We opened fire, the driver died whilst he was trying to back (albeit he wasn't successful and was finished off)

A few seconds later, the truck rolled down with the dead driver in it and we lost sight of it.

[dallas 5195]

If you kill an AI driver somestimes, they die with the foot stuck on the gas and you have to hunt down the vehicle. Haven't tried it with a player.