Should cars only explode when hit by explosives?

[Buick72 27]

For those of you have driven vehicles in DayZ, most of you know that if shot enough the vehicles will explode. Same will happen if your vehicle is in bad shape and you tap a bush, tree, or shoddy wooden fence.

If you shoot a sedans tires a few times with an AS50, you wont just flatten the tires, the car will... explode. Killing all or most inside and or next to it.

I think it would be nice if cars exploding was rare. Shooting the engine block, and or tires should just destroy that part and make it so it must be replaced. Cars generally do not explode when shot in real life. Is there a possibility for it to happen? Yes. Does it happen all the time? NO.

Yes, I understand that it's a game/mod and not truly realistic. Though, when the game is striving to have some realistic aspects (er... zombies aside) It would be nice if you were able to just disable a car without worrying about it exploding and killing the occupants. Or, worrying that the ATV you're on will randomly explode from tapping a bush or small fence.

Maybe I want to shoot out the tires and car jack the guy driving it. Take his car and make him run into the woods without killing him.... This gets insanley hard to do when his engine has low health because one too many shots hitting the front end blow it up.

Anyone else think vehicles should only explode when explosives are used? Rocket launcher, satchel charges, grenades, m203 etc. Just seems silly that a sedan will explode just because it's in bad shape and ran over a sheep, or took an AKM round to the radiator...

An example: My friend found a tractor with full health and half a tank of gas. Decided to take it, and ended up hitting a hay bail at a very slow speed. He broke his legs, and it instantly exploded and killed him before he could get out. I swear he had to have been going 10mph... Now, while it was hilarious and I almost died laughing, it shouldn't have happened...

Anyway, just an idea. Have at it with bashing or additions and changes etc.

[Slide885 59]

Realisticaly yes. but also I've seen videos of a single shot of a hunting rifle shutting down a Hemi. Do you want it to be that realistic too? any boob with an enfield just aims at your engine block and your done.

[Buick72 27]

Realisticaly yes. but also I've seen videos of a single shot of a hunting rifle shutting down a Hemi. Do you want it to be that realistic too? any boob with an enfield just aims at your engine block and your done.

As it is though, 1-2 enfield shots can stop a car anyway depending on it's health. I just don't think the car should explode when that happens. AS far as vehicle health/armor goes that's a different matter. I'm just talking about them not exploding because the engine, or, god forbid, the TIRES get shot too much.

[tommes 331]

Exploding cars are almost as stupid as smoke grenades knocking down entire houses. Hope the standalone won't be that ridiculus.

[bazbake 456]

I hit a tree stump with my tractor. Unfortunately, my windshield and wheels were already broken...

So I blew up.

But seriously, this is funny. Vehicles need damage detection.