The Test Car Project

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A car responds differently on an empty server compared to a server with over 30 players.

It doesn't though. The main issue when I started the test cars project was cars crashing people when there's a lot of players. This will 100% no longer happen due to a fix I applied while I was dev and a Garry's mod update which fixed all crashing related to high-poly models. While I get testing cars on live is cool, it has no practical purpose apart from showing off. Handling and things can be tested on Alpha with zero difference compared to main.

I see where Soul is coming from.

However, one thing i can agree with is that people are just using the vehicles to show off a little, instead of roleplaying you're just seeing them driving up to everyone in sight and revving the vehicle.

But the pros way out the cons this way will get the community involved and it gives them an insight on the development at FL i think its pretty cool.