Why Is GTA 5 Traffic So Bad?

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  @DarkViperAU · 1 year ago · pinned

  Excellent video mate! It was sent to me by dozens of people and was really eye opening. I guess if you play the game for thousands of hours, even in single player, you will eventually run into one of these scripted abrupt lane changes that just happen to coincide with your passing. You should check out tow trucks and how they interact with these markers, as they are definitely very broken. I have witnessed them phasing into the ground, numerous times, to change lanes. It seemed targetted at the time but I accept your explanation that it was not so and it was just coincidence.

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  @Pedro-fh9ec · 1 year ago

  So... NPCs don&apos;t do it because they see you coming, they do it because they <b>don&apos;t</b> see you coming.

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  @Mroziukz · 1 year ago

  The often reason for crashes is also that:<br>1)NPCs dont use turn lights.<br>2) They make unreasonable and unrealistic sharp turns when changing lanes or going down the street.

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• RK

  @rkymtnrsx · 10 months ago

  Bro, I swear the NPC’s only crashed in me when I’m doing a mission where you have to chase after someone

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  @cpljimmyneutron · 1 year ago

  DarkViper has a video clip from a speed run where a truck slid sideways across 4 lanes of traffic and hit him... this was on a straight stretch of highway and in single player.

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  @DeAndSp · 1 year ago

  I feel like you and DarkViperAU need to talk.

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  @listenerdave101 · 1 year ago

  Its easy to prove, drive slow. I&apos;ve done it and watch the NPC cars cut in front of you and act weird when you don&apos;t pass.

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• NA

  @Nasrul260 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Rockstar intentionally coded the cars to drive into you ❌ <br> <br>Rockstar does a terrible job at optimizing 12 year old code for modern hardware &nbsp;✅

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  @theslavscav · 1 year ago

  If you really played GTA Online for several years and paid some attention, you should be very familiar with a certain NPC pattern that happens on junctions (in downtown most often). If a player is speeding through a red light, there&apos;s about a 70%-80% chance a very fast NPC will spawn on the street that had green and fly through the junction. Not only will it brake hard immediately when it clears the junction, it will also slow down if the player slows down, intentionally timing it to get t-boned. Even if you spot this a$$hole early, he&apos;s quite difficult to avoid. <br>This behavior is perfectly reproducible, I confirmed it with my friends and this is the hill I&apos;m willing to die on

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  @george5432 · 1 year ago

  If you’ll speed through enough intersections you’ll notice traffic going across rubber bands to match your speed

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  @KarliahOfTheShire · 1 year ago

  I did notice while playing that if you drive normally and stop for traffic lights, the driver behind you doesnt expect you to be stopped there, and asigning that spot to themselves will push you out of the way to get into their spot, but in doing so will upset themselves with the crash and will speed away ignoring the lights to get away from the crash scene, making it look like they crashed intentionally like a hit and run

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  @Biggyzy · 1 year ago

  its funny when you realize thats scripted events with NPCs in cars have been added, removed and re-added again. for someone thats been around the modding part of it too, yes there are physical scripts for these &quot;kamikaze&quot; npcs

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