do cars have a acelarator???

[Conman51]

i read in one of the manuals that jeeps have a acelerator if u press shift...i couldnt tell a difrence when i tried it...but i did notice difrences in tanks and APC's..they go a little faster if u press shift....so is taht supposed to be there??

[Alex6714]

Yes. Cars have it too.

Although I don't think tanks do?

[Conman51]

Yes. Cars have it too.

Although I don't think tanks do?

really i didnt notice a diffrence??....i tried it on the british land rover


waht about support trucks and motorcycles or the big suicide truck??

[Tartantyco]

-To me it seems as if it only kicks in on inclines.

[marcoelnk]

you'll get up steep terrain easier by pressing shift with all vehicles ...ive got the feeling that vehicles get a bit faster on flat terrain but not much

[Cyrax-Sektor]

Those suicide cars Insurgents have get some good acceleration. That's the most noticeable example of Shift. Some refer to it as the 'nitro boost', 'speed booster' and my favorite 'a little extra oomph'.

Cars and APCs definitely have the Shift boost. Motorbikes don't have them I think.

[Ryan3215]

Ive never noticed it with tanks, but with motorcycles im pretty sure its there.

[Razick]

Well I think of it more like upshifting to a higher gear like a car. If none of you have noticed the vehicles switch gears like an automatic car.

[HughJass]

almost all land vehicals have it, it is used to get over hills esier.

[Cyrax-Sektor]

The bikes have it too ^^

Time to tear up the road Mad Max style!

[bosco_]

Time to tear up the road Mad Max style!

And then hit a pole and explode

[Sirsolo]

When in doubt: Press shift =D

[Proff3ssorXman]

Unless your pointing at a pole, in which case it is hit s.

[Cyrax-Sektor]

And then hit a pole and explode

Agree, I'm magnetically attracted to light poles. Village bridges aren't a problem as you can speed over the one segment ones with enough speed.

[Sabre_tooth_tigger]

And then hit a pole and explode

Yea opps and the accelerate does make the cars go faster, they start to shake like the crazy old blackhawk used to.
YouTube - Basra driveby unedited footage


Tanks, its hard to tell. I guess it doesnt do anything tbh but the way to test is climb a steep hill as much as possible, then just before it starts to slip back press shift and it might start going forward again.

It only lasts a couple of seconds, its turbo overboost.
Something like a porsche would have this but also the tanks are basically massive 21 litre turbo diesels so might have this feature