This is the #1 most asked question, and believe me, I've heard your pleas. It wasn't my intention to make a Sandbox vehicle because I didn't think my amateurish attempt could beat well-established vehicle frameworks like simfphys and LVS. But it seems a lot of you really enjoyed the driving experience, and wish for it to come to Sandbox.

In theory, the gamemode is coded to be very loosely connected to the car entity, which means the car is almost fully standalone already. Just for now, I want the gamemode to be the star of the show, but I've seen how much you ask, so I might a little bit down the road.

Due to my agreement with Renault, for the duration of their MODDER5 campaign, this will not be possible. However I've already been granted permission to allow this when that campaign is over, and the whole gamemode is already coded to not care about *which* car is used...

Same as the question above.

It's actually not, it is actually yourself tilting it forward. WASD also controls the car in midair, and holding W will make you frontflip. Likewise S will backflip, and A/D will rotate you sideways. If you do not hold any buttons in midair, there is actually an *upright* force that auto-adjusts you to land right-side up.

See ConVars/Settings section below.

See Translation section below.

When you press Ctrl and do the ramp tilt, any low enough obstacle your wheels collide with will actually let you ramp off of them. Use this to drive up staircases, or over small fences and road barriers. Just make sure your wheels are the only thing that makes contact, then it will launch you forward.

Yes, actually. If you're drifting, activating Boost will actually push your car against the drift and help you regain grip and drive forward much faster. Similarly, when going backwards and then braking, Boosting will accelerate you forward much faster. Oh, and you can also partially blind your opponents with your Headlights by pressing F.

Unfortunately, this is not fixable. For the wheels to drive smoothly, they are required to be spawned as spherical physics objects instead of the cylindrical shape of wheels. This means that the wheels actually extend sideways out further than the model shows. If you drive into walls, I've done my best to make my code temporarily turn your wheels frictionless so it shouldn't affect you, but this is not always consistent, and if the wheels remain rubber friction, it will completely grind you to a halt. We call this the "wall glue" bug.

The best thing you can do, is avoid driving up against walls. Most good maps and gameplay comes from more open streets than narrow alleyways anyway, so try to stick to those. You *can* however still try, and hope the frictionless mechanic comes in to save you, as it should *most* of the time.

Ask in this thread, and I will answer. If enough people repeat the same questions, I may add it to this list.

Most of the game's settings come in the form of ConVars. You are familiar with them, if you've played any gamemode. All ConVars/Settings of this gamemode begin with the prefix drs_, and they can be accessed via the Console (Shift+Esc). Here is a list of all in the game, and what they do:

• drs_timelimit [seconds] - The time limit of the round.
  
• drs_headstart_time [seconds] - How big a headstart Drivers get.
  
• drs_postround_time [seconds] - How long after a round ends before a new one begins.
  
• drs_boost_time [seconds] - How long players can Boost.
  
• drs_boost_recharge_rate [fraction]
  How quickly Boost recharges. A value of 0.5 means you gain 0.5 seconds of boost every second recharging.
  
  
• drs_boost_recharge_delay [seconds]
  How long after Boosting that Boost begins to recharge.
  
  
• drs_ping_cooldown [seconds]
  How long the cooldown is between the Ping ability. Setting this to 0 can be used to disable Ping entirely.
  
  
• drs_ping_close_distance [units]
  The distance at which the Ping mechanic displays rings instead of arrows. Setting this to 0 will make it always arrows. Setting to -1 will make it always rings.
  
  
• drs_underwater_time [seconds]
  How long players can survive underwater before taking drowning damage. Players who die are automatically caught and turned Seekers upon death. Set to 0 to instantly begin taking damage. Set to -1 to give infinite underwater time.
  
  
• drs_unstuck_delay [seconds]
  How long you must hold [R] in order to flip/reset your car. Setting to 0 makes it instant. Setting to -1 disables this mechanic.
  
  
• drs_firstperson [0/1/2]
  Optional First Person mode. 0 = Default Third Person, 1 = First Person, 2 = Allow players to toggle (Using [Alt]).
  
  
• drs_allow_custom_playermodels [0/1]
  Allows players to use their own chosen Player Model from Sandbox. Setting this to 0 forces all players to use random Citizen models (By default, custom models are allowed).

This gamemode supports full client-side translations based on the player's own game's language setting. This can be chosen in the lower-right corner of Garry's Mod's main menu.

These translations support special translation files outside of the gamemode, meaning you can provide your own translation to your friends, server, community, or even public Workshop, without modifying the game.

Create a new .lua file and paste the following in:
Replace all text on the right-hand side with your translated versions, without changing the text inside the square-brackets. Remember quotation marks and commas.

Name this file "lang_[language code].lua", where [language code] is the language-specific code for the language you are translating. For example, English is "lang_en.lua" and French is "lang_fr.lua".

When you are done, place this file in lua/driveandseek either in your addon, server, game, or anywhere content is mounted to the lua folder in Garry's Mod.

Now, when switching to this language in-game, it should update all the UI and HUD across the whole game to reflect your updated language. Feel free to upload your translation files to the Workshop if you wish to share. You can link any translation in here, and I will attach them to the main Workshop page.