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Experimental 1.7 vehicle physics feels too arcade and lost weight/inertia

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User feedback
Issue key
AREXP-246
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Arma Reforger
Project
Experimental Feedback
Creator
sumrakhss
Created
May 10, 2026
Views
207
Experimental Version
1.7.0.33
Mission
—
Is it modded?
no
Description

Vehicle physics in Experimental 1.7 feels significantly worse than before.

Heavy vehicles like BTRs and trucks brake too aggressively and no longer feel heavy. Humvee and UAZ now have too much lateral grip and behave more like arcade cars than military vehicles.

Before 1.7, driving on gravel felt much more natural: vehicles had softer suspension, visible body roll, inertia, and controllable lateral slip. Humvee could slide at speed and needed actual correction from the driver. Now the handling feels too stiff, too assisted, and too predictable.

Main issues:

  • Too much tire grip / not enough lateral slip

  • Brakes are too strong, especially on heavy vehicles

  • Suspension feels too stiff

  • Vehicles lost their sense of weight and inertia

  • Driving feels closer to Battlefield/Squad/Arma 3 arcade handling than Reforger’s previous physics

Please consider reducing braking force, reducing lateral grip, softening suspension behavior, and bringing back more inertia and vehicle body movement.

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    5 months ago
  • sumrakhss
    created issue5 months ago
  • 5 months ago
  • purechaos
    5 months ago
    purechaos
    5 months ago

    You are right and I want to say they will do something about it, but they won't and this was probably intentional to accomodate the casual players.

    That and auto handbrake

  • l909
    changed state to
    FEEDBACK
    5 months ago
  • sumrakhss
    5 months ago
    sumrakhss
    5 months ago

    Removing the very feature that made this game stand out so strongly within its genre seems foolish to me; for the casual player, simplified driving won't actually make the game any easier—but for veterans, it will certainly spoil the experience.

  • 5 months ago
  • purechaos
    5 months ago
    purechaos
    5 months ago

    I went back and played some stable 1.6 and man, the vehicles feel so much better

  • about 2 months ago
  • l909
    changed state to
    USER FEEDBACK
    about 2 months ago

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State

User feedback
Issue key
AREXP-246
Access
Public
Space
Arma Reforger
Project
Experimental Feedback
Creator
sumrakhss
Created
May 10, 2026
Views
207