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Auto-locking vs non-autolocking

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Plasmapwrdhorse, Aug 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM.

  1. Plasmapwrdhorse

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    Ok I need some clarification here. With 4wd vehicles in game we have auto locking wheel hubs but we can equip non-auto locking wheel hubs at least on the d and h series. So what are they? Are they manual locking hubs or are they just not supposed to go with 4wd.
     
    #1 Plasmapwrdhorse, Aug 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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    They are just not locking at all, meaning they are always locked. There isn't much difference in behavior, auto locking ones have less friction in 2WD mode which will make the car ever so slightly faster in that mode, but the difference isn't really noticable. You can also manually unlock the auto locking hubs via the powertrain viewer app to cut off the torque to one of the wheels if you want
     
    #2 Agent_Y, Aug 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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  3. Plasmapwrdhorse

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    Yeah I was just trying to understand the difference between the two in game. Thanks for the explanation.
     
    #3 Plasmapwrdhorse, Aug 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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    I remember when there were manually locking hubs as an option? Thankfully CEEP brought them back.
    Do you know what happened to those?
     
    #4 bussin.buses, Aug 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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    They were replaced with the automatic ones when we got support for these, because they weren't realistic for this type of vehicle. But they can still be used in mods and stuff
     
    #5 Agent_Y, Aug 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
  6. bussin.buses

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    I’d say manual hubs are realistic in a 1990s truck but it doesn’t really matter. Thanks for the response
     
    #6 bussin.buses, Aug 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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