Better Road Traffic
Enhance Your Soviet Republic’s Traffic Flow with Better Road Traffic Mod
Transform your road networks in Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic with the Better Road Traffic mod. This comprehensive modification introduces intelligent lane management at merges and adds dedicated acceleration lanes to streamline vehicle movement, significantly improving the efficiency of your transportation systems.
Intelligent One-Way Merges
Say goodbye to traffic snarls at intersections. This mod intelligently handles merging traffic on one-way roads. When two single-lane one-way roads converge into a two-lane one-way road, vehicles will now correctly occupy the corresponding lanes. Traffic approaching from the left will enter the left lane of the wider road, and traffic from the right will enter the right lane. This refined behavior applies to specific, verified merge layouts, ensuring smoother transitions without disrupting your existing junction designs.
Dedicated Acceleration Lanes
Boost your vehicles’ ability to integrate seamlessly into main traffic flows with the new Acceleration Lanes buildings. These specialized structures provide dedicated ramps where vehicles can gain speed before merging. The system is designed for efficiency:
- Six distinct variants are available: 50m, 75m, and 100m lengths, each with options for either right (R) or left (L) entrance ramps to suit any road configuration.
- The system dynamically adjusts gap requirements for merging based on the closing speeds of vehicles ahead and behind on the main lane.
- If no safe gap is immediately available, vehicles on the ramp will wait patiently and yield to traffic on the main road, preventing dangerous interruptions.
- Vehicles on the main road may also opportunistically move to an adjacent lane to create a gap for merging traffic, employing stricter gap-finding logic to maintain flow.
These buildings are designed for use as pure pass-through elements and should not be designated as stops for vehicle lines.
Configurable Asphalt Speed
For those seeking to optimize highway travel, the Better Road Traffic mod offers an optional configuration for asphalt road speed limits. You can adjust the maximum speed for standard asphalt roads by editing the `road_traffic.ini` file. The default is set at 110 km/h, but this can be increased to accommodate faster vehicles and longer journeys. Note that this setting does not affect vehicle construction speeds, speed limit signs, or native restrictions like those for night or snow conditions. Road types with lamps, trolley wires, or other special features retain their original speed limits.
Installation requires a compatible DLL mod loader, such as the recommended Republic Mod Loader. Once enabled through the loader, your republic’s traffic will operate with newfound efficiency and realism.