What do you think of Cruise Lobbies?

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I've noticed these lobbies mentioned around the forums and I wanted to ask peoples' opinions on Cruise or Traffic Lobbies.

For those that haven't come across one before, a Cruise Lobby is almost always on a custom Toscana or Mt Aso track, and they generally have a speed limit around 70-85mph (110-130kph), as well as patrolling 'cop' cars to enforce the speed limit.

Personally I find these lobbies a fun way to just relax, when you don't want a serious race and just want to chill. I love jumping in one of my stock tuned cars (usually just changed wheels and suspension for looks) and driving around with my DFGT, or even just with the old DS3 when I'm extra lazy. I sometimes join in with the patrolling 'cops' in a faster car, or pull out a loud car and just start a car chase. They don't really get in the way of real racing lobbies or anything and you can sometimes find some people with mics too, and have a nice chat while you cruise in 6th gear :)
 
Yeah they are fun good way to just chill with friends and show off your cars and then the cops make it more fun with chases.
 
I've started to join in with some of these lobbies and I got to say, they are quite enjoyable especially when there is a good host that knows what he/she is doing.
 
xCGx-MaRc
I've started to join in with some of these lobbies and I got to say, they are quite enjoyable especially when there is a good host that knows what he/she is doing.
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I definitely agree, with a good host it's great, otherwise you just get ignorant people who use X2010s and race cars
 
How do you "show off" your cars? I know these game types (cruise) existed in like Midnight Club and were fun there. But thats because you could actually check out peoples cars/paints/vinyls/wheels/interior, etc, so there was a point. Get some ideas, get some tips on how they made their car look like that.

Here I guess it could be fun to just drive around with no "goal" and just chat. Then again I can drive to the store, talk on my cell phone, and drive around the block a few more times. :)
 
Vaxxtx
Here I guess it could be fun to just drive around with no "goal" and just chat. Then again I can drive to the store, talk on my cell phone, and drive around the block a few more times. :)
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But then you would have to pay for gas...:crazy:
 
Forgive my ignorance...but do you mean, instead of a race, we can just drive around in our cars? Nothing formal? It sounds pretty neat!
 
I have thought about opening a full room for SS7 and having half of the pack run in the opposite direction while doing "Bandit Runs" (where the person in the back of the pack has to power their way to the front. while the other pack runs in the right direction.

I have also thought about having enough people in that room with slow cars and maybe 4 in fast cars to emulate a sort of "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" type of race.

Traffic/Cruise runs would be fun though, i have just never found one. Just the other day though I bought the Skyline GT-R Pace Car so that would serve as a great "cop" car on those tracks.
 
I'm familiar with free run lobbies but not cops. Should I look out for GT-R pace cars or what? :lol:
 
i set up these online all the time, on toscana! you need a good host to do this though
 
Nielsen
Should I look out for GT-R pace cars or what? :lol:
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I know a guy who previously used white IS-F's for cop cars.

The same person hosts these cruise lobbies on Cote d'Azur now. They're great fun, when everyone's not speeding.
 
I love them but there are never enough of them.
 
I have seen a lot of these room too. But never entered to one. Now that I read what are they for sounds a pretty neat idea and fun
 
I usually like to tease cops in these. Go in with manual transmission and cruise in top or next-to-top gear. Get behind a cop (or find one on the roadside), then drop it down 3 or 4 gears and floor it.

A few problems though:

One - the cops are usually busy with the constant speeders who get to them before you do.
Two - If they're not, they usually ignore your or are in a stupid place like right before a corner so you aren't going very fast when you pass them.
Three - If you do get a chase, you'll either get really bad luck and spin quickly, or you'll get a bad cop who says he's stopped (despite the fact that he didn't actually trap you or even really crash you) you because he managed to put you in the wall for a second (even though you reversed in about .010 seconds flat) or slowed you down to 40mph.
 
They dont really bother me if people just wanna cruise then let them lol
 
Never seen it as a legit "cop" thing. But ive had fun sort of "Night Tests" at La Sarthe and the Nurburgring. Some people choose to take it easy and go slow in their race cars, because they want to perfect only one part of the track. Others use it to dial-in their suspension on parts of the track where noone is. So, go fast in the off sections, and then when you catch up with the pack its real slow and gentile.
 
There should be a general rule list for cruise lobbies. Like the speed limits, how to properly stop a speeder/how to know if you have been stopped by a cop, etc.

hawkeye122
Never seen it as a legit "cop" thing. But ive had fun sort of "Night Tests" at La Sarthe and the Nurburgring. Some people choose to take it easy and go slow in their race cars, because they want to perfect only one part of the track. Others use it to dial-in their suspension on parts of the track where noone is. So, go fast in the off sections, and then when you catch up with the pack its real slow and gentile.
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That sounds pretty cool. I like that, and cops would hide on the straights.
 
Just joined one that was at La Sarthe and had a great time. Cop cars were GT-R Pace Cars and there were all sorts of randoms driving around.
Best part was cruising down Mulsanne, realising that there were two cop cars up ahead and then planting the pedal in my Z/28 and overtaking them. :-)
They really are heaps of fun.
 
Never done a cruise room, but I will as soon as I can.
 
Guys, I would really like to have a large scale cruise lobby so that is why I am going to run a cruise lobby at La Sarthe, and random Toscana and Mt Aso tracks tonight, starting in about 30 minutes and running until the night ot give everyone a chance to join. I ope to see you all there. Speed limit will be 62mph/100kph and I will be a police car. Then I will try to recruit another to help out. Please join to make me a happy driver.
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Playing your own cop and crashing into speeders is fun too... Lol
 
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