Straight line driving...

[Skullblits]

OK chaps. I've had this problem from FS15..

How do you manage to drive in a true straight line?

I find myself always adjusting and when planting it always misses parts. How do you all manage??

[ClassicTractors]

^^ Try the GPS mod. It really helps with driving in straight lines since it has an auto steer feature.

[markare]

He's on ps4

[Skullblits]

^^^

[ClassicTractors]

Then I would try having a little bit of overlap to avoid missing parts when you adjust while planting.

[Earnest Pea]

When I need straight lines on PC (as mentioned above) I use GPS, but when I need straight lines on the XB1 I use workers.

[Earnest Pea]

As ClassicTractors mentioned, a little overlap helps. You can also make use of the handy patterns in the soil. Their not always easy to see, though.

[markare]

Also try using a planter with ridge markers. Follow the ridge with your front wheel. At a slow speed the steering correction will be minimal and nothing will be left out. When I do manual seeding I always overlap my previous row slightly just in case. My steering skills are more rubbery than an elastic band. I'm touch heavy, it's full lock or nothing all the time with me. That's how it feels anyway, can never judge that slight movement just quite right. In cab view is worse, watching the steering wheel for an indication makes me feel sick as iy turns too quickly and for very little turning lock as well

[Turbojugend]

Hire helper. Sit in cab.

[Skullblits]

I can't use the hire helper. It's a unfriendly AI field.

Anyway it's just been driving me nuts.

Ridge markers are brilliant (when one remembers to use them) lol

[fenixguy]

All of the above. I use ridge markers when available or overlap a tiny bit. I use workers (console player's GPS) to make my lines straight sometimes and turn them at the headlands.

I make my fields "AI friendly" by making a rectangle first, then let the workers "fill it in". When they're done, I do the uneven edges. If the field is REALLY AI unfriendly, I sow grass in that field.

[traveler87]

You can use the coords on the minimap as long as you are traveling along cardinal directions (90,180,270, 360 deg). I'd only recommend this for folks that are interested in navigation.

Assuming true north is the top of the map:

The first number changes as you move left to right (east to west). Traveling east along the map the first number will increase. 0 is the left edge of the map.

The second number changes as you move top to bottom (north to south). Traveling south along the map the second number will increase. 0 is the top edge of the map.

Navigation can be tough to grasp so I'll give an example... I'm planting a field that's long side is east to west. So I run the planter east - or left to right - across the map. A straight line will see no change in the second number, the only number that will change is the first number.

Example 2: I'm cultivating a field and traveling south along the map (top to bottom). My coords are 500,750. Traveling in a straight line north to south the first number will always stay at 500. The second number will increase from 750 as I travel.

To better grasp the concept, hire a worker while traveling along a cardinal direction and observe the coords.

Also, each number represents 1 meter or 1 row. So for example 2 - I turn the tractor to the east at the end of the field then head back north up the field. My cultivator is 6 meters wide. My new coordinate will have 506 as the first number instead of 500. There will be no miss or overlap.

[AP_Oddity7]

I found that when I was using the G920 on the XB1 that little bit of dead zone would be enough to throw the tractor off a straight line when I was being lazy and reverted to the controller.

[Skullblits]

Well there's many good tips. Thanks a lot.. But this GPS mod sounds interesting..

[redglasses]

Well there's many good tips. Thanks a lot.. But this GPS mod sounds interesting..

hire a worker, let him set up the pass, fire the worker, put cruise control on and dont steer, when you get to the end, turn around and repeat