Slooped Up Explorer

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One pioneer accidentally drove an Explorer into an Alien Power Augmenter, and to their surprise, it didn’t explode! From this research, FICSIT Inc. has issued immediate upgrades for all Explorer models, increasing speed, improving handling, enabling manual control, and adding front hydraulics.

Speed and Handling

Significantly boosts Explorer speed and handling.

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Shift Gears

Switch transmission modes to manually control gears!

Hydraulic Bounce

Bounce the front of the explorer with new hydraulics! Can be enabled once or toggled on.

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In Air Controls

Hold handbrake to while in the air to control the explorer!

Keybindings

Shift up: Left shift
Shift down: Left ctrl
Switch transmission mode: Y
Hydraulic bounce / Unstuck: G
Toggle hydraulic bounce: Hold G
In air controls: Hold handbrake and use throttle and steer to control

Controller Bindings

These have been curated to fit nicely within the vanilla controls:

Shift up:
Shift down:
Switch transmission mode:
Hydraulic bounce / Unstuck:
Toggle hydraulic bounce: Hold
In air controls: Hold handbrake and use left stick to control

However, I would _highly_ recommend to change the default bindings to something that makes more sense. For example:

Interface

For racing, I recommend enabling "Racing HUD Enabled" under Mods > Slooped Up Explorer > Racing HUD Enabled. This removes player health, tooltips, and routing info from the interface.

Compatibility

This mod is perfectly safe to uninstall at any time as all changes are made when each game session starts. Fully multiplayer compatible and works in dedicated servers.

Special Thanks

Medus24: Explorer configuration tuning
Finalomega: Multiplayer desync fix affecting Explorers

Community Event: Round-the-world explorer race

This mod was created for The Coffee Cup Cup, a community-run Explorer racing event!