Vehicles

There are various vehicles that engineers can use to travel, and transport items. Like buildings, vehicles can be painted any color. There are no new planned vehicles for the future, and there are no further unconfirmed vehicles. There is no cap on the number of vehicles in the world. Engineers can be hit by vehicles.

Progression
Vehicle tech can be unlocked via various means, including the discovery of new resources. Currently, there are four vehicles: The tractor, the truck, the explorer, and the Train.

Piloting
Engineers can enter and exit vehicles via "E" the enter vehicle hotkey. . When piloting a vehicle, the camera switches to third-person perspective. There are currently unknown features which will allow performing stunts. Vehicles cannot be upgraded.

Drifting
The Truck and The Explorer can both drift. The pilot can activate drifting to allow for tighter, sliding turns, similar to a handbrake, to give greater control.

Automation
By holding Q, the Self driving menu hotkey, while piloting a vehicle, an Engineer can perform various actions allowing for vehicle automation, such as recording a path, and enabling autopilot. Vehicles only drive on their own when not piloted by an engineer.

Wheeled
Wheeled vehicles can be automated using the self driving menu by recording a path. When recording, waypoints (which display as small blue arrows) are placed periodically along your path.

The automation uses waypoints for pathing: It seems to be a point to point system, which means vehicles will always face the current waypoint until they reach it to target the next waypoint.

Self driving requires a clear straight path between waypoints and a closed loop of waypoints to work optimally. If a vehicle collides with an obstacle (including another vehicle), it will reverse and adjust its course, but vehicles will not actively avoid each-other.

Rail
Trains can be automated using the self driving menu.

An automated path for trains can be created by adding train stations to the stop-list. Each stop can be assigned a stop duration, before the train moves on.