The "super" all terrain rover: The Nomad

I totally agree with you on that first point! I thought maybe it was just me because I use KB/M and I don't have a menchanical gaming KB with a wide array of keys to choose from, just a standard "MICROSOFT" keyboard (which I really like)...But it has only your most standard buttons; so I used the number pad to the right so that I wasn't reaching across the keyboard and fumbling with keys like W A S D etc....But holy moly! What a pig! I"ve ridden in 86 Cadillacs that had better handling....That part was frustrating as hell! And the "Jump" wasn't smaller/shorter than the Mako....THe Nomad's verticle is pathetic.

To be totally honest, as much grief as the Mako always got....I actually never found it to be that bad. In fact I quite liked it. The one thing I didn't like was that silly little rocket-thingy (I think it was called "Hammerhead") that you got as DLC in "Bring down The Sky"....That was horrible. I never did figure out how to use it properly or effectively, and so I always preferred to stick with the MAKO.

I really hope they can some how improve the handling of the Nomad on release...Or that maybe because this was a demo and not the full game, that things aren't actually as bad in the 'real game'....

I don't understand the difference between 4 and 6 wheel drive. Like, does two of the tires retract in 4 wheel to go faster? Can someone please explain to a flamboyant and technologically unsavvy gay boy like myself

No it does not, I explain it like that:

They only have an underpowered generator on board (all the Initiative equipment has flaws it seems, the armor gets people killed (or nearly killed), the ground vehicle isn't armed and is hard to drive and underpowered, the ship(s) aren't armed either, so every half decent mercenary group can board an ark or even the Nexus (so instead of shooting their ships to pieces it becomes damned urban ground warfare!) or even the Tempest (if they can find it...it doesn't seem to have a Normandy-Style-Stealth-System, so that's probably not that hard - it can only run away if something armed chases it!) etc. etc....if you want decent equipment you seem to have to barter with outside sources or research stuff on your own and then have it made especially for yourself!) , so it slows down (but gets better traction) when you run all 6 electric motors driving the thing...yeah, crappy explanation, but IMHO the only one that makes sense (otherwise you'd keep the thing in 6-Wheel-Drive-Mode all the time and it would go faster, too and still have better grip!)

greets LAX
ps: My best idea in the trial was using the first available crafting station to make myself a damned CARNIFEX (hate the Predator pistol, it doesn't deserve that name it should be called the Crapator or something like that...even the Phalanx is better (loved that in ME2 with that laser-sight...nice for planting headshots!)...good thing the Alliance is not using that as it's standard sidearm, the Phalanx is way better than this piece of junk! Sure it'll do in a pinch, but as soon as something better is available? GET IT!...especially if like me you prefer firing less rounds with more damage! (I am not a fan of extremely fast firing guns with low damage and a lot of spray...prefer accurate and slow firing )

No, the Nomad is really bad. Mako at least always went to where I wanted. Nomad is a pain in the ass.

Nomad really left some awesome impressions.
It's easy to drive, imo. Better than Mako.
Tho I always have mouse sensitivity higher than most people do. Probs that matters?

It seems it's only people with KB+M that have issues, I had no issues at all with my xbox controller.

My only quibble with the Nomad is the 6 wheel drive thing. They just made it that the Nomad can't go up hills so you have to press an extra button to change it's mode, instead of just letting people go up the hill anyway. It's like a "feature" for the sake of it

I much prefer the Mako. Felt faster and I never had problems like other people did (probably because I never treated Mass Effect's driving segments as Mountain Goat Simulator). Hopefully after I've upgraded the speed and jumping on the Nomad it doesn't feel so sluggish.

Same in my game: no mouse (I tried everything), only WASD. It was unmanageable.

Darn, I was hoping you'd say "just hold down the middle mouse button and you can steer with the mouse." I'd really like it if the nomad could be steered by mouse instead of A and D. Right now it reminds me of that quote from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow."

have you tried messing around in keybindings