1750 - Is overtaking possible.

[HarrierST]

I am sure when I briefly played Simutrans 64 standard, about 3 years ago road vehicles could overtake.

But in Ex. Starting in 1750 I have a Hackney carriage (twice the speed) following a pack horse over a long stretch of straight road - yet it does not overtake it.  There is no other vehicle coming towards it.

Was overtaking not implemented in Extended?

[jamespetts]

Overtaking is indeed implemented in Extended, but, as with Standard, there are some quite stringent constraints: for example, overtaking is only possible if the entire overtaking manoeuvre can be completed without either vehicle passing a junction, so slow vehicles overtaking one another inside towns is unlikely. Likewise, any oncoming traffic (whether player vehicles or private cars/carts) will prevent overtaking until they have passed.