How it works
How players book, ride and control a CoilCab, and what happens when someone steps out.
CoilCab is open to every player. There is no job and no chat command: everything happens in the phone app and on the cabin screen.
Book a ride
- Open the CoilCab app on your phone.
- Choose a destination: a suggested place, a spot you tap on the map, or your GPS waypoint.
- Choose one or two riders and check the fare. It is fixed when you confirm.
- Confirm. A cab drives to you, briskly while it is far away, then slows down for the pickup.
If no cab can come, the app tells you why and no payment is taken. Each booking has a short cooldown before the same player can book again.
Ride
- Get in at an open passenger door. The cab opens its doors when it arrives.
- The cab sets off once everyone is seated, after a short countdown, or sooner with Start ride.
- The fare is taken from the booking rider's bank account when the ride starts.
The rider who booked picks the driving mode on the cabin screen:
| Mode | How it drives |
|---|---|
| Normal | Follows traffic and lights |
| Quick | Faster, still following traffic and lights |
| Mad Max | Overtakes and runs the lights |
The cabin screen
From a passenger seat, press E to focus the cabin screen, and E or Esc to sit back. It shows the trip, music, videos and cab controls. When the booking rider gets in, it carries on with the video their last trip ended on, unless you turn off Continue Last Video.
Stepping out mid-ride
Anyone who steps out stops the cab where it is, parked with both doors open, for the Door Hold time (20 seconds by default). Once everyone who got out is back, it carries on. If the time runs out, it drives whoever is still aboard to the destination, and ends the ride if nobody is.
