Reverse speed
How fast a vehicle can back up, which decides whether it can retreat into cover after firing.
Also known as backward speed, reverse.
Reverse is capped far below forward speed, often between 12 and 20 kilometres per hour. It is the number that decides whether a peek-a-boo shot ends behind cover or in the open.
Vehicles with poor reverse have to turn around to retreat, exposing their sides, which is why a slow reverse is treated as a genuine weakness rather than a detail.
Related terms
Peek-a-booRolling out of cover to fire a single aimed shot and reversing straight back before the opponent's reload finishes.Top speedThe highest speed a vehicle is allowed to reach, which it only attains with enough engine power and forgiving ground.AccelerationHow quickly a vehicle reaches speed from a standstill, which matters far more in practice than its top speed.