How to Use the Paradox Station in Pacific Drive

The main purpose of the station is to find and eliminate paradoxes – random, mostly negative effects that can affect the operation of a vehicle. These effects can connect different parts of the car in an unusual way – for example, turning on the headlights can open a door, and the operation of the wipers can activate some other system of the car.

To use the Paradox Station effectively, you need to monitor all changes in the car’s operation. As soon as you notice strange behavior – whether it’s random shutdowns or activations of systems – it’s important to remember their sequence. When you return to the garage, you can use the station to try to diagnose the problem by indicating what exactly is happening to the car.

However, at the initial stage, only basic information is available, which complicates the troubleshooting process. To improve efficiency, it is recommended to purchase two key modules on the fabricator:

• The Explore module highlights which of your assumptions were correct, helping you focus on correcting only the incorrect connections.
• The analysis module allows partial diagnosis of paradoxes, suggesting which parts of the car require special attention.

These improvements will help narrow down the range of problems and find the right solution faster. However, even with these modules you will not be able to do without “fortune-telling on tea leaves”. You will have to carefully monitor the behavior of the car at each stage of repair .

Detailed instructions

The paradox station interface consists of four main columns. Each of them is responsible for a certain part of the situation, and they can be divided into two types: causes and consequences of the paradox. The first two columns are related to what causes the problem and under what conditions it occurs, and the last two are related to the manifestation of the paradox itself.

• The first column describes which specific part of the vehicle is causing the failure.
• The second column indicates what action of this part occurs before the paradox occurs.
• The third column shows exactly which part of the car is failing.
• The fourth column describes what exactly happens to this part during the paradox.

When you correctly specify all four parameters, the system will give a positive signal (smiling smiley). However, you can also determine the presence of a paradox in advance if you carefully monitor the condition of the car during trips. For example, if you open the trunk, and all the doors open automatically with it, this clearly signals the presence of a paradox. In the garage, you can also notice malfunctions according to the instrument readings, where the “paradox” status will be displayed in yellow.

To successfully eliminate the failure, it is necessary to correctly determine both the circumstances of its occurrence and the failure itself. The system will prompt the correctness of the choice by displaying a smiley under the corresponding column, but you need to find the correct answers in all four columns. If you have already noticed the strange behavior of one of the machine parts, this will significantly simplify the diagnostics, since the last two columns (the paradox itself) will already be clear. It remains only to find out under what circumstances this failure occurs.

Example: You have discovered that the rear left door opens by itself. Now you need to find out under what conditions this happens. Try interacting with different parts of the car until you reproduce the paradox. Let’s say you turned the steering wheel to the left, and this door opened. Now in the first column you need to indicate “steering wheel”, in the second – “turn left”, in the third – “rear left door”, and in the fourth – “opens”.

If the paradox is only detected by the sensors in the garage, but does not manifest itself in an obvious way, you can either ignore it until the problem becomes obvious, or start carefully checking for less noticeable failures. These can be such minor manifestations as a slowly decreasing fuel level, jerking of the car, flashing of the dashboard or flickering of the headlights. Some paradoxes may occur only under certain conditions – for example, when the battery or fuel tank is fully charged, or when reversing.

To simplify diagnostics, you can use hints for energy resources that you receive when collecting anchors (kLIM). Hints will show you one or more answer options marked with flashing exclamation marks, but only one of them will be correct. Keep in mind that each new hint costs more than the previous one, so it is wiser to use them sparingly.