Your ship does not slow down on approach to other vessels. Rather, game time speeds up when there are no vessels in your immediate vicinity for the benefit of traveling long distances. So be grateful for that.
A few pointers- Top left corner of screen: Red bar shows your ship's health, black bar shows cargo in your cargo hold, yellow bar shows your XP to the next level, the number is your current XP level. Don't endanger your ship to pick up a few cargo crates or health packs, it is rarely ever worth it. Keep a couple bombs for emergencies, sell the rest. When you see a ship with a yellow health bar, he is friendly and will attack pirate ships if approached. Play nice- if a friendly (white health bar) ship is hit by cannon balls from either side, he will assume you are his enemy.
Google Translate- Poca Cosa = Little Thing. Diep Gat = Deep Hole. Verdammter Platz = F---ing Place. Nirgendwo = Nowhere. Hara = Will Do. Caga(nel) = Sh-- (in) = In Sh--?
i will make a big announcement when Motor Wars 2 .. beta .. is ready! :D