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Here are a few advanced moves :

On most newer roads/freeways the lanes are very wide. This means there's actually plenty of space between the lanes for you to pass right down the middle. (the main risk here is if the other drivers freak out and do something stupid)

Similar to the "head fake" you can do the swerve-off. Say you need to change lanes and some ass won't let you. Make a swerve & back off. This usually makes him brake hard which opens up the space for you. Last resort.

The freeway "zigzag". In a lot of rush hour freeway jams, the lanes go through a pattern where the right lane speeds up to an exit, then it jams up with an onramp feeding a merge, over and over. You can ride this by lane changing all the way right, all the way left, back and forth. You stay right until right before the onramp, go all the way left, then once the merge jam clears up and it starts feeding an exit ramp you go back to the right, zig-zagging across the freeway the whole way.

Also a general tip : never ever pull up to a stop right behind the car in front of you; I always leave a nice space so that I can quickly pull out and change lanes. This is especially important in stop & go jams.