Author Topic: GV Steering (Read 278 times)

barfo · « **on:** April 27, 2003, 03:58:57 PM »

Dear Hitech,

I have a suggestion for the way GVs are simulated. The problem is that the faster you go in a GV, the less stable the steering becomes. If you go downhill in an M8, it's almost immpossible to keep the vehicle from rolling to the left or right at some point. One has to fight the steering constantly in order to keep the steering ocillations from increasing in amplitude.

In real cars, it was learned that keeping the steering pivot point in front of the tire's pivot point causes the steering wheel to naturally tend to pull back towards the center on its own if you move foward. If you go downhill in a real car (or push a shopping cart downhill, even), the real thing tends to go straight downhill by itself without the need for human input.

If you go downhill in the simulation, the steering starts to sway and oscillate. If the vehicle is turned so that the nose of the vehicle is going straight down the hill, the vehicle tends to pull to the side by itself.

I don't know if it would be very difficult to improve the realism of gv steering, but I hope you get a chance to address this problem and I appreciate the effort and quality you've already put into the simulation.

Barfo

Tarmac · « **Reply #1 on:** April 27, 2003, 05:00:40 PM »

I second that. It is especially bad when my Panzer is cruising down a hill at 80 mph.

Urchin · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2003, 09:56:25 PM »

I only have the problem in M8s... I've gotten tanks well over 100mph going downhill in nuetral, there is no tendency to oscillate from side to side.

Lazerus1 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2003, 10:18:28 PM »

What Urchin said. The tendency to pull left and right seems to be limited to the M8. I agree that they should look into this to try to fix it, but I'm not sure how high on their lixt of priorities this would be.

barfo · « **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2003, 01:16:15 AM »

I think it was just the M8, come to think of it. And going in neutral downhil.

Furball · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2003, 08:55:34 AM »

Dont forget to change the gears. HT must drive an automatic if he thinks u cant change from neutral while moving in a manual.

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snafu · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2003, 12:34:18 PM »

I find the steering on the M8 does self centre. The only way I can get it down a steep hill at any speed is to let go of the stick. It stilll rocks from side to side but never seems to get out of shape in the same way as it does if I try to drive it down.

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