RACING TRUCK

Besides not being possible yet to set leaf spring suspension for the mod, this handles very close to the real counterpart.

All specs where based on CBA Truck Regulations (wheelbase, max engine size per manufacturer, tires size and pressure, max camber settings and many more).

Mod page: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/46628D

To-do list
-Add skin template
-Maybe change stuff on the dashboard/gauges
-Some other feedback stuff given by other players

Mod is currently peding approval

Here's a video so you guys can listen to the sound as well as see how the car looks and behaves better

I've wanted one of these for soooo long! Looks and sounds great

Added new Ricardo bucket seat, as we still pending review.

insane 🤟

great great great !!! please, do not forget templates for skinning these rude boys race machines

little remark : the driver seems to be a little bit too near the door

Reminds me of the old good PC game, Mercedes Benz Truck Racing. This might be really good

Thanks a lot for the feedback guys, i didnt gave up on this one! Yesterday i made some slight changes on the interior.




Some things i want to explain:

- The truck uses road super tires, as the real life counterparts uses good quality road tires as well. It might feel very hard to handle at first, but i tested it with R4's and it has lots of grip, more than what you expect on these trucks. I recommend watching this video so you can get a feel of it:



- The digital dashboard isnt at its best since i can set only one texture page for gauges to work.
- In real life, these trucks doesnt have the 1st gear (its simply doesnt exist, u cant engage it), so you usually start driving in 2nd gear, and launches using 3rd. In race conditions, drivers only uses 4th, 5th and 6th gears on most cases.
- The tracks (Interlagos/Interlakes as example) these trucks run have speedtraps limited at 160kph (160km/h) so the trucks dont reach speeds over 200kph and manages to brake safely and dont overheat the brakes (that is water cooled).
- The truck needs refinement and skins.

Please consider rating it accordingly and give feedbacks of it here.

Looks amazing can't wait to test!

can You make also alternative set with 45 lock and normal tires? please

It's been 3h30min since the mod became available! I forgot to mention that on this last report

Mod page: https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/46628D

yea but make it driftable please

Quote from jujek :

yea but make it driftable please

maybe driving lessons would help

(it's already very easy to drift)

Quote from nikopdr :

maybe driving lessons would help

(it's already very easy to drift)

yea but with road super tires and this weight you do like 2 corners and tires will pop

Quote from jujek :

yea but with road super tires and this weight you do like 2 corners and tires will pop

did you try?

nice job on the mod

Quote from nikopdr :

did you try?

2pro4me

Quote from nikopdr :

did you try?

ye, and idk what is the point of drifting with 25 steering

EDIT: and as You can see i road super tires are not good becouse they overhead to quick even in normal cars

Ficou top mano

Agora estou aguardando um estradeiro de verdade thce

Hey Pedro, The truck looks great just needs some proper suspension and a couple small tweaks to handle as good as it can! I have a couple tutorial videos you could check out to help with suspension tuning!

This thing is amazing... Drives very similar to what I remember from Automobilista and Assetto Corsa mods
Anyone have plan to host league with this?

I know you need to add headlights, brake lights, and more. But can you also add slicks please? You can make minimum R3's to R4's . Overall its a great design.

That profilepicture of yours is perfect fo this vehicle.
It had lot of POWEEEER!!!

Quote from Jake_Blasted :

Hey Pedro, The truck looks great just needs some proper suspension and a couple small tweaks to handle as good as it can! I have a couple tutorial videos you could check out to help with suspension tuning!

same thought, this truck seems a drift paradise.. it burned everytime. i saw 24h truck racing at "Le Mans" and my first tests doesn't match with the feeling of the mod, too much power and too high red line. understeer is also a little bit too much present

hope it help

I think R4 tires would help this mod a lot.

Quote from jujek :

can You make also alternative set with 45 lock and normal tires? please

As its not the main purpose of this vehicle, i wont be focusing at it AT THE MOMENT. It would require me to learn some things in LFS Editor to make it work properly and dont affect the main objective the Truck.

Quote from Jake_Blasted :

Hey Pedro, The truck looks great just needs some proper suspension and a couple small tweaks to handle as good as it can! I have a couple tutorial videos you could check out to help with suspension tuning!

Thanks for the feedback! In real life these trucks uses leaf spring suspension front and rear. As its not currently available in LFS Editor, i just left it with linear suspension. Im studying better ways to set up the suspension and make it similar to the real counterpart. Btw i've watched your videos and i actually have a suggestion: make them non listed but add them to a public playlist, so the videos dont show up on the videos tab, but the playlist does. It'd ease to search for the videos on your channel.

Quote from versiu :

This thing is amazing... Drives very similar to what I remember from Automobilista and Assetto Corsa mods

Thank you! I've actually tested the trucks in other games in order to have more parameters to base on. Glad to see it worked

Quote from Octosquad :

I know you need to add headlights, brake lights, and more. But can you also add slicks please? You can make minimum R3's to R4's . Overall its a great design.

We gotta bear in mind that these are trucks built and raced in Brazil and those races doesnt happen at night, so they just remove all these lights.


And these also DOES NOT use slicks in real life, instead they use good quality road tires, the same you find to buy at Michelin, Pirelli, Bridgestone and Goodyear (sponsors of Copa Truck). In 2021 they used Goodyear's Fuel Max LHS Max series


I've explained this some posts up: https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1981292#post1981292

Quote from Tomfuel :

same thought, this truck seems a drift paradise.. it burned everytime. i saw 24h truck racing at "Le Mans" and my first tests doesn't match with the feeling of the mod, too much power and too high red line. understeer is also a little bit too much present

hope it help

Well this is not a 24h truck that races at Le Mans, these are beasts that races on the tracks of Brazil. Some trucks has more, some trucks has less power than this one, but all of them has over 1200hp. They also raised the redline comparing to the stock engine, but its obvious that they dont push the engine to such high rpm. They usually shift below (or around) 3k RPM.
The understeer is also present in real life, thats why drivers tends to rotate the truck, left-foot brake and brake-boost in almost every corner. I think it can be slightly fixed via setup tho, thats why im thinking about changing suspension geometry.

Quote from PopnLochNessMonster :

I think R4 tires would help this mod a lot.

R4' has way more grip that what this truck should have. And at the moment, Road Supers feels to have less grip than needed. But the thing with road supers can possibly be fixed tuning suspension

Quote from PedroXDBR :

And these also DOES NOT use slicks in real life, instead they use good quality road tires, the same you find to buy at Michelin, Pirelli, Bridgestone and Goodyear (sponsors of Copa Truck). In 2021 they used Goodyear's Fuel Max LHS Max serie


R4' has way more grip that what this truck should have. And at the moment, Road Supers feels to have less grip than needed. But the thing with road supers can possibly be fixed tuning suspension

Thank you for clarifying and for the photo reference as well. I enjoy the driving the truck a lot. Getting past initial reactions and getting used to the handling of the truck, I understand the decisions made.
I look forward to any further improvements made towards the mod.

New update!

Added skin mapping. Now its possible to make skins for the vehicle.
Increased steering wheel angle (from 270° to 540°).
Added a little bit of body downforce

please, post wireframe in black on white background, it is more easy for work with layer mask

Quote from Tomfuel :

please, post wireframe in black on white background, it is more easy for work with layer mask

Ok added

thanks ! that's nice

It was nice to drive, but i cannot find it now

Quote from Karl Morytz :

It was nice to drive, but i cannot find it now

same here

indeed, it was really nice ... What happened PedroXDBR ?

I had to unpublish it due to 3d model problems, hopefully i can fix it and make it public again

That's truly brave and humble of you. I wish you easy work on this.

Quote from PedroXDBR :

I had to unpublish it due to 3d model problems, hopefully i can fix it and make it public again

We're waiting. It was fun.