Great vid DoN!!!! The way the cars so convincinly interact with the ground has always been one of my favorite things about LFS, there is nothing that looks out of place, the cars don't seem to float, as in most other racing "games." Your video does a great job showing this off, another great advert for LFS :up:
Good Movie, the awesome physics are the reason why I like watching replays so much... It just feels like you're watching a real race... Well, almost...
since this video is about the physics in lfs i think we could discuss what we see in the video a little
is it just me or is the reaction of the front left wheel on that curb right in the begining way too fast ?
assuming ffdshow did actually save every single frame there are only 12 frames (in a slowmotionvideo) between deflected compressed and deflected again ... appears to be a bit too quick to me
Assuming it doesn't impart enough energy to cause the wheel to take off, thats how fast it will go... And I don't think it would impart enough energy...
I agree, but it is possible that the setup maybe had quick rebound (and/or stiff suspension)? Maybe the setup that was made was made in a way that it wanted to showoff the suspension in action, regardless of how quick it deflected.
Still I think it is nice to see any parts of LFS in slowmotion, it looks pretty good compared to other games and their 'stiff' look.
It does look like the car has some pretty quick rebound. In one instance the rear end of the car gets tossed pretty good by a big curb, when it lands it definitely bounces.