We were lucky, nobody got hurt - even our dog on the back seat survived without any scratches!
But still, in this particular case I would have preferred the LFS type of damage modelling ;-)
Hi,
yes I suppose that is part of the reason. But looking at how well (IMHO) the "cosmetic" damage modelling is done, and how the car can sustain serious damage if you hit it really hard, I have the feeling that the devs kept the damage "below realistic" on purpose. I think I once managed to completely wreck a wheel so that it would not steer at all anymore, but that was when I was hitting a concrete wall at 150km/h or so. IRL the same damage should occur at about 50km/h, so all the Devs have to do would be to change some numbers...
Well, I love the game as it is, I was just wondering if there was a specific reason for this apparent "shortcoming".
yes I suppose that is part of the reason. But looking at how well (IMHO) the "cosmetic" damage modelling is done, and how the car can sustain serious damage if you hit it really hard, I have the feeling that the devs kept the damage "below realistic" on purpose. I think I once managed to completely wreck a wheel so that it would not steer at all anymore, but that was when I was hitting a concrete wall at 150km/h or so. IRL the same damage should occur at about 50km/h, so all the Devs have to do would be to change some numbers...
Well, I love the game as it is, I was just wondering if there was a specific reason for this apparent "shortcoming".
Damage Modelling
Hi Everybody,
I think most of the physics in LFS is extremely good, but the damage modelling seems to be almost restricted to cosmetic damage. Even after a bad flip over you can usually drive on, and it takes a very hard crash to have more than steering and grip affected.
For comparison, IRL this happened to me last week: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ko ... 0the%20Front.JPG.jpg.html
This was not even really a crash, just a little curb contact at about 40km/h, but still the car is totalled *sigh* and I had to get it towed as it would not move on its own. (Oh, it was my GF driving and well below the speed limit, no illegal racing here, just a damn slippery road)
Well, what I'm saying is that LFS would be a lot more fun if you could not just spin out at every corner and then continue, but if you really had to take some care of your car, if you wanted to survive the race. As it is now, I think the game is still too Acarde-ish, and this takes away from the simulation character of the game.
PS: First post, please dont be too rude!
I think most of the physics in LFS is extremely good, but the damage modelling seems to be almost restricted to cosmetic damage. Even after a bad flip over you can usually drive on, and it takes a very hard crash to have more than steering and grip affected.
For comparison, IRL this happened to me last week: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ko ... 0the%20Front.JPG.jpg.html
This was not even really a crash, just a little curb contact at about 40km/h, but still the car is totalled *sigh* and I had to get it towed as it would not move on its own. (Oh, it was my GF driving and well below the speed limit, no illegal racing here, just a damn slippery road)
Well, what I'm saying is that LFS would be a lot more fun if you could not just spin out at every corner and then continue, but if you really had to take some care of your car, if you wanted to survive the race. As it is now, I think the game is still too Acarde-ish, and this takes away from the simulation character of the game.
PS: First post, please dont be too rude!
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