suspension understanding problems

[joevenzon]

For a real car most of the suspension hinge points should be outside of the car body, literally.

I don't know this for certain - it is my speculation.

I believe you are correct reece.

Here's a previous thread about this:

http://vdrift.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=539

Basically, suspension position doesn't mean anything and isn't used for anything. Regarding suspension position, thelusiv wrote up a good summary in the above thread:

Here's how I understand the suspension hinges. The suspension does not follow a straight up-and-down path. Instead it follows a curve. This curve is defined by the hinge point indirectly. It's as if the wheel itself was attached by a straight rod of some kind from the hinge point to the center of the wheel, and the hinge allows up-down movement. Take for example the front wheels, which usually have a hinge point behind them. So if the wheel moves up, since its attached to the hinge behind it, it's also going to move towards the back of the car a little along the curve. The big difficulty in this is predicting how the car will react under this movement.

We should really add some info about this to the wiki.