Car Data

[thelusiv]

Yeah several people (including me) want a handbrake control, some of the cars do have pretty weak breaks, some are too strong. Brake bias is something that can be changed as well. Handbrake is on the todo, maybe we'll get it in the next release...

The best way to learn about the car format is to look at the .car files in the VDrift data such as data/cars/XS/XS.car. Each of the parameters in that file corresponds to a setting in the Vamos automotive simulator which is what we use to simulate the car physics. A good place to start is to check out the Vamos docs. The description of the cars in there doesn't cover everything but it gives you a good general idea.

Vamos is written using the formulas and algorithms found in automotive physics simulation texts, a good example of this available on the web is Brian Beckman's Physics of Racing series. This gives a lot of detail...so if you have questions, feel free to ask, we'll do our best to explain