tyre/tire selection

[zimluura]

yeah, that is totally the offset i was thinking of.

and that *is* the problem i see with it. at first i was thinking it would just be up to the artist to make sure the wheel and wheel_edge play nice together. after all, they sorta have to do that anyway if they want a flange displacement to look good.

maybe we could use something measured from the wheel.joe itself? so it determines the width through a bounding box calculation, and then you know the smallest tire you could possibly fit there (baring any ben-hur spikes ) if we want to have ben-hur spikes i think we'll need some kind of wheel.ini to be ok anyway.

i think maybe we have an issue because a regular wheel you get (irl) will have a specific offset. and a car will want wheels with specific offsets. and in a race-car sim we want to be able to freely interchange without regard to the multiple $1000 at the machine-shop having to modify the hub assembly to accept wheels with a different offset or vice-versa.

so, maybe the artist can figure out a range of offsets that his wheel will work for??