24-01-20

physics tweaks

• reduced how tire forces increases with normal force
  • tire forces will no longer grow linearly in relation to the normal force. this should reduce the oversteer caused by small amounts of breaking
• lowered center of mass
  • this should also reduce the oversteering from small breaking and releasing the brakes
• sway bar applies force at the correct position instead of just torque-rolling the entire vehicle

gameplay

• stronger brakes
• fixed a bug with the ABS system
• changed center differential. its easier to slip the rear now when going over bumps
• removed a hack that made going over bumps less punishing
• steering wheel has a 12 to 1 steering ratio
• camera 1 has 2 modes, press 1 to toggle
• playground map, where you can
  •  switch drivetype modes
  • change tire sensitivity to normal load
  • get a feel for different surfaces
• tweak ABS strength and brake rear ratio
• clutch is now released slowly instead of instanteneously, to prevent unwanted slides when shifting gears
• RPM bar changes color
  • green - can downshift
  • blue - fine
  • orange - should upshift
• toggle for new experimental tier type that makes it easier to slide by flicking from side to side

input system

• fixed deadzones - previously it was at 0.5, which is insanely high, sorry. now it defaults to a very low value and can be manually set
• rebind actions to axis in detected input devices - hopefully this can detect wheel and pedal hardware
• lists detected devices and shows their axis inputs
• reworked keyboard assist. i thinks its actually worse now
• tweakable input linearity for gpad and mouse
• got completely demoralized learning that godot does not support force feedback

other

• car is green now
• fixed some pacenotes