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Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:55 pm
by Daffyflyer
By popular demand! :mrgreen:

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:30 pm
by machalel
hahaha interesting!
I assume this will have an impact on how the car handles etc?
Are wheel / tyre sizes going to be calculated when working out customer demand?

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:18 am
by Killrob
Lol nice, perfect for building dragsters :D

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:34 am
by Morpheus
nice.. but will the engine be able to configure out diff. rim sizes at front and rear suspension?
and will it be possible to configure out diff. tire profiles?

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:22 am
by Daffyflyer
Morpheus wrote:nice.. but will the engine be able to configure out diff. rim sizes at front and rear suspension?
and will it be possible to configure out diff. tire profiles?


Probably not, I can only think of 2 cars that have different tyre profiles front to back, the Chrysler crossfire and the honda beat :lol:

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:20 pm
by PhillipM
And my offroad toy :lol:

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:35 pm
by JeffreyCor
Being able to select different width front and rear is a nice option, being able to have them easily the same would also be very useful. perhaps a match option that can be turned on or off depending on if one wants them to be different, or a single slider for total width that would adjust front and rear at the same time equally.

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:36 pm
by Daffyflyer
Yes, I think thats probably needed

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:06 pm
by Morpheus
Daffyflyer wrote:
Morpheus wrote:nice.. but will the engine be able to configure out diff. rim sizes at front and rear suspension?
and will it be possible to configure out diff. tire profiles?


Probably not, I can only think of 2 cars that have different tyre profiles front to back, the Chrysler crossfire and the honda beat :lol:



u understand me a bit wrong.. i ment

1. diff sizes on front and back axle AND

2. will it be possible to "create" the profile size by the user itself ? ^^

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:13 pm
by Daffyflyer
Oh, ok, different sizes, no.


Different tyre profiles, yes, have a watch of the designing a car from start to finish video for an example of how that works

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:28 am
by kart38
Is it possible to change the offset of the wheels? I noticed while watching the video that it tends to keep the mounting surface of the wheel near the center of the wheel. Will we be able to change this or will it be a fixed offset?

Jason

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:04 pm
by Daffyflyer
Yeah, no offset adjustment.

It does change the offset as the wheel gets wider, but you can't independently adjust it, tyre sizes are already complicated enough, both for us and the player! :)

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:04 am
by kart38
Thanks, I did notice that. For no more important than it is, generally speaking, I know it is good the way you have it. Aesthetics would be the biggest reason, in a game like this, to have the offset be adjustable.

Jason

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:52 am
by Leafy
Daffyflyer wrote:Yeah, no offset adjustment.

It does change the offset as the wheel gets wider, but you can't independently adjust it, tyre sizes are already complicated enough, both for us and the player! :)


Couldn't you just make it easier and just offer all the standard wheel and tire sizes rather than using sliders? I mean its only 4 parameters; wheels size, wheel width, offset, and back spacing. Then 3 more for the tire size;, size wheel it fits on, width, and aspect ratio.

Re: Different Tyre sizes front to back!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:56 am
by Punkal
I think having to ability to select a specific tyre size would be a good idea maybe like the way you select different components in the engine builder section. I feel it would add a little extra realism to the game that would be lost with slider's...