I found this nice truck made by the user Mod and played around with it. The body was on point and very well made, but the handling and the looks of the chassis were awkward and it was staying in the air for far too long, making huge jumps with huge crashes, so I got my hands on it.
I gave it a completely re-done independent suspension with stacked dualshocks to make it handle big bumps better. The suspension is softer with way more travel, which is very good for offroad driving. I also installed four cameras with which you can get a nice look at the suspension while it's doing it's work.
Not all engines were connected to the wheels. I made each engine just a 1000 HP one and connected one engine to each wheel. I also made the wheels a bit wider and adjusted the traction for a near perfect balance with a slight but very well controllable oversteer.
Some of the panels the body was made of were actually wing panels, which was the reason why it stayed airborne for so long. I disabled wing physics on all of them to make them structural panels. Then I added a spoiler with structural flatbottom wingpanels upside down to create downforce.
The actual lights weren't at the appropriate positions on the landing gears, so I changed that aswell. Also I changed the look of the backlights.
You probably notice that I changed the paintjob.
The last thing was the rotation of the steering wheel, which also was awkward somehow.
Topspeed is now 295 MPH, but you should only go fullspeed on large and flat terrain. For cruising I suggest 20-40% throttle. You can do a full lap on the Rattlesnake Racetrack with this truck.
Controls:
Throttle = engine throttle (pull it fully down and hold it there for braking)
Roll = steering
AG1 = headlights and backlights
AG2 = floodlights
C = switch to next camera
I hope you appreciate my modifications. You can tell me further suggestions in the comments.
Cheers! :)
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +21 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 16.0ft (4.9m)
- Length 30.4ft (9.3m)
- Height 17.4ft (5.3m)
- Empty Weight 31,724lbs (14,389kg)
- Loaded Weight 32,787lbs (14,872kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 62.5lbs/ft2 (305.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 524.5ft2 (48.7m2)
- Drag Points 10536
Parts
- Number of Parts 363
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,699
@Mod Everything's fixed and my crawler suspension works like a charm, you'll love it.
It's proving grounds tested:
And when doing large highspeed jumps it also breaks realistically:
Only need to adjust the engines and maybe increase damper strength while reducing spring strength. It also has all-wheel-steering now.
@Mod I just found the problem. One of the updates totally scrambled with your designs as it seems. Just take a look at this:
I wonder how it still drives actually. And for some reason your pedals and the shifter still work lol.
@Mod I hoped that you would like it. As you are the original creator, your opinion matters the most to me. :D I saw your Crawly Bugger already, but didn't try it yet. Shall it have a highly flexible crawler suspension? For a real crawler I also have some ideas on how to modify the engines. Setting the max variable below 1 in the XML reduces the RPM. If the calculations are done like physics work in reality, then this should increase torque when HP is also adjusted upwards. The HP setting determines power output at maximum RPM of the engine in SP. By setting the maximum lower you lose RPM and the actual maximum HP will be lower than what it is set to. Less maximum RPM and more maximum HP = more torque. I need some more testing on how it really works in SP though. :D
@WalrusAircraft Maybe better keep the racing springs on. :D You never know what'll come at you.
I'm currently thinking about setting my racing wheel and shifter up and build some SimpleCars. :D The pedal set is always sitting below my desk.
Thanks. It is on racing springs now, but I'm swapping to coilovers this month. @BRuthless
@WalrusAircraft Looks super clean. It's lowered some inches, isn't it? Very sad they won't continue the Evo series.
Nah dude. I own the x. The platform has lots of support now, and the stock engine is good for 550 hp before building the bottom end. here is my car @BRuthless
@WalrusAircraft I couldn't drift the original because it would always spin out and I currently only have a crappy controller with very unprecise analog sticks, as a plastic bearing in my joystick broke down. :D Which version is your Evo? I like the IX (9) the most. The Evo X looks too bulky in my opinion because it's higher, but a lot of tuned ones with bodykits look really good.
Your version has more control, but Mod's version has lots of drift action fun. 😊 @BRuthless in the real world, I like more control. I just bought $700 worth of suspension parts for my Evo.
@WalrusAircraft Thanks! :D Would be cool if you could also try the original by Mod (look at the predecessor) and tell me if I made the handling better or worse in your opinion. :) Now I have to think about how to control it during a jump, that would make landing a lot easier when speeding through the desert again. :D
This is really awesome. It handles great!