I'm a little baffled about how AC is modeling some of this.
For data/car.ini there is
Does that mean does not have a concept of a given car spinning with a mid-engine layout has less inertia than a car with engine and transmission at the outer ends spinning at the same frequency?
Related, how is the height of the center of gravity coded? The center of gravity in the horizontal pane is suspensions.ini:
The height is separate for front and rear, each having one of these lines:
I think that's too voodoo for me. Do they model CG height separately per axle?
Can somebody translate that into, say, what would I do if I replace a steel roof with a carbon fiber roof and decide that the height of the center of gravity should now be 0.2 lower?
For data/car.ini there is
Code:
INERTIA=1.60,1.55,4.70 ; car polar inertia. Calculated from the car dimensions. Just enter the generic width,height,
Does that mean does not have a concept of a given car spinning with a mid-engine layout has less inertia than a car with engine and transmission at the outer ends spinning at the same frequency?
Related, how is the height of the center of gravity coded? The center of gravity in the horizontal pane is suspensions.ini:
Code:
[BASIC]
WHEELBASE=2.812 ; Wheelbase distance inmeters
CG_LOCATION=0.52
The height is separate for front and rear, each having one of these lines:
Code:
BASEY=-0.125 ; Distance of CG from the center of the wheel in meters. Rear Wheel
Radius+BASEY=Rear CoG Actual CG height =(FWR+FBasey)+
(RWR+Rbasey))/CG_LOCATION%
I think that's too voodoo for me. Do they model CG height separately per axle?
Can somebody translate that into, say, what would I do if I replace a steel roof with a carbon fiber roof and decide that the height of the center of gravity should now be 0.2 lower?