when will low speed physics/tire model be implemented?

Maybe it's a huge task to implement but it's one of the biggest issues (to me anyway) that has yet to be resolved. I'm kind of surprised more people aren't asking about it on a regular basis. As until it gets implemented all cars will not feel right at low speeds and thus the entire driving experience is negatively affected. Anyway I love AC of course, but would like to know when we will get a complete physics model in the game. Has anyone heard any information regarding this?

 

Sometime between the next update and V1.0 is all we know.

 

I dont see any major issues in low speed physics as in driving speeds especially compared to most other sims. As far as i heard there is an issue with the physics at low speed but this is under 5kmh so not really something you will notice when driving.

 

seems fine to me.

What are you doing plonking around at slow speed anyway, its a race sim

 

The fact is, it doesn't feel like driving a real car when you drive off from stopped, and I would imagine the low speed tire model issue affects the cars in low speed turns like at magione. Some people like to do stunts with the cars that involve the low speed tire model. The sim is hindered without it. The cars don't act like cars unless you are going fast.

 

FTFY

 

I have no issues at magione and am quite impressed with how it handles slower corners compared to all isi based sims. Slowest corner would most likely be the hairpin at vallelunga and that is still way above that speed. Off the line I also havent noticed anything terrible plus corners are slower for me then ben as he is bloody quick lol.

I remember the simbin and rfactor low speed issues which were at under about 100kmh which is quite a bit different.

In AC there is a good feel of both mechaniclal and aero grip to me also at differnt speeds where one is more dominant then the other. Many other sims really didnt give the same feel for both and struggled quite badly with mechanical grip only being more convincing at speed where the aero is more effective.

Cars with not much aero just felt bad all round but AC to me does this much better and why its nice to drive everything from street cars to f1's and everything in between.

Sure its not perfect but better then all other sims i have tried and a big step forward.

 

Idk about you guys, but in real life I can't barely even go below 5 mph due to a manual transmission. And when I'm accelerating or braking I only hit it for a fraction of a sec, almost unnoticeable to tell I'm going less than 3 mph. That is in the real world though, can you please show me points of how this hinders the sim? I can think of nothing honestly

 

Curious... what stunts can you do under 3 km/h? I just don't understand...

 

Only the most extreme ones

Id love to see a video from the op showing what he is having issues with and some of these stunts that dont work at under 3kmh.

The only thing i can imagine you couod do in real driving though far from a stunt is learning clutch control on a slope. Maybe very slow parking is about as extreme as it gets.

 

Taking off at the start of a race is funky, but forgettable by turn 2; other than that never notice it.

 

Yeah, a standing-still burnout is about the only thing where <3km/h behaviour's gonna be relevant to racing. Still nice if it works right, but you only do it once per time you start the car.

 

I notice it mostly when stopping to 0km. The car jerks a bit right before it stops.

 

So does a real car if you don't release the brake while stopping.

I assume you're doing this in AC to unload the suspension too?

 

my car doesn't do it.