General Physics discussion

[Yrch]

I think this deserves it's own thread as they are kind of like important

what do you think about the physics?
are they good? bad? noticed something strange?

my impressions:
i'm not entirely conviced yet.
for me personaly the vehicles lack "weight".
when driving on uneven terrain or landing after a jump i dont fell like im siting in a big hunk of metal powerd by whatever space-magic.
i cant really grasp why but i hope i either find out or it "clicks" for me

dont get me wrong, the game doesnt feel bad at all, for me personally something is not "right there" at the moment.

[wantfastcars]

I agree - the vehicles feel too light. I really like the no/minimal air control thing, the problem is even the tiniest bump sends you airborne, and if you land at anything but dead straight you skid and slide around. Either the weight of the vehicles needs to increase or the, well, grippiness needs to increase so you don't get air over every tiny little hill and rise and go skidding off into oblivion.

Other than that I'm loving it so far. It's gorgeous and, most importantly, feels like Rollcage.

[Chris_CE]

dont get me wrong, the game doesnt feel bad at all, for me personally something is not "right there" at the moment.

Long ways to go before this happens. Remember that if we weren't on early access, you wouldn't be playing this game until next summer (beta) so the physics would be pretty much finalized by then

The main problem is how physX handle's collisions. Rob will be diving pretty deep into fixing things down the line. Not going to be easy

we think this is a very good base, though

[wantfastcars]

dont get me wrong, the game doesnt feel bad at all, for me personally something is not "right there" at the moment.

Long ways to go before this happens. Remember that if we weren't on early access, you wouldn't be playing this game until next summer (beta) so the physics would be pretty much finalized by then

The main problem is how physX handle's collisions. Rob will be diving pretty deep into fixing things down the line. Not going to be easy

we think this is a very good base, though

Oh yeah, the actual driving feels great. Please don't interpret this as just grumbling and complaining. The actual driving feels great, it's just - as you mentioned in another thread - friction ain't quite right just yet, leading to some funkiness involving getting air/landing.

It's a fantastic base and I'm going to be playing a lot of this for sure.

[Queadah]

I think at such high speeds you gain cinetic energy that justifies those bumps/jumps. Perhaps more... grip ^^... I personally blame a too weak feeling of acceleration (not speed), where in RC1 you had the camera that moved behind, giving you the feeling to be struck in your seat like in an accelerating car/jet

[Yrch]

^ what wantfastcars says
overall the game feels good and polished in terms of physics, feedback and specially controls.
but thats what we are here for, helping you guys turing it from a rough diamond into a full fledged one

[RuskiTalib3003]

I personally think that cars in GRIP fell too heavy, making them do 180 very often leading to a lot of resets and jumping like crazy on every rock. After playing for a while I've came back to RS2 and i feel like cars in there are made out of candy floss or something...

[Polar]

I've noticed that if you land while not accelerating you won't slide around so easily. Maybe that has something to do with the slides.

for me personaly the vehicles lack "weight".

I agree - the vehicles feel too light.

But I do have to Agree with @Yrch and @wantfastcars, it happens way too often and the vehicles feel lightweight when losing control over a small bump

[Chris_CE]

Yep, we appreciate all the feedback. Just gets hard to hear specific things over and over, but that's not your guys' fault. Thanks for taking the time to write

I personally think that cars in GRIP fell too heavy, making them do 180 very often leading to a lot of resets and jumping like crazy on every rock. After playing for a while I've came back to RS2 and i feel like cars in there are made out of candy floss or something...

The 180 thing is a known bug and needs to be tackled soon, as it is very jarring.

lol, candy floss

[wantfastcars]

Yep, we appreciate all the feedback. Just gets hard to hear specific things over and over, but that's not your guys' fault. Thanks for taking the time to write

Well hey, think of it this way - one big thing isn't as bad as a million little things, and you've got a fantastic start. Very pleased with my experience so far, and looking forward to what you've got in store

[Nivlac95]

I feel the same way.
I think it would feel a lot better if the car sticks a little more to the ground, so that you can keep the controle even in bumby environment. Especially if you are going fast.

[die9991]

One thing that I would like is the ability to slip, I mean I felt as though the cars had a little too much GRIP(Bad pun inbound). Nevertheless its a really good base right now and one that seems extremely familiar.

[sKell-10]

One thing that started to bug me after a while was landing jumps at a relatively high speed. Sometimes I would bounce straight up in the air or do a back flip and land in a random direction. I don't mind bouncing a bit but i think the physics go a bit too out of control in that regard. Other than that I think you guys have laid a really solid foundation to work upon. Keep it up

[Chris_CE]

I feel the same way.
I think it would feel a lot better if the car sticks a little more to the ground, so that you can keep the controle even in bumby environment. Especially if you are going fast.

It's actually the collision which is the problem, not the friction. The way PhysX is handling some collisions is not ideal, so we'll need to look into fixing that

as die9991 said, the cars actually have too much grip

One thing that started to bug me after a while was landing jumps at a relatively high speed. Sometimes I would bounce straight up in the air or do a back flip and land in a random direction. I don't mind bouncing a bit but i think the physics go a bit too out of control in that regard. Other than that I think you guys have laid a really solid foundation to work upon. Keep it up

Yep, again a collision issue. Working on it

[wantfastcars]

I feel the same way.
I think it would feel a lot better if the car sticks a little more to the ground, so that you can keep the controle even in bumby environment. Especially if you are going fast.

It's actually the collision which is the problem, not the friction. The way PhysX is handling some collisions is not ideal, so we'll need to look into fixing that

as die9991 said, the cars actually have too much grip

One thing that started to bug me after a while was landing jumps at a relatively high speed. Sometimes I would bounce straight up in the air or do a back flip and land in a random direction. I don't mind bouncing a bit but i think the physics go a bit too out of control in that regard. Other than that I think you guys have laid a really solid foundation to work upon. Keep it up

Yep, again a collision issue. Working on it

Well whatever you did for today's patch was a huge step in the right direction. The weird flips and spins still happen but they're dramatically less common and a lot easier to recover from.

[Chris_CE]

new collision for the car