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GHKtruc Mar 12, 2018 @ 12:50am
Correct wheel setting to drive on ice
Hello, I've built a small rover with 3 pair of 5x5 wheels, it works fine, but when I'm driving on ice, the thing tends to spin out of control, and I end up driving backward.
Can anyone give me the correct settings for the wheels ? The rover is about 7 tons empty.
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Originally posted by Dan2D3D:
No = you are driving on ice = cool drifting over there :caster_wink:
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DiabloDBS Mar 12, 2018 @ 7:20am 
Can you elaborate on when the spinning happens?
They changed the way wheels bahave on ice (much more instable) and thus this might just be working as intended.
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GHKtruc Mar 12, 2018 @ 7:30am 
Driving at roughly 25 m/s, press key to go left and start to spin out of control...
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Dan2D3D  [developer] Mar 12, 2018 @ 10:31am 
It's intended, tho you may ask a modder for winter wheels. :fix:
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GHKtruc Mar 12, 2018 @ 10:32am 
So, it's not a wheel setting issue ?
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Dan2D3D  [developer] Mar 12, 2018 @ 10:33am 
No = you are driving on ice = cool drifting over there :caster_wink:
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cuddly dork Sep 22, 2022 @ 1:58am 
try gyroscope
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Pillow Slap Sep 22, 2022 @ 4:42am 
Front wheel drive my friend, with brakes in the rear only
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Ronin Planetary Industries Sep 22, 2022 @ 8:30am 
I'm going to second ThisPOT on the front-wheel drive. I did some testing on what works best... especially on 4-wheeled vehicles.

On ice, the real wheels can possibly out accelerate the front wheels and NOT evenly between both rear drive wheels. The result is the vehicle's rear kicking out to the left or right, needing constant correction at lower speeds and becoming catastrophic at higher speeds.

If you can use in-game scripts, I created one that can save all your wheel/suspension settings as a preset and you can store multiple presets for different driving conditions... so you can quickly reconfigure your vehicle for driving on ice, hauling heavy loads, or climbing hills off-road, etc.

I hope the script is helpful to you.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2733811089
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