Tire wear/thermals?

Hello,

Just wondering why we have yet to see tire wear/thermal simulations. We have these simulations for brakes, the engine, and the transmission, but nothing for tires yet.

Is this something vastly more complicated due to the soft-body nature of the tires, or is there some other reason why this aspect of the simulation hasn't been tackled yet?

Thank you,

 

Tire thermals are currently a work in progress. The code exists, but is currently commented out. I assume calculating grip changes over a variety of tire types and materials is rather difficult, but it probably will come at some point.

 

i am very exciting about this
need this for real drift experience

 

I wouldn't think that the various types/materials of tires would be a difficult part. That should just be changing the friction coefficient, right?

 

It can't be changed randomly to something, it has to be realistic and it has to work on all situations reliably, which then leads to difficulty as scripted is not the way physics work in the game, how different tire types and weights etc. heat up, how they cool down, how tire pressure affects to that, how groundmodel affects to that, all those aspects makes it difficult I guess.

Best minds in whole industry are at it, so probably it is complex and challenging task as it is still wip.

 

Oh yeah, I get that it can't be random. I was just thinking that your equations would be the same across the board when it comes to the various materials, you'd just have to change the base coefficient for each material. I guess each material would have a different function to it though, so that wouldn't work.