Beta Backyard Kart 0.17.6

This update focuses on handling. There was a ton that was changed and any custom configs WILL be broken. All of the tires have been reworked and are significantly more stable, which means that it handles very differently from before.

Full list of changes:

Front Suspension:

• Welded
  • Increased spring of wheel rigidity torsion beam
  • Adjusted precompression values
    • I still have to tweak the toe angle adjustments, but the camber and caster adjustments no longer stress out the frame so much, even at max settings.
  • Added additional support beams
  • Added a rear tie rod
    • It connects the two hubs together
  • Reduced high beamdamp values
  • Added a variant that is much more resilient, but heavier
• Independent rear frame:
  • Adapted changes to precompression to the IRS frame
  • Changed suspension limiters
    • No more shaking when fully extended
  • Adjusted suspension mount nodes
  • Added steering damper with mesh
    • Looks a bit silly, but I hope it illustrates what it's doing.
  • Added a dedicated part for the IRS frame steering
    • This is due to the IRS frame being subjected to much stronger forces than the standard frame with the solid rear axle.
  • Reduced high beamdamp values
  • Added a slider for offsetting the height of the front wheels

• Standard:

• Added new alignment changes
• Changed limiter types
• Reduced high beamdamp values
• Added a slider for offsetting the height of the front wheels

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• Steering
  • Added a steering part specific to the welded front suspension
    • This includes the rear tie rod, which would not work with articulated suspension
  • Added a reinforced steering part
  • Adjusted precompression settings for the tierods
  • Added a steering part specific to the 1.5L Tractor config
    • This uses the steering rack and tierod from the Covet
  • Added a rear seat steering wheel
    • The wheel itself is from the Roamer
    • The steering column is custom
    • Yes, one of the steering column mounts was welded to the engine.

Rear Suspension:

• Big Rear Axle
  • Changed breakgroups
  • Changed beam structure
  • Changed node locations
  • Adjusted wheel position
  • Adjusted brake mesh
• Raised Rear Axle
  • Adjusted spring value of wheel rigidity torsion beam
    • This helps the wheel stay upright when cornering or under a lot of weight
  • Added a version with a diff mesh

• Independent Rear
  • Fixed precompression issues
  • Fixed tierod imbalance
  • Changed limiters

• Standard Rear Axle:
  • Reduced huge beamdamp values
• Electric Rear Axle:
  • Updated beam structure to match the raised rear axle

Engines:

• 1.5L
  • Added exhaust mesh
  • Fixed exhaust jbeam structure
  • Added engine mount meshes
  • Completely changed engine mount structure
• CVT Engines
  • Reworked audio files for cvt engines (250, 450, and Predator)
    • Should no longer have any popping or clicking and sounds much more consistent
• V10
  • Added intake, exhaust, transaxle, and transfercase
  • Strengthened engine mount beams
• 1000CC
  • Added a new part that has a new mesh.
    • This is temporary until I finish the new mesh

Electric Motors:

• Changed motor mount structure

Dummy

• Added rear seat dummy
• Changed breakgroups to force the dummy to fall off if the seat breaks off
• Added drag

Seats:

• Redid attachments to the frame for the rear seat
• Changed strength values

Tires:

• Kart:
  • Adjusted values to more accurately mimic the performance of similarly proportioned race tires
  • Removed Medium and Super Hard variants as there wasn't enough of a difference in those to justify their existence
• Bubble:
  • Adjusted values to be more proportional to crawler tires while retaining the squishiness
• All-Terrain:
  • Same as above
• Race:
  • Same as above
• Sport:
  • Same as above
• Standard:
  • Same as above

Wheels:

• Adjusted 4x4 and 4x6 wheel spring values

Textures:

• Updated the rusted metal texture to be closer to the metal under the paint of the worn paint skin

Misc:

• Adjusted several configs to align with the new alignment.
• Finished Covet Bodykit
• Changed the low-end race configs to use the Covet bodykit
  • This is due to the Covet bodykit being equipped with a spoiler
• Changed beamspring of headlight connection to the frame