[ODE] "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines"

[Michael Sebastian Sbrissa Bortolin]

I don't remember if this question was already made, but, have someone used real values in a car simulation with ode? I can't get a good simulation with the values i'm using.

I'm calculating the ammount of torque delivered by the motor to the wheels:
	float m_fTorqueOnDriveWheels =  m_fAccel * LookupTorque(m_iRPM)		
					* m_fGearRatio[m_iGear]
					* m_fDifferentialRatio * m_fFrontWheelRadius;

m_fAccel: the throttle position (from 0.0 to 1.0).
LookupTorque(): returns the torque at the rpm specified, this is in a table.
m_fGearRatio[m_iGear]: ratio at the specified gear
m_fDifferentialRatio: self-explanatory
m_fFrontWheelRadius: self-explanatory

Where i must use the returned value (m_fTorqueOnDriveWheels) ?


Michael Bortolin
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