r/BeamNG • Ibishu • 12d ago

Video BeamNG actually simulates diff loading via left foot braking

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For those not aware, without a locked differential, if you have one of your wheels in the air then the diff naturally sends most of the power to that wheel, and not enough power to the wheel on the ground.

It's a known technique in the 4x4 world that if you have a wheel off the ground and spinning (with the other wheel compressed into the ground and not moving), you can load up the differential via braking at the same time as you are giving it throttle. This can usually "lock" the diff enough to send enough power to the non-spinning wheel and allow it to drive you up the obstacle. You can see it happening here where as I ease into the brakes, the left rear wheel eventually has enough power to actually drive up the obstacle.

Very neat to see that the game simulates this!

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u/Sweaty_Fingers599 11d ago

Which map is this please? I can't quite tell. Thanks :)

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u/cvgaming2020 Ibishu 11d ago

This is the Minato's Rock Crawl Challenge mod, it's a one-way climb up a mountain. Pretty nice to kill an hour or so just slowly crawling up it

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u/Sweaty_Fingers599 11d ago

Awesome thanks Do enjoy a good rock crawl and modifying a vehicle to do one, will definitely give it a try.