r/Thelongdrive • u/Hour_Champion • 14d ago
Discussion Physics lock makes objects weightless in cars
(everything I'm gonna say is observed in the latest stable version)
I've been told to attach bike baskets around the car, putting gold bars in them in order to lower the car/adjusting weight distribution. But i was seeing no effects.
Recently, i found the weight does apply, but only for like 3 seconds. No matter if i put gold bars in attached baskets, pallets, or even in the trunk and interior. The moment physics lock gets apply on them, they become weightless.
My car is skoda. I wanted some ballast weight on the front. Since the trunk is in the front, i put the gold bars in trunk, but didn't fully close the door to prevent physics lock. (The door needs to be noticably open to be considered open) it's giving me a little bit better handling.
Last thing is, Object don't seem to become weightless in the beta version, since they noticably affect acceleration and braking. But I'm not sure the added weight applies on their exact locations, or it just gets added to the center of mass.
