Pacejka Car Physics Demo ( The Masked Coder 2003 )

This demo showcases my latest breakthrough in my uest !or realism in car "hysics#
$k Masked% what&s all this Pacejka stu!! all about then#
'ell% (#) Pacejka is the name o! the "ro!essor who has in*ented the +Magic ,ormula-
algorithm which accurately models the !orces which a!!ect a tire# The +Magic ,ormula- is
broken down into 3 "arts# . longitude *ersion% a /ateral *ersion and a combination
algorithm which combines the two% making sure the !riction circle0eli"se o! the summed
!orces isn&t broken#
This is "retty much the industry standard !ormula !or calculating tire !orces and is used in
most commercial games and "ro!essional car sim&s alike# 1t is the holy grail !or car sims as
it "ro*ides an accurate model o! tire beha*iour which enables the car sim to reach a high
standard o! realism#
The +Magic ,ormula- is based on 2 or 3 sets o! dynamic in"uts as well as coe!!icients
obtained through real world testing o! tires#
/ongtitude *ersion#
2# 3li" .ngle# (amount o! gri" o! tire)
2# ,4 5 /oad on tire# (weight#)
Coe!!icients#
)0%)2%)2%)3%)6%)7%)8%)9%):%);%)20
/ateral *ersion#
2# 3li" angle# (.ngle between direction o! tra*el and orientation o! tire)
2# ,4 5 /oad on tire# (weight#)
3# Camber o! tire# (how much the tire leans#)
Coe!!icients#
.0%.2%.2%.3%.6%.7%.8%.9%.:%.;%.20%.222%.222%.22%.22
<i*en these in"uts and the magic !ormula% 2 resulting !orces% ,= and ,> are returned#
,rom these 2 !orces% you can calculate the torue on a car (rotational mo*ement)% angular
rotation (trajectory)% gri" and acceleration#
My latest demo here% showcases this in action and "ro*ides *ery smooth and accurate car
mo*ement# >ou can adjust the gri" le*els o! the !ront and rear tires% (which is just a
weighting !actor !or the out"ut !orces% ,= and ,>) so you can e?"eriment with understeer
and o*ersteer#
1&*e ha*e released similar demo&s in the "ast% but nothing this accurate# My "re*ious
demo&s used a linear tire !riction model% which was ok% but didn&t "ro*ide me with the
accuracy 1 wanted# This latest demo does and is now a""roaching commercial standard#
My ne?t area o! de*elo"ment in car "hysics will be the interation o! the car o*er an
undulating o!!road terrain# 1&*e already made big ad*ances in this area o*er my old !lu!!y
dice car "hysics demo which now includes smooth wheel to landsca"e alignment% correct
take o!! on jum"s% correct sus"ension and o*erall a much better looking and handling car
sim#
The Pacejka demo here just includes a !lat landsca"e to dri*e on as this best showcases the
+Magic ,ormula- in action#
>ou can "er!orm skids and slides% dohnuts% 2:0 and 380 s"ins in this demo and kee" a
look out !or the dri*er as he leans !rom side to side as the car sli"s and slides about#
There are a multitude o! camera o"tions accessed *ia keys 2 @ 0 in conjuction with the
mouse and num"ad# /e!t .lt !or re*erse cam#
A @ ' and . @ 3 change the amount o! gri" on the tires#
3"ace @ "ro*ides 0 gri" !or s"ins and turns# .la dri*ing on ice#
Cursor keys dri*e the car#
Bsca"e to e?it#
,or !urther in!ormation on the +Pacejka Magic ,ormula- check these CD/&s#
htt"E00"hors#locost9#in!o0"hors22#htm
htt"E00"hors#locost9#in!o0"hors22#htm
htt"E00"hors#locost9#in!o0"hors26#htm
htt"E00"hors#locost9#in!o0"hors27#htm
htt"E00www#racer#nl0re!erence0"acejka#htm
htt"E00www#racer#nl0"ac"lay#htm
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