1. Less controllable: -I set the traction to 2.5 for front and rear wheels, at first glance this gives the car massive understeer, and when the front grabs, the steering either breaks or it flips over. I'm going to experiment with less traction for the front wheels, it may fix some things. 2. Wiggle wheels: -This is difficult to fix, the Moonhawk has this problem in it's stock form, so with the front wheels being powered, it's going to be even more a problem. Unless Gabe releases an update fixing little stuff like this on the Moonhawk, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do. However I will experiment with hub strength and whatnot, so I will do what I can. 3. Flipping over: -This has to do with the front tires gripping too much during a turn, and the suspension being stiff enough to send the whole body rolling over. Normally you would apply throttle to break them loose again, or complete the turn, but instead the steering will just snap....so..... The solution I may have to face is decreasing the power a lot. It will still drift so maybe that's what I will have to do. It's literally like giving a rear wheel drive 1977 american car AWD, it just isn't that easy...haha. Everything on the front end would just break, like it does with mine. As I type this I have the game open and making changes. In a couple hours I will have a more controllable, easier Moonhawk. Stay tuned Thanks for the feedback, anything helps, no matter how harsh. The only kind that doesn't is MaccaBerry for example just saying it's stupid lol.
Ok, my time with the desktop is almost up, so I did what could and got in as much testing as I could. The download has been updated. -It now has 6 gears instead of 8 -Ride height lowered a tad -All springs stiffened, front sway bar stiffened -Dampening increased a tad -Front wheel traction lowered a tad -Rear wheel traction lowered a tad -Redline decreased to 9k, this helps. Shift points moved to compensate. I do not recommend manual transmission mode, you will snap the steering. This has been tested in automatic mode, it's the only way the front wheels don't super wobble to death. I also took some new crash clips, I'll upload them a little later. In conclusion, I think this version will work for the time being. It's a huge improvement over the original.
not to be a dick, but it looks like crap anyway. Its so dark, even if it looked like a crumpled coke can, you couldn't tell. That said, I do look forward to a more drivable setup, I don't mind silly cars, but why do you make it look so terrible? I can see changing the colors, but why do you make it a color that removes all detail from the model? You can only tell that it was once a moonhawk from the name.
Oh, by all means I don't mind at all. I even mentioned in the title post it will probably be too black for most people. 75% of my gameplay is on a laptop with lowest settings, but even then I'm not looking at the cars and marveling at the beauty. And I really prefer the all black 'barely see it' look. Having said that, I can see it just fine, on low or highest, but yeah I don't take offense at all. It's all opinion. Thanks for sharing! I will continue to work on the handling, I think it's pretty drivable for how much power it makes, and how quickly it can get to 300mph. But yeah, [WIP]
I justhad an idea for you. I have installed all of your cars and may I say holyF--king S--t they are fun. But I noticed that the insane power and speedincreases also magnify ANY small defect in the construction of the car. Maybe the Devs could use your mods to test vehiclestability in game before final release. If a car is drivable with your mod, itwill be that much better stock. Just a thought for ya.
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you like them. Yeah they may be fast but they don't enter in to the realistic world. So you couldn't base it on a real life car like this game does, unless it was actually a crazy 1,000hp bi-turbo V12 AWD machine that breaks all 4 tires loose all the time. But Beamng is going for realism in average everyday vehicles, so I'm just they guy that makes them fast, and if a wheel falls off that's my fault for giving it 10,000HP lol. To be honest though, I would love to exclusively test vehicles before they release it, just to find weak spots. I don't want to be underestimated by the reputation of being 'that guy that makes really fast cars'. But, that happens to be what I can do at the moment lol.
Thanks for the new changes, the car handles much better now and I have been having a blast with it! That 290mph mark is like driving onto ice, you can really tell the car is being pushed past its breaking point lol. I like that it feels a bit scary going that fast, like it should
Thank you! Yeah, those tires man... I don't know why the trucks tires can go past 900MPH if they want to, but every other car maxes out at around 300MPH... - - - Updated - - - Ok, so Gabes latest bug-fix update made some serious improvements to the Moonahwk. I'm hard at work copying the better components and files to the 'Top Speed" Moonhawk. Expect a HUGE update soon. So far, it is 100% more drivable and much more stable. Although I have a question to those who care: Do you want me to keep the all black, 'murdered out' look, or do you prefer I keep it exactly the way it was, and just stick to performance and handling upgrades?
the murdered out look is a bit much, it's so black it's like a black hole, it seems almost to absorb light, also I wish it was sturdier, it's so fragile. I understand if you don't feel like modifying the mechanical components, it seems kind of complicated. But really, black is cool, but the light absorption makes it invisible (in a way). Are there ways to keep it blacked out but get light reflection?
If I had a computer I would download it, but I have an idea, have 2 downloads for it, 1 murdered black and 1 in normal colours. Thanks
I love this things its really sweet especially the interior and the blood red stripes please make more like this and just saying great offroader no joke cause I go really fast in this thing and it beats the hills and rocks so yeah great work.
Yea, I understood that much. Just wasn't sure if there was anything like this around today. AS much of a bummer as that is, I will live with it.
