Car parameters for vdrift-2009-06-15 and older
From VDrift
The file's fields are mostly the same as the Vamos car parameters, explained in the Vamos docs. The units are all in MKS (meters, kilograms, seconds). It might also help to read The Physics of Racing by Brian Beckman.
Shape factor ........................................... A0 Load infl. on lat. friction coeff (*1000)... (1/kN) .... A1 Lateral friction coefficient at load = 0 (*1000) ....... A2 Maximum stiffness ........................ (N/deg) ..... A3 Load at maximum stiffness ................ (kN) ........ A4 Camber infiuence on stiffness ............ (%/deg/100) . A5 Curvature change with load ............................. A6 Curvature at load = 0 .................................. A7 Horizontal shift because of camber ........(deg/deg).... A8 Load influence on horizontal shift ........(deg/kN)..... A9 Horizontal shift at load = 0 ..............(deg)........ A10 Camber influence on vertical shift ........(N/deg/kN)... A111 Camber influence on vertical shift ........(N/deg/kN**2) A112 Load influence on vertical shift ..........(N/kN)....... A12 Vertical shift at load = 0 ................(N).......... A13 Shape factor ........................................... B0 Load infl. on long. friction coeff (*1000)... (1/kN) ... B1 Longitudinal friction coefficient at load = 0 (*1000)... B2 Curvature factor of stiffness ............ (N/%/kN**2) . B3 Change of stiffness with load at load = 0 (N/%/kN) .... B4 Change of progressivity of stiffness/load (1/kN) ...... B5 Curvature change with load ............................. B6 Curvature change with load ............................. B7 Curvature at load = 0 .................................. B8 Load influence on horizontal shift ....... (%/kN) ...... B9 Horizontal shift at load = 0 ............. (%) ......... B10 Load influence on vertical shift ......... (N/kN) ...... B11 Vertical shift at load = 0 ............... (N) ......... B12 Shape factor ........................................... C0 Load influence of peak value ............ (Nm/kN**2) ... C1 Load influence of peak value ............ (Nm/kN) ...... C2 Curvature factor of stiffness ........... (Nm/deg/kN**2) C3 Change of stiffness with load at load = 0 (Nm/deg/kN) .. C4 Change of progressivity of stiffness/load (1/kN) ....... C5 Camber influence on stiffness ........... (%/deg/100) .. C6 Curvature change with load ............................. C7 Curvature change with load ............................. C8 Curvature at load = 0 .................................. C9 Camber influence of stiffness .......................... C10 Camber influence on horizontal shift......(deg/deg)..... C11 Load influence on horizontal shift........(deg/kN)...... C12 Horizontal shift at load = 0..............(deg)......... C13 Camber influence on vertical shift........(Nm/deg/kN**2) C14 Camber influence on vertical shift........(Nm/deg/kN)... C15 Load influence on vertical shift..........(Nm/kN)....... C16 Vertical shift at load = 0................(Nm).......... C17
