Is there a way to connect multiple rigid bodies to emulate car physics?

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Is there a way to connect multiple rigid bodies to emulate car physics?

Xtreme_93

I want to emulate car physics without using the VehicleBody node. I want to connect 5 rigid bodies consisting of one main body and 4 wheels yet I don't know how to fasten the relative position of each RigidBody with respect to each other.

Megalomaniak

Pin joints?

DaveTheCoder

Would setting the PinJoint's bias and damping to INF be the proper solution here?

Xtreme_93

DaveTheCoder
I tried PinJoint. It didn't work. Can you help?
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DaveTheCoder

Xtreme_93
Could you re-upload that as a .zip, without the .import folder?

Megalomaniak

Note theres also the Generic6DOFJoint to try and other joint types too. Also all the Joints extend the Joint baseclass. Perhaps HingeJoint would be best for wheels?

Xtreme_93

DaveTheCoder
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DaveTheCoder

Please explain what the project is doing when it's run.

Xtreme_93

DaveTheCoder
This is a project file I try different things to learn godot. You need to look at the scene main3d2 for the car test. When I drop the car object, its wheels come apart which I don't want.