Question

i’ve already asked something similar, but now i’ve the problem to manage and realize a “realistic” steering for a simple 2d (top-down) car racing game.

How can i do a “realistic” steering for the car ? (i use c# but another language is welcome;))
Using Sin and Cos ?
If yes, how ?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I’m on my lunch break so I can’t do tremendous justice to the “best” answer, but the pseudocode looks something like this:

y_change = sin(rotation) * speed;
x_change = cos(rotation) * speed;

car.x += x_change;
car.y += y_change;

you would execute this code in every frame; rotation would be controlled by your steering input, and speed would be controlled by your acceleration input.