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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on March 16, 2024, 06:11:44 PM

Title: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: rcjordan on March 16, 2024, 06:11:44 PM
https://old.reddit.com/r/maybemaybemaybe/comments/1bg2c81/maybe_maybe_maybe/

Ditto the 1st comment
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: ergophobe on March 16, 2024, 07:20:07 PM
I've gotta believe that video game designers are constantly running cases like this to test their physics engines, amuse themselves and see what happens.

"What if we design an obstacle that can only be cleared if the bus exceeds 350mph which it can only do if the player finds the booster pellets in the lion cage?"

I wonder how accurate the simulation is.

Side note: a couple of famous family accidents have been the result of believing that the problem could be solved with enough speed.
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: rcjordan on March 16, 2024, 07:23:11 PM
>I wonder how accurate the simulation is.

Accurate enough to impress me.  All kinds of incidental, peripheral stuff is flying off.
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: ergophobe on March 16, 2024, 08:51:33 PM
Sure, but just because they model hundreds of pieces flying all over doesn't mean that the physics are accurate.

I'm wondering how detailed their modeling is and what it's based on. I want to know what brand of bus it is and what tire pressure they're running before I get my bus up to 350mph just to find out the tires are at the wrong pressure and we all die.
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: grnidone on March 17, 2024, 11:05:46 PM
I wonder if this isn't something that is used for actual crash tests before the automobile is crashed for real.

It's much cheaper to design something and test in the lab.
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: ergophobe on March 18, 2024, 03:23:01 PM
I shared this with a friend with an interest in such things and he said videos like this are "all over YouTube."

So I don't think this is anything remotely proprietary
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: DrCool on March 18, 2024, 03:41:01 PM
"all over YouTube"

I have seen a number where instead of increasing speeds they change the vehicles. Kind of fun to watch but yeah, no idea how accurate any of it is.
Title: Re: Who thinks of this stuff?!
Post by: ergophobe on March 18, 2024, 08:33:53 PM
From my friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-u0wgOWXsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZdm5qhrrqE