Can anyone recommend a solid drivable car for v4? 

http://www.formula1-game.com/uk/home

https://www.projectcarsgame.com/

 

14 minutes ago, Egbert Drenth said:

http://www.formula1-game.com/uk/home

https://www.projectcarsgame.com/

 

I was thinking about drivable cars in P3Dv4 :)



Saying that someone did that on vatsim years ago, he used to be the follow me driver in palma and Malaga, it'd was brilliant 

Try this:

The free avatars from aerosoft include a mitsubishi pajero, i think this works in V4 also

http://freeware.aerosoft.com/forum/downloads/AS_AIRPORT-AVATARS_P3D.zip

You can check here and try, several FSX work in V4

http://simviation.com//fsxmisc4.htm

Hi Drumcode!  Yes, I know a very good one which works in P3D v4 seamlessly.

It's the BMW 760I conversion mod by Mike Teller (the original BMW was made by the legendary Hama).  You can get it here: https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/6163/fsx-bmw-760i/

Getting a functional car for P3D v4 is pretty difficult, but this one - Mike Tellers mode - works really awesome (very, very performance friendly and agile/plausible in sim).

Most of the other cars (for example Erwin Welker made a lot of wonderful cars for FSX, but they all don't work in P3D v4) have FS9 files inside, and some of them even lead to CTD when prompted in P3D v4 menu - and I've tried a looooot of them.

Many other simmers - for sorry - screw up their noses when it comes to this question, regarding a driveable car in FSX/P3D. It just dazzles their lack of fantasie: the word of FSX/P3D became so huge and wonderful over the years, with the help of so many creative developers - and of course your own imagination - that it is a really good idea to explore these beautiful sceneries by car sometimes.

Something I can really recommend! The versatility of this beautiful, beautiful sim - P3D v4 - is really impressive and something wich attracts me afresh.

Cheers to all.

33 minutes ago, KBUR said:

Hi Drumcode!  Yes, I know a very good one which works in P3D v4 seamlessly.

It's the BMW 760I conversion mod by Mike Teller (the original BMW was made by the legendary Hama).  You can get it here: https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/6163/fsx-bmw-760i/

Getting a functional car for P3D v4 is pretty difficult, but this one - Mike Tellers mode - works really awesome (very, very performance friendly and agile/plausible in sim).

Most of the other cars (for example Erwin Welker made a lot of wonderful cars for FSX, but they all don't work in P3D v4) have FS9 files inside, and some of them even lead to CTD when prompted in P3D v4 menu - and I've tried a looooot of them.

Many other simmers - for sorry - screw up their noses when it comes to this question, regarding a driveable car in FSX/P3D. It just dazzles their lack of fantasie: the word of FSX/P3D became so huge and wonderful over the years, with the help of so many creative developers - and of course your own imagination - that it is a really good idea to explore these beautiful sceneries by car sometimes.

Something I can really recommend! The versatility of this beautiful, beautiful sim - P3D v4 - is really impressive and something wich attracts me afresh.

Cheers to all.

I agree. I believe there were also Ship/boat add-ons for fsx/p3d a while back!

Excellent, thanks for the input. I did have the beemer in FSX, completely forgot about it.

15 hours ago, KBUR said:

Hi Drumcode!  Yes, I know a very good one which works in P3D v4 seamlessly.

It's the BMW 760I conversion mod by Mike Teller (the original BMW was made by the legendary Hama).  You can get it here: https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/6163/fsx-bmw-760i/

Getting a functional car for P3D v4 is pretty difficult, but this one - Mike Tellers mode - works really awesome (very, very performance friendly and agile/plausible in sim).

Most of the other cars (for example Erwin Welker made a lot of wonderful cars for FSX, but they all don't work in P3D v4) have FS9 files inside, and some of them even lead to CTD when prompted in P3D v4 menu - and I've tried a looooot of them.

Many other simmers - for sorry - screw up their noses when it comes to this question, regarding a driveable car in FSX/P3D. It just dazzles their lack of fantasie: the word of FSX/P3D became so huge and wonderful over the years, with the help of so many creative developers - and of course your own imagination - that it is a really good idea to explore these beautiful sceneries by car sometimes.

Something I can really recommend! The versatility of this beautiful, beautiful sim - P3D v4 - is really impressive and something wich attracts me afresh.

Cheers to all.

Thanks, I just downloaded and installed for my grandson to drive around. I have a Saitek Pro Flight yoke and rudder pedals.  I mapped the "axis_rudder_set" to the yoke aileron axis for the steering wheel and it works but I can't figure out the other controls.  I'd like to map the right brake pedal to the accelerator and the left brake pedal to the brake.  Any help appreciated.

5 hours ago, bbuckley said:

Thanks, I just downloaded and installed for my grandson to drive around. I have a Saitek Pro Flight yoke and rudder pedals.  I mapped the "axis_rudder_set" to the yoke aileron axis for the steering wheel and it works but I can't figure out the other controls.  I'd like to map the right brake pedal to the accelerator and the left brake pedal to the brake.  Any help appreciated.

Yea, that is a "problem" - lying in the meaning of the sim itself.  Because FSX/P3D v4 is primarily a Flight Simulator (and U-Boot Sim additionally) and it will stay a flight sim. 

The whole core and it's flight dynamics/controls is designed for maneuvering aircrafts (& ships, U-Boats).  So, when you want to drive by car through the wonderful world of P3D you always have to deal with compromises regarding its controls and physics (--> especially physics; becaus the demands of physics of a car are opposite to the needs of an aircraft).

The simplest way is to "drive" around with the same controller settings as you usually run an aircraft --> Rz Axis of the joy for wheel steering, acceleration = throttle and break button for differential brakes (or toe breaks for peddals).

Or you can play around to try different settings for your own.  But always keep in mind that you've to deal with compromises. 

During my first attempts driving a car in FSX I used a steering wheel with brake/acceleration peddals, but found out after some tinkering/try and arrow, that it's the best to use my joystick for driving, because car driving iin a flightsim is something I do occasionally (probably like other simmers who appreciate this kind of alternation).

Best regards to you

 

PS: What really helps if you are using a steering wheel is to map an own button of the wheel switches for parking brakes; because sometimes when the speed of the car gets too high it tends to lift off (remind: its still a flight simulator with appropriate physics) or to sling around, which is very hard to control but becomes steerable by pressing the "emergency" parking brakes button on the wheel quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@KBUR Thanks!  I'll play around with it.  It's for my 3 yr old grandson, he's not very picky about realism!  His favorite thing so far is to take off in the red Extra 300 and do constant aileron rolls into the ground.  As a real world pilot, it makes me break out in cold sweats. 

On 28.1.2018 at 2:14 PM, bbuckley said:

@KBUR Thanks!  I'll play around with it.  It's for my 3 yr old grandson, he's not very picky about realism!  His favorite thing so far is to take off in the red Extra 300 and do constant aileron rolls into the ground.  As a real world pilot, it makes me break out in cold sweats. 

Ah, I understand; 'm pretty sure you'll fiddle it out.  Your grandson seems to be very earthbound , changing to cars seems a good choice for him.

Have a good time, stay save and happy landings.

Klaus (from Germany)