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Well, I decided to do some land vehicle time in my FSX, but all the vehicles I got had pretty poor steering.

If you have fsx Deluxe or Gold with the sdk, there should be a help file thing. In the start menu go to all programs/ microsoft games/microsoft flight simulator x/Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK & it should be in there. If you don't have gold or deluxe try google searching aircraft.cfg tutorial or something like that. Hope this helps.

1st: Why are the gear bump values all zero? Those are really important for ground reaction.
Try these instead:

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gear_bump_nose_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_nose_direction=18000            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_nose_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_left_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_left_direction=35500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_left_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_right_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_right_direction=00500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_right_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
ground_bumps_magnitude1=3250            ; 0 - 10000

Also, add some height to the engine. The propeller might be hitting the ground...

1st: Why are the gear bump values all zero? Those are really important for ground reaction.
Try these instead:

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gear_bump_nose_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_nose_direction=18000            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_nose_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_left_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_left_direction=35500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_left_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
gear_bump_right_magnitude=6000            ; 0 - 10000
gear_bump_right_direction=00500            ; 0 - 35999 degrees
gear_bump_right_duration=250000            ; in microseconds
ground_bumps_magnitude1=3250            ; 0 - 10000

Also, add some height to the engine. The propeller might be hitting the ground...

The reson for the gear bumps is because since it's a car, the landing gear doesn't extend or retract, and according to Microsoft, gear bumps don't happen in aircraft with fixed gear.

LOL, really?
I was really convinced that it was a ground reaction thing, like the suspension or something...
Oh well, I guess I should have read the SDK documentation when I started to edit the cfg files... The thing is, 6 years ago they didn't tell much about the Aircraft.cfg file...

LOL, really?
I was really convinced that it was a ground reaction thing, like the suspension or something...
Oh well, I guess I should have read the SDK documentation when I started to edit the cfg files... The thing is, 6 years ago they didn't tell much about the Aircraft.cfg file...

the ground bumps have to do with suspension.  And I can imagine, but thank goodness they say a lot now, otherwise I'd have never made this thing in the first place!

I see why the camera views aren't showing up. What kind of GUID is that?!

Hi Club

Have you actually re done the suspension in the contact points.  That is where the main action is and it can be tricky to get working right. :-/