Design it, Drive it : Speedboats

Todd Wasson · 12-22-15, 07:14 PM

This is my latest project, "Design it, Drive it : Speedboats".

It's a high fidelity simulator that lets you design and drive your own speedboats from around 25-30 parameters. The boats are procedurally generated from the design parameters you specify, so every little tweak affects the handling and top end performance of the boat. The motion is solved using thousands of forces at the per-polygon level directly on the boat mesh. The boats can chine walk and blowover much like real boats. Hundreds of forces are involved in the computation of the force feedback alone.

Trailer:

Website: http://www.speedboatsim.com/
Store: http://www.speedboatsim.com/products

Available now for Windows PC only. Oculus Rift supported.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/designitdriveitspeedboats/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405024603032224/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DesignItDriveIt

Aktungbby · 12-22-15, 09:47 PM

Todd Wasson!

Todd Wasson · 12-28-15, 09:33 AM

Thanks!

Todd Wasson · 01-16-16, 07:25 AM

This company contacted me yesterday about adding support for their motion platforms. Definitely interested!

http://www.simcraft.com/

Todd Wasson · 01-21-16, 01:02 PM

I wrote an article about chine walk. Discuss!

http://www.speedboatsim.com/chine-walk-tech/

Todd Wasson · 01-30-16, 07:19 AM

Three minutes on the Oculus Rift:

12-22-15, 07:14 PM	#1
Todd Wasson Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 10 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Design it, Drive it : Speedboats This is my latest project, "Design it, Drive it : Speedboats". It's a high fidelity simulator that lets you design and drive your own speedboats from around 25-30 parameters. The boats are procedurally generated from the design parameters you specify, so every little tweak affects the handling and top end performance of the boat. The motion is solved using thousands of forces at the per-polygon level directly on the boat mesh. The boats can chine walk and blowover much like real boats. Hundreds of forces are involved in the computation of the force feedback alone. Trailer: Website: http://www.speedboatsim.com/ Store: http://www.speedboatsim.com/products Available now for Windows PC only. Oculus Rift supported. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/designitdriveitspeedboats/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405024603032224/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DesignItDriveIt

12-22-15, 09:47 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,856 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard ! Todd Wasson! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

12-28-15, 09:33 AM	#3
Todd Wasson Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 10 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Thanks!

01-16-16, 07:25 AM	#4
Todd Wasson Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 10 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This company contacted me yesterday about adding support for their motion platforms. Definitely interested! http://www.simcraft.com/

01-21-16, 01:02 PM	#5
Todd Wasson Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 10 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I wrote an article about chine walk. Discuss! http://www.speedboatsim.com/chine-walk-tech/

01-30-16, 07:19 AM	#6
Todd Wasson Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 10 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Three minutes on the Oculus Rift: