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Hello, I'm new to box2d physics engine and trying to figure out how the things work. Me and a friend working on a project which is a top-view car game (like gta1-2). Anyway, my question is, "is it possible to use friction, joints, bodies and more that box2d promises on a car for a top view game?

Yeah

How so? Can you please explain more? I've read some posts of people asking about this but i couldnt find any about rigid-body from top-view..

Lol @ Gan. "Yeah."

There have been other forum posts about it, and an engine made in Flash supports it (the quick box2d one I think).

Anyways, you can try making a rectangle as the car body, then four rectangles on each edge connected via a revolute joint. Then allow the left and right arrows to rotate the two front wheels. Have the wheels control the actual velocity, and the car just goes along with the ride.

My guess is you'd have to modify the linear velocity every time you change the wheel rotation, and have some formula to calculate where the velocity should be going based on the wheels.

EDIT: Here it is:



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