Zan replied to me: > > On an earthlike world, the Sunflare can reach 100 kph off-roads, or > > perhaps twice that on a salt flat. On a world with half a gravity, it > > might reach 300 kph. > > I can see that velocity losses due to friction will be less at a half > gravity.
And Vehicles cares about little else -- aerodynamic drag is just a few percent. > However, that would make me want to drive a truck at 300 kph even less. > Consider what happens to the controllability of the vehicle when surface > friction is reduced so much. Turning and braking are going to be that > much less responsive. > > There's a reason sports and racing cars have spoilers and it is to > *increase* the available ground friction so that cornering and braking > at 200+ kph can happen. The true reason for the 150-kW motors is to get across rocks and crevices, of course, but the rules are ignoring the gear ratios. And some of the characters (and players) will immediately ask "but how fast will it go here?" > I don't know if GURPS Vehicles covers it, but I would rule that in lower > gravity the control of the vehicle suffers a penalty. I'm getting a sinking feeling that either I made an error, or GURPS 3E is inconsistent here. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
