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As racing games grew more sophisticated they began modeling damage on the essential components of a car - the engine, transmission and steering - depending on where and how hard you hit your vehicle. Impacting on the front might affect steering and have the car pull to the right, and getting slammed from behind could affect the transmission, causing sluggish shifting over the course of the race. Most simulation-focused racers allow you to pit during the race, which (usually) fixes that sort of crippling damage. Most of them also allow the player to switch off either form of damage depending on their preference or skill level.
Damage can be visualized more severely with generic cars, however. Most automotive manufacturers get skittish when certain aspects of damage come up - except for games with a strong focus (like rally racers) you'll never see licensed cars roll over, break in two, or crumple so severely they're incapable of driving. The crashes seen in the Burnout series would be impossible to pull off with licensed cars as the companies would never allow it.
Damage modelling is used to show damage that has been inflicted. Damage can be modelled on game object so long as the game's engine will allow for it
Damage in racing games generally falls into two varieties - cosmetic and performance-affecting. Cosmetic damage came first due to hardware limitations and often the damage was minor in nature - cracked windows and slight dents even after driving your car straight into a barrier at 140mph.As racing games grew more sophisticated they began modeling damage on the essential components of a car - the engine, transmission and steering - depending on where and how hard you hit your vehicle. Impacting on the front might affect steering and have the car pull to the right, and getting slammed from behind could affect the transmission, causing sluggish shifting over the course of the race. Most simulation-focused racers allow you to pit during the race, which (usually) fixes that sort of crippling damage. Most of them also allow the player to switch off either form of damage depending on their preference or skill level.
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Damage model games
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Dead Island |
X360, PC | Techland Sp. z o.o. |
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Mafia II |
PC, PS3, X360 | 2K Czech |
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Modern Warfare 2 released on Nov. 10, 2009 |
X360, PC, PS3 | Shadows in Darkness, Inc., Infinity Ward |
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Forza Motorsport 3 released on Oct. 27, 2009 |
X360 | Turn 10 Studios |
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MotorStorm: Arctic Edge released on Sept. 29, 2009 |
PSN, PSP, PS2 | Virtuos Ltd., BigBig Studios Ltd. |
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Need for Speed: SHIFT released on Sept. 15, 2009 |
PSN, PC, X360, PS3, PSP | NVIDIA Corporation, EA Black Box, Slightly Mad Studios |
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DiRT 2 released on Sept. 8, 2009 |
PSN, PSP, PC, DS, WII, PS3, X360 | Sumo Digital Ltd., Codemasters |
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America's Army 3.0 released on June 17, 2009 |
PC | U.S. Army |
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FUEL released on June 2, 2009 |
X360, PC, PS3 | Asobo Studio |
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Wheelman released on March 27, 2009 |
PC, X360, PS3 | Tigon Studios, Midway Studios Newcastle |
| Concept Name: | Damage model |
| Appears in: | 74 games |
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