TopDown 2D car physics

[MrFranz]

Hi, I'm quite new here (still learning the basics of Space Rocks ) and I'm scouring the forum to find info on 2D car physics.

I came across a 2017 discussion (post: 147991) and a tutorial from @GMWolf but I think I'm doing something wrong, as I get a compiling error even if I copied exactly the code shown in the video.

Does anyone know why I'm getting the error and if there is any other interesting more recent tutorial?

Thanks,

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Looks like the tutorial was for an older version and the syntax is not working with GMS 2.3.5.589, so I'm experimenting a little bit and below you can see what I came up with.
The car handling is ok but there is no drifting at all and I also need to implement the R gear (which it's harder than I thought).
I tried reading the manual for "physics_apply_local_impulse" but it is maybe outside my current level of understanding, cause I can't make it work.

If any of the good souls in this forum have suggestions it would be much appreciated

///Vehicle handling

var turn_l = keyboard_check(vk_left);
var turn_r = keyboard_check(vk_right);
var gas = keyboard_check(vk_control);
var breaking = keyboard_check(vk_alt);
var steering = 3;
var acceleration = 0.1
var max_speed = 10;
var ground_friction = 0.01;
image_angle = direction;

//Steering
if speed > 0.2 {
    if turn_l { direction += steering; }
    if turn_r { direction -= steering; }
}

//Moving
if gas {
    if speed < max_speed {
        motion_add(direction, acceleration);
        //ADD PHYSICS IMPULSE to allow drifting
        }
}

//Breaking
if breaking {
    if speed > 0.2 {
    motion_add(direction, -acceleration * 2); }
        
}

if speed > 0 {
    speed -= ground_friction; }

PROGRESS UPDATE:

So, basically I was trying to mix normal scripting with the built-in physics of GMS and that was basically preventing the car from moving.

Now I've switched to full in-engine physics and updated the script with the physics syntax...and it works. Sort of...

I still can't find a way to kill the sideway motion when the car stops accelerating/turning



Here is the code so far:

///Vehicle handling

var turn_l = keyboard_check(vk_left);
var turn_r = keyboard_check(vk_right);
var gas = keyboard_check(vk_control);
var breaking = keyboard_check(vk_alt);
var steering = 2;
var acceleration = 0.1;


//Steering
if phy_speed > 0.1 {
if turn_l { phy_rotation -= steering; }
if turn_r { phy_rotation += steering; }
}

//Moving
if gas {

xpos = lengthdir_x(acceleration, -phy_rotation);
ypos = lengthdir_y(acceleration, -phy_rotation);

physics_apply_impulse(x, y, xpos, ypos);

}


I'll continue to tinker with the code and try to limit the sideway motion. Suggestions will be much appreciated