Re: [pygame] Racing game Physics

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Subject: Re: [pygame] Racing game Physics
From: Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:38:13 +1300
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Ivo Danihelka wrote:

speed1 ... velocity of car after collision (vector)


Terminology nitpick: in physics, speed is a scalar,
velocity is a vector. So these are all velocities,
not speeds.

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Greg

References:
- [pygame] Racing game Physics
  - From: Pica
- Re: [pygame] Racing game Physics
  - From: Ivo Danihelka