Hinge joint, movement (truck)

Unity Engine
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Hi!

I have a question: I am using Transform.Translate to move a truck vehicle in a level. When it touches a trigger, it makes a smooth turn (kind of waypoints, I set a distance vector and the object turns accordingly to it). The reason is that I don’t want physics to be part of the game (I want exact 90 degree turns for example).

But…Now I have attached a hinge joint so the truck has two containers.
The joint itself works, However it is influencing the movement of the truck: the direction slighly changes.

How can I basicly only use the hinge joint for the visual effect, but keep out all kinds of physics aspects that causes my truck to change its direction?

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Did you make the rigidbody on the truck kinematic?

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Ah that does the job. Also I changed the mass to 0. Thanks!