Proper way to set a RigidBody's maximum velocity

Questions & Answers
1

I am trying to gradually accelerate a GameObject with a RigidBody attached until it reaches a maximum velocity, at which point it becomes unable to gain any more velocity.

  • I know I can simply reset the object
    velocity to an arbitrary maximum
    velocity every frame if it
    overshoots, but I’ve repeteadly heard
    that manually setting an object’s
    velocity is a very bad practice in
    the context of Unity’s physics
    system.
  • I am also aware that in a physical
    sense, objects don’t have a
    “maximum velocity” and that such a
    thing will always be artificial.

I can think of several ways to achieve this, but given these limitations, I would like to know if there’s a standard, optimum way to do this.

2

The ‘proper’ way is to limit magnitude rather than velocity elements. This is, of course, dependent on the effect you are trying to achieve.

There are many existing answers

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