Steering left different value than steering right

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1

hello, i have a little problem with my unity script. im using a slider in settings.cs to modify the speed and steering of my cart. They are both working, however when i press debug.log it shows that left steers less fast than right. Example: left -7.0f middle 0 right 9.0f it also occurs with other values such as -3,8 0 5,8.

i want it to be the same for both sides, so 8 0 8 or 5 0 5 and so on..

in my test situation i removed all objects/script and let left and right steer exact the same. result: 7 0 9, 6 0 8 so even if left and right are the same, left is less powerfull?

    if ( steer > 0)
    { 
        direction += (steer + steerpower) * Vector3.right;
        transform.Translate( direction * Time.deltaTime );

    }
    if ( steer < 0)
    { 
        direction += (steer + steerpower) * Vector3.right ;
        transform.Translate( direction * Time.deltaTime );

    }
    Debug.Log(direction);

the code im using to go left is Vector3.left, in the above example i showed that the same things have different values.

2

Because you're adding steerpower and not multiplying it. Besides, that if-check is completely redundant.

direction += steer * steerpower * Vector3.right;
transform.Translate( direction * Time.deltaTime );
Debug.Log(direction);

Consider if steer is -4 and steerpower is 5.

-4 + 5 = 1.

-4 * 5 = -20.

That is, with -4 steer you'd still go right if you were adding the numbers. With multiplication you'd go left (as expected).