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Steven Oh
Steven Oh

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Are physics engines accurate?

I'm trying to program a simulation for my physics paper. I saw Box2d as an option. My question is, are physics game engines like Box2d accurate for this kind of purposes?

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ATV
ATV

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Generally speaking game engines are usually aimed at making things look realistic though from experience I can say that many - sometimes undocumented - shortcuts are implemented in the engines to achieve real time simulation even on slow computing devices.

Your mileage may vary - but depending on your requirements I'd look into frameworks prioritizing accuracy over speed of calculations.

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