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# AITrafficCar

| Variables            |                                                                                                                     |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| assignedIndex        | AITrafficController array index, assigned when car is registered.                                                   |
| accelerationPower    | Amount of torque that is passed to car Wheel Colliders when not braking.                                            |
| minDrag              | Minimum amount of drag applied to car Rigidbody when not braking.                                                   |
| minAngularDrag       | Minimum amount of angular drag applied to car Rigidbody when not braking.                                           |
| frontSensorSize      | Size of the front detection sensor BoxCast.                                                                         |
| frontSensorLength    | Length of the front detection sensor BoxCast.                                                                       |
| sideSensorSize       | Size of the side detection sensor BoxCasts.                                                                         |
| sideSensorLength     | Length of the side detection sensor BoxCasts.                                                                       |
| vehicleType          | Vehicles will only spawn, and merge onto routes with matching vehicle types.                                        |
| goToStartOnStop      | Respawn the car to the first route point on it's spawn route when the car comes to a stop.                          |
| topSpeed             | Car max speed, assigned to AITrafficController when car is registered.                                              |
| brakeMaterial        | Material used for brake light emission. If unassigned, the material assigned to the brakeMaterialMesh will be used. |
| brakeMaterialMesh    | If brakeMaterial is unassigned, the material assigned to the brakeMaterialIndex will be used.                       |
| brakeMaterialIndex   | Mesh Renderer material array index to get brakeMaterial from.                                                       |
| frontSensorTransform | Control point to orient/position the front detection sensor.                                                        |
| leftSensorTransform  | Control point to orient/position the left detection sensor.                                                         |
| rightSensorTransform | Control point to orient/position the right detection sensor.                                                        |
| headLight            | Light toggled on/off based on pooling cullHeadLight zone.                                                           |
| wheels               | References to car wheel mesh object, transform, and collider.                                                       |

| Public Methods           |                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| AccelerationInput        | Returns current acceleration input as a float 0-1.                                                     |
| SteeringInput            | Returns current steering input as a float -1 to 1.                                                     |
| CurrentSpeed             | Returns current speed as a float.                                                                      |
| IsBraking                | Returns current breaking input state as a bool.                                                        |
| IsLeftSensor             | Returns true if left sensor is triggered.                                                              |
| IsRightSensor            | Returns true if right sensor is triggered.                                                             |
| IsFrontSensor            | Returns true if front sensor is triggered.                                                             |
| SetTopSpeed(float)       | Updates the AITrafficController top speed value for this AITrafficCar.                                 |
| SetForceLaneChange(bool) | Controls an override flag that requests the car to attempt a lane change when able.                    |
| StartDriving             | The AITrafficCar will start driving.                                                                   |
| StopDriving              | The AITrafficCar will stop driving.                                                                    |
| MoveCarToPool            | Disables the AITrafficCar and returns it to the AITrafficController pool                               |
| DisableAIProcessing      | Stop the AITrafficController from processing component updates on the AITrafficCar and its components. |
| EnableAIProcessing       | Resume AITrafficController processing component updates on the AITrafficCar and its components.        |
| RegisterCar              | Registers the AITrafficCar with the AITrafficController for processing.                                |