What is the easiest way to model a hybrid (CV + EV) car for torque vectoring?

What is the easiest way to implement a car that has 2 drivetrains on different axles?
We want to test different gearings for both the combustion engine powering the rear axle, as well as the 2 hub mounted electric engines powering the front wheels of our next car. Then we would want to test torque vectoring and energy deployment algorythms.

We have been using Carmaker to develop torque vectoring for our electric car, where based on OpenXWD example we have used our own models for the electric engine and then tested different approaches to methods of controlling them.

If only possible we would want to control front engines in the hybrid car the same way, so like in OpenXWD example, but for the read combustion engine we would prefer to set it up using the GUI like with the combustion RWD example.
Is that possible? Does anyone else have any idea what would be the simplest way?

Hello Jacek,

I suggest you try out the “With Engine” variant of OpenXWD. I think it covers most of yours needs, that you would want to use the CarMaker engine model configured within the GUI, and program in other custom features of the powertrain as you wish with the OpenXWD interface.

Best,
Yeonsoo Park

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