We should have a local velocity on the RigidBody and CharacterBody.

[the-aNamee]

Describe the project you are working on

The beginnings of a game where you control a hover bike type thing. (Very new)

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

The thing is that I want to dampen the up-down movement of the bike.

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

If local velocity were a thing than I could just dampen the local y velocity.

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, and/or diagrams

body.local_velocity

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

Probably.

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

I can't really see it handled elegantly as an add-on or library.

[Calinou]

Moving to discussion, as there is no concrete technical implementation provided.