What are banked curves / turns?

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I’ve been researching curves and splines for a videogame project of mine.

I’m not 100% sure what it means to have a curve ‘banked’.

It seems to help vehicles with turns on curvy roads, but I don’t quite understand how exactly a curve is banked / what it means to bank a curve (visually) / how it helps with turns.

I have seen some formulas / math for it, but I’d like to understand the concept before exploring potential implementations.

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It means the outside of the curve is raised up in elevation, putting that section of road at an angle to reduce the risk of sliding off due to the centrifugal forces involved when taking turns at high speeds.

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