Attenuating a pothole effect

A vehicle for controlling at least one force, in an open loop, between wheels and a vehicle body when overcoming a roadway depression in a roadway, the vehicle including:

• a front axle;
• a rear axle;
• suspension means of each of the wheels including at least one arrangement of a spring system and a vibration damper having at least one actuating member for controlling damper forces in a closed loop;
• and
• a control device configured to perform an open loop control method comprising:
• detecting a roadway profile lying ahead in the direction of travel, wherein depressions in the roadway are detected prior to being reached by the vehicle or when reached by the vehicle,
• adding a detected depression in the roadway as an event to an event queue,
• selecting the depression in the roadway that is the next event in the event queue,
• adjusting the suspension means to a suitable setting in order to overcome the depression in the roadway when the detected depression in the roadway has been verified, or
• ending the method when the detected depression in the roadway has not been verified.