fix(vehicle): spawn on the road, not 2.5 m under it

Measured rather than guessed: a downward trace from the spawn point reports the road
surface at Z 366 cm, while the vehicle was spawned at Z 120. The car was buried; the only
thing visible in the capture was its shadow falling on the road above it. Spawn is now
Z 470, the camera aims at 430, and it settles at Z 470.

Not fixed, and recorded: with the car above ground the capture still shows road and a
shadow with no car. Panels register, report visible=1 with mesh=SM_Vehicle_Body and a
238 cm extent at the expected position, and MarkRenderStateDirty()/UpdateBounds() run
after registration. The shadow proves a collider is there; the visible geometry is not.

Screenshots/README.md now separates the two causes so the next person does not re-fix the
buried spawn.
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@@ -652,7 +652,10 @@ def build():
# configures the Chaos wheels from the modelled dimensions.
vehicle_class = unreal.load_class(None, "/Script/GigLine.GigLineVehicle")
if vehicle_class:
vehicle = spawn(vehicle_class, unreal.Vector(-12950.0, -900.0, 120.0),
# Spawn ON the road: a downward trace measured the surface at Z 366 cm there, so
# the previous Z 120 spawn buried the car 2.5 m inside the ground - which is why
# it was invisible in the capture while its shadow still fell on the surface.
vehicle = spawn(vehicle_class, unreal.Vector(-12950.0, -900.0, 470.0),
"Demo_Vehicle_Sedan")
log(f"staged: Demo_Vehicle_Sedan ({'ok' if vehicle else 'FAILED'})")
else:
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@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ try:
# The sedan, staged on the carriageway at (-12950, -900). Three-quarter front
# view from the road so both the body and the wheels are visible: a side-on
# or rear view hides the wheel stances that the build is judged on.
("demo-vehicle", unreal.Vector(-12250, -1600, 420), unreal.Vector(-12950, -900, 120), 50.0),
("demo-vehicle", unreal.Vector(-12250, -1600, 620), unreal.Vector(-12950, -900, 430), 50.0),
("demo-spawn-view", unreal.Vector(-13336, -3100, 620), unreal.Vector(-13336, 1300, 620), 48.0),
# Street level, from the north sidewalk: the old camera sat at Y -400,
# inside the facade body (which spans Y -1457..-200), so it looked at