How to change speed cap of libgdx bodies

Question

I've noticed that there is a limit to how fast one of my box2d bodies can move (2 meters per tick), is there a way I could increase this cap?

Answer 1

You can use World.setVelocityThreshold(1000000.0f); to increase the the limit, but this can lead to other problems.
A better alternative is to reduce the size of the world, so the limit of 2 meters per calculation step is sufficient.

This answer describes the problems when increasing the velocity threshold and describes other possible solutions to this kind of problem.