(Godot) VitaVehicle - "Realistic" Car Physics Engine

try the demo: jreo.itch.io/rcp4
the link also includes download of the project file and its assets.
the code itself is also available on github, which is smaller in file size: github.com/jreo03/g-rcp2

[@MastermindAtWork]

I really like the engine sounds. Very realistic.

[@Stupd-eu6mp]

Agreed

[@JahznCentral]

the amount of work and knowledge that went into this is crazy. for example the car engine samples that the script blends thru based on the rpm follow the harmonic series. i wouldve never thought to do it that way but it makes perfect sense. this person knows a shitload about cars

[@Hipernt]

That's so realistic, that first I thought it was real life recorded footage. Dang

[@RetroPlus]

Very impressive, these physics are extremely realistic

[@Polygarden]

Very cool! I absolutely like the debug UI with the tire grip and gravitational force.

[@_mickmccarthy]

Definitely see some Enthusia inspiration in the g-meter & tyre grip graphics! Super cool project!

[@connectionmj1744]

That some real good car physics right there this man deserve more

[@FredKS-UPBGE_Games]

Looks Spectacular woow impressive and I notice how the game plays better on your system! Fred/K.S

[@Gamepro5]

Did you just sign off your comment?

[@plast_cars7471]

great work, I thought that in GODOT there is no analogue of the unity Realistic car controller and this project was a discovery for me

[@5iveClutch]

Great job! it´s awesome.

[@Sina_Qadri]

This physics reminds me GTA 4 and 5 love it

[@NoName-bl7ot]

This physics would be ideal for a rally game

[@grzyb11]

You mean any game

[@oktayyildirim2911]

This is awesome! It's like "the BeamNG at home"!

[@magyararon6918]

Creo your youtube bio is outdated, twitter is no longer a leftie website :D This project is so awesome, feels much better to drive than many AAA games. Thanks you for open sourcing this, Unity has many different vehicle physics in asset store, Unreal has some good ones too, but now Godot has it as well, and its free while others cost like 50-100 euro, yet the quality is just as good. Thanks you so much for this!

[@anarkyworld]

This is awesome, love it.

[@lilboiUK]

Awesome job dude!

[@marc.silden]

Damn! That looks awesome!

[@Low.FRL23088]

Sheeeesh low poly graphics but the physics and engine sound is so SICKKKK!!!!❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EngiNetion]

That's quite impressive!

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

Can't imagine it with Jolt. Performance boost + more accurate physics. If it had detachable parts (e.g. doors) and basic damage system (e.g. wheel tilted 15 degrees), it would be perfect. It is excellent and inspiring nonetheless.

[@coincoin4677]

super !

[@FredKS-UPBGE_Games]

its like you copy pasted straight from BGE! Really Impressive way to go Jreo

[@kauandesu6440]

Please add beam ng car damage,this is perfect

[@toyogaming6539]

Is it possible to put/use those same physics in the Unreal engine 5 project?

[@bigboi3030]

Amazing! JUst wondering whether it's able to remove the GUI on screen? Sorry if this a stupid question

[@staticsteam636]

hey creo, did you make this open source, like for anyone to mess with as they please in the Godot enfine, or possibly build a game around?

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Can it do different suspension types and geometries? It seems everything is independent and has a really high camber gain based on this video. Also, do the tires directly connect the body to the ground and act as the only thing controlling rotation/direction of travel or is there any amount of "spaceship controls" going on?

[@creo7181]

there's not a feature made compatible for multi-link geometries yet. all vehicles have an adjustable property that changes camber gain, but they do have togglable live axle features. the only thing that's "spaceship" about it is the unfinished aerodynamics system since it only has the most basic principles being lift angle, downforce, and drag.

[@albiceleste101]

I was having fun just watching 🤣

[@codelljones4811]

Can you make a demo on the Godot asset library

[@biskuitZZZ]

any plans to port this to godot 4? thank you so much!

[@theshadowgamedev61]

Reminds me GTA SA... Good memories

[@DavidThemanoy]

This car physics is just like CarX's car physics in its games of the same name, like CarX Drift Racing.

[@brandonlunchbag]

When Beamng is not enough

[@artoodiitoo]

Wow it´s my actual car xD Nice

[@TeamMuggi]

CR-X my beloved.

[@brrrskibidishit]

This was The most fun game i ever played But can you add runing like rpm limit

[@draido-dev]

Epic, textures are... but physics r epic, is this PhysiX?

[@aydinatavash9854]

this just needs a little polishing and better graphics and bam a Triple A game!

[@mobazen7497]

Bro, why are the left and right buttons not functioning properly?

[@alexanderforselius]

how are the city maps created?

[@toshigamestudio776]

and can u do a tutorial on the car physics because godot doesnt have much community support on cars, and the vehicle body is trash with physics that dont make sense

[@williamhutchins479]

Very nice! I'm making an open world apocalypse game and was wondering if you could help out on two things, A. Could you show me how to add FWD/AWD to this? I want their to be multiple cars, but I'm having trouble with getting a good under steer effect for the cars as well as having the power go to both the "drive" and steering. I haven't downloaded any of the project files quite yet. Just incase I can get it but any help would be appreciated, and B. My cars are lower poly than this, would it still work? And can I still possibly do body damage (Bumpers, tires, drive lights, engine/suspension damage etc)? I don't want you to have to do all this work for me, but if you could that'd be awesome! My main concern is "taking" your stuff. I would obviously credit. My question is do you just want to be referred to as a "coder" or "vehicle physics creator"? If my game gets to a point of monetization I would love to set up an LLC and provide you with a portion of the income somewhere around 5-6.5 percent of a 15-20 dollar game (that's roughly 1.6 to 2$ USD) over 100 sales that's 200USD! And even more if we surpass my goals. For your hard work! Again thank you! I'm expecting my beta to be available by the end/beginning of 2023/2024 it's a big game and I'm the only dev. Aside from you if your okay with it?

[@creo7181]

for changing drivetrain layouts, you could be tinkering with the Powered Wheels variable on the car itself. you may disable differential mechanics on each wheels that are left un-driven by simply leaving DifferentiatedWheel blank. you may look for further help from the vitavehicle hub, which you could access via the godot editor. poly count doesn't matter in this case and you most certainly could implement visual damage effects as long as they work in godot's nature. for the wheels, you may put a spatial consisting of multiple mesh nodes (if so) in one of the animation nodes which are position3d's, in realtime would either be toggling their visibility or simply instancing within the animation nodes, but i suggest you try out your own ideas. tyre and suspension configurations work in realtime so chassis damages may be possible to implement. using vitavehicle and its stuff of any kind is acceptable as long as the licenses permits them (MIT and CC BY 4.0. referred on the itch.io page of vitavehicle) which of course, crediting is required, as you would. you could refer to me as a "vehicle physics creator", though i'm afraid i'm not really a math expert. just that i have been experimenting with coding game stuff for almost a decade and have been tinkering in driving games a lot. for sharing revenue however, i'm fine with only receiving them on my own, but i'd appreciate if you really want to.

[@williamhutchins479]

@@creo7181 Okay! If I do end up using VitaVehicle I would like to compensate you in some form aside from "Credit". So if I'm understanding your comment correct it would only be a single line of code needed to get the AWD/FWD mechanics I'm looking for? EDIT: var Powered_Wheels = ["fl","fr"] is this what I am looking for, or should this be a toggle selection used by Godot natively for the "driven wheels" I guess what I'm asking is does this use Godot's native drive wheels, or is this function done in-code for VitaVehicle? And I'm also assuming nothing "should" break if it has more than 2 drive wheels like AWD?

[@creo7181]

@@williamhutchins479 that is the correct variable. as long as the names of the wheels exists within the car node, for example, if you want a wheel named "fl2" to be powered, you can simply just add "fl2" to the array. you could do this from the inspector. if you add a string for a wheel that doesn't exist, it might break. if you want to add a wheel, simply duplicate one of the wheels or insert wheel.tscn into your vehicle from the MAIN folder. assuming you had trouble to open the project file uploaded to itch.io with pre-made assets, you should look for water_normals.png and replace it with a lower resolution image. that way you'll be able to dig up for examples within the car swapper folder.

[@williamhutchins479]

@@creo7181 Aaaah okay! And I know this is getting redundant but is "realistic" driving handling applicable to front/All wheel drive? Or do I need to spice it myself for understeer or just adjust a setting? I.E "tire grip/traction/slip angle"?

[@creo7181]

@@williamhutchins479 well you may do those if you really want them to understeer a bunch. weight distribution also plays a role in that concept too, as well as aerodynamics, if your vehicles travel that fast anyway. i don't think that vitavehicle isn't realistically applicable to FWD considering that it was literally its default drivetrain settings. there's certainly almost no car that understeers at all cost.

[@---cock4449]

Это супермегакруто

[@siphobrisloks8133]

Almost as good as Enthusia

[@Astro_SQ]

bro pls video how to type phisics of this cars bc am starter in godot plssssss

[@Toster777]

will you do it for android?

[@robben896]

Is the tire model physical or empirical?

[@DavidThemanoy]

I wish it's for Unity too.

[@Steve_aah]

bro can you drop other car files plss

[@zisppey]

Can i use it?

[@toshigamestudio776]

uh creo can u make 1 seperate project with 1 rally car and nothing at all

[@creo7181]

assuming you downloaded the project file, you can perhaps delete most map files in MISC>scene swapper>scenes (via your OS's file explorer if you had trouble loading the project) on MISC>car swapper>cars you can keep Synic EKI [Rally] and delete the rest you can also open TEMPLATE.tscn, insert the car there, and play it

[@toshigamestudio776]

ye look when i do that along with scripts when i press play the window closes

[@slvcontentfwd]

No linux support :-[ Cool project though

[@bacalhau_seco]

open source soon?

[@creo7181]

it is

[@bacalhau_seco]

@@creo7181 i havent noticed lol, thanks

[@Low.FRL23088]

Is this available for Android?

[@creo7181]

go to the itch.io link in the description and scroll down to the download button, tap it, and then tap "No thanks, just take me to the downloads". the app dedicated to android is down at the 4th row.

[@Low.FRL23088]

@@creo7181 oh thank u:)

[@klzxd]

Traz pra iPhone por favor

[@zero3259]

Looks great and the physics also look good. Do you have discord

[@creo7181]

the discord server link can be found within the project file. open the project on godot, go to vitavehicle interface, and then go to the help page.

[@NYIRU_7597]

gr86Come on！！！