How to Rig a Car in Blender PLUS FREE 3d Car Model. Full and professional Blender Tutorial. Rigacar.

[@Ab_obla]

Very useful tutorial it is going to be, this is the second ever free rigged high quality car I have come across

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks so much!! I'm always trying to get some quality content to give away!

[@RaiShahJahanK]

which is 1st one?

[@anushbangera123]

Wow very detailed tutorial awesome 😍 love from India 🇮🇳

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thank you so much Aunsh! 😀

[@Tweakyowl]

Best one I could find. And the only one that told me about the origin point.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@h-hokter1609]

This is very exciting to try

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks H- Hokter! Yes - rigging a car is great fun, and seeing it animate is even better!

[@user-vv6sg9ul1f]

thank you respected sir for this crystal clear explanation! cheers!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your comment!

[@laurelhendrix1036]

Great Tutorial!👍👍 Didn't know rigging a car using rigacar is this easy. Was trying myself a few times but couldn't get it right (didn't know about the car alignment and naming individual parts)😅😅 Waiting for the next part...

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Glad it helped Laurel! Next part will be fun!!

[@laurelhendrix1036]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Yup 🤗

[@Kosoku63]

If anyone is wondering, you can make the car drift after making it follow the path but before you bake the wheel rotation and car steering

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks for the tip!!

[@SeanLake3D]

Dude way too crazy amazing! WOW!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks Sean!! Part two is going to be even better!

[@laurent-henrydavid8376]

BRAVO ! Very clear tutorial with free stuff ! Can't wait the second part ! 👍

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks Laurent! 😃 I'm looking forward to part 2 as well! (not sure what it will be yet, but will try and make it epic and fun!)

[@laurent-henrydavid8376]

@@MediaWayUKLtd I think it should be interesting to explore the suspensions (when you strongly break or turn left then right very quicly?) and drifting ! 😉

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

@@laurent-henrydavid8376 Sounds like a great idea! Yes - I'm planning to show how to use the rig fully - not sure yet whether to add a complete environment and cameras, or maybe that could be part 3?

[@laurent-henrydavid8376]

@@MediaWayUKLtd maybe I could help you for the environment?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks so much for the offer! But I'll probably be making the environment as a part of the tutorial! However, I'd love to see what you do - comment with links to your work!

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

Or press A to select all. R to rotate. Z for the vertical axis and type “-90” and press enter to turn the mode left.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thank you!

[@petrinio8YT]

Always incredible tutorials

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

You're welcome! Great to see you at the premiere!

[@petrinio8YT]

@@MediaWayUKLtd me too

[@skmourya1]

Great tutorial. Could you also bring a tutorial for motor bike rig.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks Sourabh. I'm not planning to do a motorbike rig tutorial I'm afraid. Sorry!

[@_crfx__]

Hey media way o I'm here to watch ur new vid💓

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hey!! Brilliant to see you here! Enjoy the premiere!!

[@ZuluZizo]

Fantazstic tutorial, very easy to understand and execute. Do you have any reccomendations for rig that uitilizes a vehicle with more/less than 4 wheels? I would like to rig a lorry (10-18 wheels) and combat tanks (2-15 wheels). Sorry for the bad English.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Zulu Zizo! Glad you enjoyed it! I think you can add more wheels to this rig. Check out the instructions here digicreatures.net/articles/rigacar.html

[@legiadtm]

thank you for this crystal clear explanation! cheers!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Glad it was helpful Legia!

[@robestey5628]

Well that was just too cool. Thank you so much.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Glad you enjoyed it Rob! Drifting tutorial follow up coming this week!!

[@GreatTS]

You are literally god🤣🤣😂. Love you very very much🥰🥰🔥

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Haha!! Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@edindinho]

Awesome Leo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thank you 👍🏼

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

You are so welcome Edinho!!

[@trunks2713]

Amazing tutorial!! thank you so much!!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

You're very welcome!

[@Escelce]

Great video thank you!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Glad you liked it!

[@Anvar_Batalov]

Thank you so much!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

You're welcome!

[@uglynerd9436]

Thank you so much vey helpful

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

You're very welcome!!

[@Tamer_Gomaa]

Great tutorial, and great addon too 👍

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thank you! 👍

[@Tamer_Gomaa]

Update: I followed the tutorial step-by-step, but when I clicked bake, it gave me an error, stating that the frame number must be int not float, when I enter start and end frame value into the left bottom popup properties window, it bakes, but the wheels does not rotate or turn. any ideas? I'm using Blender v3.2.0 Update2: I downloaded v 7.1 of the addon, it partially worked 😄, the error didn't appeared again, but the wheels still does not rotate or turn. thank you

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

@@Tamer_Gomaa Rig a car has been updated since this video. Are you using the latest version? github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases

[@Tamer_Gomaa]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Thank you for replying, I will try it, and I will try the model you used, to make sure that everything is working.

[@Tamer_Gomaa]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Hi Leo, I downloaded the latest version of the addon, and downloaded the skoda model, the wheels still not rotating neither turning. I'll gonna crazy 😄

[@SLYRED33]

that is so cool thanks

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Than you Slyred!

[@h.mutawa866]

7:56 change from pose mode to object mode, top left. or you won't be able to shift + A to add a line

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Top tip!! Thanks so much!

[@h.mutawa866]

@@MediaWayUKLtd thank you as well for the great content!

[@DivisionEdits]

Quality content

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks so much C9vShroud COPS!

[@alexandremoresque4779]

Muito obrigado!!!!!!! Ganhou um fan!!!!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

You're very welcome Alexandre!!

[@CG_Pigeon]

Baking it doesnt work in 3.1, and 2.8 the addon its self doesnt work

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Have you tried contacting the maker of the add-on?

[@CG_Pigeon]

@@MediaWayUKLtd the bug doesnt error doesnt show up now that i downloaded v7.1 for rigacar, but they still wont spin :\

[@CG_Pigeon]

I GOT IT TOO WORK i was using object constraints, when i should have been using BONE constraints.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Well done!!! Glad you got it all worked out!!

[@marcusdarbouze6989]

Me also it didn’t work so I did as you did in a previous tuto with #frame*2 in the rotation x axis and it works now I gotta to work the camera😂

[@onion9107]

Splendid tutorial MediaWay!! 😃 Although I must admit that things didn't quite work out right for me. As soon as I add the armature after naming the parts right, the parts of the car get dislocated and form wierd angles.... Also, if I import a rigged car and add the benzier curve for it to travel on, the car just teleports miles away.... I used Blender 3.5 but after witnessing these errors I installed Blender 2.93.0 but I still see no change.. I searched online a lot but found no answers. Any ideas???

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hmmmm.. Tough one. Check the origin point on your model. Attaching an object to a curve is a bit quirky sometimes!

[@onion9107]

Alright mate ill try it out. ... Thanks a lot 😃

[@ritubhidoriya6655]

I am facing problem in bake car steering when i click ok my key frame was desiparied i dont know why please help me

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

I'm not sure - can you ask the creator of the Rig-a-car addon?

[@QiubStudio]

Good Job. Everything was good but whenever I want to bake the car steering and wheel rotation it will prompt me a Report Error. Any idea what went wrong?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Herman! Thanks for your question. Are you using the latest version of Rigacar (7.1)? Download link here: github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases/tag/v7.1

[@QiubStudio]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Perfect!!! Thanks, it works just fine. Looking forward to more tutorials!

[@zumailamin2916]

thanks for the vidio. i face a issue after baking wheels or steering. they are not moving after play animation. any tip?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Can I check that you're using the latest version of Blender and Rig a Car? github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases/tag/v7.1

[@MilanKarakas]

In Blender 3.4 baking steering and wheels deletes animated path. Without baking, car moves, wheel rotates, but no steering. What I am doing wrong?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Milan. Make sure you're using the latest version of Rigacar: github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases Hope that helps!

[@_shuttingstar]

@@MediaWayUKLtd I’m having a lot of issues with animating steering and wheel rotation. I have gone into pose mode and clicked on rig:root and added the follow path constraint, which all works like it should. But for some reason the steering and wheel baking is just not working and it keeps deleting the key frame I added for the follow paths animation. I have set the wheels on y axis to 0 which didn’t fix the problem also. And I named each car part correctly. Any help would be appreciated, I’ve looked at multiple other posts and yet to find a solution.

[@_shuttingstar]

@@MediaWayUKLtd I've downloaded the latest version of blender and rig a car addon, but it still doesn't work it keeps deleting the key frame

[@IrtazaAmhad]

Please make your next tutorial on proper car animation

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Irtaza! Yes - it will be! Car rigging is the first step, and then we'll move onto the good stuff!! :-)

[@Erunanethiel]

When I try to bake steering and wheel rotations, my previous keyframes for follow path disappear. Anyone know what causes this?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Are you using the latest version of rig-a-car? Have a look here: github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases

[@DragaoNinja]

Nice!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thank you Bruno! Cheers!

[@akshatsrivastava8050]

what if i wanted to modify the wheels animation. like i want the wheels to rotate fast before starting to give a good effect. i tried to modify after baking rigacar keyframes but it didn't work. how to do that?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Rigacar has recently been updated for Blender version 4. This KZbinr has updated it himself. You can download the latest version from his KZbin link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDHap2Da6hspM0 Otherwise, you can bake the animation, and then set keyframes on the wheel rotation manually to make them rotate before the car moves.

[@akshatsrivastava8050]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Okay thanks a lot. I love your tutorials, Awesome Work

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks so much! 😀

[@alipharma1942]

I'm using blender 4.1 and rig a car 7.1 when I bake tire and steering don't rotate. why?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Rigacar has recently been updated for Blender version 4. This KZbinr has updated it himself. You can download the latest version from his KZbin link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDHap2Da6hspM0

[@hillaryohenewaah6228]

i can't find the car (deformation rig) when i click on Amature nothing shows up

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Rigacar has recently been updated for Blender version 4. This KZbinr has updated it himself. You can download the latest version from his KZbin link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDHap2Da6hspM0

[@upbgenoob5488]

I follow along the tutorial but my problem is that the steering motion is a little jaggy when on steering.Its like not linear motion but not everywhere on the curve.Any ideas?Thanks for the video!!!Awesome work.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi George. Try increasing the resolution of your curve. I think the default is 12 steps - increase to 100.

[@upbgenoob5488]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Thanks for the reply!My resolution was already 100 as you mention in the video.Finally I solve the problem.I had extrude the curve a couple of times.The jaggy motion was exactly over the new vertices.I dissolve the extra vertices and the motion became perfect!

[@casuffacommeci]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I'm trying to animate a car with camber. But because of the camber, even tilting the manipulators parallel to the wheels, they continue to rotate along a horizontal axis. Is there a solution to modify the axis of rotation of the manipulators so that the wheels rotate correctly? Thanks

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

I think that the rig a car addon doesn't have the facility to do this. It may be that you either need to hand animate, or buy a plug in. Have a look at the Car Rig Pro add on - blendermarket.com/products/car-rig-pro-blender-kit - although I can't advise on this, as I haven't used it myself.

[@casuffacommeci]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Thanks. I've written to the guy who created it but no answer yet. I think that the new 3.2 add-on doesn't support it either.

[@csgogaming999]

my brakes aren't rigging why? all brakes are out of rig section only body and wheels are rigging

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Are you using the latest version of Rigacar? 1.7?

[@joshuarohan1226]

when i bake the car the keyframes disapper

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

I'm not sure what you mean? Can you explain further?

[@user-vv6sg9ul1f]

car rigging tutorial start from 5:30

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thank you!

[@_shuttingstar]

I’m having a lot of issues with animating steering and wheel rotation. I have gone into pose mode and clicked on rig:root and added the follow path constraint, which all works like it should. But for some reason the steering and wheel baking is just not working and it keeps deleting the key frame I added for the follow paths animation. I have set the wheels on y axis to 0 which didn’t fix the problem also. And I named each car part correctly. Any help would be appreciated, I’ve looked at multiple other posts and yet to find a solution.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Are you using the latest version of Rigacar? github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases

[@spearcy]

I have the same thing happen to mine. Did you ever figure out how to fix it? I have the latest versions of Rigacar and Blender, so that can't be the problem. But I'd sure like to know how to get those bake parts to work.

[@cihliik2149]

@Stephen Pearcy I had the same problem so I tried downloading older version of blender (2.93) and it works perfectly fine even with the latest version of rigacar (7.1). So I think it just doesn´t work with the latest versions of blender.

[@cihliik2149]

The latest version rigacar 7.1 works only up to blender 3.3.

[@spearcy]

@@cihliik2149 Thank you! I’ll try that combo.

[@rodcav3]

Animation works but I want to adjust the timing of end frame from 250 to 180 to speed up the car... but keyframes not shown in the timeline .....please help

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Rodney. If you can't see them on the timeline, have a look using the graph editor.

[@rodcav3]

@@MediaWayUKLtd I tried that already and the results were the same....I have the Transportation add-on V4 ..so I used one of there vehicles instead...and it works fine..Thanks again ...your tutorials are awesome

[@lord_sb]

I am not getting the front arrow in the rig although my version is 7.1 i m not getting

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

I'm not sure what to suggest? Make sure your model is oriented on the -y axis.

[@lord_sb]

@@MediaWayUKLtd ok sir

[@justahumanbro]

how i take the add on in blender

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Download Blenderkit here: www.blenderkit.com/r/mediaway/ Install via preferences.

[@blippedyblop]

For some bizarre reason, the right side plates on the rigacar rig are huge in comparison to the left wheel plates. How can I adjust those so that they are the same size? It makes the steering look bad as the overall turning circle of the right wheel is much larger than that of the left.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Blippedy Blop - I am totally stumped by your problem. Never heard of that before! I can only suggest you restart the tutorial and follow the steps carefully. Make sure your car is oriented via the -y axis. Update your graphics card drivers. Make sure you have the latest versions of Blender and Rigacar. Hope that helps!

[@owenkan2039]

it may be perhaps that the scale of your model is not 1, im pretty sure it has to be all scaled to 1 for rigacar to work

[@shift_vfx]

Are brake models necessary for the add-on to work? My model doesnt have brakes only body and wheels

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Shiftvfx - I think you can use the add-on without brakes.

[@dustinrolstad752]

I've followed this tutorial a number of times now. When I bake steering animation, I basically get nothing and when I bake wheel rotation, I get a ton of keyframes, but no rotation. The graph editor confirms that all the rotation keyframes stay along the same position in the timeline. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Not sure Dustin? Are you using the latest version of Blender, and the plug ins? Also check your graphics card drivers?

[@dustinrolstad752]

@@MediaWayUKLtd I did open it up in a previous version and was able to get it to work properly. Thanks!

[@_shuttingstar]

@@dustinrolstad752 please how did you do it?

[@harinivash8133]

Epic Cinematic Car SciFi - Blender Cycles 3d render from 40 th sec to 55 sec did you use after effects or any other software for that tunnel scene

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi! All done in Blender, some of the particles were native to Blender, the blue flames were a video projected on a plane. Hope that helps!

[@deepakkumaravelu9262]

@@MediaWayUKLtd can we have tutorial on that brother

[@kanekirana9530]

for some reason rigacar addon is keep crashing my blender 3.1 whenever i am clicking on bake car steering and bake wheels rotation

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Not sure about this one? Have you contacted the Rigacar developer? Have you tried Blender 3.0?

[@samm6871]

hello, when i try to bake the car steering and wheel rotation i just get an error message? "python traceback (most recent call last): file (), line 163, in invoke self.frame_start, self.frame_end = action.frame_range" and "file (), line 822, in __setattr__ return seattr(properties, attr, value) TypeError: bpy_struct: item.attr - cal: ANIM_OT_car_steering_bak.frame_start expected an int type, not float"

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Make sure you're using the latest version of Rigacar. github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases

[@HAMZAKHALIDCH]

Sir! Are You Working On Epic Car Animation Toturial Or Not?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Hamzi! Have you watched all my car tutorials? I have covered most of the techniques that were used in the making of the Epic car animation, so not planning any more car tutorials in the next couple of months.

[@HAMZAKHALIDCH]

@@MediaWayUKLtd YES I WATCHED ALL OF YOUR VIDEO ON CAR ANIMATION. IT'S HElP ME TO LEARN BASIC OR SOME GOOD TECHNIQUE. IF ARE NOT MAKING VIDEO ON CAR ANIMATION IT'S OK. WAITING FOR YOUR VIDEO ON OTHER MODULE. Good Luck.

[@bendoherty173]

Here's a link to part 2 for those looking for it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bICodKaEgruBprM Awesome tutorial!

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks so much Ben! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@jennix.ae.]

I am having trouble separating things. Any tutorial suggestions?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

This can be difficult. I've had similar difficulties myself in the past. It's a mixture of unparenting, and separating meshes. Maybe I'll do a tutorial sometime!

[@m4gn3tic82]

My car wheels are shifted forward once I click generate, what should I do?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

No sure - are the origins of the wheels and the car in the centre?

[@m4gn3tic82]

@@MediaWayUKLtd nvm I got it fixed, turns out when the empty came along with the model itself I had to parent the empty to the car body first

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

@@m4gn3tic82 Great! Glad you got it all working!!

[@k-tiktok459]

hi !! hope you are fine...i'm having a problem in addon as it's installed but not showing in tab which appears while pressing 'n'

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi! Try installing the add on again. Make sure that your mouse pointer is in the main window while pressing 'n'.

[@DesignsbyDonBrown]

When I add the car rig, all of the parts move to different locations. Any ideas?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Make sure you're using the latest version of Rigacar. github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases

[@DesignsbyDonBrown]

@@MediaWayUKLtd That's the version I'm using.

[@CG_Pigeon]

If ur car is not working whilst adding the rig, make sure the parts aren't parented to ANYTHING. =D

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Thanks Bearnamation!

[@antonmcroff5125]

how does someone do that

[@CG_Pigeon]

@@antonmcroff5125 open the objects, if there parented then click the parented ones, right click then unparent keep transfrom

[@antonmcroff5125]

@@CG_Pigeon i have a problem tho with all my rigs..is there a way i can send you a video so you can diagnose the problem?

[@CG_Pigeon]

@@antonmcroff5125 ok i actually got it wrong, i meant if your main car parts (wheel body ect) are parented to another object it wont work

[@jacksimcox]

I seem to be getting an error when baking the wheel animation

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Not sure what it could be, but make sure you're using the latest version of Rig a Car and Blender.

[@nidzooo]

Same

[@jacksimcox]

@@nidzooo This addon doesn’t work with blender 3.0 and above

[@nidzooo]

@@jacksimcox I found new version that works on 3.2

[@jacksimcox]

@@nidzooo cool

[@K.a_202]

اسلا عليكم اشو من اريد انزل اي شي يطلعلي هيج Sorry, this item is not available in your location.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi Kamel. Sorry to hear that! Is Gumroad blocked where you live?

[@alipharma1942]

شغل vpn

[@AlphaGamer1981]

the one problem i am having is when the car is drifting round a sharp curve, the speed is constant and i want to slow my car down while drifting and then speed up when it finishes, but playing around with the curve editor I can't get it to work properly

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Try adding some keyframes for the speed as the car moves around the curve, and then moving them backwards and forwards in the timeline to adjust the speed.

[@AlphaGamer1981]

@@MediaWayUKLtd thank you. I think I was overthinking it too much and got myself into a muddle trying to edit the bezier curves of the 2 points on the curve of the road.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

@@AlphaGamer1981 No worries! You're welcome!!

[@bestmikey526]

what happens if my car has 6 wheels?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

I'm not sure if Rig a Car supports this. There are some other car rigging addons - check out Blender Market.

[@funnygaming6749]

Hi,I am you new subscriber from India.From where you downloaded this car model please reel me.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Download link in the description! Enjoy!

[@Erunanethiel]

Does Rigacar not work on Mac or am I doing something wrong?

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

I'm not sure. Are you using the latest release? github.com/digicreatures/rigacar/releases

[@Erunanethiel]

@MediaWay thank you for your quick reply! Macs apparently do not download as zip files as default, and that was why it didn't work. It now works just fine :)

[@pronizam07]

Hello can you make a game development video

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Would love to, but I don't have the skills for game dev!!

[@pronizam07]

@@MediaWayUKLtd oh

[@brillliant9133]

how do i get the car

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Should be a link in the description to Gumroad. Just set the price to $0 to get it for free.

[@shbkitzjkbvh6352]

Sir am from Pakistan But am week in English so make video with English silde bar

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Good to have you here! Hope my tutorials help you!

[@SwiftyGazz]

Why lie the car Model is not free you have to donate £$£$ in order to download it XD

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi ShadowGazz. It is free! Simply type in 0 to the donation box. It's the only way I can distribute the model for free.

[@DodgerFloof]

Whenever I select the path for the car to follow it moves to someplace random, and when I try and offset the car it moves in a completely different way.

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Hi DodgerFloof. Not quite sure what you've done here? Can you follow the tutorial again from the start, there might be something you've missed?

[@delusional4239]

Yeah I am facing the same problem...

[@delusional4239]

@@MediaWayUKLtd Do you have any fixes to this? its really frustating I have followed the video a couple of times now

[@awesomeahmed2801]

im having trouble adding a path im clicking shift + a and nothing happens

[@MediaWayUKLtd]

Check if you're in object mode (use Tab key to cycle between edit and object)