Unreal Engine 5: Creating a Car Racing Game

Name: Unreal Engine 5: Creating a Car Racing Game
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Learn the basics of Unreal Engine 5 by Making a Car Racing Game

Created byNafay Sheikh

Last updated 12/2023

English

What you'll learn

Learn the basics of making Car Models Drivable in Unreal Engine 5
Learn the basics of Blueprints in Unreal Engine 5
Learn the basics of Outdoor Overcast Lighting in Unreal Engine 5
Learn the basics of Creating City environments in Unreal Engine 5

Course content

2 sections • 15 lectures • 5h 38m total length

Introduction1:32
Create a car racing game in Unreal Engine 5 from scratch, importing and rigging a drivable car, texturing for hyper realism, and implementing timers, checkpoints, finish lines, and world building.

Importing and Rigging the Car in Blender20:03
Create an Unreal Engine vehicle project, import and rig a Blender Porsche 911 car, source a model from Sketchfab, and export as FBX for Unreal with UE4 vehicle rigging addon.
Making the Car Drivable in Unreal Engine 528:13
Learn to make a drivable car in Unreal Engine 5 by importing a skeletal mesh, enabling Chaos vehicle, creating a car blueprint, and configuring wheels, physics, and input controls.
Configuring and Texturing the Car22:47
Configure and texture a drivable car in Unreal Engine 5 by enabling wheel animation via an animation blueprint and adjusting physics. Apply automotive materials for realistic paints, rims, and glass.
Creating a Checkpoint and Finish Line26:38
Explore unreal engine 5 by creating a car racing game with a checkpoint and finish line system, blueprints, box collision triggers, and checkpoint crossed and you won UI.
Creating a Timer System25:24
Learn to implement a timer system in Unreal Engine 5 for a car racing game by starting a timer, handling win/lose events, and displaying time remaining.
Creating the Roads38:25
Master Unreal Engine 5 world creation for a car racing game by building a landscape and roads with cubes or splines, and applying Quixel asphalt materials.
Creating Boards for Checkpoints32:30
Create and place checkpoint boards in Unreal Engine 5, apply megascans textures, adjust tiling and rotation, and enable collision to guide players from checkpoint to finish.
Adding Buildings and Improving Visuals46:03
Place pre-made city buildings from the asset pack and adjust lighting with directional sun. Refine visuals with post-process exposure, tiling, and material tweaks for a convincing city driving scene.
Creating a Park13:02
Create a park in Unreal Engine 5 by placing fences, duplicating them, hiding buildings, and painting varied Megascans foliage and European hornbeam trees with density, scale, lighting, and NPC cars.
Adding Street lights, Traffic Lights and Trees32:45
Import and place street lights, traffic lights, signs, and trees in Unreal Engine 5 for a car racing game; use Blender and FBX export to texture and light the scene.
Adding a Speedometer9:57
Create a speedometer widget that displays the player's mph speed via binding, using absolute value for nonnegative results, add NPC cars as obstacles, and include a countdown and restart button.
Adding NPC Cars8:59
Add NPC cars with city sample vehicles, place them on the track, refine collision and physics, and implement a countdown timer for the race in Unreal Engine 5.
Adding Finishing Touches26:22
Add a ready and go countdown UI, wire start and countdown events, and implement a restart button with a visible cursor; polish road texture, car color, and lighting.
Packaging the Game5:45
Package the Unreal Engine game for distribution by building, cooking a vehicle example map, and creating a custom project launcher profile to produce a runnable Windows executable.

Requirements

Some experience with Unreal Engine 5 will be helpful

Description

Unreal Engine 5 is very high in demand right now but learning it can be a little intimidating for beginners, which is why I made this course to show you guys how to make a hyper realistic car racing game from scratch in Unreal Engine 5!

This is a project based course and we will be covering all aspects of making a racing game including rigging the car (in Blender 3D), making it drivable in Unreal Engine, texturing it, creating a timer and checkpoint system to make the game interesting, creating a whole city environment with realistic roads, buildings, street lights, trees, and a lot more!

This course should be relatively easy for most Unreal beginners however some experience would be helpful. The good thing about this course is that this course will show you the raw process of a game developer in creating games. We will be solving all problems and making all creative decisions together!

So what are you waiting for? Just start this course today and take your Unreal skills to a whole new level!

Project:

The project is quite simple! You need to first watch the whole course and then make your own game set in your city! You can either use the same 3D models which I used, or you could use others! You must use all the techniques and skills taught in the class to make sure that you are actually learning something new! You get extra points if you model the car and buildings yourself too because that will really enhance your modelling skills as well!

Be sure to change things up by using your own unique colors and lighting setups!

Good luck!

Who this course is for:

Beginner game developers wanting to learn Unreal Engine 5 with a project based approach

Unreal Engine 5: Creating a Car Racing Game

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Making the Car Game!14 lectures • 5hr 37min

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