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The anatomy of an Unreal Engine drift: from hop to drift boost
How an Unreal Engine drift works for arcade karts: hop, slip, drift curves and drift boost stages, plus a UE5 drift tutorial for tuning it all in PIE.
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Kart physics, drifting and multiplayer in Unreal Engine 5
Practical articles on building an arcade kart racer in Unreal Engine 5: the async physics tick, drifting, custom vehicle physics versus Chaos Vehicles, and physics that holds up in multiplayer. Written by Julien Schweter, the developer of the Kart Racing Drifting Physics plugin.
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Unreal Engine async physics: why a fixed 60 Hz tick makes a vehicle feel the same at any FPS
Unreal Engine async physics runs your vehicle on a fixed 60 Hz tick, so it drives the same at 30 or 240 FPS. How it works, the traps and the settings to use.
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Unreal Engine vehicle replication: what building kart multiplayer taught me
Unreal Engine vehicle replication explained: prediction, rewind and replay, the traps I hit building kart multiplayer on Chaos, and how to test it.
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Arcade kart physics vs Chaos Vehicles: why a Chaos Vehicle drift is so hard to tune
Why a Chaos Vehicle drift fights the tire model in UE5, how custom arcade vehicle physics works instead, and a checklist to pick the right one for your game.
