Unreal Engine 5

Modular Vehicle System | One Base, Any Car - Game-Ready Vehicle System in UE5 | Part 11

Create a shared skeleton and base Chaos Vehicle Blueprint so multiple cars can use the same system.

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About this tutorial

In this tutorial, we turn our single-car setup into a modular vehicle system in Unreal Engine 5. We build one shared base โ€” one skeleton, one base Chaos Vehicle Blueprint โ€” so any new car drops in with just a short setup checklist, no new code, no refactoring.

  • Build the shared base skeleton (with the Blender dummy mesh trick for Unreal)
  • Create BP_Base_Chaos_Vehicle containing all shared logic
  • Add a new vehicle with a simple per-car setup checklist (mesh, physics asset, hand IK, camera, warp point)
  • Per-mesh socket overrides for door handles and other geometry-specific points

๐Ÿ“œ License / Credits: Some third-party assets are used in this tutorial. Full credit goes to the original creators.

3D Model:

  1. Lowpoly Nissan Frontier 2016 โ€“ CGTrader Author: https://www.cgtrader.com/designers/car-bag License: Royalty Free License Source: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/various/various-models/lowpoly-nissan-frontier-2016

  2. Mercedes Benz 560 SEL Free low-poly 3D model โ€“ CGTrader Author: https://www.cgtrader.com/designers/samiart3d License: Royalty Free License Source: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/car/car/low-poly-mercedes-benz-560-sel

  3. Mustang Shelby GT500 free low-poly 3d model - CGTrader Author: https://www.cgtrader.com/designers/blender-toart License: Royalty Free License Source: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/vehicle/other/mustang-shelby-gt500-46d3158e-a2ae-4507-b479-2bae31aa7bea

Music:

  1. Shadowstep - CFL_TurningPages License: Free for use under Pixabay Content License Source: https://pixabay.com/sk/music/bije-shadowstep-422798/

  2. Chill - Chill Music - prettyjohn1 License: Free for use under Pixabay Content License Source: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-chill-chill-music-505125/

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