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How to create realistic car animation?
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Hi everyone!
I was wondering is it possible to create realistic car movement with reactor and path constrain. While useing reactor gave my some great results moving a vehicle straightforward, I did not understand how to make the toy car turn.
I need to make the front wheels turn and the body and rear wheels follow realisticly while the car is making a turn and useing reactor at the same time.

Any halp will much appreciated. Thenks!



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  • Posted: 11 November 2009 06:01 AM

Reactor is OK for virtual stunt cars, crashing and stuff. But not so good for more controlled driving animations.
For following a path, try Loran’s EZ CarRig, it’s free and it works. Also see Joe Gunn’s tutorials, there are a few relating to car animations. There is also one on car rigging in Max’s supplied tutorials.
A couple of plugins to check out, Mad Car, a free one, or if you want to spend some money there is Craft 4 Wheeler. There is a free cut-down version too.
A few options to look into there.



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