Podracer

Start your engines and pilot a podracer !

Podracer VR is a solo developping prototype inspired by Star wars episode I Racer.

Choose your podracer, choose your track and compete with AI for the first place in virtual reality.

This game is still in development, for now it contains a two tracks and three podracers for testing.

It contains two play modes, the "realistic" which is the full motion of the podracer and the arcade mode to help people  with motion sickness.

The first version has been made in Unity and a remake to Unreal Engine 5 is in progress. A technical demo is already available.

It may have a lot of issues but any feedback on the game is really welcome and can help to orient the future development.

Discord: https://discord.gg/EGYChxvAdg

Tested on oculus and steamvr with a nvidia card RTX 2060 SUPER.

Inputs map (WIP):

- Oculus quest controller like

Grip	Grip handle/ hand animation
Trigger	Select/brakes (need the handle grabbed)
A	Boost
B	Repair
X	Reset VR view in track
Y (hold)	Left wrist menu in track
Right Joystick pressed	Teleportation (hangar)
Right Joystick X axis	Drift left/right
Right Joystick Y axis	Drift backward

- HTC Vive controller

Grip	Grip handle/ hand animation
Trigger	Select/brakes (need the handle grabbed)
Right Trackpad down	Boost
Right Trackpad up	Repair
Left Trackpad down	Reset VR view in track
Left Trackpad up (hold)	Left wrist menu in track
Right Trackpad pressed	Teleportation

Known issues:

• AI stuck on wall
• Weird collision feeling

• Podracer may fligh too high after taking a bump
• Can be stuck in environment (on the Unity version you have no way to unlock yourself, go back to main menu. On the Unreal Engine 5 one you can respawn with the wrist menu)
• Framerate drops with SteamVR (especially using Oculus with steamvr)

• And probably many more

Future developments:

• New race track
• New podracer
• Damage engines when reaching the booster limit instead of cutting off the acceleration
• Better sounds design
• Improve cockpit visual
• Improve podracer animation
• Add and improve VFX
• Multiplayer prototype