Soapbox Racing
SoapBox Racing is a fast-paced downhill racing game where you drive carts powered only by gravity.
Year:
2025
Timeframe:
1 Month
Tools:
UE 5, Blueprints
Overview
SoapBox Racing is a fast-paced downhill racing game where you drive carts powered only by gravity. Race down challenging tracks, dodge obstacles, and keep your cart together as it loses parts and control along the way. Can you make it to the finish line before your cart completely falls apart?
My Work
1. Built a pre-race vehicle customization system with 4 swappable parts (front tyres, back tyres, body, driver) — each combination dynamically swaps the runtime mesh and updates the vehicle's wheel class, directly affecting handling stats before the race begins 2. Implemented a physics-based damage system where mid-race collisions visually detach parts from the cart and trigger a wheel class change, degrading steering and handling performance as damage accumulates 3. Engineered the full race loop in Blueprints — including race start sequencing, timer, and finish-line evaluation — using clean event-driven communication between actors with no tight coupling
