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Edys Vehicle Physics
Plugin Review
- Support for touch screen
- Multiple materials supported for different grip
- Easy setup
Edys Vehicle Physics Unity plugin info
Edy’s Vehicle Physics is one of the best vehicle plugins there are in Unity asset store. It has been under development for years, since the first version of this plugin was published in 2011. EVP is a versatile plugin which can be used to reproduce authentic feeling of different kinds of vehicles.
One of the best things about this plugin is that the developer can customize its settings and make the car act as one wants. Plugin also has support for Unity car AI, so you can add some bots driving around in your game world.
| Unity Asset Store Rating: | 5/5 |
| Price: | 53,60 € |
| Tested on: | Unity 2020.3.21f1 LTS |
| Supported pipelines: | Built-in, HDRP, URP |
| Supported Unity version: | 2018.4.26 or higher |
| Date of original release: | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Latest update: | Oct 9, 2020 |
| Development state: | Support |
| Package Size: | 37.6 MB |
| 3D/2D support: | Yes/No |
| Mobile support: | Yes |
| VR support: | No |
| LOD support: | - |
| Build-in optimization: | - |
| Errors after installation: | No |
| Includes sounds: | Yes |
| Known Issues: | - |
| Links: | Forum Thread Documentation |
Installation
Installation is just a few steps so the plugin is easy to add to your project. After you have purchased the plugin, you can install it via Unity Package Manager and choose My Assets from the upper left corner. Then choose Edy’s vehicle physics plugin from the list and hit the install button and import the plugin in your project.
There were no errors after installation on Unity 2020.3.21f1 so the plugin is usable without extra tweaks or hacks.
Edy's Vehicle Physics Plugin Content
Here you can see a screenshot from plugin content after imported in Unity project. It includes free vehicles and prefabs which you can use directly in your game project. There are also sound samples ready to go, so you can add those or use them as placeholders. Plugin also supports skid marks which come handy as an extra FX in your Unity game.
If you need a Unity car controller in your game, this package includes everything you need. Of course you can replace the car model or sounds better if you want. You can find lots of options in the Unity asset store for those. kinds of stuff if needed.
Edy's Vehicle Physics graphic examples
Sample scenes
Edy’s Vehicle Physics includes three different sample scenes which are pretty close to each other. There is a simple scene where you can try to drive on one of the pickup prefabs found in the package.
Most interesting scene is the multiple vehicle scene where users can change their vehicle by pressing Page Up or Page Down buttons on the keyboard.
Sample scenes includes these scenes:
– The City – Simple scene
– The City – Simple scene – Drift
– The City – Multiple vehicles
See Quick Start Tutorial
This video gives you an overview for all the basics features of this plugin. It is the most straightforward tutorial to see how to set up this Unity car plugin in your game.
There are a lot of videos where you can see how to set up Edy’s Vehicle Physics on different models. It takes only a few minutes to get running so you can use your own custom car models or purchase some of the 3D vehicle model packs from the Unity Asset Store.
If you are making a casual kind of toonish Unity car game, you can hook up the EVP with this Toon Racing plugin as well.
Conclusion
Edys Vehicle Physics plugins offers you everything you need from Unity car plugin. It has been developed over 10 years which makes it a reliable and flexible plugin. We highly recommend this plugin every now and then when you are in need of Unity car plugin.
As you can see from the sample scenes you can tweak the settings as you go and it gives you a lot of control how the vehicle behaves. Plugin can mimic powerful sports cars as well as buses or other bigger vehicles. It also supports spherical worlds which is a nice-to-have feature from this all-rounder.
