Level Particles

I made a video of some of the particle systems for my race track. There's three different ones there's an ambient mystical fire, an aggressive fire blast that's triggered during the jumps. Once the programming is implemented there will be a mechanic where it'll light your car on fire and you'll have to go fast enough to put it out. The final particle system is a constellation implosion that will damage your car if your caught in it during the moment of impact.

Particle Research

For my racing level I'll need a blue fire that feels pretty icy and mysterious. I used reference from the website imbue FX. Specifically the chapter on fire that's part of a whole system.

 This is the reference i used to make some of the fire shapes but i wanted to stylize them so i made it more rounded and less violent.

Racing Level Research

For my racing level I'm thinking of making this mystical ice cave. I want the player to feel like they're going on an adventure each lap. As the laps increase the magical elements will become more prominent, adding a somewhat eerie tone to the level. It's loosely based off of an offset figure 8 but has a bit more banked turns. I want it to take a more stylized look with regards to the geometry of the assets.

This is the color scheme i'm thinking of going with.

Heres the first draft of the level with some call outs to the stunts.

This was just some brain storming for creating this astrological inspired VFX and the stunt which features jumps timed with arcane blasts.

This is the starting line which would at the highest point of the ice cavern

The first turn is pretty wide and descends into the cave.

This straight away is the first really open space that would be a vista into the ice cave

This sweeping banked turn climbs up a bit

This is where the stunt occurs and this room would be this large sprawling cavern 

the player travels across

 a broken bridge.

These banked turns mark the beginning of the escape, magic blast occur on them

Before they escape they climb up a steep slope that has ice shards in the sides of it.