Soft-tire squish and sidewall bulge for any wheel mesh — no vehicle plugin required.
Convincing soft-tire deformation to any vehicle, with zero dependency on Chaos Vehicle or any other vehicle system. Drop the component under any wheel mesh and it handles the rest: detecting terrain contact, tracking it smoothly frame to frame, and driving a GPU-side material deformation that flattens the contact patch and bulges the sidewall realistically — all without touching physics setup.
Built for off-road and crawler-style vehicles where tires need to visibly conform to rocks and uneven terrain, but flexible enough for any wheeled vehicle that wants extra visual fidelity.
Key features:
Works with any mesh-based wheel — no vehicle plugin dependency
Smooth, frame-rate-independent contact tracking
GPU-driven deformation via World Position Offset — no extra draw calls
Sidewall bulge, contact flattening, and rim-safe displacement clamping
Optional contact-based force feedback for suspension response
Bonus general-purpose sphere deformation component included
Fully exposed parameters for trace pattern, deformation strength, and smoothing
Includes a ready-to-run demo level and demo materials
Note: Windows only in this version.