GoreBox Vehicle Controls

Vehicles are among GoreBox's most chaotic sandbox toys — physics-driven wrecks, helicopter rooftop landings, and multi-car pileups that ragdoll NPCs across city blocks. Every car, truck, and rotorcraft in the default library and Workshop addons shares a common control philosophy inherited from the game's Unity physics engine. This guide explains ground vehicle steering, airborne rotor control, entry and exit workflows, and how mobile touch overlays differ from the PC keyboard layout.

Spawn vehicles from the spawn menu — scroll the mouse wheel on PC or use the mobile spawn panel — then approach the driver door and press E or tap the enter-vehicle button. Your character snaps into the seat and HUD hints appear for acceleration and steering. Exit with the same interact key when you need to on-foot combat or Reality Crusher editing. Detailed vehicle stats and model notes live in our vehicles item catalog.

Once seated, use W and S for forward and reverse throttle — identical to walking forward and backward but applied to wheel torque. A and D steer the front wheels. GoreBox uses arcade-style handling with realistic momentum, so high-speed turns slide rather than grip like a racing sim. Tap Space for handbrake-style slides when your build supports it; handbrake turns are community favorites for drift clips on the Legacy warehouse loop.

Collisions transfer force to ragdolls, props, and other vehicles — chain reactions are intentional. Use slow motion with Z on PC or Creator slow-mo toggles to study crash physics frame by frame. Link vehicles to Reality Crusher constraints for elevators, spinning death traps, and conveyor belts — pair with /rs rotation snap from our host and creator commands guide for precise mechanical builds.

Trucks and heavier chassis carry more momentum — braking distances increase, and impacts launch GoreDolls farther. When testing custom Workshop arenas from our custom maps guide, verify ramp angles because oversized vehicles clip on steep geometry.

Helicopters add vertical axis control beyond ground steering. Throttle typically maps to the same W and S keys — W increases rotor collective for lift while S reduces altitude. Mouse look or A/D strafe adjusts horizontal direction depending on the model. Hover practice on Pillars tower roofs is a rite of passage before attempting cinematic landing shots with /freecam from the motion recording page.

Rotor wash interacts with loose props and lightweight GoreDolls — expect chaos near spawn piles. Creator Mode noclip with V lets you scout landing zones without crashing, then re-enter the helicopter for the final take. Divine flight from /divine is an alternative for aerial sandboxing without spawning a helicopter at all.

Mobile helicopter control uses tilt or dual-stick overlays — sensitivity varies by device. Start on Legacy open lots before navigating narrow map editor corridors where rotors catch walls.

Before official multiplayer removal, vehicle races and demolition derbies were staple community events. Today, players recreate them in singleplayer Creator sessions or unofficial MPMod servers — see our MPMod tutorial for connectivity notes. Host commands like /timer and /objective still structure race events in solo sandbox with friends watching co-op streams.

Workshop addons ship custom cars, tanks, and aircraft through mod.io. Subscribe in-game following our Workshop guide, then spawn addon vehicles from new menu categories after sync completes. Lua-authored vehicles may define custom input handlers — check addon README files on the mod.io page or the Lua modding reference if controls feel nonstandard.

When recording content, spawn one vehicle at a time until you confirm FPS stability — dense traffic jams tank performance on lower-end PCs and mid-tier Android phones alike.