type-two 4c5323ba60 Reversed stats pass + real-model import pipeline (CASSEROLA DX, MORRY)

Stats quietly inverted: shitboxier IRL = better in game. Excel X3 is now the
fastest car; TURDRUNNER is the slowest. tools/import_shitbox.py converts
downloaded models (glb/gltf/fbx/obj/blend) to game GLBs -- normalizes scale,
yaw, ride-height origin. First two imports: Corolla mk7 and Morris Mini.
shitboxes/ stash gitignored + .gdignore'd (its .blend files broke Godot's
headless import scan).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-07-27 22:24:36 +10:00

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Burnout Infinity: Shitbox

Burnout 3-style arcade racer, Aussie shitboxes, Woolies carparks. Godot 4.6 + Blender, native Apple Silicon.

Run

/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --path .

Controls: WASD/arrows drive, Shift drift, Space boost, R reset (or retry after Crash Mode), Esc menu.

Modes

Cruise — free roam with traffic.
Crash Mode — 60 seconds, rack up damage dollars ramming traffic and parked cars.
Race — 3 laps vs 3 rubber-banded rivals on the level's RacePath.

The boost loop is Burnout 3's: earn boost by drifting, near-missing traffic, and smashing things. Wrecking a rival near you = TAKEDOWN — refills the meter and grows it (up to 4x). Hard crashes shed body panels and trigger Impact Time slow-mo.

Cars

A car is a folder: cars/<id>/stats.tres + optional car.glb. Models are built procedurally — specs live in tools/build_cars.py, one dict per car (silhouette profile, dimensions, paint). Rebuild all GLBs with:

/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender -b -P tools/build_cars.py

Model convention (any GLB works, hand-modelled or generated):

Nose faces +Y in Blender (imports as Godot -Z forward).
Node origin 0.75 m above ground level (the controller's ride height).
Objects named det_* are detachable — the game rips them off on impact (doors, mirrors, bumpers, bonnet, boot).
Current fleet: Datto 120Y, Gemmy TX, Kingswood HQ, VL Terbo, XF Fungoon, Excel Hilton. Piss-take names on purpose: real model names and badges are trademarks.

To improve a silhouette: supply a side-on photo + front three-quarter photo, tweak the profile points in the spec, rebuild, screenshot.

Stats are low-key reversed: the shitboxier the car was in real life, the better it performs here. The Excel X3 is the fastest car in the game; the muscle cars are all bark.

Downloaded models (from shitboxes/, gitignored + .gdignore'd) convert via:

/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender -b -P tools/import_shitbox.py -- "<file>" <car_id> <length_m> [yaw_deg]

Imported cars don't shed det_* panels until someone cuts their doors out in Blender.

Add a level

Make a folder levels/<id>/ containing level.glb (or level.tscn). Blender convention:

Solid objects: suffix the name with -col (Godot generates collision on import).
An Empty named Spawn where the car starts.
A curve/path named RacePath (loop) enables Race mode and traffic.
Export glTF Binary to levels/<id>/level.glb. It appears in the menu.

Tests

/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --headless --path . --import
/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --headless --path . --script tests/smoke.gd

Visual check (opens a window, saves a PNG):

/Applications/Godot.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot --path . --script tests/screenshot.gd -- car=datto_120y mode=crash frames=280 out=shot.png

Design doc

docs/BurnoutInfinityShitbox.pdf — research report on the original game. Still to come: crash deformation (control-hull vertex displacement, equations in the PDF), oncoming-lane boost, Road Rage mode, sound, real level GLBs from Blender.

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