Cinematic Bike Rig

Engine Version: 5.1+

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By Karl

07/09/2025

Are you a cinematic artist tired of fighting Unreal Engine’s physics to get the perfect motorcycle shot? You know the struggle: you hit play, wrestle with unpredictable controls to record a take, and then spend hours cleaning it up in Sequencer. You hack together workarounds—invisible wheels, impossibly low centers of gravity—just to keep the bike stable.

The Cinematic Bike Rig is the definitive solution to this problem. We built this system from the ground up specifically for animators and cinematic artists who demand absolute control, speed, and creative freedom, directly inside Unreal Engine.

The End of Physics-Based Frustration

Traditional methods are slow and kill creativity. This rig puts you back in the director’s chair.

No More Guesswork: Forget hitting “play” and hoping for the best. This entire system is physics-free. What you see in the editor and Sequencer is exactly what you get, allowing you to craft your shots with precision.
Perfect, Repeatable Takes: Trying to nail a specific drift or wheelie at the perfect moment in a single take is nearly impossible with physics. With our rig, every action is keyable, giving you frame-perfect control over your performance.
A Seamless Workflow: Stop the painful back-and-forth cycle of animating in an external DCC application and re-importing into Unreal. Now, you can do all your animation and camera work in one place, dramatically speeding up your creative process.

A Toolkit for Total Cinematic Control

This is more than a rig; it’s a complete system for bringing your vision to life.

Fully Modular and Customizable: Bring your own bike! The rig is designed to work with your static meshes. Simply attach your bike’s body, wheels, suspension, and steering components to create a fully configurable, custom setup.
Automatic & Believable Motion: The wheels automatically trace the ground and rotate accurately. In addition, a physics-free spring system provides dynamic, believable suspension movement without the unpredictable simulation.
Art-Direct Every Action: This is where you take full control. Keyable drift angles with automatic chassis lean, along with independent roll and pitch controls, allow you to animate the most dynamic and exciting action sequences imaginable.
Accurate Ground Collision: The rig intelligently detects the ground surface for perfect wheel placement, and even supports object exclusion for ultimate flexibility.

Effortless Animation with the Spline Path Blueprint

For complex shots and repeatable camera moves, the included Spline Path Blueprint is your most powerful tool.

Create Complex Paths: Simply draw a spline in your scene and have the bike follow it with automatic steering.
Animate with Precision: Key the distance traveled along the spline to have perfect control over the bike’s speed and position.
Seamless Looping: Easily create a closed-loop circuit or have the bike auto-loop along the path for continuous action.