QB Karts

QB Karts is a Minecraft kart racing game with kart mechanics that are based on other driving games, with proper steering, acceleration, braking and drifting.

Controls can be customized to suit your preferred input, mouse/keyboard, controller or touch.

This is currently more of a proof of concept than a full game. There are only 2 race tracks and 4 kart types. I wish I could add more at this time, but I’ve hit some technical problems that I need to resolve first.

The races are where the real fun is. You can play single or multi-players as NPC drivers are added to race against.

Special items can be picked up. I have followed the Mario Kart method of the better items being available for those in the lower positions in the race. I have purposely kept special items as Minecraft themed.

More details can be found in the game.

Any questions, please leave a comment here or on Discord #qbkarts

Technical issues I am Working On

I found that having a player riding a kart entity was too restrictive and I could not control the kart as I wished. Instead, you control a full entity while your player’s body is disabled and hidden somewhere. This is not ideal and I’d like a way to improve this.

The karts do pick up some speed and the tracks are quite large. Minecraft is not designed for NPC entities to be active when far away from the player. You may notice NPC racers suddenly teleporting in or out as they get into or out of range. Occasionally they become invisible with only the drift particles showing.