Heisters | Using Terrain for Roads

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Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a solution I’ve developed for my game Heisters that reimagines how roads are built in Roblox — entirely using custom terrain materials and textures instead of traditional parts or meshes.

This solution allows roads to blend seamlessly with the environment, especially on hills, slopes, and uneven ground without the usual clipping or visual breaks you get from part-based roads. It also results in fewer individual parts for things like road lines, and makes better use of terrain that would usually just sit hidden underneath road parts.

Here’s a video demo showing the results in motion… you’ll see how clean the transitions are and how naturally the roads sit within the landscape.

HQ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ISyW89-oc

I haven’t really seen other games using terrain like this for their road systems, so I figured it might be helpful or inspiring to others here.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

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It looks really nice, but how’d you get the road lines?

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Road lines uses a singular part with a texture slapped on top for each segment — but fewer parts overall.

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Using terrain for roads is awesome! It’s very smooth and looks a lot better in my opinion! It’s definitely better in many ways than using parts for roads!

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This is brilliant. It kind of makes me want to try this.

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I’m probably just dumb here, but for the lines in the road, did you align them with anything? How did you get the road so perfectly out line that? (I’m sure I’m probably just not thinking right, but still.)

Either way, this is really impressive! Definitely bookmark-worthy!

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ok this is actually something that I am surprised no most game has done, it looks amazing considering the hills and stuff

Realized this was taken down at one point…?? Glad it’s back up because it’s an innovative idea and shows good work.

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