Lego Fortnite players have cracked the code: by ingeniously combining switches, thrusters, and a bit of creative engineering, fans are now building fully steerable cars and even flying machines-no steering wheel required. This player-driven innovation is transforming the game’s blocky landscapes, letting builders race, soar, and explore in ways Epic Games never officially designed.
Lego Fortnite, the newest spinoff of the classic battle royale, hasn’t even been live for a week yet and fans are already hard at work finessing their building skills, using Lego pieces to make some really cool stuff. It’s the dominant game mode in Fortnite at the moment – Lego Fortnite has already boasted 2.45 million concurrent players, a wild number. And these players are using the inventive new building capabilities of Lego to create extremely cool cars and planes – among many other creations.
Part of what’s impressive is the way players have found workarounds for steering. Making cars and aircraft were definitely intentional options; the official trailer shows players flying into the air in structures using balloons and thrusters. But players haven’t found any steering wheels in the game, at least at the time of writing – though steering wheels do exist in physical Lego sets. However, there are lever switches that can toggle thrusters on or off. And so players have positioned those thrusters on either side of a car, and toggled them on or off to steer their vehicles.
Fans have also figured out how to make airships using thrusters and balloons, steering them in a similar manner.
Lego Fortnite is a delightful addition to the core game. The survival mode is very Minecraft-coded, with similar block-based building and survival gameplay – with crafting, building, farming, and more. But if you stick the game in creative mode, you have more flexibility to simply build incredible machines that feel a lot like the creations you can make using The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Zonai Devices.
There’s a lot of pieces to sort through as you’re building, which is both creatively exciting and a bit terrifying. Fans have already started to share their work on the Lego Fortnite subreddit, jokingly comparing themselves to Hyrule Engineers (the subreddit dedicated to complicated TOTK builds). It’s early days yet, and it’s exciting to imagine what contraptions are only yet to come.
How did Fortnite players invent steerable vehicles using LEGO pieces
Fortnite players invented steerable vehicles in LEGO Fortnite by creatively combining in-game components such as thrusters, switches, and dynamic foundations. Since the game does not offer a traditional steering wheel, players engineered a workaround: they attached thrusters to either side of their vehicles and used lever switches to toggle these thrusters on or off independently, allowing them to steer left or right.
To achieve this, players start by building a dynamic foundation and attaching wheels. For steering, they construct separate tower mechanisms on the vehicle, each equipped with its own thruster and activation switch. By partially destroying the towers, the upper sections drop into a fenced area, becoming separate structures that can be controlled individually. Activating the left or right thruster causes the vehicle to turn in that direction, while a central thruster propels it forward. This inventive use of available LEGO pieces and game mechanics has enabled the creation of not only cars but also planes and boats that can be steered around the map.
How do players toggle thrusters to steer their LEGO Fortnite vehicles
Players steer their LEGO Fortnite vehicles by assigning specific thrusters to different switches using the in-game Wrench tool. By holding the Wrench and clicking on a thruster or switch, players access a channels menu where they can designate channel numbers, ensuring that only certain thrusters activate when a specific switch is toggled. For example, assigning left-side thrusters to one switch and right-side thrusters to another allows players to steer left or right by toggling the corresponding switch. This method enables precise directional control over custom vehicles, making them fully steerable.
