Driftology/Assets/Scripts/VehicleTracker.cs

using UnityEngine;

public class VehicleTracker : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private float _leadOffset = 5f;
    [SerializeField] private float _leadMultiplier = 0.1f;
    [SerializeField] private float _sideOffset = 0f;

    private bool _isOffTrack = false;
    private float _offTrackTimer = 0f;

    private float _trackerSpeed = 0f;
    private float _distanceTraveled = 0f;
    private float _speedLeadOffset = 50f;
    private float _speedLeadMultiplier = 0.2f;
    private float _offsetTimerRandom = 0f;

    private RaycastHit _surfaceHit;
    private Vector3 _deltaToWaypoint = Vector3.zero;
    private Vector3 _previousPos = Vector3.zero;
    private Vector3 _offsetToTarget = Vector3.zero;
    private RoutePoint _currentWaypoint = new RoutePoint();
    private Transform _targetTracker = null;
    private VehicleController _linkedController = null;

    public Vector3 TargetPos => _targetTracker != null ? _targetTracker.position : Vector3.zero;
    private float VehicleSpeed => _linkedController != null ? _linkedController.LocalVelocity.z : 0f;
    public WaypointCircuit waypointsCircuit;
    public WaypointCircuit[] allwaypointCircuits;

    private float _offsetSwitchTimer;

    private void Start()
    {
        _linkedController = GetComponent<VehicleController>();
        _targetTracker = new GameObject(name + " Tracker Target").transform;
        _targetTracker.SetParent(transform);
        _targetTracker.localPosition = new Vector3(0, -0.86f, 0);
        _targetTracker.localRotation = Quaternion.identity;
        _distanceTraveled = 0f;
        _offsetTimerRandom = Random.Range(2.5f, 15f);
        _offsetSwitchTimer = _offsetTimerRandom;
        waypointsCircuit = FindObjectOfType<WaypointCircuit>();
        FindObjectOfType<RaceManager>()?.RegisterTracker(this);

        //allwaypointCircuits = FindObjectsOfType<WaypointCircuit>();
        //for (int i = 0; i < allwaypointCircuits.Length; i++)
        //{
        //    if (allwaypointCircuits[i].accepted == false)
        //    {
        //        allwaypointCircuits[i].accepted = true;
        //        waypointsCircuit = allwaypointCircuits[i];
        //        break;
        //    }
        //}
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (_linkedController == null || !_linkedController.Running)
        {
            _isOffTrack = false;
            Debug.Log("is off track1");
        }
        else
        {
            Vector3 rayOrigin = transform.position + Vector3.up * 1.2f;
            Vector3 rayDirection = -transform.up;
            float rayDistance = 10f;

            int roadLayerMask = LayerMask.GetMask("Road"); // Only detects "Road" layer

            if (Physics.Raycast(rayOrigin, rayDirection, out _surfaceHit, rayDistance, roadLayerMask))
            {
                _isOffTrack = !_surfaceHit.collider.CompareTag("Ground");
                // Visualize the ray in the Scene view
                Debug.DrawRay(rayOrigin, rayDirection * rayDistance, Color.red);
            }
            else
            {
                _isOffTrack = false;
            }
            UpdateWaypointTracking();
        }

        if (_linkedController.Running && _linkedController.AIControlled)
        {
            _offsetSwitchTimer += Time.deltaTime;
            if (_offsetSwitchTimer >= _offsetTimerRandom)
            {
                _offsetSwitchTimer = 0;
                _sideOffset = 6f * Mathf.Sin(Time.time * _offsetTimerRandom);
            }
        }

        if (_isOffTrack)
        {
            _offTrackTimer += Time.deltaTime;
            if (_offTrackTimer > 3f)
            {
                _isOffTrack = false;
                _offTrackTimer = 0f;
                ResetToTrack();
            }
        }
        else
        {
            _offTrackTimer = 0f;
        }
    }
    public float GetDistance()
    {
        return _distanceTraveled;
    }
    private void UpdateWaypointTracking()
    {
        if (Time.deltaTime > 0f)
            _trackerSpeed = VehicleSpeed;

        _targetTracker.position = waypointsCircuit.GetRoutePoint(_distanceTraveled + _leadOffset + _leadMultiplier * _trackerSpeed).position + Vector3.right * _sideOffset;
        _targetTracker.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(waypointsCircuit.GetRoutePoint(_distanceTraveled + _speedLeadOffset + _speedLeadMultiplier * _trackerSpeed).direction);

        _currentWaypoint = waypointsCircuit.GetRoutePoint(_distanceTraveled);
        _deltaToWaypoint = _currentWaypoint.position - transform.position;

        if (Vector3.Dot(_deltaToWaypoint, _currentWaypoint.direction) < 0f)
            _distanceTraveled += _deltaToWaypoint.magnitude * 0.5f;

        _previousPos = transform.position;
    }

    private void ResetToTrack()
    {
        //_linkedController.DisableVehicle();
        transform.position = _targetTracker.position + new Vector3(0, 1.5f, 0);
        transform.rotation = _targetTracker.rotation;
        //_linkedController.EnableVehicle();
    }
}