Browser-based · no install

Forge custom MX ruts into your heightmap.

RutForge paints accurate supercross and motocross ruts straight onto a grayscale heightmap for MX Bikes and other motocross games, at real-world scale, with a live 3D preview and true 16-bit PNG export.

Runs entirely in your browser. Your heightmaps never leave your machine.

RutForge app overview
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Shape the Perfect Rut

This is the real cross-section engine from the app. Drag the sliders to sculpt the channel and berm - depth, width, sharpness and fade are all independent.

channel (depth)  ·  ground  ·  berm (height)
Two ways to draw

Freehand or Pentool

Sketch ruts by hand, or drop precise anchor points and pull smooth curves like a vector pen tool. Either way you get the same clean, scaled rut.

Freehand draw
Draw freehand
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Pen tool path
or place with the pen
Resulting rut
= a real rut

Every rut is a layer

Each rut you place lands in the Layers panel. Select one to reshape it, group several to edit them together, and rename, hide, reorder or delete any of them - non-destructively.

  • Click a layer (or the rut on the canvas) to select and reshape it
  • Multi-select and group ruts to adjust them as one
  • Rename, show/hide, reorder and delete
Layers panel

Preview in 3D (WIP)

Flip on the 3D view to watch the ground deform in real time as you carve. It's shaded by slope so even subtle ruts read clearly, at true X / Y / Z scale.

  • Live, true-scale 3D as you paint
  • Slope-shaded relief so ruts pop on bright terrain
  • Orbit, zoom and pan to inspect every line
3D preview

Save and share presets

Found a rut shape you love? Save it as a preset, then import and export presets as files to reuse across projects or share with your crew.

  • Save your rut shapes as named presets
  • Import / export presets as .rutpreset.json
  • Starter presets included
Rut shape presets

Save your work, pick up later

Save everything as a single .rutforge project file - the original heightmap, every rut, your layers, groups and settings. Re-open it any time to keep going exactly where you left off.

  • One project file holds the original plus all your edits
  • Re-open and keep editing, fully non-destructive
  • Export anytime to a true 16-bit PNG, ruts-only, or an edge mask
  • Everything stays on your machine - nothing is uploaded
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original + 14 ruts · 3 groups
Save Open Export PNG

Build your next rutted masterpiece

Import a heightmap, carve your ruts, export a true 16-bit PNG. No account, no install.

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