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Octane? Breakout? Dominus? Which is the best Rocket League Battle Car I should to choose play the game? Before making your decision, you should learn the Rocket League Car Hitboxes and Stats! Read this guide, you will get know the most important attributes of the Rocket League Car Bodies, and help you determine the best one you should take to meet your playstyle, or find out which FREE one you can try before you buy a import one.
Let’s start with the basic dimensions of the Rocket League Car Hitboxes, which is the total area around a vehicle that the ball will respond to when hit. Each car in Rocket League has its hitbox, regardless of what decal, wheels, topper or other Rocket League items you put on your car, which affects turn radiuses, power, ball control even your playstyle. Some cars are fairly accurate to their hit box visually and others are not, which depending on the Rocket League Car Stats (Length, Width, Height, Surface Area)
Rocket League Car Hitbox Length
Refer to the total length of your car hitbox. Some cars have very long hitboxes like Animus GP and Breakout, while some have shorter hitboxes like the Octane and Road Hog.
Rocket League Car Hitbox Width
Refer to the total width of the car hitbox. Wider cars like Batmobile have an easier time dribbling the ball side to side, while the thinner ones like Breakout tend to be longer in the game.
Rocket League Car Hitbox Height
Refer to the total height of the car hitbox. Taller cars like Octane have an easier time bounce dribbling and winning kickoffs, while shorter ones like Gentio V17 have an easier time flicking and dribbling the ball on top of their car.
Rocket League Car Surface Area
Refer to the total 3D footprint of the car hitbox. The larger the surface area, the larger the potential hit area of your car.
Below is the table for the stats of each Rocket League Battle Car, covering the length, width, height, surface area, boosting, Turning Average:
There are 5 Rocket League car hitbox types (car class): OCTANE, DOMINUS, HYBRID, BREAKOUT, PLANK, in the tables below all cars are organized by 4 sources (FREE, ROCKET PASS, DLC and OLD CRATES) then sorted alphabetically, in order to help you easy to get your best battle car.
Rocket League Free Cars (10)
| Hitbox Type | Cars |
| OCTANE | Backfire, Gizmo, Merc, Octane, RoadHog |
| DOMINUS | Hotshot |
| HYBRID | Venom, XDevil |
| BREAKOUT | Breakout |
| PLANK | Paladin |
Rocket League Rocket Pass Cars (4)
| Hitbox Type | Cars |
| OCTANE | Mudcat |
| DOMINUS | Guardian, Maverick |
| HYBRID | - |
| BREAKOUT | - |
| PLANK | Artemis |
Rocket League DLC (29)
| Hitbox Type | Cars |
| OCTANE | BoneShaker, DeLorean, Fast4WD, Grog, Jeep, Marauder, Proteus, Scarab, Takumi, Triton, Tumbler, Vulcan, Zippy |
| DOMINUS | 70-Charger, 89-Batmobile, Aftershock, Dominus, Ecto, Gazella-GT, IceCharger, KITT, Masamune, McLaren570S, MR11, Ripper |
| HYBRID | 99-Skyline, Esper |
| BREAKOUT | - |
| PLANK | 16-Batmobile, TwinMill |
Rocket League Crate Cars (19)
| Hitbox Type | Cars |
| OCTANE | Fennec, Octane-ZSR, RoadHog-XL, Takumi-RXT, Twinzer |
| DOMINUS | Diestro, Dominus-GT, Imperator, Werewolf |
| HYBRID | Endo, Jäger, Nimbus, XDevil-Mk2 |
| BREAKOUT | Animus, Breakout-S, Cyclone, Samurai |
| PLANK | Centio, Mantis |
What is the best car in Rocket League? As you know all Rocket League cars are similar, but they have small differences on hitbox sizes, turn radiuses, power, ball control, which affect the playstyle significantly. Here we pick up the best Rocket League Battle Cars in terms of the hitbox types. Octane undoubtedly is the most used car in Rocket League as it is taken as the most well-rounded car.
1. Octane Type (Octane/Octane ZSR/Takumi/Takumi RX-T/Merc)
2. Plank Type (Batmobile/Mantis/Paladin/Twin Mill/Centio V17)
3. Dominus (Dominus/Dominus GT/Hotshot)
4. Breakout (Breakout/Breakout Type-S/ Animus GP)
5. Hybrid (XDevil/Endo/Jäger/Nimbus/XDevil-Mk2)
The below table showcase the main battle-cars were used by Pro players in the RLCS World Championships.
