Create: Rolling Tones
by Mr_Mulle
With Create: Rolling Tones installed, wheels and tires on moving contraptions make surface-based skidding sounds as they turn and drift.
What it does
The mod adds rolling and drifting sounds to the wheels and tires of Create contraptions, including Aeronautics tires. The sound follows the surface a wheel runs over, so a tire on iron, copper, metal, clay, slime or honey blocks each sounds different. Loops play while a vehicle rolls, and a separate drifting sound starts when the wheels slide sideways.
Pitch and volume change with the speed of the vehicle and how hard it turns or drifts. Slow driving stays nearly silent, while fast racing brings the sounds forward. A config option lowers the volume of each sound for players who find the default mix too loud.
Rolling Tones is a client-side addition for NeoForge on 1.21.1 and needs no server install, so servers run it without changes. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is published for 1.21.1 alone, with rolling_tones_0.2.2 as the latest file, dated 2026-08-28.
Key features
Surface-based rolling sounds
Each wheel plays a rolling loop that depends on the block it crosses, such as metal, clay or honey.
Drifting sound
A separate sound starts when a vehicle slides laterally, with a version chosen for the material it is driven on.
Speed-linked audio
Pitch and volume follow how fast the vehicle moves and how sharply it drifts, so quiet driving stays quiet.
Volume settings
A config file lets players adjust the volume of the sounds separately.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Create vehicle builds
Players who build cars, trucks or racers from Create contraptions get audible feedback when the tires grip or slide.
Aeronautics tire setups
Tires added by Aeronautics get their own rolling sounds, so the same surface cues apply to them.
Who it’s for: Players who run Create contraptions with wheels or tires on NeoForge 1.21.1, and who want the vehicles to sound different on each surface. Because the mod is client-side, it can be added to a single-player world or joined from a server without the server changing.
How it compares
Big Tires is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server together under the MIT License, so both sides need it. Rolling Tones alone is client-side only, so a server does not need it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create: Rolling Tones | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-08-28 |
| Big Tires | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-02 |
Questions
Does Rolling Tones need to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Rolling Tones support?
Can the sound volume be lowered?
In the catalog
Create: Rolling Tones is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,743 Transportation mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
So yes, Create: Rolling Tones is doing exactly that. Adding rolling sounds to any aeronautics tire! And this goes beyond just ONE loop! THAT would be boring.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/create-rolling-tones
- Owner
- Mr_Mulle
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15