Cars Toyota Sera WIP

[AccAkut]

as you're always open to criticism, the tiling on the dashboard is rather obvious

 

[Deleted member 223075]

I don't really like this car but for sure the quality is here. Awesome level of details

 

[A3DR]

as you're always open to criticism, the tiling on the dashboard is rather obvious
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Yes! something I've said to myself "will fix later" and I've forgot, noted and fixed

 

[NightEye87]

As the car was based on Starlet mechanicals, they'd have probably it how I did it.

Oh really? I owned a Starlet EP8 Sport. Wondering if it handles anything close

 

[Mr Whippy]

Wow this is very nice work

Did these come to the UK? I can't ever remember seeing one.


The only thing I'd do would be to add some masking or 'effect' to the chrome bit of the exhaust. I've always had a niggling issue with chrome exhausts looking over-bright as they go under the car.
Even though it's no more accurate to fade the reflectivity or metalness out as the exhaust is occluded, it just looks more correct to me


Inspirational as always though, it makes me want to finish my stuff so thank you for sharing!

Dave

 

[Epistolarius]

Did these come to the UK? I can't ever remember seeing one.

If someone imported it surely.


Looking forward to the car and the S version. A sporty lightweight coupé with butterfly doors modelled in incredible detail, what's not to like.

 

[A3DR]

Wow this is very nice work

Did these come to the UK? I can't ever remember seeing one.


The only thing I'd do would be to add some masking or 'effect' to the chrome bit of the exhaust. I've always had a niggling issue with chrome exhausts looking over-bright as they go under the car.
Even though it's no more accurate to fade the reflectivity or metalness out as the exhaust is occluded, it just looks more correct to me


Inspirational as always though, it makes me want to finish my stuff so thank you for sharing!

Dave

Yep same thoughts here about the shiny exhausts, posted it a while ago:
http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/toyota-sera-wip.123045/page-3#post-2418601
Played a bit with the map.dds file, messing with the RGB values until I've got something I like.

 

[Mr Whippy]

Ah I saw the pic on the left, but not the one on the right, which looks great

 

[movo.]

Oops almost missed this message. What do you mean with "to keep me going"?

I tend to lose focus after a while, might be because of the lack of reference points (modeling a 911). Might have to try the camera matching utility you are using!

 

[Mr Whippy]

Camera matching utility?

Maybe I should read the full thread, I just cheated with a quick search but found nothing

 

[movo.]

If you're using 3dsmax, here's how it works:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...2C52CD7A-8FBF-4135-B677-2B49D21BC868-htm.html

This is an early screenshot, just so you get an idea. The viewport below is the camera I worked out using that method, and on top is just a plain pic used as reference.

Here!

 

[norwichphoto]

Sera's a bit heavier (glass is heavy, plus the chassis strengthening) than a Starlet, but similar.

The Sera was only officially sold in Japan, but there are about 300 in the UK. McLaren bought one and reversed engineered the doors for the F1 (and subsequent cars). Lotus had a dead Sera from me for the Project M250 Monaco concept (which became the Evora - albeit with conventional doors)

They planned two additional versions - a higher performance one which would probably have used Starlet Turbo drivetrain, and an open top one, but not sure that would have worked - targa roof panels? Replacing rear screen with a canvas top? Toyota did a MR2 Spider (SW20), so maybe similar to that?

 

[Joseph Maxx]

I would love to see Toyota do an updated concept for this car, really interested to see what they would come up with using contemporary design aesthetics.

 

[Maximilian Hinter]

The attention to detail left me speechless, this is so unbelievably crazy
I'm wondering if the automatic transmission will work like a real torque converter, since i've never seen a mod with a real, soft-shifting automatic

 

[garyjpaterson]

I'm wondering if the automatic transmission will work like a real torque converter, since i've never seen a mod with a real, soft-shifting automatic

Don't think this is possible in AC atm, as the auto-box functionality is very limited. Something like BeamNG does autos and torque converters very well though.

 

[Maximilian Hinter]

Don't think this is possible in AC atm, as the auto-box functionality is very limited. Something like BeamNG does autos and torque converters very well though.

Just found this, but its probably only a sound, which has nothing to do with the shifting physics itself

 

[A3DR]

At least it would be nice to limit the gearbox selection somehow, only auto for the stock version, only manual for TRD.

 

[ScuzzySera]

Did these come to the UK? I can't ever remember seeing one.

The biggest Sera site is UK based http://toyotasera.co.uk/

I would love to see Toyota do an updated concept for this car, really interested to see what they would come up with using contemporary design aesthetics.

They came up with this Toyota Sportivo Coupe Concept in 2004, I felt it was heavily Sera inspired.

 

[Joseph Maxx]

They came up with this Toyota Sportivo Coupe Concept in 2004, I felt it was heavily Sera inspired.

Not bad, but I was thinking more of a year 2020 concept.

 

[aphidgod]

It's like a Sera/TT hybrid.