Cars The Need For Speed

[Fat-Alfie]

Great video I had forgotten just how pretty the LP400 was - gorgeous car

 

[Some1]

Updates on the interior of the Corvette. Finished the dash parts, did the steering wheel and seats etc.

 

[Nice Glasses]

Updates on the interior of the Corvette. Finished the dash parts, did the steering wheel and seats etc.

Oh, thank god you didn't make the asymmetrical seats that later c4's came with. Loving it so far!

 

[A3DR]

Looks like you've got the hardest part figured out, looking forward to see it integrated with the rest

 

[Some1]

Looks like you've got the hardest part figured out, looking forward to see it integrated with the rest

Yeah, most of the dash is final. Cannot change anything very much past this point

BTW, @A3DR How many triangles is the dash of the Viper?

 

[A3DR]

Yeah, most of the dash is final. Cannot change anything very much past this point

BTW, @A3DR How many triangles is the dash of the Viper?

The dash + components is about 63k

And with the rest of the interior without door panels about 94k

Not that I cared for this one but I recognize a lot of parts can be optimized a bit more, since the entire car is 260k. What matters for the interior anyway is that the COCKPIT_LR is less than 16k.

 

[Some1]

For little bit of history about the making of TNFS:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/0...ane-the-war-stories-of-video-game-car-design/
“We actually found plastic models of the cars, painted them gray, and had them scanned into the game,”

 

[garyjpaterson]

For little bit of history about the making of TNFS:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/0...ane-the-war-stories-of-video-game-car-design/
“We actually found plastic models of the cars, painted them gray, and had them scanned into the game,”

Really interesting stuff. Always cool to read about modelling (and in this case all the other aspects of game creation) of days gone by. Never quite sure if I should be grateful or upset that I learned to model so recently, I do feel like I'm missing out on a lot of skills being able to model to such a limited budget.

 

[9kret9]

For little bit of history about the making of TNFS:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/0...ane-the-war-stories-of-video-game-car-design/
“We actually found plastic models of the cars, painted them gray, and had them scanned into the game,”

Reading through that, they really tried very hard with what they had at the time and that wasn`t much .

At the time I remember I was, so amazed by the graphics and physics of this game

 

[Some1]

Really interesting stuff. Always cool to read about modelling (and in this case all the other aspects of game creation) of days gone by. Never quite sure if I should be grateful or upset that I learned to model so recently, I do feel like I'm missing out on a lot of skills being able to model to such a limited budget.

Well, I wish it was still 2004 or so. Triangle budgets were a lot tighter back then. A 20K-tri car would be considered very high poly. Nowadays, we need to model lots of detail, just look at the interior of the Vette I'm modeling right now, hehe More triangles, more time and resources needed, generally...

 

[A3DR]

Well, I wish it was still 2004 or so. Triangle budgets were a lot tighter back then. A 20K-tri car would be considered very high poly. Nowadays, we need to model lots of detail, just look at the interior of the Vette I'm modeling right now, hehe More triangles, more time and resources needed, generally...

This has been the subject of many other threads here as well, creating assets for today's video games keeps getting more and more demanding in terms of accuracy, functionality, details and optimization.
Sometimes this can be a good thing, others is a pain in the rear to deal with, specially when looking back at what it was only 10 years ago. Not to mention the early 2000's where having a 4k car with every component modeled, detachable parts and open doors / hood / trunk was considered high poly, doing a 20-30k car we were talking about high res modeling for renders and not real time games.

If I had more spare time, I'd still be doing Carmageddon 1 and 2 models just for the fun of it, only requiring a week at the most to get something decent fully implemented in game or less, hell, I might still get back to that someday. Would be a blast to attempt doing assets on such a limited budget with today's tools and knowledge.
And there's no reason why any other modeler can attempt to mod an old game today, other than the fact of having the time to do it, of course.

As far as the NFS guys goes, I find it weird that they had to actually scan the toy cars to make those basic models, it's all texture work in the end.

 

[polyneutron]

Hey guys!
I was wondering does anybody know if Countach 25th Anniversary edition* model was ever created for a modern racing game? Outside of GranTurismo series I mean.

(*It debuted in NFS3, if I remember it correct).

 

[RufGTI]

Hey guys!
I was wondering does anybody know if Countach 25th Anniversary edition* model was ever created for a modern racing game? Outside of GranTurismo series I mean.

(*It debuted in NFS3, if I remember it correct).

http://igcd.net/search.php?resultsStyle=asList&make=Lamborghini&model=Countach

 

[AlleyViper]

I also only remember it on NFS3 and the much older 4D Sports Driving - Stunts.The 5000QV we have in game should perform very similarly to a rare “Downdraft” 25th with carburetors.

 

[polyneutron]

http://igcd.net/search.php?resultsStyle=asList&make=Lamborghini&model=Countach

Wow, thank you very much! Didn't know of that site, quite a handy one!

 

[Some1]

Did the headlights. Don't expect many updates for some time now, since the weather is nice, I've got stuff to do outside etc.

 

[A3DR]

Did the headlights. Don't expect many updates for some time now, since the weather is nice, I've got stuff to do outside etc.
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Those animated headlights sure will be a sight to see looks great!

 

[Ben O'Bro]

Did the headlights. Don't expect many updates for some time now, since the weather is nice, I've got stuff to do outside etc.
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How dare you
Where do you leave
I want nice weather too!!

(awesome lines this corvette!! )
you have a symmetry weld on the bottom of the windshield i believe

 

[Some1]

How dare you
Where do you leave
I want nice weather too!!

(awesome lines this corvette!! )
you have a symmetry weld on the bottom of the windshield i believe

Haven't event welded yet.

 

[Some1]

Those animated headlights sure will be a sight to see looks great!

I would've posted a GIF of that, but I didn't have time to create one in PS etc.