VG Remix - Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Draygo00

OK, the second i saw this comp i wanted in, so I have gone with one of my 3 all time favorite games franchises - Need for Speed (the other 2 are WoW, and MK) - the reason I went for this and not either of the other 2 is because I figured not many people would be going for a racer and I love modelling cars

I decided to go for a split diorama, containing the 2 best aspects of the franchise, the Police chases and the customization, so on one side we have a pursuit featuring the goal car of the game, the BMW M3 and soon to be added police Corvette C6's (replacing the 2 M3s that are currently in mid air) - and on the other side a representation of the customization shop, that will include 2 cars from my own NFS:MW Garage, my stealth drifter pursuit supra and the other tbd.

EDIT: Final sketchfab scene and beauty shot/texture breakdown:
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so with out further ado I present my block out:

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the BMW M3 GTR and Toyota Supra were modeled today, both with exactly 500 Tris each (*i get a little ocd with low poly....)

PaperTig3rs

Nice choice. This is a great NFS title. Good Luck:)

CharlesL

Ah, great! NFS is one of the best racing games out there IMO. The blockout looks good, and I can't wait to see this one finished

UltraLrod

Very nice. Maybe add in the motorcycle too. Though i'm not sure if NFS:MW had motorcycle. I might be thinking of another racing game. Can't wait to see this one.

Draygo00

Thanks for the comments guys and @Ultralord - I think you are thinking of Midnight Club II.

And now for an UPDATE:

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Added in the Corvette C6 ZR1 police car and a Ford Crown Victoria squad car (once again both at exactly 500 tris)

so, one more car to go, then some more enviro props, and then on to the UVs and texturing.

Crits and comments welcome :P

PaperTig3rs

Looks great! Keep it up:)

CharlesL

Man, this is awesome. Just so you know, you don't need to stay under 500 tris exactly. In the Q/A thread, they mentioned that 500 tris is a guideline and you can go a little bit over (just don't go too overboard ).

Draygo00

I know, but the OCD... nah, also doing it to show what is capable from low poly for my students :P (the majority of this is being done as a live demo for my second year students)

Draygo00

Today's Efforts - calling the M3 done:

Texture:


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CharlesL

Man, that texture is awesome. The only crit I have is the part of the texture around the side mirror. It kind of looks awkward and not connected to anything (especially along the bottom).

This is ending up in my inspiration folder !!.

JurassicPerk

Looking sweet so far... considering that everyday I have to deal with vehicles that are around 50.000 tris... I'm amazed of what you have accomplished with only 500

mospheric

I love the texture work on this, but why didn't you mirror the tires? You already have them split down the middle.

Draygo00

cheers all.

@CharlesL: Yeah i see what ya mean, i will fix it today

@JurassicPerk: oooo, what cars you working on????

@mospheric: it would have left a hole in the UVs so I just went for un-mirrored (wouldnt have allowed me to increase the pixel density as the shells for the car are already maxed out), how ever I will prob have to mirror them in the police vehicles as they have a few more accessories.

also, I am surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the wheels have a greater density than the car itself (which is on purpose to keep the roundness and detail of the rims).

JurassicPerk

Draygo00: I work for a company that makes racing games, so, those are the cars I was speaking about

Anyway, let's get back to your topic: any update? :P

Draygo00

Time for another update: Police car Ford crown Victoria

Texture:


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And the updated blockout:

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JurassicPerk

I like the police car even more than the M3. Also, the UV's look more optimized

Budello

This is cool. Do a game with it!

Alismuffin

These are legit! Loving it man
Keep em rollin'!

(see what I did there?)

Draygo00

Thanks for the kind words all
Quick update before going to bed - is now 2am.... oops.

Decided to get a few props finalised:

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Disclaimer: I did not create the NFS:MW poster - hopefully using it wont get me disqualified.....

CharlesL

Awesome! More textures !! I actually like the poster. It's a cool callback to the original game.

minorthreat

looking incredible so far.

Draygo00

Still hammering away on props.

all textures so far:


And the scene:
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and a small easter egg for my students - see if you can find the Lancia Delta (82 tris and 32x32 texture)

Grindy

Man, the cars are fabulous! Great work!

Draygo00

in the middle of moving house, so updates will get a little slower.....

Cross's Police Corvette is now finished:

Texture:


And Car:
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JurassicPerk

The corvette is sick!

Draygo00

Thanks - working on the supra texture now, should hopefully have it done by tomorrow night

Draygo00

Ok, Supra is now complete - however I am getting transparency sorting issues (I have tried just about everything to fix them ) will try asking for a solution tomorrow....

Texture: (why did I pick my stealth car lol)


Supra:
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jeebs

looks soo awesome! I like the wheels and how you used alpha to make it look more detail, but there's something wrong with few of them, is it just me or can I see through them.

Draygo00

@jeebs - that's the transparency sorting issue I mentioned (the renderer gets confused about which face to render first)

hopgood

Anxiously awaiting that Lancia Delta...

JurassicPerk

Draygo00 wrote: »

@jeebs - that's the transparency sorting issue I mentioned (the renderer gets confused about which face to render first)

Are you separing the objects, to make the engine able to sort them correctly, or are they one single mesh?

Draygo00

@hopgood - it's already in the scene........

@JurassicPerk -yeah - separated into different transparency meshes, think I may have to break it down more yet

hopgood

I'll admit, it took me longer than I would like to admit to find it. Nicely done

Draygo00

OK, so Sketchfab doesn't like layers of transparent objects

So i did a little work around - had to separate the faces that have transparency away from the model (so the fronts of the tires were seperated away from the rest) nasty fix, and removed the transparency from the disk brakes.

So fixed Supra:
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JurassicPerk

Glad you managed to fix the sorting issue, looks good to me

PaperTig3rs

Nice fix. Can't wait to see the final scene:)

Draygo00

once again, thankyou for the kind words

I give you the Lexus is300, every time I start a new game I always go for the lexus _better looking than the other two options lol)

Texture:


Lexus is300:
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all cars are done now, onto finalising the environment...

hannes d

great
love the cars, found the small ref one

Draygo00

on the final stretch now...

All the textures:


And nearing completed scene:
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PaperTig3rs

This is bad ass! Great job!

JurassicPerk

Will you be adding some shadows under the cars? I think that would add a lot of depth to the scene, which already looks great

Draygo00

@PaperTig3rs: Cheers

@JurassicPerk: if i can get them looking nice i will, played around with it a bit today (artificial shadows) but its a pain on the sloped surfaces - but will have the majority of tomorrow to get it working hopefully.....

Dan!

awesome work- lots of fun from all angles!

LuCh!

noice!

CharlesL

Wow! Incredible job! This is definitely my favorite so far.

Draygo00

Quick Update - now with shadows:
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going to have a play around with a few non crucial items over the next day or two, then submit.

vvheris

Even if the models are really great, i don't dig the colors, it doesn't feel Most Wanted. Maybe you should try aplying some kind of brown filter to the textures and maybe make the bricks red? also, most wanted is pretty dark game and it also has a lot of contrast, so you should think about it too

Draygo00

vvheris: cheers for the crit, however its a bit too close to the deadline for me to make any drastic changes, I do agree about the colours, I may try and add a little bit of tonal variance (I have been thinking that it is a bit to monochromatic)

Draygo00

well shit... left my hard drive with all my work on it in my office and I wont have access to it until Monday - I can at least submit my last upload from sketchfab.

Edit: w00t - was able to get in to the office.

reneemars

awesome work!