So I am working on a racing game with a bunch of friends. So far I have been working on the ship and the obstacles. These are all highpoly assets, low poly and textures still to come.
The Ship!! (still a WIP any ideas, pointers would be awesome!)



Boom Baby!

Signs which will be placed in the track, the player will have to drive between the signs

Back View

Here is the angle the ship will be at, this is an old screenshot, you can no longer see the player.

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i would suggest looking at f1 or indy, to see some breakup lines, as well as fighter planes. probably fighter planes the most, since i believe these are just like those...
the t-38, f-5, f-16 are perfect skinny small planes to study for panel breakups...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_HD
Trancerobot:
I've been working in Maya, I've never heard of Xoliul, is it only in 3Ds Max? I'm assuming its like Mental Ray in Maya. I'm pretty noobish when it comes to rendering :P
Xoliul is a person.
It has more options/control than just using the advanced viewport rendering mode for maya.