Rally Car

SnakeDoctor

Hey guys working on a rally car for the past few days. I have never tried modeling a car and so far its been one of the most challenging things I have ever modeled. I was having a problems with lumps and getting reflections looking good, but I attributed that to bad topology and have since did my best to fix it. My plan right now is to model the whole body and then cut in the details like the windows and headlights. I don't plan on relying to much on normal maps because I read somewhere that its best to just use the turbo smooth modifier on setting one and then get rid of edge loops. *please correct me if I am wrong, as I am sure its a situational thing*

I am aiming for something that could be used in dirt 3. If anyone knows of a good tri count for something like dirt 3 please let me know, as I am shooting for about 25k for exterior and interior.

What your seeing is my 3rd and best attempt so far and its still very WIP. I am looking forward to finishing this as I have a neat idea for the paint job.

SnakeDoctor

Ok here is my latest attempt. I decided to model the whole skin of the body and then cut out the details. I am using the turbosmooth modifier and plan on making it a editable poly and deleting unnecessary edge loops after all the details are cut in. I will only use normals for dirt and the interior. Does anyone have experience with this workflow? I want to make sure I am not setting myself up for headaches later on.

AlexLeighton

It looks a bit bumpy in places, can you post a wireframe?

SnakeDoctor

Here is the wireframe that you asked for. Keep in mind I have not deleted the extra edge loops from the turbosmooth modifer.

SnakeDoctor

Does anyone know if splines would give a better/smoother effect?

onionhead_o

use splines as guides to snap especially the curves of the car.

ariofighter

Can you please show a wire of the un-smoothed car? Also a top front and side ortho view. Screen Grabs from the view port work just fine if you don't want to render them out. Also are you working form any blueprints?