it would be cool to see some experimentation with computational methods (instead of relying on texture). there are some good examples from renderman. google search result: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~feasel/classes/238/238hw4.html
Is this the shape you're trying to create? topology is a bit cleaner thanks to seb's suggestion. Also I found that I needed more segments in the curve to keep everything equidistant and maintain the curve. max file here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2333222/thing.max
I heard about the hikes. Now I gotta go look for myself. Air France is $23,000. But if you really needed to GTFO, Korea is the best bet, less than $500... if you can get to the airport.
I think this is the same image he was trying to link, http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Project-CARS-PC-238576/News/Project-CARS-Slightly-Mad-neue-Bilder-Entstehung-BMW-Z4-GT3-1016876/galerie/1974946/
I wanted to link you to a wikipedia article, where it mentions how fermis are having OpenGL problems in 3d applications (suspected due to somewhat similar reasons as you mention). However, that section of the article is gone... Here's the current article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_400_Series And here's the page…
Wow, this is a lengthy thread for only 2 pages! I'm actually in the same boat as Powerbored. I'm not seeing much discussion on AMD here. The best CPU AMD makes is only 230 bucks, and you'll get somewhat close to the max performance Intel offers. Or at least that's what I've assumed. I would think going AMD if you're on a…
if your using 2013 there are a couple updates, i did see some nitrous issues mentioned in the docs. may help http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?id=2334435&linkID=9241178&siteID=123112
From what it's looking like, they made a background image re-using symbols and shapes. Then the foreground is a pattern made probably in Photoshop, and like Justin said you could use some textures or texture brushes on your pattern to get that effect. Also, it's not the exact style but hope this helps!…