Cars Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ

[BrianB]

Thought it was time to give this one a thread.

I received the model from @RobertLidstroem a while back to get it in game. Since then I have been occasionally working on it in my spare time.
The model had some issues because it wasn't made with a game in mind, but I've been going through it fixing various things like normals, missing faces and smoothing certain parts. The original low poly model (interior, exterior and wheels) was around 80k triangles I believe. Right now the exterior including wheels is around 110k triangles and I've started improving the interior.

Progress is slow because I'm still learning as I go, but hopefully I'll be able to release a decent mod at some point.

Right now I'm working on exterior textures and shaders, and I still have to start on the interior.

 

[Ben O'Bro]

Ah the Alfa 250gto
it's looking good!
And there's no shame in getting the model done from somewhere

Small thing, Content Manager can help you fix the shadow using "CM showroom" and update ambient shadow

 

[Ryno917]

Awesome! Can never have too much vintage content

 

[hal4000]

Or Alfas...

 

[BrianB]

Well, still a huge amount of stuff to do, but I couldn't resist
Shaders definitely still need a lot of work looking at these pictures. The model as well in some places.

250 and TZ aren't competitive by the way, the 250s were gone after 2 turns
TZ2 should be competitive but lets finish this one first

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Such a pretty front end, but that rear end...

Great to see it in-game though

 

[RobertLidstroem]

Looking forward to this Brian!

 

[BrianB]

Hi all, quick update.

During the little spare time I had I've spent a lot of time looking at other cars, studying their textures and models and I learned quite a bit. With that I reworked the outside of the car.
I did some optimizations like reducing the number of objects, and got better textures and shaders compared to before (I think at least )
So right now I consider the car body to be done, so I can force myself to do the other parts of the car. The wheels, lights and interior still need plenty of work.

The more I look at those tires the more I hate them. They were my first attempt at baking normals from a high poly mesh but either I failed or the shape is too hard to recreate with a normal.

 

[hal4000]

NM the tyres, that car is gorgeous! Hehe. Good job. And good to see it's still in the oven.

 

[RobertLidstroem]

Thanks for the update, Brian!

 

[Paintboxer]

Keep up the good work, looks fantastic so far!

 

[Fat-Alfie]

It does look great! I hope it will have the physics to match

 

[BrianB]

I'm getting some great help on the physics side and it drives really nice already. Very similar to the 250 GTO in how it handles.

 

[BrianB]

New update, I'm considering texturing of LOD A and high res interior done for now. Also sorted out the collider (finally), and I've made a start on the low res interior.
I'm quite happy with how the textures are turning out considering I dove in with barely any knowledge about textures, maps, etc. But every time I finish something I already see some spots which make me want to redo the textures

I can't promise anything but if progress continues like it is now and I'm happy with how everything looks I can hopefully get it ready for release within a month or 2 now.

 

[Shigeno427]

Looking lovely, the more vintage cars the better!

 

[CaptainBigleux]

love old alfas, looks superb, can't wait to test it.

 

[Eugene Abramoff]

Looking forward to this one!

 

[BrianB]

Going through the final things that are left to do.
Still have to do the final LOD, and create a damage and dirt texture. Then this puppy should be ready for release

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Alright! Great news, and looking really good

 

[Shigeno427]

Bellissimo!