Car Ideas, W.I.P. and Teasers/Trailers

[Lukeno94]

Ah Most 2000s Lamborghinis look similar from the front, but looking at the rear it's quite obvious what it actually is.

[Mad Dan]

I'm interested in using these colours, can you please make some tutorial how they work or something?

[Lorenzo]

1. Build a car.

2. Recolour polygons this way with colours [0]-[2]. The more vertical, the darker, the more horizontal, the lighter. And don't forget to change colour of lights and windows to one tone lighter (here 168->169 and 176->177) Like this:

3. Change view to Lighting, then click Options.

4. Then click Mirror button.

5. And finally, click OK and Normals. Result is quite strange, but don't worry; save the car and open GR .

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[Lukeno94]

Ah, it involves the reverse-normals trick, that would make sense.

[Trigger Happy]

What the colors are regularly supposed to do, please? one of them is under-water and the others are what?

[Alex]

What about this idea to utilise more polies? We simply make 2 or more different cars, which are actually parts of the car e.g the front, the back etc then make or edit a track to have the starting positions behind each other, then you create new players and configure identical controls, then you race so the car has the illusion of 80+ polies when it's actually more than 1 car.

[ACM]

I'd like beta testers for a new car I'm working on. I currently have trouble picking a good set of physics, and I need other people to try it out for me and give me feedback. If anyone's willing, send me your e-mail address via PM and I'll drop you the file, but please, only do so if you seriously want to help and are going to be absolutely critical and honest about everything. Actual knowledge on the car you see here would be a bonus. I want to make this as perfect as possible. If you're not going to do your job properly as a tester, don't bother. Any testers will be rewarded by having their names shown in the credits.

[Lorenzo]

What about this idea to utilise more polies? We simply make 2 or more different cars, which are actually parts of the car e.g the front, the back etc then make or edit a track to have the starting positions behind each other, then you create new players and configure identical controls, then you race so the car has the illusion of 80+ polies when it's actually more than 1 car.

That's why it won't work. Every part of the car would behave like separate car.

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[masa]

What about this idea to utilise more polies? We simply make 2 or more different cars, which are actually parts of the car e.g the front, the back etc then make or edit a track to have the starting positions behind each other, then you create new players and configure identical controls, then you race so the car has the illusion of 80+ polies when it's actually more than 1 car.

P&M studios (car maker) tried the idea at RSC.com (March 2005). Same as me, members of since old days may remember him. That's the pic of the idea (The file name: If we would have more polys & vertexes.car), but the GR car of lower-right are processed screenshots. Anyway, two (or three) cars cannot attach to each other, because it's encumber by the size: Z of the physics..

When P&M has caused the thread, then someone wrote "Realistic cars aren't necessary for GR", I remember it. I agree with its someone, because this game isn't pursuing the reality world. And when if only cars were realistic, it wouldn't match a scenery, IMHO. If I need the reality world for a game, I'd play other car games..

It's a cute diorama (a miniature garden), so I really like GeneRally!

p.s. If P&M kept making cars, he would win the car-master award earlier than me. He was one of idol car-makers for me..

[Lukeno94]

Exactly. And if the poly/vertex limit does get raised to 60/50 as I'd like, we'd get that bit more detail in both the front and the rear without over-complicating things, and without going too realistic - although that multi-part 206 does look quite stunning.

[masa]

if the poly/vertex limit does get raised to 60/50 as I'd like, we'd get that bit more detail in both the front and the rear without over-complicating things,

I want at least 4 polygons for side windows, I wish it. But maybe, plus 4 polys would be half-baked (quantity not sufficient) in the program. (but I don't have knowledge of programs )

[Alex]

No. I don't think either of you understood what I meant. Here, imagine this as a "multicar":

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Now, it may look like 1 car, but it is made of 3 individual cars that are placed behind each other on a special track that has the grid positions in this format. The multicar also looks like it has 4 wheels, but it actually has 12 only 8 of them are size 0, aka invisible. See my diagram aswell, it may help explain it better.

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[OlafK]

We understand what do you mean, but I think you need to read about differential mechanism and why it's needed in vehicles to understand what we mean.

Basically I mean what Lorenzo said with the picture.

[Lukeno94]

Alex, I'm confused, how is that hugely different from what Future Design made?

[Alex]

Alex, I'm confused, how is that hugely different from what Future Design made?

Well, the car is in a "train" formation rather than a "photoshop and imagine" perspective like P&M Studios' car was. Also, only 4 wheels will be visible in the 3 cars rather than 12.

[Lorenzo]

But it doesn't make any difference, because it's impossible . It could be considered artiscic effect at best, not something that GR players would appreciate.

[Lukeno94]

Exactly, you couldn't drive the cars anywhere, the moment you tried to, they'd spring apart.

[SammieVL]

Why do I keep making cars when you'll just end up one-upping me anyways ;_;

Better than both of my R8 LMS models ;_;

Why are you saying that its waay much better than you at every car you see?

YOU are a carmaster. XYY isnt.

[Maxaxle]

3. Assuming colors 0-4 are not good choices, BUT I want the primary color(s) to be the player color, what do you suggest?

They are the ONLY choices for player colors in CE palette. Hence, the advice not use any player palette other than 0 and/or 4. OK!?

That shouldn't be a problem.

[XYY]

Ariel Atom V8

[Haruna]

Ariel Atom V8

V8?

You're not mad...

...you're absolutely mental!

[Lukeno94]

I think the Ariel Atom V8 has something like 450-500 hp, so it's only a bit slower than a Caparo I would expect.

[Maxaxle]

An idea for any bored carmakers (I'd be willing to do this myself, if I could finalize the Z-Type): The cars from Megarace or Megarace 2. They're entirely fictional, but they're pretty cool IMO.
Images:

Omega:

Paloma:

Ramon:

Jose:

Maria:

Ouzbel:

Hooper:

Luis:

[Alex]

Why do they all have spanish names?

[Paw]

Just felt need to play with Car Editor, and that' what I've made.

Harder than I though, it became rather flat...

Anyway, somone knows how space fighter should handle? Do you have any first-hand experience? Should it be sliding or not? Under/overstreer?

Maybe I will follow this idea and make some other spaceships.