I made a nice mod for Midtown Madness 2 many years ago. I had around 100 cars, all them real and high quality models. They weren't made by me but I modified the physics of each one and spent many hours testing to get them as real as possible. The acceleration 0/100km/h was exactly as the real one in each car. Handling was more difficult because the game is extremely arcadish though.
Then I did something similar with GTA III and GTA Vice City. I not only installed cars but also modified them to be as real as possible. I know I wasn't the only one, there are many similar mods and mine was never released, it was for my own use.
Also a nice mod for SWAT 4 with a friend. We downloaded 2 mods and we liked many things of each one but there were bad things in both as well so we decided to mix them. Obviously the credits are for the guys who made the original mods, but it's also true that we worked a lot. We changed the AI, added nice weapons, we created a crosshair for a sniper rifle from scratch, etc

I haven't modded anything in the last years because I have other stuff to do now, but yeah, it's something I really like

My fault, I forgot to add them

Quote from JJ72 :

I think it's an interesting concept, although definitely not one that will fly for most conventinoal petrolheads (not that it matters).

I agree. But the thing is, for one petrolhead, there are 1000 drivers who ar not car enthusiasts and see a car just like a transportation method. Car companies are business at the end of the day so...

Quote from JJ72 :

There might be more to explore beyond different control method inspired by gaming, for example probably the ability to programe the performance of your car (overclocking?), interchangable hardwares, or multicore structure with individual modulised parts etc.

Using Gaming devices for driving is most of the time an disadvantage, so the idea of it will be more a gimmick if not supported properly, howabout using the programmability to help disabled drivers? If there are real benefits such control methods can bring to the world, it will be alot better than just a show/gadget/attention seeker kind of car.

Well I had many ideas about that, especially the overclock one, but this is supposed to be only a project of exterior and controls weren't needed. That was an extra work I did because I had the time and I felt like, but it's just an extra. I agree and I appreciate your observation though

Quote from JJ72 :

I would question how would an Nvidia car be different to a AMD car, or an Alienware car as well, maybe its not in your brief, but being an Nvidia car it should embody the philosophy of the brand

Yeah that's actually my task, and once again, I completely agree with you. The car looks Nvidia but the logo of Razer or Allienware would fit too, so that's something to keep in mind mind for the next project. Maybe if I do a full car project I can add some features that make the car more Nvidia, but anyway, I have to improve this aspect.

Thanks a lot for your feedback, is nice to know the point of view of other designers. Keep in mind I just started the 2nd year so I still have a lot to learn

Maybe some of you remember this thread back in November about a project for school (I'm studying car design). The presentation was today, and I'd like to share the final result with the LFS community.
Keep in mind that people usually think a designer is there only to design beautiful things, and that's not right. We're almost inventors, we must be creative and we must think about how to solve problems. We must be able to imagine the future, because we design for the future. What I mean is that the purpose of this project is not to design a beautiful car, is much more, and aesthetics is something secondary.

That said, I'll explain the concept:

Nvidia has three different kind of customers: people who don't even know they have an Nvidia graphics card and as long as their computer works they don't care if it's Nvidia or Durex, 3D modelers, and then gamers and/or overclockers. The car has been designed for those last ones, thus, is a car to have fun. But you can have fun with many cars in the market today, so, why is the Nvidia car different?
Well, usually videogames try to meet real life, but in this case, real life meets videogames. The front part of the car, even the floor, is transparent, and the driver is seated as low as possible. This makes his view like the bumper camera in a videogame, seeing only the road. Then there is a rear seat. This driver can drive seeing the car from above/behind, that means, like the exterior camera in a racing videogame. To mix even more these two worlds, virtual and reality, drivers can choose any control available in racing games. There is a gamepad, a couple of joysticks and a steering wheel with pedals so drivers can select the one they prefer at any moment. They can also switch the control of the car between them, that means, both drivers can drive (not at the same time).
The car is powered by an electric engine in each rear wheel (I'm sorry, but petrol engines are not part of the future). The fact that is rear wheel drive gives more fun to drive, and also having separated engine in each wheel makes it easier to control while drifting.

I know the car is impossible to produce and sell because of the regulations and all that stuff, but that's not the point of this project. There are things I still have to explain but I've written too much already so is enough and anyway some of them are hard to understand for someone who's not a designer so it's worthless.

So enjoy the pictures and feel free to criticize. By the way I know is not perfect and teacher told me a couple of things to improve, but my mark was still 30/30

:wow: Thanks a lot mate, I couldn't find it

Edit: I found the titles as well

http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1203448

Last edited by NitroNitrous, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:31.

Does anyone know where I can find a list with the songs in this game?

The only reason it must be an existing car is because there are pictures and blueprints out there, therefore I have references and we can compare the clay model with the existing car. But there are pictures (screenshots ) and blueprints for LFS cars as well, so I'll ask him...

I'll ask to my clay modelling teacher if I can make a LFS car for the next semester

Quote from danowat :

Hell no, its too cold here for most of the year, any holiday I get, I want it to be HOT HOT HOT.

That's why Canary Islands are full of British and Germans

I might go skiing right here to the Alps, or maybe a road trip like I did last year

I'm glad I didn't have to buy anything or meet with some bitch.

Quote from The Moose :

I hope you mean the original and not the shitty remake.

Is there an original one? I watched the new one and I found it kinda cool.

Edit: Downloading the one form 1974, I didn't know about it

Last edited by NitroNitrous, Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:29.

Quote from TiJay :

Can't wait to see the car


Do you cover car interior design on your course? It seems some manufacturers don't put a lot of effort into it...

Of course we do, but that's another subject

Anyway this car doesn't need to much inside, you'll se the reason

The taking of Pelham 123

Any game from Simbin, mods for F1 Challenge, Total Inmersion Racing, Sports Cars GT...

Quote from ADX.14 :

Although already suggested before, my recommendation is AETHON; if you have not decided yet the car name. Your sketch is very brilliant and looks rising from the mythology as AETHON is.

That's true, I forgot about the name I'll think about it, Aethon seems to ne nice one

Quote from Crashgate3 :

....people like you are KILLING the PC games industry...

No way. It survives thanks to people like you.

Well, the presentation of this project will be the 23rd of February. Although it needs a couple of details (3D models are endless) the car is ready. I'll show you a teaser, since the car can not be unveiled until the date of the exam

I must say it has nothing to do with the sketch I posted above some months ago (I told you), since that was something quick with no base while the final design has been done keeping in mind a concept and a certain package.

Teaser

Quote from Klutch :

I don't care because i just download all my stuff anyway lol

Yeah, buying original software only gives you headaches. Download, install, play, finish the game / get bored of it, uninstall, delete image disc. That's my favourite way

Dirt 2 original soundtrack. They made a nice selection of songs for that game

Quote from Johandyman :

...it plays EVERYTHING - and without asking any questions, it just does...

Exactly. I hate those codec packs people download , they add crapy files in every subfolder in your computer.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Can anyone recomend some site/s with awesome, high-res wallpapers? And by awesome, i don't mean those CGI fake a** moons and sunsets, but some really good photos..

Interfacelift
Girls

Quote from matijapkc :

I'm getting bored of watching Vistas and Windows 7's....

Why not bored of XP? You've been watching it from 2000 or so

Awesome. I don't like those cars though, but that work is amazing

What do you think about the GTR version?

http://www.autoblog.com/galler ... ed-mclaren-mp4-12c-gtr/#9

The woman who cleans my place always put it in A position. B FTW!!! I'll have a speech with her