Little updates:
-Watanabe wheel Air Nipple added.
-Rear window heater added. (did the best I could while saving some mesh and texture resources, since IRL S13's rear heater pattern looks complicated)
Game crashes with duplicated inner window, if you have solution, please answer in this thread:
https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/2001712#post2001712

Quote from Egor K :

I like the fact that stock version comes first. Despite stock wheels sinking in arches (which is real).

Yeah. I think many mods are lack of the roots. They'd better make a stock versions first. Then mod it. That would be more interesting. Plus it's easier to fit all parts in future when you have a stable base model.
P.S.
Just noticed that i need a stock brake calipers for this car. These are Z32's, which is a mod IRL.

It was a hard task to make chassis look good again in 0.7 LFS.

Problem was this:


What was made recently:

+ Interior mirrors are in place now
+ Digital clock now shows real time
+ Steering wheel + column position adjusted
+ Seat position adjusted + animation fix
+ Added real center console gauges instead of static textures
+ Chrome and Metal added, where needed.
~ Added four configs (not actually an update, since they were planned as different cars from the day one).
+ Proper ear windshield texture (with heater, visible from outside and inside)
+ Global texture rework (multiple samples united into pages)
+ Unique wheels
+ Unique suspension geometry updated.
+ Unique masses
+ Unique LOD2 with working lights and unique shadows for all configs
+ Unique LOD3
+ Body and interior groups fix
+ Chassis groups fix
+ Arai GP-5 Helmet model with two skins

Now opponent's braking points can be seen from distance due to fully working lights (headlights and turnsignals are visible from distace too).

Much time spent on Arai GP-5 Helmet conversion from Jvinu2000. All credits for model goes to him:
https://jvinu2000.tumblr.com/

Still have lots to do before release.

The Street configuration contains real life logos which you haven't provided permission for (Nardi Torino, Bride, Takata, Silvia etc.). Please remove them if you don't have permission to use them.

Quote from Flame CZE :

The Street configuration contains real life logos which you haven't provided permission for (Nardi Torino, Bride, Takata, Silvia etc.). Please remove them if you don't have permission to use them.

Apologies. I've mistakenly uploaded version with all configs and private WIP textures. Will be fixed in next version, it will take time to redraw all logos. The mod is private ATM and any access to it is closed to public.

It's been a while. I'm back from half-year pause (really had no mood for anything since February, 24th).

None updates been made to mod itself, but few more parts I've made to bring this mod closer to finished status. Here are some pictures from modeling process and tests(0.6U):

+ OEM wing
+ 3 types of exhausts. Stock, Street, Track (VOB mod heritage >XRG/XRT/XRR)
+ Propeller shat, differential, drive shafts.
+ Fuel tank (New version).
+ NISMO style hood (New version).
+ Factory brakes for the stock version.
+ Full Zenki (aka CA Aero) kit is finished.

The diagram picture shows how inaccurate my suspension model is (something in between S13 and S14). Anyway it was made from photos, so the result is not that bad, and since LFS has no multilink option and no chance to make arms active at all, I will leave it as is with some minor changes.

For those who ask about release: STOCK VERSION COMES FIRTS. I won't release any of that crazy tuner cars with wide bodykits and fancy wings until i get the basic model as it should be. I still lack of CA18DE/DET and SR20DE/DET is still unfinished. Also some parts, mappings textures and configurations has to be optimised for gpaphical savings.

Nice work.
I personally really enjoy when people make a "stock" version of their work, brings more variety too.

Getting ready for the night.
Tried to implement my longtime idea(dream) of glowing glass:

Quote from Snoop.DriftEra :

Getting ready for the night.
Tried to implement my longtime idea(dream) of glowing glass:

I tried something similar, making a semi-transparent texture for the light, but in the game the light turned out to be dim.

Probably in the updated version of LFS, things will look like in the LFS Editor, so maybe it's a good idea to make the lights and other textures based on how they look in the editor, rather than in-current-game version.

My mods are a bit messy, because I did the opposite of what I just wrote. So when the new version is released I must update them all.

We had a special guest during suspension tests. 😉






Credit for helmet model goes to: Jvinu2000.
Convert, optimization, mapping, texturing: Snoop.Driftera.

Coming soon...

That’s awesome!!!! Hot Version is a real thing in LFS now !

Quote from martin18 :

That’s awesome!!!! Hot Version is a real thing in LFS now !

Yea man! I was dreaming of it since 2005!!!
I'm happy I can now implement many ideas from past. Sadly, the older you get the faster the time runs and it's never enough of it. Too much unfinished work.
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Added: At the moment it's impossible to have different faces for every skin. Due to helmet's material properties of current LFS version. It's either unique face for each helmet, but they're all shiny as helmet's shell or there are different helmet skins with same matt face taken from DEFAULT skin. The other way to have unique faces is to have matt helmet shells which is not the solution either. I don't think devs are reading this thread, but I hope it will be fixed in future versions of LFS.

Really wish they were because this model has more detail than any mod out there. Keep up the amazing work ❤️ and yeah I’m with you on time for sure

Released! Welcome. Download.

Happy 420!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/lfs-arai-gp5-mod-81774447