W.I.P. Ascari Race Resort - Ronda, Spain.

[liquido]

that last screen was horrible . this can make up for that , not much better, but a little.

Pixelchaser go one step further again, it is really one big jump.

The new satellite image for Ascari has a lot of work, he removes trees, shadows, barriers... all the things that we don't want in that satellite image... now we have a realistic floor everywhere, also the chance to add a lot of variety to the roadside grass.

We decided to remove every tree to make better models and textures, rigth now I'm working on 3D tree trunks, there are almost 200 trees really close to the road, those trees are going to be 3d low poly... the rest will be tree walls and the clasic "y" form tree for Kuno's engine.



I'm also adding more ruber to the track, and we want to add sand and dirt in some places like the real track.

 

[Pixelchaser]

got this look now much more natural still.

 

[Pixelchaser]

workin hard today. ive nailed how im going to deal with the materials. and this I the best I can get from the google image. I think its pretty fucking sweet prior to photoshop editing especially for a simple satellite image. kunos would probably blend with another border that was very picturesque. but I feel this is good enough, anyone think otherwise ? the brown edge to the track there isn't done yet. but it will be a hi rez blend.

the other cool stuff about my methods here is, it doesn't take long at all. and might as well be given the track style. thunderhill track is similar baron track style too. so I cant wait to do the same with that.

 

[luchian]

The fist pics grass/dirt blending fits exactly to my taste!
Looks great man ! Keep it up.

 

[liquido]

Wow!!! Impresive quality in those images...

If any guy from Polyphoni (Granturismo videogame) watch our track finished.... jijiji

 

[Pixelchaser]

starting to blend things now....

 

[luchian]

Wow Ali !

 

[Pixelchaser]

NO. todays work is more wow for me. but also a step backwards in tunning. but we get back there soon. removed every trace of googley crap and we have a custom satellite style image tuned for game use 100%. id love more resolution. but this is fine imo. I also baked an enormous normal map file from the satellite image. which I know some would argue about, but with low sun it bakes more height distortion on the wild terrain which I love because its another aspect of terrain whizzing by. given how I work with the sat image im thinking of completely removing the need for any extra road borders and just lead the base right upto it...................

 

[liquido]

I'm very Happy to see what you have today... looks natural and real.

 

[Pixelchaser]

caaan see the normal in action in the second half of this video tour at daytime and dusk I did for Fernando.

 

[Pixelchaser]

powered down that normal map and well geez it really works nice now. a benefit of driving at dusk and morning time. really cool. also desaturated the green out and well its perfectly sun burned spanish green now

 

[Pixelchaser]

well this is close to reality as im going to get to, just finishing touches then everything else. I think its quite stunning.

 

[luchian]

B-I-U-T-I-F-U-L !
we need to try this !

 

[Pixelchaser]

it is ,it is...just had to rebalance the colours for this shot though.

 

[Jebus]

Those screens looks awesome. Can't wait to get to drive there.

Meanwhile I've started with the Ascari Aventador. I'm doing something a bit different compared to that old Lotus, which was made as a replica of their rental cars. IMO that kind of theme wouldn't have looked good on Aventador.

Car is pretty much done. Nothing special really, just a little bit of paint and carbon fibre. I'll do suits, helmets etc. and release it here first.

 

[Pixelchaser]

nice job there jebus. the more the merrier. I believe the skins of cars driving around the track itself and being associated with the track just make it all better. and I cant wait to see that with track cams.

everyday it gets better looking just a little bit. it feels brilliant at morning time the best and that's unique, infact this tracks openness is so unique. dusk is completely different and whilst dusk seems to be the thing with most tracks. its not with ours

today I increased the outer most terrain textures, its subtle but it make the hills appear closer. and more correct. also got the sun reflecting as far as the eye can see. right up that hillside all blended well over 3 terrains.

 

[Jebus]

Thanks! My idea with the Aventador was that it's more like a promo car for Ascari Race Resort, not too flashy but the message is clear. I'll try to finish it today. At least to the point for you to use it in your wip screens. I like to modify everything possible in my skins so all suits, helmets etc. will be included in the finished pack.

I will do rental themed cars aswell, but for race cars. I think I'll do at least Mazda MX5 Cup and BMW M235iR and maybe Huracan. Let me know if you want something else too.

 

[Pixelchaser]

well id save yourself for the first of 3 Porsche packs in september ! hahahahha

 

[Jebus]

Haha, yeah I'm afraid that after Porsches gets released there's no other cars in AC to me.

 

[Pixelchaser]

same for me, in fact I`ve recently been loving the RUF at Ascari more than anything else. a Porsche will be sublime.