OK,
so the weekly wrap is back, obviously, else I wouldn't have made this
page and the topic announcing it. This time, I hope it lasts longer than
the last two times its been in activity, and I hope it gets more
interest than its got before (which has actually been quite high, but I
want even higher :P).
NFSCars latest
news and updates
OK, a lot of this happened in the weeks before this one, but I'll
include it in this wrap to update everyone on NFSCars. There has
been a major reshuffle with the staff. Only 3 of the previous staff
remain in their seats, namely Sander, KonArtis and Viper Jay 5. FCD,
CodeRed (Gleb), Laury, DSM Racing and myself either stepped down or were
'dismissed' due to lack of activity.
The replacements consist of Portuguese Pilot, Beowulf and TwIzTiD. I'd
like to wish them all good luck with their new duties and jobs.
In the news this week, I have brought back the 'Signature of the
Month' competition to the site. I started this back in 2002, but it
faded out due to lack of interest. It was a funny case really, everyone
was all for the competition when I posted the topics every month, but
then they never voted! fat lot of good that made!
Syneateris surprised us all when he suddenly uploaded his 'AC
Groove', his own body tuning job on a Cobra. He got the idea for
this after seeing a picture of the AC Mambo. The model has been very
neatly modeled with ~7200 polygons and looks very lush in all areas,
even the underbody of the car looks stunning!
The lack of driver will disappoint some people, but Syneateris wasn't
going to have a low poly EA model driver inside one of his top models,
so had to settle for no driver, but hey, you don't see the driver much,
so nothing much to cry about.
I must say though, he's taken a rare approach to releasing his model,
and offered people to use this car and edit / change it, he even
encourages it! Just remember, give him the credits! and don't claim the
car as your own work.
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NFS 5 Editing project
news
I'm in frequent contact with aru, so I have decided to include a section
on here to show updates of his progress.
News,
The first testing alpha version of the ZModeler plugin is now complete,
but there are still a lot of bugs to iron out before it can really be
developed. It can export directly to the .crp format, without any other
programs inbetween (ie. no stuff like the OIF Tool for NFS6 editing will
be needed). Some features on the cars are still not available, such as
transparency, driver parts, interior etc..
The current plugin will go to beta testers within a few days if everything goes as planned....
lets hope it does!
Screenshots,
I've managed to get hold of 5 brand new screenshots showing the progress aru has made with the project.
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NFS Underground 2 latest
news
Previews, - none -
Movies,
23/7 - gamesdomain.yahoo.com - NFS:U2 custom trailer - click
Screenshots,
20/7 - www.needforspeed.com - 4 new shots were added to the official
site - click
20/7 - www.3dgamers.com - 17 screenshots published, containing the 4
mentioned above, but a few more too - click
Interviews,
24/7 - www.teamxbox.com - Interview with Greg Uhler, one of the
producers of NFS:U2 - click
22/7 - www.ign.com - Interview with 'Brooke Burke', the leading lady in
NFS:U2 - click
Useless statistics
Wrap info &
credits
Users registered - 249
Cars uploaded - 34
For the week of 19th July till 25th July, 2004
Editor: DJC-Grafix
Car of the week screenshots: Venom
Published on July 26th.
