I have opened up the nurb track in 3dsimed to have an idea of the values used by Kunos, and it turns out I wasn't that far off, but was missing some diffuse lighting as I thought. It was too subtle, and in low sun position, the trees had virtually no shine on them.
I have re-edited all trees textures, and made them with similar brightness/saturation values as those used by Kunos. Basically, I lowered brightness a good deal, and raised/lowered saturation in some cases, changed the hue a little here and there, and I got something rather solid now.
I re-did the tree lines normal map, they were inverted in some case, with the top being darker when it should be lighter.
I had started to do the replay camera, but I was thinking that the track should look better if we are to scrutinize it during replays :)
Here how it looks at all time of day, in 1hr interval, taken from both cockpit and the first replay camera as well, to show a back and different view.
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If you guys like this, I could release an update tonight or tomorrow with the track as it is now, with the 4 first replay camera, and I will finish them up for the week end.
It looks good to me from what I see in the pics, bright enough at noon, believable light at sunrise and sunset.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, please share it if you think it's worth it.
Thanks! It's really the thing that I have the more problems with so far... balancing colors so it matches well and show believable amount of light... I should get out more often I guess :) When I wasn't so much an hermit, I wasn't really paying attention to these things, as I never really got serious in photography either.
ReplyDeleteI have spent the day finishing up the replay camera and I just got done with them :) I've recorded a video of it and currently converting and will send to youtube, then I'll package the archive and move it to the share :)
I have positioned the camera as I wished, and tried to make it look as best as I could, while still being useful to watch to see your racing line. I made it how I wanted it to be when I watch my replay... hopefully you guys will also appreciate the extra efforts that went into making those cameras :)