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Hello! That's the last test made with c4d + octane about a nissan gtr, far away from perfection, so critics are welcome.

First render is amazing! the studio renders are cool too but the lighting need some work I always see pros focusing light heavily on edges and never on flat surfaces I also think the floor pops out a bit much, good job overall, did you model the car?

Thank you Terryvfx! Yes... I think you are 100% right, unluckly this car has really flat sides, so it was not so easy to manage a good lighting, I will try again in another way, I think to in mind the solution I will update it in this post if it will look better

Just another environment...

Excellent work, can you explain a little bit of your tire shader? I tried to achieve a good result but it's not near to your work at all. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

mkarahasan wrote:Excellent work, can you explain a little bit of your tire shader? I tried to achieve a good result but it's not near to your work at all. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

Hello mkarahasan,

thanks for compliments, about the tire shader... it is not so easy, i worked a lot about that, and i a have been fixing it many times in the arch of 1 year before this result... anyway the tire is made of 3 parts and 4 materials:
-sidewall
-tread
-upper tread (in contact with the ground)

every material is made by a basic material with dark grey color and a reflection layer plus some adds .

-sidewall = basic material + texture bump (writings and pneumatic brand)
-tread = only basic material
-upper tread (in contact with the ground) = mix material made by the basic material + a new material made with a texture simulating the dirty, the mix of materials is controlled by a gradient which is making the dirty vanishing before the sidewall

Terryvfx wrote:First render is amazing! the studio renders are cool too but the lighting need some work I always see pros focusing light heavily on edges and never on flat surfaces I also think the floor pops out a bit much, good job overall, did you model the car?

As a demonstration that you were right i made a test, no mix material for the bodypaint but just a glossy one, everything has been easier to control...