one car challenge 2025 actual final stretch

im sorry but there is this bad news

bad news: i might not make it (because suddenly and strangely i keep getting fireflies + bad light/shadow settings) 

the problem there was only shadow/light problems

i dont wanna enter in a bad quality render

good news:

ive sent my entry (enhanced it of course)

and its pending (did some improvisation)

UPDATE:

my entry got approved  and added

https://3dmodels.org/challenges/fast-and-furiously-modified-hino-in-middle-of-nowhere-going-to-movie-audition/

thanks 3dmodels org for this fantastic theme of the contest and the car 3d model 

that was an legnedary journey where ive learned to give the lighting an priority before detailing too much like the tire for 1 whole day and half

---> 

i'll maybe participate in the next edition of an 3d models org contest or another contest

thanks for reading this wip

without further ado

here is the last wip anyways

(ill comment it later) 

made the brakelight looks like they turned on 

and even made the 2 middle circle parts of each tail-light non-symetric to mimic this pattern 

(look carefully at red light forming an triangle ,same at white ones)

did that one skyline r34 rectangular mini lights and supra rounded lights

re modeled the train signalisation light (got accidentally removed)

made the hose looks like hoses not wires

repositioned the traditional blinker stick higher 

 

i wanted to finish the render at "render300.blend" using incremental saving feature

will i be able to complete that acheivement?

made remade the key (but it looks like an actual car key)

boring adjustment/fixes

only 4 is left

begining the post processing in the current state to save time (it was 2 days left)

that half wing emititng is being converted to blinker

power of brick texture shines here 

                

fixing the shading on the brakelight

adding bolt on the engine replacing the removed hoses 

drying the meadows

acheivement failed

deleting the cats because it was too exagerating

same reason for deleting the fuel can

some friend told me that it lacks shadow under the car

so i made an 2d plane for the shadow (i failed this attempt)

i followed that tutorial (thanks the author)

measuring the road

too big for the car to cross (not an offroader)

by the way

found out that the soil was too low (except the road) ----> explain the lack of the shadows

then i want ot fixing it

the guy in front of the car is stuck 

moving upward every sinking object (even neon light trails)

the fallen floor no longer meet the neons 

so lets flatten the neon trail

remade the tunk wiring accordinlgy

mad the table taller

fixing the shoes

few hours before the upcoming disaster

remade the "street legal" card (it was from la republique de la france) into its bootleg version

+ changed the month to a summer month later on

followed the same shadow 2d plane tutorial

but all i had to do is invert the color ramp 

(it worked finally)

thanks to this tutorial for the shadow 2d plane

it rendering time attempt (bug hunting)

here the month changes

adapted the month in the road sign

pizza slice  side  wall which ive tooken pictures

its in

tried to make it brighter

recolored the milestone

fixing the enginbay wall

i thought that was gonna end here but i was wrong

image-size requirment :"not that fast"

(stupid-me was using 100% of render image saving quality output instead of 90% which is enough)

removing the front logo

trying to reduce the wheight of the image to less than 4mb  

ive even considered to add sad black filter (like in gta4) to give the story more depth (but the visual appeal was the price) (later said no to that)

then the disaster begins: fireflies are unexcpectedly coming (i was considering giving up at this point )

i went back to last no-fireflies bug working render (to a previous backup) 

but sadly worse (and sample=16 was no longer enough) i cant understand why

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then unexpectedly began to save my skin

(light/render settings tweaking after tweaking)

all i had to do is take risk of increase the samples up to 32 and mess with direct/indirect lights 

(reduced the indirect lines)

refixing the engine bay wall again (too lazy to port to more stable  version)

trying to darken the tires but no effect on the render (only viewport)

learning new type of lights

i thougt for a while that the car is gray but actually it s white (later went to gray to represent the colors of hino)

i got 3 bugs (the shadow on the road +dirty right blinker in the mirror+ lighted wheels)

but i will do what?

i will improvise them  (via pretending them something else in the description)

an quick post-processing at less than 1h before the deadline

the road shadow bug on the very left = pretended that was a truck passed by which emitted its gaz exhaust

fortunately made it 

all thanks to 

https://artisticrender.com/how-to-remove-fireflies-and-noise-in-blender-renders/#:~:text=Increase%20Light%20Size,cast%20by%20the%20smaller%20light.

for fixing the  sudden fireflies (even if render time got increased from 10min to 20min roughly)