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Post 181 \| New	Posted August 22nd, 2004
Mademan Certified University Drop-out Joined: Feb '03 Posts: 473	I prefer the Italdesign ones. Less spokes, so you can see what's going on with the shape of the wheel. Also, they're nice n swirley...

Posted August 22nd, 2004

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I prefer the Italdesign ones. Less spokes, so you can see what's going on with the shape of the wheel. Also, they're nice n swirley...

Post 182 \| New	Posted August 23rd, 2004
Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! Joined: Mar '03 Posts: 1,784	AJ32 wrote: I think it's pretty odd that your wheels would look so similar to Italdesign wheels, on a car so similar to something Italdesign would come up with. Were you by any chance looking towards them for inspiration, or is this purely coincidental? Obviously, the guys at Italdesign and me seem to have the same taste in car design. The thing with the rather similar looking wheels on the Scighera is quite coincidental, the only time I've seen pics of a Scighera was when I played NFS III, and that was years ago. I quite like Italdesign's cars or italian sports car styling in general, that's probably why the Neural has some resemblances to Italdesign cars. When I made the wheels, I tried to create something that you won't see on a riced Civic or Golf or Miata, so the main aspects in my design was "No 5 spoke wheel!". ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature-

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Posted August 23rd, 2004

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AJ32 wrote:

I think it's pretty odd that your wheels would look so similar to Italdesign wheels, on a car so similar to something Italdesign would come up with.
Were you by any chance looking towards them for inspiration, or is this purely coincidental?

Obviously, the guys at Italdesign and me seem to have the same taste in car design.

The thing with the rather similar looking wheels on the Scighera is quite coincidental, the only time I've seen pics of a Scighera was when I played NFS III, and that was years ago. I quite like Italdesign's cars or italian sports car styling in general, that's probably why the Neural has some resemblances to Italdesign cars. When I made the wheels, I tried to create something that you won't see on a riced Civic or Golf or Miata, so the main aspects in my design was "No 5 spoke wheel!".

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Post 183 \| New	Posted August 30th, 2004
The Anti-Christ Scum of the Earth 4 18yr !!! Joined: Jul '04 Posts: 23	The wheels are nice but a cool 5 spoke lo-profile race wheel would be cool too but eighther one is good the car is awsome and I can't wait for it to come out

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Posted August 30th, 2004

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The wheels are nice but a cool 5 spoke lo-profile race wheel would be cool too but eighther one is good the car is awsome and I can't wait for it to come out

Post 184 \| New	Posted September 20th, 2004. Updated September 20th, 2004 (progress)
Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! Joined: Mar '03 Posts: 1,784	The official Neural Release Countdown has begun, expect release this evening (it's 13:30 here) Tasks left to do: final modelling works ... [X] final texture works ... [X] leveling car with ground ... [X] locking dff ... [X] writing readme ... [X] find a model name ... probably not final ingame tests/setting up carcols ... [X] creating screenshots ... [X] creating archive ... [X] upload file ... [X] All done..and even earlier than expected (16:00). ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature-

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Posted September 20th, 2004. Updated September 20th, 2004 (progress)

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The official Neural Release Countdown has begun, expect release this evening (it's 13:30 here)

Tasks left to do:

final modelling works ... [X]
final texture works ... [X]
leveling car with ground ... [X]
locking dff ... [X]
writing readme ... [X]
find a model name ... probably not
final ingame tests/setting up carcols ... [X]
creating screenshots ... [X]
creating archive ... [X]
upload file ... [X]

All done..and even earlier than expected (16:00).

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Post 185 \| New	Posted September 20th, 2004
Alfadog beats eating it Joined: Feb '03 Posts: 3,065,928 Type: Moderator	Fragdieb2 wrote: find a model name ... ??? Hmm?? Do you mean like Neural ____ ? Just call it the Neural IMO. ------------------

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Posted September 20th, 2004

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Fragdieb2 wrote:

find a model name ... ???

Hmm?? Do you mean like Neural ____ ? Just call it the Neural IMO.

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Post 186 \| New	Posted September 20th, 2004
Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! Joined: Mar '03 Posts: 1,784	Neural IMO? hmmm...I'm just thinking about calling it Neural Shusui, if I'm informed correctly, this japanese word means "sword strike", got it from abook about Japanese WW2 aircraft. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature-

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Posted September 20th, 2004

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Neural IMO? hmmm...I'm just thinking about calling it Neural Shusui, if I'm informed correctly, this japanese word means "sword strike", got it from abook about Japanese WW2 aircraft.

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Post 187 \| New	Posted September 20th, 2004
Alfadog beats eating it Joined: Feb '03 Posts: 3,065,928 Type: Moderator	LoL, I mean, just call it the "Neural", In My Opinion. That's what the original was called wasn't it? I dont think it needs any other name. ------------------

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Posted September 20th, 2004

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LoL, I mean, just call it the "Neural", In My Opinion. That's what the original was called wasn't it? I dont think it needs any other name.

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Post 188 \| New	Posted September 20th, 2004. Updated September 20th, 2004 (finished.)
Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! Joined: Mar '03 Posts: 1,784	my brain must be awfully slow this day...lacks coffee...but you're right in a way...it will cause major confusion among the common folks anyway, with or without a model name...nobody outside GTAzz knows about neurals anyway. EDIT: It's done: Head over here for download and feedback. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature-

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Posted September 20th, 2004. Updated September 20th, 2004 (finished.)

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my brain must be awfully slow this day...lacks coffee...but you're right in a way...it will cause major confusion among the common folks anyway, with or without a model name...nobody outside GTAzz knows about neurals anyway.

EDIT: It's done: Head over here for download and feedback.

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