Introduction

Hello, my name is Andrej Stefancik and I would like to guide you through a process of creating my personal project, the GT1 GT-R. The inspiration to create this car came after playing Shift 2: Unleashed, where I had fallen in love with this remarkable car. I have always been into cars; a true petrol-head. This GT1 version of Nissan GT-R amazed me with its aggressive look and the overall amount of detail. I adore all those massive air intakes/outtakes and other racing things on this car.

References

I find searching for references as important as any other part of creating a 3D artwork. I usually spend a whole day gathering photos and car specifications. For this project I downloaded almost 200 different photos from the internet. I am always impressed by how many details you can find on the internet these days (Fig.01).

Modeling

This is the process that I always enjoy the most. All my modeling was done in Cinema 4D, just using the internal Cinema 4D modeling tools and a plugin called Multislide. I prefer the poly-modeling technique most of the time. Before I start any modeling, I usually create a spline cage of the main car lines (Fig.02). This helps me to keep the precision and smoothness of the mesh, which I will explain later.

Wheels

I started, maybe atypically, by modeling the wheel with a slick tire. The rim was originally created from a cylinder. I deleted some polygons and created a single piece that was radial duplicated to recreate a complete rim. Next I modeled the tire from a cylinder and added the sidewall, brake disc with calipers and other parts (Fig.03).