Last rides with high stakes

[Cooya!]

What noise said... 
I am only picky when I really really care about something. Usually I download a car and put it in my collection without a word... But when I am totally in love with a masterpiece like this Daytona - probably one of the best addon cars for NFS4 EVER - then I get triggered by little flaws you can fix to make it absolutely perfect. Sorry for that. It wasn't my intention to put Butch's work down... it's meant to be constructive critic in case of he just oversaw a little mistake. As I already said: I absolutely adore this car. 

[Butch]

I'm not down. Don't worry about that. It's always the same when you spend a lot of time on a car, you can miss certain mistakes because your eyes get used to them.

The GTB/4 will have a second update later on, which will allow it to survive the tsunami of converted cars   or cars salvaged from NFSCars, as well as having an "In the air Tonight" version dear to nfsfan83.

The next knife in the drawer:

[noise]

Don't you need a break Butch? Your next project was the Mangusta update wasn't it?, and now I see this Maserati. While you probably also have obligations as Walter Skinner.

[Butch]

The Mangusta, like the Daytona, is a heavy project with a dashboard. Of course, Walter Skinner has obligations. Today, he sent something to Agent Mulder.
But in between exchanges with the team, a concept car like the ones I've made only takes 2 or 3 hours to build.

[MADMAN_nfs]

Hey Walter,

you should try using smaller, optimized textures with 256x256 pixels more often. Larger textures can make sense for big liveries but mostly there is no real benefit with old NFS titles - in some cases even degrade quality. They tend to get blurry ingame.
For example I rescaled the dash texture of your new Ferrari 365 Daytona. Overall much sharper and dials have more detail. This is basically a dumb rescale with a graphic editor - if the texture gets optimized properly astonishing results are possible.



Greetings

[Butch]

Thank you MADMAN_nfs, I'll use it in the next update called "Cooya!-MADMAN_nfs-nfsfan83" daytona.

For now:

[EvoX]

Look this one is beautiful too
https://www.nfsaddons.com/downloads/nfsmw/cars/manta/3404/manta-1974-manta-mirage.html

[Butch]

It's a nice car, even if I prefer the montage (Mclaren m6gt replica, Hardcastle & McCormick ...).

But the boomerang is close to another manta: the Bizzarrini Manta, also designed by Giugiaro, 2 years before the Maserati.

[Butch]

6161 triangles

[Butch]

I don't know why, convertible function refuse to work.
The option is activated in fedata, the :OT part is good, but function is inactive in game.

I think the logo will be permanent.

[Cooya!]

May have something to do with the serial number of the car. Try to change it to a different number.. maybe of a car that has a convertible option by default

[Butch]

5 differents serial numbers. No way with convertible option.

[Cooya!]

That's strange... I never experienced a problem like that before.. 
Make sure the order of parts is correct... the ":OT" should be the at the last (lowest) position.. but at least should come after the ":HB"-part. And make sure the name ":OT" is written correctly without a blank space or a number Zero instead of a letter O and all in capitals...
Or is the function for car option grayed out in the players car menu? than maybe make sure the option "convertible=Yes" is activated in EVERY Fedata file.. at least in french language for you (german for me) and english for all the people arround here

But the car looks fantastic with the large logos! I could live with them active always. ...What would bother me more is the fact that the number "77" on the driver's side B-pillar (in the air intake behind the drivers head) is still mirrored

[Butch]

As I imported is last, it was on the lastest position and of course I've moved it after the :HB and at the first place.
If I rename it like the right mirror, the part appears in game. Maybe it's too small for an :OT part. Anyway I spent too much time on this problem.
I'll flip the 77 on the left side, create the damages and I'll upload it in this  NFSCars.net recycling avalanche.
An X-files agent knocks on my door.

[EvoX]

Looks promising