Monday, March 11, 2024

nakayubi circuit

hi, i figured its about time to bring this absolute classic of a map from early gta sa days over to carx, so here it is, nakayubi circuit :D.

here goes some basic nakayubi lore for those who never heard of it: this map was originally a random kart track made for racer (remember that game? not suprised, noone does lmao) sometime in mid 00s. in 09 or 10, some japanese modder (sadly i dont remember who) converted it to san andreas, and reworked it into nakayubi circuit. unlike majority of custom maps of its time that were placed to los santos molo, this one was put over palomino creek beach, and it blended with the vanilla surroundings really well. it was a very popular map back in the day and its layout is super fun haha.

for the carx convert, i decided to keep it simple. make it feel as close as it did in gta but also blend it in as best as i could, so i ended up ripping palomino creek scenery, original trees and theyr placement included, and actually inmodelled the track in it. even the scenery is remodeled abit, i decided to get rid of the palomino creek itself, as the fact that first houses were like 10 meters from the track kinda bothered me even in gta lmao. i also remodelled the river slightly to preserve it, as in gta the track mostly hid it. the entire thing was then retextured using mostly original sa textures.

i think it ended up really good, looks and feels just like it did in gta, and its still super fun to drive at, even in carx :).



 

and as per usual at this point, i also shot a preview video. since this whole thing is a trip down the memory lane, enjoy some late 00s hardstyle, as thats what i used to use for bgm in all my videos back in the day haha

so here it is. thanks goes to SAYAKA for testing, and SWID for some assistance with ripping the original gta stuff etc.

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so that will be all for today, see you next time ;).

Sunday, March 3, 2024

kaido racers and new parts

hi, im back with some kaido racer action yet again, lel. i was commisioned to make some a20 celica bits, wich worked pretty well for me as i was actually thinking about building one for a while now haha. so this is what i came up with, i think the pics speak for themself, i will just mention that all of the livery was made in actual ingame editor, not in photoshop, and its once again 3t-gte swapped, not only for the sounds, but it drives pretty nice too haha. very happy with the result :)



but thats not all, i also reworked my kaido laurel quite a bit, lel. i finally got my lazy ass to make a kaido racer parts pack (more about that below), so i replaced about every custom part it had with my own stuff. i also decided to make a new livery for it, a castrol themed this time. once again all of it was done in ingame livery editor, i even made the castrol logos myself as we didnt had this style of castrol logos in the sticker packs haha. really happy with how it turned out aswell :D.


man i certainly miss making stuff and liveries like this, used to do stuff like this damn near every day for years in s-tuner, wish carx had more good kaido bases to pick from. o well, maybe one day lel.

anyways, as mentioned theres a bunch of new parts, also some that are not related to those 2 builds, so here we go:

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a20 celica badges

commisioned work. while theyre just png's with alphas (true gta style lol), the textures used are very good quality. both ra25 and ra28 variants available.

just load it in and its there, no moving necessary.



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a20 celica improvements

partially a commisioned work. this pack fixes and improves about everything that needed fixing and improving. you can now build both proper ra25 and ra28 as i made the missing ra25 pieces, i also made new lights, fixed bumpers with proper licenceplate spaces. there are also some new custom/aftermarket parts, such as clear headlight protector, paintable grill and taillights, etc. not everything pictured. 28 parts available, just load it in and its there as per usual haha

note: if you want to get an oem like finish on the headlight bezzels as pictured, paint it FFFFFF satin







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kaido racer parts pack

finally got myself to do this lmao. this pack contains all kinds of parts commonly found on kaido racers, such as works overfenders (both celica and rx3 ones), spoilers, mirrors, rear seat flag covers, tsurikawas (the actual ones from a train, not any of that broken heart bullshit), new dices, exhausts...you name it. 41 new parts.

besides the kenwood speakers i made earlyer, and the bucket seat, every custom part on the pictured c33 (before i repainted it lel) comes from this pack.



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ae86 levin tbo parts v2

v2 of my tbo parts for levin. literally nothing changed with the bumper and bonnet, but i decided to also add the bonnet vents as a separate piece, so you can still slap stickers on your bonnet.

that being sayd, if you dont plan to use any decals on the bonnet, id reccomend using the full one, as mine adds one body line that is missing on the original bonnet.

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bride zeta 3 pack

figured its about time to do some bride seats aswell, not only KNPP stuff works again but also so i dont have to run recaros in everything lmao.

6 variants, both KNPP and OBJ versions availible.

in case of the KNPP version, the driver kinda clips trough the sides of the seat. not much i can do about it, id have to stretch the seat to pretty unrealistic proportions, he just sits way too weird. but its not too obvious and majority of ppls have the driver permanently disabled, so i dont think its this much an issue, lel


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so that will be all for today. i dont have anything in the works rn, but i suppose thats gonna change sooner or later lel. so see ya till then ;).

Friday, February 23, 2024

AE86 update yet again and new parts

hi, took a slight break, but im back at it for now, lel. i reworked my ae86 hatch yet again, lel. its still the ae85 blue as its a pretty nice color, but about everything besides doorhandles is color matched now. i also added goodline frontbumper, trd rear spoiler and some stickers here and there. wheels got changed too, it haz ssr mk-2r's now, one size bigger than the volks were. i changed the tune too, changed the suspension settings using v___ice's tuning calculator as per usual, and engine got retuned aswell using kino, but its still an NA 4a-ge making somewhere around 190hp.

i think this remake ended up really good and its nice to have a hatch that i actually enjoy lmao



and as per usual i also made some new parts and stuff, so here we go:

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ae86 levin new lights v2

v2 of my pack of lights and grilles for levin.  

the kouki grilles were fixed and the transparency is no longer casting shadows. the licence plate lights now actually work (turns on toghether with running lights), and all of the light sources got turned into halogen color instad of led, wich fits these old cars much better.










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ae86 levin new lights - custom parts

an additional pack of custom/aftermarket stuff for my headlights pack above.

comes with paintable and debadged grilles, headlight tapes, runfree eyeliners for kouki headlights, stickers to use on the grille etc. 19 parts in total, by far not every thing and every combination pictured.





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universal plate lights

the most basic light model that fits pretty much anywhere, lel. turns on toghether with running lights. origin in a logical spot to make fitting it as easy as possible. just one light, you can just copy and move it to the other side once you fit one. both halogen and led variants availible.




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so that will be all for today, but i already have some other new things in the works, so see you soon ;D.

Thursday, February 1, 2024

small 180sx update and some parts yet again

hi, so as i mentioned at the end of the last post, theres some other things i made recently other than the ebisu. but before we get to that, even tho its not too long ago since i built this 180sx, i did some changes to it. since last time i changed the suspension settings using v___ice's tuning calculator (i actually did that with all my cars that i commonly use), so it feels much better. i also learned how to color match the custom parts much better than how i did it until now, so it looks all even now. i also did the color matching to all the other cars haha. and the last thing that changed is the wheels. it now haz ssr mk2r's, one size bigger than the formula meshes were. looks pretty good if i say so myself :D.

and now for the custom parts, besides those mr2r's i also did some more ae86 bits, these were commisioned, but theyre going public once again :D. so here we go:

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SSR Mk-2R

model is originally from some wheel pack for gta5, but i have remodelled it quite a bit for better accuracy. barel and spokes are paintable separately. 2 variants availible, one with scraped off paint of the ssr logo, wich was a very common thing with those.


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ae86 goodline front bumper v3

now also includes a variant for trueno (commision work), the running lights work. and while i was in there i also did some small touches to the levin one.

you will have to set Y coord to 0. done it this way to ensure the parts land exactly where they should on both 2door and 3door.



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ae86 runfree flares

commision work. normally theyre meant for the rear only, as runfree kit comes with full front fenders. however, front fenders are not possible to make in this case, and it would be odd to only do the rear flares, so i fipped them and also fitted them to the front (rear right one to the front left, etc). this is sometimes done irl aswell.

2 variants availible, a normal one and one with shaved rivets, wich is also pretty common irl.

there is a separate version of the front ones for both levin and trueno, i had to shorten the trueno ones abit near the front bumper.

you will have to set Y coord to 0. done it this way to ensure the parts land exactly where they should on both 2door and 3door.



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so that will be all for today. i dont have anything in the works rn, but i suppose thats gonna change soon as per usual, lel. so see you next time ;D.