Key points from the stream:
- Road Trip Project: The "Road Trip" module is an upcoming addition to American Truck Simulator that will include various cars and pickup trucks.
- The Dodge Charger Model: The vehicle artist, Andy, was responsible for the entire model of the Dodge Charger, which took him about eight months to complete and is about 95% finished [03:41].
- The Modeling Process: Andy explains the 3D modeling process for the Dodge Charger, which started with a photo scan of an actual vehicle since a CAD model was unavailable. He discusses the use of a subdivision modeling process with quads and how he optimized the model for the game [11:34]. The final model of the exterior is about 100k polygons, and the interior is about 80k polygons [20:50].
- Texturing and Materials: Andy also discusses the texturing process, including the use of tileable textures, ambient occlusion baked onto the vertex colors, and procedural textures created with Substance Designer
