"Tyler Eaves" <tyl### [at] NOSPAMml1net> wrote in message
news:pan### [at] NOSPAMml1net...
> This is my current project. It's going to be (eventually)
> a 1930's style Formula 1 car. I'm basing the basic dimensions
> off a 1934 Mercedes Benz W25. I decided to tackle the tires first,
> as they given a sense of the basic dimensions, plus I knew they'ed
> be a challenge. I'm quite happy with the way they look, not so
> happy with the render times. I'm doing a very complex difference of
> a torus (see attached file), and it takes rather a long time. The basic
> render of a single tire with basic AA takes almost 4 minutes on my
> Athlon 950.
>
> Here two renders and a source file:

They look real! If the rest of that car matches the quality, it will be a
quite a poster!

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