Here is my forth finished supercar concept. I want to submit this to the new Blender Guru contest, though I am not sure if this qualifies as futuristic enough.
The front in particular provides airflow through the car to the side air intake openings. The car itself is powered by a rear-mid mounted turbo-charged v12 engine with rear wheel drive. A high powered electric motor would also provide power directly to the transmission to help the car accelerate faster from a dead stop. What would help the car most in accelerating and achieving record speeds would be its aerodynamic form and lightweight construction, assuming both could be achieved physically.
Everything was made in Blender, including the background to the first image, minus the sky background. This was rendered in cycles and has a little post processing in the compositor and Photoshop.
Looks great but the thing would explode on the first test run. Everything the front wheels lift off the road would be directed towards the huge air intakes, plus the dust from the brakes. If it happens to rain, the sides would look like the car was driven through a herd of kittens that all had diarrhea.
I like the general look, apart from the kind of buble like sideshot of the cabin. and the inser name i dont know here seems to be right in the drivers face, but it could just be perpective:
@Impreza09: Thanks for bringing that up. Glad you like the design as well.
@JA12: I don’t think it would explode, especially considering the wide stance and strength of the material that would be used for the front of the car. Additionally, the purpose of its shape and the huge opening in the front is too make it more aerodynamic, which would make for a more stable ride.
Yes, you are going to get some dust kick up from the road, but the most likely place you will drive such an exotic car is on relatively clean, paved city streets. I would never drive a car like this in adverse weather conditions like if it were raining or snowing.
Those are some descriptive (but true) words though! If this were ever produced there would have to be some sort of grating or flaps that block spray up from the wheels.
@Maslofski: I think its both a physical and perspective issue. It does not look as bad from within the actual car, but its still noticeably in the way. The biggest problem is due to how condensed the interior became to allow air to flow through the front to the side intakes. Thanks for pointing that out by the way. Here’s a quick snapshot to show what I mean.
Here is another perspective that might better clarify what I mean by the huge opening in the front and place where the driver’s head would be. This is just a concept, however; there would be a lot I would need to change to make it production worthy. Thanks for the great feedback!
