Midnight Club II - Restored Cut Traffic

Описание: It was way back in 2012 when I've managed to find several cut traffic vehicle models in the PS2 version of the game. These models are not present in the PC/Xbox version and they do not have any textures remaining the game files. This discovery was almost immediately followed by a few unsuccessful attempts of contacting the vehicle artist in hopes that he might be willing to help me out or provide further information. Luckily, these models still contain intact UV mapping and after a few years of searching I was finally able to gather together enough photographic references, which was exactly what I needed in order to restore them.

This video is going to demonstrate how close I've managed to get so far and a representation of what might've been if these traffic vehicles were not cut from the game. The goal of this project has always been to restore these textures without modifying the original models and it was originally planned for the PS2 version, but I've decided to redo the textures to fit the PC version instead. At first I was against making changes at all, but a few tiny modifications had to be made for improved aesthetics such as the usage of an unused wheel texture and in the case of one of the models it was mapped to a completely different texture. Fortunately, this only required editing the material names. However, being so strict against editing the original models there are many imperfections and for the final version of this mod I'm likely to end up making the needed modifications to make them look better, after which the mod will be released publicly. It'll also include the rest of the cut and rarely used vehicles, which are completed and otherwise do not require any texture restoration. Eagle-eyed viewers might also notice a little oversight on my end when editing the video - I've realized too late that all footage showing the other small cargo truck in Tokyo (also unused) has been unintentionally cut out, because I've set it to spawn too rarely in certain hoods from which footage wasn't used in the video. But worry not, I haven't forgotten about it. Traffic density is another thing on the list left to polish for the first public version of the mod.

Last month a late review build of the game was released, but it did not contain any leftovers regarding these models, so I can assume that they have been cut much earlier in development.

Huge thanks to Automotive Gaming for making the exclusive music for this video!
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