Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development

Road, weather, terrain and car wear shaders for Forza Motorsport.

I worked with the wonderful team at Turn 10 Studios from 2016-2022 and helped ship several titles, most notably Forza Motorsport. This is specifically related to some of the technical work I did on car, track, and other workflows. Zhengyu Ye did a great job adding to this work and getting everything polished for shipping after I departed. https://www.artstation.com/zhengyuye

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Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Roads had a dynamic "rubbering" component that would alter the track after cars had completed many laps. This shows a before and after of th — Roads had a dynamic "rubbering" component that would alter the track after cars had completed many laps. This shows a before and after of the effect.

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Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Wet roads from dynamic weather were a big team effort and tweaking the look was an ongoing and iterative process. This shows some road wetne — Wet roads from dynamic weather were a big team effort and tweaking the look was an ongoing and iterative process. This shows some road wetness examples and the road 2blend shader (with expanded wetness function).

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Distant mountain tree shader. It uses cone step mapping to give the impression of a dense forest on the far terrain areas. — Distant mountain tree shader. It uses cone step mapping to give the impression of a dense forest on the far terrain areas.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Track building workflow in Substance Painter. Additional UV channel created to allow for a cohesion (often dirt/grime) mask output that arti — Track building workflow in Substance Painter. Additional UV channel created to allow for a cohesion (often dirt/grime) mask output that artists could adjust in editor.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Photogrammetry examples from reference trip (Laguna Seca) — Photogrammetry examples from reference trip (Laguna Seca)

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: The end result of the corkscrew section of Laguna Seca. This was a huge team effort, but shows how great reference and scanning can deliver — The end result of the corkscrew section of Laguna Seca. This was a huge team effort, but shows how great reference and scanning can deliver accurate results!

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Many team members worked on barriers. This is an example of the end result of the previous photogrammetry example making it to game and the — Many team members worked on barriers. This is an example of the end result of the previous photogrammetry example making it to game and the grounding dirt that I added to the shader.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: The earlier photogrammetry and reference examples helped guide the overall road surface treatment. — The earlier photogrammetry and reference examples helped guide the overall road surface treatment.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: When we moved to Look Development for pit lane settings, we split up the cinematic props and I was responsible for this pit walki-talkie. — When we moved to Look Development for pit lane settings, we split up the cinematic props and I was responsible for this pit walki-talkie.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Part of the pre-production process we used studio lighting to capture car details in a controlled space. — Part of the pre-production process we used studio lighting to capture car details in a controlled space.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Example of final car paint and other materials in the shipped game that was based off of our look dev findings and other engine improvements — Example of final car paint and other materials in the shipped game that was based off of our look dev findings and other engine improvements.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Car paint wear overview - first clean, then adding dirt, then adding scrapes (normally scrapes only appear where car is impacted). — Car paint wear overview - first clean, then adding dirt, then adding scrapes (normally scrapes only appear where car is impacted).

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Close up on dirt and scrape in action. — Close up on dirt and scrape in action.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Car engine bays received an overhaul and used textures from the Substance library. — Car engine bays received an overhaul and used textures from the Substance library.

Forza Motorsport - Technical Art & Look Development: Icons showing the breadth of our Substance Designer library. — Icons showing the breadth of our Substance Designer library.