Kit Car Suspension Study

An old modeling study done around 2020-2021 exploring a non-traditional suspension setup for a concept lightweight kit construction vehicle. Mainly this was just an exercise in creating game ready, proportion accurate suspension components and adding some very basic textures and materials to them within Substance Painter. All screen captures are from within Substance and Maya.

Reference for the external gas chamber on one of the front shocks

Rotor mounting to the wheel hub

Took a short cut on making holes internally since mostly the suspension mount sides would never be seen

Holes on the flat face with some internal cylinders to hide the flat texture mask holes

Holes on the flat face with some internal cylinders to hide the flat texture mask holes on the rear suspension arms too

Platform overview before adding the shock absorber suspension parts

Raw kit frame, axels, hub and arms

decals used on the tread

decals used on most of the suspension mechanical parts, tire side wall, breaking components

The completed wheel assembly including breaking system, rotors, single lug racing wheel

Brake caliper with fluid lines and internal pads

Caliper seated on the rotor

Side view of rotor

Seated inset view of the rotor within the caliper where it makes contact with the pads

wrapping up the front wheel assembly textures

General wheel assembly and its main wheel texture sheet

WIP Tire and rotor texturing

tire/wheel texture sheet just before initial decal and texture detail work

Clean bake of the suspension, frame and underbody aero components

underside view of the front suspension baking result

Baking results for the calipers and rear gas shock components

Baking result of the rotors

WIP of the rear suspension assembly and frame with power house box

WIP of the front suspension assembly and air intake manifold housing space

Overview of the completed suspension and partial frame construction after UVing.

WIP of suspension modeling adjustments to tire fitment

WIP of UVing suspension parts

Initial tire fitment and UVing of the completed suspension and sub frame assemblies

Wrapped up base modeling for the whole suspension setup

WIP of the same clearance and connection to drive train issues for the rear suspension

Top down of the solved front suspension setup

WIP modeling phase, solving drive train to power house connection issues

initial UV layouts of the subframe parts including camber and trailing arm components, hub assemblies

WIP modeling phase, determining clearance issues