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I happened to be goofing off (as usual), looking for ways to spend the small amount of cash I had amassed recently in the UCD. I have a tendency to overlook any car that isn't pre-1990 in there, but for reasons unknown I decided to pause and have a look at the Citroen Xsara VTR.
As it rotated around in the display, something caught me as odd - the steering wheel happens to have some lines on it. I decided to buy it and take a drive to see if it shows up on the track as well. In fact it does.
I did a bit of Google searching to see if there was an interior shot of the real car, and I can't really find anything that has the same steering wheel on it, so I don't know if this is some kind of a fluke, or if it is intentionally modeled this way. It seems odd that it should have the stripes, as this would indicate a texture mapping performed on the interior of the car... which shouldn't make sense for a Standard car.
I've included a couple of pictures to show what I am talking about. I guess I'm just wondering if there is any logical explanation for these stripes on the steering wheel beyond the obvious one (texture, as stated). Why, though, is a mystery to me. Additionally, on the second picture, one can clearly make out the shape of the dashboard, and what appears to be perhaps a vent in the most distant position of the dashboard in the same shot. The sharper-eyed among us may also notice the fact that the rear view mirror is a 3D object within the car as well. The first shot also shows the Rear defrost lines. It's not photo trickery - it stops where the car stops, so I have to figure it's part of the rear window.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this? The car is an '03 model. Perhaps cars modeled for GT4 (which I presume this was) started to have interior modeling done? I wonder how many standards have some form of completed interior.
And please - before someone grumpy shows up in this thread, I am not here to beg for updates to see the interior of standards. I don't expect that they are ready for release (resolution may not be that great, for example). I also don't encourage people to come in here and start making crazy 'I hope...' or 'I wish PD would...' statements in here. I simply find it interesting and wonder if anyone has either noticed the same on other cars, or perhaps has any other explanation for what I see in these pictures.
That said, here's what I saw:
As it rotated around in the display, something caught me as odd - the steering wheel happens to have some lines on it. I decided to buy it and take a drive to see if it shows up on the track as well. In fact it does.
I did a bit of Google searching to see if there was an interior shot of the real car, and I can't really find anything that has the same steering wheel on it, so I don't know if this is some kind of a fluke, or if it is intentionally modeled this way. It seems odd that it should have the stripes, as this would indicate a texture mapping performed on the interior of the car... which shouldn't make sense for a Standard car.
I've included a couple of pictures to show what I am talking about. I guess I'm just wondering if there is any logical explanation for these stripes on the steering wheel beyond the obvious one (texture, as stated). Why, though, is a mystery to me. Additionally, on the second picture, one can clearly make out the shape of the dashboard, and what appears to be perhaps a vent in the most distant position of the dashboard in the same shot. The sharper-eyed among us may also notice the fact that the rear view mirror is a 3D object within the car as well. The first shot also shows the Rear defrost lines. It's not photo trickery - it stops where the car stops, so I have to figure it's part of the rear window.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this? The car is an '03 model. Perhaps cars modeled for GT4 (which I presume this was) started to have interior modeling done? I wonder how many standards have some form of completed interior.
And please - before someone grumpy shows up in this thread, I am not here to beg for updates to see the interior of standards. I don't expect that they are ready for release (resolution may not be that great, for example). I also don't encourage people to come in here and start making crazy 'I hope...' or 'I wish PD would...' statements in here. I simply find it interesting and wonder if anyone has either noticed the same on other cars, or perhaps has any other explanation for what I see in these pictures.
That said, here's what I saw:
