Coool ... thanx Jarrod, will check this out later
(my poor wife is gonna think I have divorced her the amount of time I have been spending racing, learning photoshop, 3d stuff or prattling on here in RD lately!! :lol
Luckily I do have the same 3DS Max version as you (2009), and think I got the same Brazil Rio 2 [free version] too.
Tutorials would be very well received whenever you get the chance, as I have only recently started spending a bit more time properly learning Ps CS3, doing a bit of skinning, and thinking about rendering and getting more into the 3d stuff.
BTW ... what is the (basic/high level) difference between Maya and 3DS ... a mate of a mate who has been in the industry and ex 3ds guru tells me that Maya is the way of the future - but don't shoot the messenger, I have no clue!
(maybe move this to another thread if its too off topic here)