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The process included rigging a Bugatti 3D model in Blender, building a race track with splines, tuning vehicle performance to match real-world specs, adding HUD elements and camera views, implementing controller support, creating lighting and sound effects, and packaging the game with menus and a loading screen. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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