Hey my dudes, I've been meaning to get into 3D modeling.
As for my credentials, I've used SketchUp tons of times and can more or less handle myself in solidworks if it's a very easy task and I set no time limit, which says a lot about my 3D skills.
As for the purpose of creating these models, I want to model cars that I personally find interesting to use as mods, but which aren't represented in commercial games, which throws converting models out of the window.
What software would you recommend that I learn with which methods (books, videos) and what file format should I use to make it as mod friendly as possible, at first a solid slab should be fine for some games but I'd like to move on to functioning hoods/doors at some time in the future.
I guess the games I want to mod are relevant but not too important as the model can be modified to suit its needs I guess.
My end goal would be to get them into BeamNG which is way up there so I'd likely start with games that don't have destructible cars or moving parts other than the wheels/suspension