Calling all track designers, show off your work!

prisonermonkeys · Apr 6, 2011

Because THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is filming there, I've made some in Pittsburgh:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405227

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405233

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405242

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405244

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405249

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405262

astrosdude91 · Apr 6, 2011

Lincoln Park in Chicago
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405591

We need more on here from Chicago. Yeah, yeah, go!

Pyle_PMG · Apr 6, 2011

So in this thread do you post made up track ideas using streets from your neighbourhood? If so I'll have a pretty cool picture tommorow.

taggles · Apr 6, 2011

Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh again, my favorite
Philadelphia

The problem with Chicago is that there aren't many twists and turns in it to build much anything that's flowing. This is my most decent effort.

And here's something in my neighborhood, there's really nothing there to make out of it. The only excitement is the change of elevation which I'm guessing is around 100 feet.

prisonermonkeys · Apr 6, 2011

taggles
The problem with Chicago is that there aren't many twists and turns in it to build much anything that's flowing. This is my most decent effort.

What do you mean, no twists and turns?

Beirut, Lebanon

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405584

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405596

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405636

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405691

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405695

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405698

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405702

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405717

White & Nerdy · Apr 6, 2011

If you want to build a race track in a place no one would have ever thought to build one, going to the middle east is no longer enough. Now, you have to go somewhere even less likely to be thought of as a racing area. Like Godthab, Greenland. I know that probably isn't a very good track, but I did the best I could considering the environment. It runs 3.03 miles.

In other news, I'm going to heavily reduce the number of Wasilla tracks I'm doing, and probably make some heavy modifications to the Anchorage project so I can keep the length down and still include elements of all the proposed courses so far.

prisonermonkeys · Apr 6, 2011

There's plenty you can do in Godthab:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405876

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405881

Though they are a bit long and would probably need special roads built ...

White & Nerdy · Apr 6, 2011

Yeah, the first one would require a special bridge. I'm hoping the second one is run on dirt roads, just so I don't have to bother with excessively long combination circuits.

prisonermonkeys · Apr 6, 2011

Some in Sydney, Australia:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405985

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405988

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4405996

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4406012

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4406014

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4406016

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4406019

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4406020

astrosdude91 · Apr 6, 2011

Oi, so we're going down unda, aye!

Brisbane
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4406035

taggles · Apr 6, 2011

interludes
What do you mean, no twists and turns

All I really see in Chicago is just a ton of squared off blocks and a couple of parks on the lakeside. Or at least that's how it looks to me.

But, I'll hand it to you, not that bad of a park course even though it's fairly massive.

prisonermonkeys · Apr 6, 2011

Think of it as the Nurburgring of North America. Or at least Illinois.

White & Nerdy · Apr 6, 2011

OK, I might do one in Palmer later today. Please, interludes, don't try to come up with anything else there.

zedextreme8177 · Apr 6, 2011

Gibraltar Rock
Length= 5.40km/3.36mi
Elevation change=141m/462ft
Corners= 38

I can only imagine the scenery, and how insanely bumpy and undulating the road would be. :ill:

Of course, it wouldn't be practical for anything other than rally cars or V8 SC's :dopey:

White & Nerdy · Apr 7, 2011

Here's one in Palmer:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4408847

Shorter one coming shortly. Palmer is a very small town, and they don't have many good roads. Please, interludes, don't take that as a challenge.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4408878

Shorter version as promised, though the length hasn't been reduced as much as I thought it would be.

taggles · Apr 8, 2011

Australia?

Perth, Australia

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411142

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411150

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411154

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411161

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411179

Brisbane/Gold Coast, Australia

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411225

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411227 (very short and simple)

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411234

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4411244

Are these good?

White & Nerdy · Apr 8, 2011

2.07 miles in Juneau

Oh, and interludes is still prohibited from trying to outdo that :lol:

I wanted to stop doing AK courses and make one in Montevideo, Uruguay of all places, but the Gmap Pedometer just wasn't cooperating.

4.29 miles in Key West, Florida. Hope no one else has done one there yet. Try as I might I couldn't get the length below four miles, though I could probably do it if I'd get rid of the Palm Avenue Causeway section.

prisonermonkeys · Apr 9, 2011

Yerevan, Armenia

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4414318

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4414323

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4414327

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4414331

Mombasa, Kenya

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4414333

Harare, Zimbabwe

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4414339

prisonermonkeys · Apr 11, 2011

Tallinn, Estonia

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420318

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420321

Kaunas, Lithuania

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420335

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420338

Helsinki, Finland

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420343

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420347

Stiggy · Apr 11, 2011

A while ago I stumbled across a game (which sadly also doubles as a Vodafone ad) where you can race on tracks created on Google Maps in Jenson Button's McLaren, however the corners are incorrectly banked and the streets are too wide. Here is the link if anyone is interested.

prisonermonkeys · Apr 11, 2011

Yeah, I know Hometown GP. It was great fun, but it used to cause my computer to shut down. I've got a new one, but I'm not willing to risk it.

taggles · Apr 12, 2011

Nice, France

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4425475

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4425499

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4425514

Athens, Greece

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4425578

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4425584

And I like the idea of that Hometown GP, but it isn't working on my laptop, just loading to 50%...

prisonermonkeys · Apr 13, 2011

This is one that I drew up in Athens ages ago:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426033

It's one of my favourites. I actually got to do a lap of it in Hometown GP, and it was pretty good ... until my laptop shut down.

Some ideas for Nice:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426039

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426051

taggles · Apr 13, 2011

I tend to like the layouts that are more packed tight together than anything. Or, at least if part of it is close together. I don't know why even, it just seems better to me. However, with the power of self criticism at this, I still think mine could use some improvements.

Just for kicks, a collection of small courses in San Francisco:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426117

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426147

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426158

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4426171

And since my actual hometown is kinda too square, I'll decide against posting anything from there.

zedextreme8177 · Apr 13, 2011

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you; the ultimate F1 circuit:

taggles · Apr 13, 2011

zedextreme8177
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you; the ultimate F1 circuit:]

+1

You should find a way to show this to Ecclestone himself...in the meantime, got any specs or a guided lap? :lol:

astrosdude91 · Apr 14, 2011

Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4428984

Because I've been listening to The Naked and Famous.

Reminds me of Monaco.

Tesla · Apr 14, 2011

Anyone for racing in Iran?
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4429035
And I just saw a Google logo next to the track and thought someone had carved it into the ground :lol:

prisonermonkeys · Apr 14, 2011

Hong Kong

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4429025

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4429030

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4429039

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4429044

Skython · Apr 15, 2011

astrosdude91
Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4428984

Because I've been listening to The Naked and Famous.

Reminds me of Monaco.

Gee, I wish that was a real city track that was raced, because then I could get there (only about 20 minutes drive away). But the government won't approve, because in Wellington they're a bunch of pricks like that

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