Calling all track designers, show off your work!

[rendallio]

Rather pleased with this one, even got a few replicas of some famous-ish turns: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5758911

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Salvador, Brazil

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5759118

 

[prisonermonkeys]

One of the best rally stages I've ever created, Albares de la Riberia:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5759976

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Maybe you can give me the parameters you used, I'd love to drive this in GT5! Haha.

Send him a PSN Friend Request; the game will not recreate the same track, given the same parameters. It shouldn't be called "Course creator." Even in game, the word "generate" is used much more often. It generates randomly spewn rubbish, and really only does a good job of rally courses.

Some really great tracks in the offing here folks.

I see a lot of airport tracks - I assume they are at existing/open airports? Having stumbled on this link about the Ciudad Real airport in Spain which has been abandoned since April 2012, surely there is a racetrack to be had in it's confines? 💡

I'm doing some investigating on Google Maps and I'll see what I can come up with. I also had the idea of an airport racetrack with two runways running perpendicular and a custom-built banked turn at one end connecting the two, like superspeedway-high banked like the old Brooklands. Maybe using a combination of custom built parts and existing infrastructure we could create a true racing monster here? And the FIA can stay well clear of it - in fact, I want Herman Tilke to hate it. Because that'll mean I like it



Anyone know of any other good ghost towns/airports that would work for racetracks? Hell, maybe an abandoned railway station?! (imagines...thought bubble emerges) 💡

Airports, in plain words, are entirely simple. The ground's flat, clearly visible, and expansive. However, I recommend the biggest, busiest airports; they're also the most expansive. And space will go quickly if you make a track about 3 or 4 miles long.

Feels good to be back!

The Dutch will have you in court by the end of the week; that's what happens when you almost exactly copy "Zandvoort." The resemblance is just uncanny.

 

[LancerEvo7]

The Dutch will have you in court by the end of the week; that's what happens when you almost exactly copy "Zandvoort." The resemblance is just uncanny.

I see so little Zandvoort (both the current and original tracks) in that, that I think any resemblance is a coincedince.

 

[rendallio]

Pireas, Greece:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5761498

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5761502

 

[glassjaw]

The Dutch will have you in court by the end of the week; that's what happens when you almost exactly copy "Zandvoort." The resemblance is just uncanny.

Haha, I do like Zandvoort very much so I take it as a compliment that you see a resemblance. I often mimic circuits I like in my own designs, without even knowing it. Making something original can be tricky sometimes

In this case though, I don't really see it. The last several corners are kind of similar, especially the final one with its decreasing radius. Aside from that, Zandvoort is a completely different track to me. It's much twister and slower than this one.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I was playing around with the GMaps Pedometer on another forum the other day, and made this one at Adelaide Airport, which I think it great because of its simplicity and its flow:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5777080

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

In this case though, I don't really see it. The last several corners are kind of similar, especially the final one with its decreasing radius. Aside from that, Zandvoort is a completely different track to me. It's much twister and slower than this one.

Yeah. I think Zandvoort, Mid-Ohio and VIR are my favourite "normal" tracks. Normal excludes Nürburgring. So, indeed, it is a compliment. I just see a lot of chicanes, and a general "Sombrero" shape. (albeit quite wobbly/distorted)

 

[Roger the Horse]

Hmm... I think this is a better take on Adelaide Airport

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=5777911

Kinda reminds me of Monza

Also, I fixed Abu Dhabi

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5777926

 

[rendallio]

may as well post this cheeky track in canberra:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5781248

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Also, I fixed Abu Dhabi

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5777926

So did I, Roger.


Get used to my hatred of Abu Dhabi. That last corner is terrible. The whole track was ruined by that last corner.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Pyongyang, Hermann Tilke style:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5786580

 

[rendallio]

Stockholm: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5787096

 

[IceMan PJN]

Pyongyang, Hermann Tilke style:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5786580

Not sure how that is Tulle-style. If it was a Tilke track, it would have forty right angles.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Is it okay to post videos, once I finish with my latest SimBin track mod project?

 

[Roger the Horse]

Can't see why it wouldn't be. It's your track design MrMelancholy15!

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Can't see why it wouldn't be. It's your track design MrMelancholy15!

I read OP, no comment. This weekend, I'll delve into it, and hope to find some way to do elevation change in my Bob's Track Builder Evo.


After that, I'll post WIP videos here and there, and say in advance, excuse the flipping fun driving.

 

[rendallio]

Richmond:- http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5791245

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Seoul, South Korea

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5794399

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5794426

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5794428

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5794432

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Only the last layout looks like fun. Strangely, the others don't have enough corners.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

A few in southern Sydney:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5796488

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5796489

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5796490

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5796492

 

[Fred C]

The last two layouts are the best, the second one is ok, and the first one is too straight for my liking.

So did I, Roger.

The new layout for Abu Dhabi appears to present overtaking opportunities at every corner.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

The last two layouts are the best, the second one is ok, and the first one is too straight for my liking.


The new layout for Abu Dhabi appears to present overtaking opportunities at every corner.

Prisonermonkeys, you know that you do eventually need corners, right? I like the ideas you have for corners, in the seldom occurrence that they're actually there...


As for my Abu Dhabi layout, it is the only reason why I refuse to buy Formula 1 games, or watch Formula 1. It's also a huge hole in the V8 Supercars track roster which should include a twistier version of prisonermonkeys's tracks, and Canadian tracks.


As for the progress on the tracks of my own creation (using GTR2/Bob's Track Builder,) I've got a basic idea, but I haven't added any real elevation change yet. Turns out, elevation change is a fine detail, since the elevation change I've seen so far was something like 300 feet in one corner...



I suck at GTR2.

 

[Fred C]

I decided to build some layouts my home town. The first few are for V8 Supercars.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5797451

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5797456

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5797460

This is a TT track. Warning Long Straights.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5797462

Edit: Scratch those circuits, they're all flooded.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Schwerin, Germany

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5804204

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Edit: Scratch those circuits, they're all flooded.

Darn, I hate it when that happens.

Seriously, hope everything works okay. Canada almost flooded out like that, too. Now, though, it's about to snow for five days... All of the melted snow will become ice. Again. That's the third time, this year, all of the snow has melted and left us with bad ice.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

As for my Abu Dhabi layout, it is the only reason why I refuse to buy Formula 1 games, or watch Formula 1.

Did it occur to you to watch and/or play and just skip that one race?

Although you did miss out on a great race last year.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Did it occur to you to watch and/or play and just skip that one race?

Although you did miss out on a great race last year.

It's a bit of an old post. But, anyways...


The first four corners are okay... But, the long straights, and then the "here, here's my ruler. Use it. Make the track as straight and square as a Cadillac Eldorado" section lacks so much! There's not a single corner that isn't a 90 degree corner. It's a boring track, with too much repetition. And, on top of that, the last corner looks like it was thrown together. Given their budget... I would have fixed that.

P.S., an image, to make you think of how straight/square the Cadillac Eldorado is...

 

[prisonermonkeys]

With Formula 1 testing at Jerez this week, I thought I'd have a go at reprofiling the circuit. This is what I came up with:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5810813

Also made this circuit near Farnborough:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5809569

And this one at Blackbushe Airport:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5810816