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22 Aug 2010, 07:34 (Ref:2748234) | #1 | ||
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Berkshire Park
I'm back with a new track. And yes it is not Pinnacle, but Berkshire Park. Counter clockwise in direction, have not measured but meant to be ~2.5 miles.
Hope you all like it. At some point I might attach the sketchup file. |
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22 Aug 2010, 08:36 (Ref:2748243) | #2 | |
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Osterreichring-esque(try saying that three times fast)
I like it. |
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23 Aug 2010, 05:03 (Ref:2748769) | #3 | |
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Absolute beauty !!
I'm a firm believer in the C concept, AMOF I had an old design somewhere in my vault just like that, I like that track a lot! Last edited by LuiggiSpeed; 23 Aug 2010 at 05:18. |
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23 Aug 2010, 11:09 (Ref:2748880) | #4 | |
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Two great designers designing two great tracks looking like eachother. The track reminds me a bit of the Phakisa Freeway in Welkom because of the fact there's only one real straight. There are no fast turns though and the infield might be a bit too tight. There are plenty of overtaking opportunities though.
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23 Aug 2010, 19:40 (Ref:2749154) | #5 | ||
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xlr8r,
perfect for my taste. Both an eye candy and what I believe to be a great track to race! bio |
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24 Aug 2010, 01:06 (Ref:2749270) | #6 | ||
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Here is the sketchup file if you want to take a closer look or fiddle around with alterations. Thanks for the comments so far, Osterreichringesque is an awesome compliment. That is my favorite track to race on in Grand Prix Legends, wish it were still used for racing today.
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27 Aug 2010, 07:31 (Ref:2750934) | #7 | ||
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xlr8r,
say, may I make it into testable format to do a couple of rounds on it? Although I keep promising to post my lap videos and then always fail to do so, I promise you too, to post it here bio |
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28 Aug 2010, 03:12 (Ref:2751288) | #8 | ||
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Go right ahead Bio. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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28 Aug 2010, 08:02 (Ref:2751324) | #9 | ||
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Kewl.
All i need now is altitude variation info. Or should it be dead flat? bio |
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28 Aug 2010, 14:37 (Ref:2751410) | #10 | ||
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Mostly flat, no steep elevation changes. Maybe exit of turn 1 is uphill through the slight kinks. Then downhill after the turn located at the top of the track down the straight towards the carrousel. Then uphill again after that carrousel turn into the infield section. The first part of the esses that wrap around the paddock should then be slightly downhill. Then flat all the way through to the exit of turn 1 again.
Do what seems right to you, but I intended this track to be great without elevation, so no eau rouge or corkscrew type corners. |
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29 Aug 2010, 16:22 (Ref:2751814) | #11 | ||
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All right.
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2 Sep 2010, 16:51 (Ref:2753713) | #12 | ||
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Finished modelling the track and took my first laps. So.now i can really say: the track is great.
Now i'm trying to master the track as much as i can for the videos. bio |
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2 Sep 2010, 20:54 (Ref:2753804) | #13 | ||
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Awesome, looking forward to the vid.
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3 Sep 2010, 00:10 (Ref:2753888) | #14 | ||
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Kinda stuck with the video conversion... Anyone has a good idea for a (legally) free app that i can use to resize my avi files? VDub doesnt seem to be able to do that one trick...
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As for some pre-release though, I chose a BMW F1 car for a chase cam lap and a Honda Spoon for a cockpit cam lap (the latter one with a game steering wheel). After quite some experimentation this seems to be the best setup.
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3 Sep 2010, 08:54 (Ref:2753971) | #17 | ||
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Might well do!
Thx for the link! bio |
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All right, the videos then.
First, sorry for the very poor quality, seems like the video compression left quite a lot to be desired... Also, there's no sound for the vids, wanted to keep the files as small as possible. Also, I did not have the time to really master the tracks and find the ideal racing line, so the vid laps are far from being perfect - heck, even from really good... The first one is a chase camera view, with Ralf Schumacher's Williams BMW. Steering method is the keyboard's cursor keys, hence the rather hectic and "raw" cornerings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyBqwh_BYPQ The second clip is the driver's first person view, from a Honda idunno model Here I used my pc gaming steering wheel so the steering is much smoother. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqBQKL_o0eE Once again, sorry for the poor quality. bio |
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Hmm... I see the chase cam video is not smooth at all... Dunno why that is... I guess I'll make a better one.
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6 Sep 2010, 13:54 (Ref:2755177) | #20 | |
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From this view the track only looks better though being quite featureless.
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6 Sep 2010, 14:09 (Ref:2755186) | #21 | ||
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Of course, since i wasnt concetrating on the details. I could have, but then it would take months at least.
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Great job Bio, no complaints from me. I think you captured my vision for the track as best as you could. You really nailed the infield section by getting the variable apex corners perfectly. You even had some driving mistakes with those corners in the vids. This ended up being a really cool collaborative effort in designing and building a track.
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7 Sep 2010, 00:33 (Ref:2755452) | #23 | ||
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Well, it wasnt particularly hard dince you gave a good description and provided a well usable map
It was really a fun track to drive. If you install Racer i can mail you the track files so you can drive round too. bio |
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Its really not hard. Blender is a very user friendly tool, and even TrackEd isnt hell If youre really interested, i might write a quick user guide and assemble a software and file pack to start with once i have the time...
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