Mattts Tracks

[mattt]

here is the standard run of the mill circuit



The longest circuit length is about 5.5km
The second longest circuit is about 5km
The shortest circuit is anout 3.5km

The start/finish straight is 0.8km long
The back straight is 0.7km long

[bio]

Another very attractive shape you came up with! And it sure looks good!

And I'm proud to steal this from SBF: I'd change the race direction, and for one reason: There's a hairpin at the left end of it and a midspeed sweeper at the right end. The hairpin would be a better overtaking spot - something a track cannot have too much

Otherwise it's fine. Spacious, no runoff problems, easy to place stands and gravel traps...

[mattt]

Here is another track



The oval is 1.5 miles
The infield course is 2.25 miles

I have another infield track and i will post that shortly

There is a small inner paddock and a larger outer paddock that is accessed by a tunnel under the track

[mattt]

here is the alternative version of the infield circuit

the chicane in turn 1 is used for this circuit



This infield course is a little longer at 2.5 miles

[ScotsBrutesFan]

Obvious comment, getting off Banking mid corner (T2) could be tricky, Likewise the penultimate corner in the second version.
Indy with F1 was the exception as it has 4 distinct corners with reduced banking in the "short chutes".

As for the previous circuit, Bio is correct in my view, the direction should be reversed, other than that look a fast and flowing circuit.

[mattt]

My attempt was to flatten the middles of the corners out to be more like rockingham but i failed to do that, and it looked shockingly bad

[mattt]

I have now had a second attempt at this and it is looking pretty good

it will be posted sometime tomorrow

[mattt]

Here is the as promised other oval - a bit of a delay as i forgot about it



The lengths are still 1.5 miles for the oval
and 2.5 miles for the international

Here is my track that i made in about the last 5 minutes although the extras are not the best



This is also approximately 2.6 miles and goes Clockwise the first corner is a banked corner

[bio]

Another very promising one, mattt!

I like it.

bio

[mattt]

I decided ill have a go at a street circuit

This one is in my home village of Coates



The Black bit is the pitlane and runs along a layby
the red is the track
The blue bits are optional pieces of track to shorten it
I dont know the length of the track yet but ill go on google earth later and measure it
There is very little of this track that the track needs to be laid for
But a few bits will need relaying to improve the quality of the surface

The track goes anti-clockwise

This would have very little run off in most places but how many street circuits have loads

[mattt]

The full track length is only 2 km
the others are of length 1.98 km, 1.8 km, 1.7km, 1.3km

[bio]

Seems a tad short to me but otherwise it looks a well raceable one!

[mattt]

i thought it was going to be a bit longer during the design stage

but then again it is in a fairly small village, i might attempt another root involving the next village aswell

[bio]

I always had trouble estimating lenghts while drawing street tracks myself

[mattt]

heres another road track, it run through one village and the edge of another



It goes Clockwise
It is 2.89 Km long
there are huge elevation changes
the left hand side goes up and then down with the change in the middle
the right had side has a similar slope downwards after rising out of the village
there is a slope down into the village

[TilkeWannabe]

I noticed one of your tracks was very similar to Rockingham's infield circuit. Was it Rockingham inspired?

[mattt]

the oval was kind of Rockingham based just adapted slightly

[bio]

This last one is a real eye candy. A perfect venue for drivers of lesser skills. A relatively easy circuit spotted with some much-trickier-than-they-seem corners. A great one.

[TilkeWannabe]

Better not tell anyone who would potentially race on the track that they have lesser skills eh, Bio. But I do know what you mean by lesser skills, which would probably be someone like me, who crashed a go-kart into a tyre wall in the pitlane! LOL LOL LOL LOL!!

BTW Let's not talk about that little incident again. Bit embarrassing, you see.

[mattt]

The entry to the corner at the bottom is down a fairly large slope down into it from the right, it would also be slightly tighter than the line suggests. it would be more of a hairpin

[bio]

TW, crashing onto the tire wall in the pitlane does require some skills! See, not even the F1 drivers can do that

[TilkeWannabe]

Nice to hear that I'm one up on those F1 drivers huh! Although I don't think there are any tyre walls in pitlanes anymore, am I correct? Maybe in the '50S!

[TilkeWannabe]

Almost forgot! Waddya think of the Renault f1 game???

[mattt]

its alright im getting pretty good at the Silverstone down to about 50 seconds a lap

[TilkeWannabe]

Tried any others? IMO, Shanghai's probably the hardest ahead of Monaco