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24 Feb 2015, 15:30 (Ref:3508428)
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This is my track sharing thread. I will post street circuits and permanent tracks. This is my first track: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6542322
The location is in Chicago and goes around Lincoln park. It is 2.8 Kilometers or 1.7 Miles. attachment.php. |
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24 Feb 2015, 16:48 (Ref:3508461)
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Welcome along to My tracks.
Thats a nice first effort but the top section along North Lakeshore Drive, Left onto West Oakdale Avenue and then left again down North Commonwealth Avenue to the Lincoln Park area causes a major Issue. That Block that you run around contains a Hospital with an Emergency Room. Even in the fantasy land of My Tracks, that takes that section of roadway out of bounds |
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24 Feb 2015, 16:57 (Ref:3508464)
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24 Feb 2015, 22:15 (Ref:3508570)
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This is my second track. It is based in Lyon, France. It is 3.9 kilometers or 1.4 miles long and it has 14 turns.
This is the link:http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6542597 |
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26 Feb 2015, 22:09 (Ref:3509417)
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This is my first track made using sketchup. About 1.5 km I would think. It took me around 4 hours to make, but I am going to work harder on my tracks to make them better. So hope you enjoy!
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26 Feb 2015, 22:22 (Ref:3509428)
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well done, many people when they first start really only stick with 2D to begin with, but clearly you've tried for a few walls, the garages and some grandstands.
The more comfortable you get with Sketchup the more you'll realise that little details can make a huge difference, but at the same time it's import not to get caught up in details that only you will see. |
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26 Feb 2015, 22:25 (Ref:3509430)
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I did my best to keep things simple, but keep it so it looks good.
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26 Feb 2015, 23:11 (Ref:3509446)
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A good first effort with sketchup. You have added a lot of basic details that help to make a track more real looking. It takes a bit of practice to workout how to get the best out of sketchup so keep it up. There are lots of options with the various buttons and it takes time to get the best out of them but it is only out of trying them as quite often there are different ways to get the same results.
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27 Feb 2015, 00:27 (Ref:3509476)
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Blaming it on my experience on the driving side of things, but 4 hours just seems too long for such simple work. That's why I don't use it, even though I have it (and an upcoming CAD course where I'll have to use it for God only knows), but my only issues with the circuit itself are the (lack of) run-off in the chicane and the short length.
And kudos for not murdering Sketchup. |
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27 Feb 2015, 00:35 (Ref:3509478)
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As others have said, a good first effort!
I'm going to stick my neck out and say that judging from the track width that this circuit is not 1.5km, maybe closer to 3km? You can use sketchup to accurately measure track length but the main thing is to get the basics down first. |
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27 Feb 2015, 01:11 (Ref:3509482)
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On that note, what is the track width?
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27 Feb 2015, 01:39 (Ref:3509485)
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I don't think it is to scale but when I used the measuring tape thing I saw that is said 469167.50m, soo... yea.
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27 Feb 2015, 03:38 (Ref:3509505)
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27 Feb 2015, 13:59 (Ref:3509669)
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Yea.
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28 Feb 2015, 23:24 (Ref:3510163)
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NEW TRACK! This track is about a 2.7 km long track with an almost 1 km stretch. It has 5 different configurations: GP Short A Short B Moto And Club Circuit
I will post a list of all of the configurations. The ones I put together suck! Last edited by HPmadness; 28 Feb 2015 at 23:26. Reason: Needed to tell them that I am going to post something about the track |
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28 Feb 2015, 23:29 (Ref:3510164)
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Better configuration list!
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28 Feb 2015, 23:30 (Ref:3510165)
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Btw it has the original picture in it.
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1 Mar 2015, 02:56 (Ref:3510206)
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Not bad, but again length. Also, it looks a little too 'disconnected angular corner after disconnected angular corner', but Sochi worked, so, I don't know anymore.
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2 Mar 2015, 13:00 (Ref:3510712)
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I fell the yellow (club?) config has the best flow, although I agree with AoB that it could be improved with a slightly wider variety of corner types. Also, that first sequence of corners looks pretty scary....
Last edited by SKG; 2 Mar 2015 at 13:01. Reason: scary first corner |
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2 Mar 2015, 14:14 (Ref:3510756)
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Elements of Miller Motorsport Park with the left and right hand courses off the main straight.
Take a look at this design from the reverse direction. Top left being an open 120-130 degree corner. In that reverse, only T3 needs opening out a little, the rest flows better. |
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2 Mar 2015, 23:36 (Ref:3510952)
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2 Mar 2015, 23:51 (Ref:3510955)
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sometimes when you design a circuit, you have a clockwise (or anticlockwise) running idea ... this can be a set of blinkers
So once it's done , it's sometimes worth while taking a moment and looking at it, in the opposite direction, I've sometimes discovered that in fact the circuit works better that reverse direction, with just a minor adjustment. |
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3 Mar 2015, 01:43 (Ref:3510969)
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23 Mar 2015, 04:46 (Ref:3518500)
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