WIP Assen TT-circuit 1954 version

[banger]

looking good

 

[Erwin Greven]

 

[Erwin Greven]

 

[Erwin Greven]

 

[Erwin Greven]

 

[Erwin Greven]

 

[Erwin Greven]

deleted.
TT Assen 1953 WIP version 0.7.8.5

 

[Erwin Greven]

 

[Erwin Greven]

few updates will follow, before the official release

 

[Erwin Greven]

Newly updated track will be uploaded this day.
I chose the wrong lap length..

1952 - 16536 meters
1953 - 16489 meters ( i chose the 16536 meters, which is a mistake)
1954 - 16500 meters
1955 - 7705 meters

 

[Erwin Greven]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/nna7slisk81extt/DeHaar.zip

Circuit van Drenthe TT Assen 1953.
Build by Erwin Greven.

This is the first track of a series of four tracks.

Soon the 1952 and 1954 versions will be released. After that the 1955 track will be build.


INTRODUCTION

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Circuit van Drenthe. 1926 - 1954

+ Unique in many ways: The Dutch TT has always been held on Saturdays.
+ The first purpose build moto track and it has always been on the calender since the start of the FIM championship.

The 10.3 mile road circuit was located just south of Assen ( in a small village known as "De Haar") and used from 1926-1939 and 1946-1954. The race planned for 1940 was of course cancelled for obvious reasons. The length of the course was initially thought to be 17.3 km, but this was corrected to 16.536 km when the circuit was remeasured in 1936. That year and in 1937, the whole circuit was brought to a minimum width of five metres, while the surface was improved over a length of eight to ten kilometres.
In 1953, several sections were then widened to seven metres, and the hairpin known as Bartelsbocht was completely reprofiled. This cut off almost fifty metres from the circuit, bringing the length to 16.489 km.
Further improvements and changes were made for the 1954 season, first of all by widening the section from start and finish to the Jodenbocht. Second, the old course was completely bypassed via a newly-built parallel road between Bartelsbocht and the village of Hooghalen. However, to preserve the famous curves at Oude Tol, two new bends brought the riders onto the old road and then back to the new one here. Likewise, the new road rejoined the old course with a new S-curve just before Hooghalen. Finally, the so-named Kniebocht before start-finish was eased. Geoff Duke lapped the now 16.476 km course in 5.49,4 = 169.8 km/h at that year's Tourist Trophy. Average speeds that high would not be witnessed again on Dutch circuits for over two decades, as the TT moved to a new and better (but slower) circuit in 1955.

http://www.wegcircuits.nl/RennenRacesVitesse.pdf

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FEATURES:

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- Most of the track is paved with tarmac, small parts are still cobble roads.

- Night races are not possible.

- 17 pitstalls. Recommended are 34 cars.

- Fog settings add a bit of realism.

- Up to 200 unique buildings as they were situated along the track in 1953.

CREDITS:

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Thanks for all the tips, help, work and so on!!

- Lee Knight (Blacknight Lee, Bleek) (testing and feedback)

- Kenneth Ylitalo

- Legendsatlunch

- Kris Vickers (i.e. help with x-packer and Google-Earth)

- Woochoo (Longford!!!)

- senna4ever (Sketchup to BTB)

- Rob Semmeling - http://www.wegcircuits.nl/RennenRacesVitesse.pdf

- Drents Archief Assen - http://www.drentsarchief.nl

- Paul Tienkamp from Laaghalerveen. http://laaghalerveen.wordpress.com/11-12/laaghalerveen-1/

- Herman Liesemeijer - http://www.circuitsofthepast.nl



Further all at RaceDepartment forum and facebook.


Packs:

3d People, 60s tents, Bleeks_Longford, Common, Crowds, Default, Ennis_Extras, Ennis_Objects01, Great Britain, Haywood_Club, Kormoran2003_roads, Rural Australia, Utility_Poles.

Also my own packs: ie. Assen 1953pack, Boerderij2 and 4, CircuitvanDrenthe packs 1 - 8, Cobble road 512, Ground and Grass, NewXpack, Roadtextures2.



SPECIAL THANKS:

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Brendon Pywell for Bob`s track buider

ISI for rFactor, the Gmotor2 engine and the MAS-file utility.

Google for Google Earth (kml-file), Sketchup

KNOWN ISSUES:

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- Parts have some fps issues.

I do advice to turn off shadows.


ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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The track is not build for night racing.
Also some mods have difficulties to race here because the track is narrow.

The original track was 5 meters wide, while some parts were 7 meters.

Mods suited for this track: ie. Formula Vee, F21976 and 1978, F1 1966.


VERSION-HISTORY:

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2014 May 4th - Version 1.0.0.0

Conversion only with permission!

Packs are not allowed to be used in any commercial way.
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[Erwin Greven]

A 1952,1954 and 1955 version will follow.