Tracks Pacific Coast 1.0

[Phoenix77]

With a track of your length it might be best to do a flat rail and use the texture and normal map to make them look 3D. Nords is setup this way.

Yeah mate that could be a definite possibility... But I wasn't going to put barriers in everywhere... The real road has a surprising lack of barriers in some places where you think there should be some. But I will have to watch how many subdivisions I use vertically... and obviously along the path... enough to get a smoothish curve.
But either way I will make a flat, low poly rail for the collision mesh using the same spline path. Which is a lot easier than the way I was doing it... Also doing an array along the same spline is going to be very useful. I'm just glad to know the name of the object now Knowing my way around in 3DS has been my main issue.

 

[Phoenix77]

That's all the chevrons in (only for the Big Sur layout atm)

Will add chevrons to the North route in the next following update... Probably with some HeliCams...
But it now has warning signs

Just getting the basic track cams in/out point's re-sync'd to the new AI line then will be releasing it...
Hopefully later tonight.

 

[Phoenix77]

I've had to do a bit of trouble shooting.... All because the UI tag "A2B" was coming up with the "race mode not selected on..." message... Weird!
So I've had to use the UI tag "touge"... Anyway A2B sounds a bit boring... touge sounds much better! lol

South cameras working and sync'd... added some North cameras (long overdue)
I haven't spent more hours sync'ing the "Cruise" layouts cameras...
They don't seem to be too far out of sync... Result

Will be uploading shortly... (as I keep saying lol)

EDIT - Just giving the UI a bit of love

 

[Phoenix77]

Phoenix77 updated Pacific Coast with a new update entry:

Improved Textures & Cruise Layouts (etc)

Improved Textures
Added 1st version high resolution FFB mesh
Added Cruise Layouts (AI run at 80% and on the right)
Added roadsigns to North layout
Added Track cameras to North layout
Added Chevrons to South layout (Big Sur)
Changed UI previews
Improved AI for Race layouts
(inc AI hints so a GT1 or 962C should make it)
Enable tree shadows
Re-structured trees in to layers..
(Will add Medium_Far, Far, and distant layers to the next version)
Far improved ocean shaders (will need a few tweaks)...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Phoenix77]

A future "Pursuit" layout... location... Extremely Rough atm... I would say... don't bother going up there as it's really Rrrrrrough... But I'm sure some of you will anyway lol

It's really rough... But the view is quite nice

 

[Phoenix77]

I might have had a few too many Bourbons celebrating releasing this pretty big update... But I'm really appreciative of those that have supported me from the very start... and could see the potential... I really hope you all have some good runs down here Let me know times, which cars...
Someone let me know the quickest a GT3 RS can make it Southbound If you beat 9:39 you easily beat me

 

[blanes]

Bloody amazing mate ! Brilliant job on a very fun to drive strip of black stuff.

 

[Phoenix77]

Thank you very much Fun is what it's all about... Put your shades and tunes on and cruise with the supercars

 

[garyjpaterson]

Cruise with the supercars?

 

[Phoenix77]

Cruise with the supercars?

That's really awesome in a funny but also cool way... Your Transit mod is looking quality
and tbh... it's looking just a little bit out of place racing (or cruising) with with a P1, F40 and an LaFerrari...
I can tell by your mods that you're a Ford man...
Any chance at some point to have a go at modding one of these to your usual high quality?

How cool would a few of these look down here
Really glad you're giving your mods a test run down here mate Hope you're enjoying it

 

[Brandon Wright]

Cruise with the supercars?

Quit teasing us with that sexy thing!

 

[Phoenix77]

I'm really surprised no one on here has noticed a lack of Big Sur signs.....?
I'm just uploading a nano update... 0.699a...
This is what you should have seen...

In future I will use these signs... But more important things to look at...

No one looks at roadsigns I'm guessing? lol

@garyjpaterson must have been too busy looking at his transit gleaming in the California sun

 

[Phoenix77]

Phoenix77 updated Pacific Coast with a new update entry:

Micro update... Southbound roadsigns were missing (My Bad)

Due to when I had a kn5 purge
(I had multiple versions of things I was testing)
There was a typo in the model.ini's
So the Southbound roadsigns were not referenced.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned it so far..
I think that proves that no one on here looks at roadsigns! lol

Really sorry for the annoying omission.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Phoenix77]

This track really likes the helicopter cameras! I could release them separately... But they will look better with all the bushes that will be in the next version.

 

[Leonardo Ratafiá]

 

[Phoenix77]

@Leonardo Ratafiá Cheers mate Another cool video by Alex... The ocean doesn't seem to work in VR though... I will have to look at why that is, but seeing as I don't have VR... That might be tricky!

 

[Brandon Wright]

The ocean doesn't seem to work in VR though... I will have to look at why that is, but seeing as I don't have VR... That might be tricky!

What's not working about it? Looks pretty much the same as it does on my system and I don't use VR.

 

[Phoenix77]

What's not working about it? Looks pretty much the same as it does on my system and I don't use VR.

Ahhh right on Alex's video it seems to look darker towards the horizon...
I thought that might have been how the ocean material / texture translated on to VR.

BTW if any one missed them in the Misc Section @dodz27 made some great extra cams for all layouts If anyone wants them...

http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/pacific-coast-trackcams.14037/

 

[Phoenix77]

So far 198 barrier sections are almost finished (prior to testing)

and... so far 25,000+ bushes... are going in...

 

[Phoenix77]

195 barrier sections... (I mis-counted 198) all working with collision meshes nicely lined up...

If you can't make it now...

You may as well leave it to the AI to drive it for you.