Tracks Road Atlanta 2021 - WIP

[Ghoults]

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Not sure if oh no or oh yes moment.

 

[Johnr777]

Oh yes - it works well

Oh no - need to fix the in and out parameters for all cameras, since it has its own AI line

 

[Brandydo]

Excellent work on the track John. Really looking forward to this one.

 

[Leonardo Ratafiá]

Oh yes - it works well

Oh no - need to fix the in and out parameters for all cameras, since it has its own AI line

shhhh don't tell them the short layout will only get one camera set because it will be 1star by the time you release it!

 

[Kyuubeey]

You better add the April of 1997 layout in reverse or I'm not buying nothing.

 

[Johnr777]

Road Atlanta 2021 - Beta 0.8

Enjoy

 

[Emery]

Oh, yes! Definitely enjoying it! Probably the best beta I've yet encountered.

 

[Leonardo Ratafiá]

Road Atlanta 2021 - Beta 0.8

Enjoy

from 0.5 to 0.8 in a day that's a lot of Monster Energy drink!

 

[Johnr777]

from 0.5 to 0.8 in a day that's a lot of Monster Energy drink!

Was told I was too conservative with the version numbers

 

[RobertR1]

This is so nice. Did my first laps there. In a GT3, times should be within .100 or so of the older one based on my initial run. Completely different way of achieve the time however.

Coming down the into esses takes a bit of getting used to It's such a blind drop compared to before! Will certainly need new reference points here. Great job man!

 

[Zeekkai]

This is so nice. Did my first laps there. In a GT3, times should be within .100 or so of the older one based on my initial run. Completely different way of achieve the time however.

Coming down the into esses takes a bit of getting used to It's such a blind drop compared to before! Will certainly need new reference points here. Great job man!

Uhmmm, new references like, real life...? thats the whole point of this new road atlanta...

 

[Ben Keough]

@Johnr777 A few laps in a P1 around sunset in appreciation of your stellar work here: https://streamable.com/1siytl

 

[Johnr777]

@Johnr777 A few laps in a P1 around sunset in appreciation of your stellar work here: https://streamable.com/1siytl

Thanks Ben

 

[SportRotary]

I'm completely blown away by how good this track build is. It might be the best version of RA in all of sim racing. I've done a lot of laps around RA in real life, and this version checks all of the realism boxes almost perfectly. I'm headed back to RA in November for a Time Trial, and no doubt practicing on this version before that event will make me faster.

My only nitpick (and it's pretty minor), is the curbing on the inside of turn 7:

• In V0.8, the grass is at the ~same level as the track, and the curb is a "hump" between the track and grass. This allows you to hook the inside curb too easily and get some extra speed for the back straight.
• In real life, the grass is something like 6" above the track surface, and the curb is more of a gradual step up from the track to grass. This penalizes curb cutting a lot more (trust me, I've tried and failed many times to squeeze some extra speed out by cutting that curb).

I crudely tried to show this in the pictures below:

But, don't let my nitpick detract from how amazing this version is. Even in its current version it's many orders of magnitude better than the previous mods. Hopefully that's helpful feedback!

 

[Kyuubeey]

Not so much about "hooking" the kerb (Sidewall doesn't exist in AC tires) but the car will definitely be straighter through that section. IRL it looks like the roll angle will be worse on the outside wheel and you might also bottom easier if you try to cut it. Maybe significant enough to care about.

 

[Johnr777]

I'm completely blown away by how good this track build is. It might be the best version of RA in all of sim racing. I've done a lot of laps around RA in real life, and this version checks all of the realism boxes almost perfectly. I'm headed back to RA in November for a Time Trial, and no doubt practicing on this version before that event will make me faster.

My only nitpick (and it's pretty minor), is the curbing on the inside of turn 7:

• In V0.8, the grass is at the ~same level as the track, and the curb is a "hump" between the track and grass. This allows you to hook the inside curb too easily and get some extra speed for the back straight.
• In real life, the grass is something like 6" above the track surface, and the curb is more of a gradual step up from the track to grass. This penalizes curb cutting a lot more (trust me, I've tried and failed many times to squeeze some extra speed out by cutting that curb).

I crudely tried to show this in the pictures below:

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But, don't let my nitpick detract from how amazing this version is. Even in its current version it's many orders of magnitude better than the previous mods. Hopefully that's helpful feedback!

Definitely not nitpicking, that’s great feedback! I’ll adjust the inside grass to be more in line with that curb.

 

[Kyuubeey]

By the way, perhaps it is due to my settings, but the pop-in of the dark cracks on the pavement is quite aggressive. Is it due to a design choice (detail texture only) and should I just increase my texture settings? I'm pretty sure I have 16x AF so it's not due to that.

I don't know how it'd look, or even if it's really doable to have them be part of the long-range low detail texture, but it is a bit distracting as-is. Is it an optimization thing or limitation?

 

[Johnr777]

By the way, perhaps it is due to my settings, but the pop-in of the dark cracks on the pavement is quite aggressive. Is it due to a design choice (detail texture only) and should I just increase my texture settings? I'm pretty sure I have 16x AF so it's not due to that.

I don't know how it'd look, or even if it's really doable to have them be part of the long-range low detail texture, but it is a bit distracting as-is. Is it an optimization thing or limitation?

Z-fighting maybe? They are not set to LOD out, maybe I just need to raise them a bit more.

Adding them to the main texture would just be extremely repetitive

 

[Kyuubeey]

Had, I tried to take an image with F8 to show it, but CSP cranks up the settings for the shot and the crack renders further. I wonder if it's some kind of CSP optimization or something, because it just disappears into a wall, no blending or anything. You can clearly see it render in and out, it doesn't become blurry or anything.

 

[cerebralvortex]

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Had, I tried to take an image with F8 to show it, but CSP cranks up the settings for the shot and the crack renders further. I wonder if it's some kind of CSP optimization or something, because it just disappears into a wall, no blending or anything. You can clearly see it render in and out, it doesn't become blurry or anything.

Isn't that the track culling feature that was added to CSP?