Tracks Thomson Road Grand Prix - Singapore

NightEye87 · Nov 22, 2016

I tested 0.0.3 yesterday and the flow is so nice

Fat-Alfie · Nov 22, 2016

0.0.4 has trees!!

mantasisg · Nov 22, 2016

I knew that Jungle will be huge. It is a whole different track. Super exciting. It feels like Tarmac rally stage turned into a circuit. I'd like to have some online racing there when it will have a little bit more details. I'm sure it is going to be must have track.

I recommend "old" grip

And XJ13

Ok, there are many other good cars also.

I just have had an idea racing rally cars there. I also guess it should be nice place for drifters. Would it ?

Edit:

I change my mind, optimum is the best. It is even scarier with more grip.

Burke Wells · Nov 22, 2016

mantasisg said:
It is a whole different track. Super exciting.

Man, that's the truth. It really is a whole new environment driving through the new trees & foliage. I'm glad I had a week of driving it without trees as I think that helped me memorize lines & apexes that I can no longer see.

Talk about immersive... I'm pretty sure that I physically ducked down while driving under those branches overhanging the track in a couple of places and I'm not even using VR.

Loving how this is progressing. Keep up the great work!

Sergio Loro · Nov 22, 2016

fantastic work so far! nice to know we are to enjoy this truly hide gem

Proody · Nov 22, 2016

I have often driven the track with Praga.
Unfortunately, I always miss the brake point.
But the track looks great.

aphidgod · Nov 22, 2016

Trees really add a lot... and I'm starting to really see the value in being mindful of the road camber. This is a very interesting track indeed.

Fat-Alfie · Nov 29, 2016

I have started to add a few textures to some of the trackside objects. It's starting to come together

DutchDevil79 · Nov 29, 2016

It really is coming to live yes. Great

Proody · Nov 30, 2016

Oh mg, thats look good.
Make you a chikane in front of the hairpin curve ?
I mean this is in original way.

Fat-Alfie · Nov 30, 2016

Thanks Proody. I did try adding the chicanes at the Circus hairpin, and it worked great for single player practice/hotlap, but the AI drivers didn't handle it very well at all

I think they were removed from 1970 onward anyway, but it wouldn't be a problem to add a second layout once the track is complete; 1961-1969 with Circus chicanes, and 1970-1973 without chicanes

mantasisg · Nov 30, 2016

Yeah, I know it is a bit difficult with chicanes like that and AI. I have ran into same problem with one track, which I have started (my local track). I think it should be possible to make it to work by making chicane as 1Road_xx object, and tarmac around as 1Offtrack_tarmac. But it is difficult.

Fat-Alfie · Nov 30, 2016

Yeah, I tried that too. And while it did seem to stop them crashing, it forced them into single file to avoid the sandbags. To be fair, I haven't tried the chicanes with the AI since I have experimented with hints. It may be possible to add a "Danger" flag, or to discourage braking heavily there.

Honestly though, I think the chicanes spoiled the racing a bit, as they took away the possibility of out-braking into the hairpin (which the AI will try and do at the moment).

I am currently working on a FPS-friendly way to make the trackside foliage appear more dense, really jungle-like.

NightEye87 · Nov 30, 2016

Cut up the foliage into a lot of pieces and LOD them heavily (LOD distance rather than LOD models). But to be honest, I've had a million+ tris on grass alone, always in view, and it did nothing to the fps. So you might get away with simple LODing

LilSki · Nov 30, 2016

Yeah you can treat the under tree foliage as "grass" in that it does not make shadows and is combined into larger objects and performance should be good. You should be able to have a large amount under there and not hurt performance much at all as long as they don't make shadows. Bridgehampton was done this way and it worked out pretty well.