Tracks Donington Park Grand Prix Circuit 1938 1.0

[jim lloyd]

The track is great! All of this talk about optimization only really comes into play when you have the big stuff sorted - no sense LODing all the grass if the track isn't right - so if that's what's being discussed I think all is going well.

Thanks man. I just wanted to get it out there. I now have the urge to fix things. Which is what i needed

 

[Topuz]

Maybe you could also disable shadow casting from the power lines, they seem to cast some very weird shadows when driving, like you blinked for a split second.

 

[Ad_Schneider]

Track is a beauty but i am also having low FPS in some areas (33 fps lowest). Specially under the trees.

1440 maxed out, vsync, Gtx 1070, i7-3770, 3,9 mhz, 16g ram.

Unticking full screen helps but not enough.

 

[Billy Pilgrim]

It is an extremely good track. Thank you!

No women in the crowds at all though. Not really bothered, just noticed it.

 

[Enzo Martin]

Very very nice track, thank you!
my system is three years old and then suffers the graphics.

 

[jim lloyd]

It is an extremely good track. Thank you!

No women in the crowds at all though. Not really bothered, just noticed it.

Good point i will rectify this ASAP. Dont want any social justice warrior's trolling me

 

[jim lloyd]

Very very nice track, thank you!
my system is three years old and then suffers the graphics.

I will be optimising more. Just wanted to get it out there and see what feedback was like. I take it you have fps issues under the trees like others?

 

[Pixelchaser]

Good point i will rectify this ASAP. Dont want any social justice warrior's trolling me

It`s cool folks ! I`ve found two lovely lady babes that might be fitting for the time period.

 

[Enzo Martin]

I will be optimising more. Just wanted to get it out there and see what feedback was like. I take it you have fps issues under the trees like others?

No, I have problems with the whole track, thx Jim.

 

[Seven Smiles]

Very very nice track, thank you!
my system is three years old and then suffers the graphics.

Mine is much older but I haven't noticed any problems. [R9 270 graphics card, 3.2 GHz i5 CPU]

AC VERSION: 1.15.1 (x64)
POINTS: 11852
FPS: AVG=80 MIN=35 MAX=109 VARIANCE=8 CPU=91%

LOADING TIME: 65s
GPU: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 200 Series (1680x1050)
OS-Version: 6.2.9200 () 0x300-0x1
CPU CORES: 4
FULLSCREEN: ON
AA:2X AF:8X SHDW:2048 BLUR:0
WORLD DETAIL: 5 SMOKE:3
PP: QLT:3 HDR:1 FXAA:1 GLR:3 DOF:3 RAYS:1 HEAT:1

 

[jim lloyd]

Mine is much older but I haven't noticed any problems. [R9 270 graphics card, 3.2 GHz i5 CPU]

this is interesting, i'm just building up a old system now with some spare pc components. to test

 

[jim lloyd]

No, I have problems with the whole track, thx Jim.

maybe try reducing shadow quality for now, let me know if this has any effect, will help me diagnose

 

[Enzo Martin]

maybe try reducing shadow quality for now, let me know if this has any effect, will help me diagnose

Hello Jim,
I've tested your track again now with the computer just switched on, and I have no problems with the lag I had yesterday, so magically the problem is resolved!

 

[Shaun Clarke]

 

[oneWonders]

Hi,
Nice that you've made good progress, well done!

Some feedback (sorry I couldn't give this before, I didn't see when you released the video).

The track is much, much too wide in quite a few areas, most notably the back straight!
That straight was just a normal road, with corresponding width:

On yours unfortunately it is almost like an airfield runway! This really ruins that section as it makes it flat and you can basically straight-line it out where as in real life it was quite a challenging section.

In real life, the section down to the hairpin was reasonably wide (but still not runway wide) but this was an extension to the circuit and the rest of the back straight was normal width.

The section of from the start through redgate to the gate at the exit of hollywood is too wide too if you compare it to footage / photos.

Regarding the width of the rest of it, it looks reasonable from a casual inspection (i can't tell).

I would expect widths more akin to the GPL version:

(Sorry for the low quality video, it's all i could find on youtube - if you have gpl you can test it yourself to see for comparison).


From the videos i've seen, it looks like you are missing the gate house at Coppice.

Also, you seem to be using haybales everywhere but in the 30s they didn't really use haybales yet, instead they tended to favour sandbags, at least from a lot of footage of different races that i've seen, i've only seen sandbags, not haybales.

Anyway, it's really nice to see someone doing old circuits so please don't take this the wrong way - i'm just trying to help. Seriously take a look at the GPL version for pointers, it really is a decent version. Of course there is the footage / photos I linked you before too.

Thanks for your efforts!

 

[biss424]

Hi amazing work! I was driving around and something was bugging me. Under the trees it look sunny and clear but when i reach open zone i fell like there is a cloud or something, it's darker. Anyone noticed it?

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

This track is a blast to drive and looks amazing. Thank you.

 

[MeMyselfAndI]

FYI
This track has same issue as on Sandevoerde by Sergio Loro
If you load a race weekend you get a cut track penalty directly when the track is loaded.
Not really a issue, as everything seems to work OK when going into pits while racing.
but it should not be like that.....

Anyway I love the track it looks great and has a nice flow. looking forward on updates.

Thanks

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

Here's a couple (terrible) laps using the 250 GTO.
Track is a blast to drive and feels great through the wheel. Looking forward to future improvements and optimizations. Thank you again for your work, love it already.

 

[jim lloyd]

Hi,
Nice that you've made good progress, well done!

Some feedback (sorry I couldn't give this before, I didn't see when you released the video).

The track is much, much too wide in quite a few areas, most notably the back straight!
That straight was just a normal road, with corresponding width:

On yours unfortunately it is almost like an airfield runway! This really ruins that section as it makes it flat and you can basically straight-line it out where as in real life it was quite a challenging section.

In real life, the section down to the hairpin was reasonably wide (but still not runway wide) but this was an extension to the circuit and the rest of the back straight was normal width.

The section of from the start through redgate to the gate at the exit of hollywood is too wide too if you compare it to footage / photos.

Regarding the width of the rest of it, it looks reasonable from a casual inspection (i can't tell).

I would expect widths more akin to the GPL version:

(Sorry for the low quality video, it's all i could find on youtube - if you have gpl you can test it yourself to see for comparison).


From the videos i've seen, it looks like you are missing the gate house at Coppice.

Also, you seem to be using haybales everywhere but in the 30s they didn't really use haybales yet, instead they tended to favour sandbags, at least from a lot of footage of different races that i've seen, i've only seen sandbags, not haybales.

Anyway, it's really nice to see someone doing old circuits so please don't take this the wrong way - i'm just trying to help. Seriously take a look at the GPL version for pointers, it really is a decent version. Of course there is the footage / photos I linked you before too.

Thanks for your efforts!