Track editing help

[Wolf_pd]

With the little time I am left with a full time job, an active involvement in my hockey club, IIRS and social activities I have decided to leave the tracks I was working behind me. Only Edmonton will receive some much needed attention, because OncleTom generously worked on that one for me. After that I will focus on doing layouts only.

Via Pro Cycling Manager (which has a stage editor) I got the links for several programs that help you laying out routes with the help of google and such programs. I found a few links for doing elevation as well which I want to share with you.

www.openrunner.com: this one works for open road only, not for circuits. It gives the best elevation sheets though
www.bikely.com: the elevation graphs is a bit crude, but it works well by using point by point. I managed to do the frontstraight of my Miller Motorsports Park track just by checking of the points in sge and putting those in at the site.
www.mapmyride.com: this one gives an even less viewable elevation graph, but allows to output in .csv (an Microsoft Excel format) as well. Using the same technique as at bikely I was able to get the information up to the centimeter (I used metric system input).

If you want to build your track from an existing road openrunner is the best. However, you will be forced to run the route as the trafficrules allow you (no going against traffic direction for instance).
If choosing between bikely and mapmyride is mapmyride my favorite as you get the .csv output.

I hope this is to any use for track editors.

[Wolf_pd]

From now on I will post created tracks in this thread. Remember, those tracks will have no objects and AI.

I will also from time to time post a part of picture of the layout. The one who guesses the track will get a preview on the next track I am working on.

As of yet, no pic yet, but keep an eye out on this thread.

[Wolf_pd]

Here you go, a little teaser. I know, it's not that easy to find the track, but I'll provide you with a hint as well.

This track was on the F1 schedule.

Start guessing and in the meantime I will iron out some problems and get on working on track number two.

Btw, the colours are off, but those are the colours of the base files I always use when working on trk editing.

[Oli]

Kyalami...?

BTW, happy new year

[Wolf_pd]

Thanks, you too a happy new year.

No, it's not Kyalami. From what I remember that one doesn't have a chicane.

[NashvilleArthur]

Is it Adelaide?

[Wolf_pd]

No, it's more recent.

[kakukri]

Let's try to guess it systematically . There are only 2 tracks I know have a similar chicane: Monaco and Spa. I think both has a slightly different layout, but anyway this one has way too much grass for Monaco , so I guess it is the bus-stop chicane in Spa, definitely not the most recent version, maybe one around 2000.

[Wolf_pd]

Actually, the chicane was not used for the F1 race, but is in the track

I know, it's sneaky.

So it's not Spa.

You should look more to the east.

[kakukri]

OK, it explains why is this chicane so unfamiliar

Now I have to look through the F1 tracks used between 1996-2008 (more recent, than Adelaide). Looking just to tracks more east than Spa, I guess it is only 20-30 possible tracks. I just need to find some time to check all of them. A small help to the others: being a Hungarian I know for sure it is not the Hungaroring.