I've seen lots of tracks during those 8-9 years of sim racing. Lots of them were very good. Some were really, really good. But only a few were truly fantastic. I know only few track modders in person (they are harder to find than car guys and girls xD) but one my buddy that I've known now for 2-3 years is bonkers when it comes to attention to details and his obsession in making things look EXACTLY right is scary sometimes. If you keep up like this you will start to remind me of him. Keep on working and work your ass off because if you do that you WON'T be disappointed with how many WOWs you will read around here. I guarantee you that I'm gonna be one of them.
WOW - thank you so much Ronnie for that, it's really nice to hear something as encouraging as this, and I really appreaciate it. A grab of the grass! (for Gui) View attachment 19242 Not easy to get the detail/blending looking that great in 2d - some small sprites would be handy for this perhaps?
I am really enjoying the progress. I couldn't believe how green the place was when I drove by it a few years back.
Yep, lot's of greenery! I'm mainly going off a recent vid I found, featuring an Indycar testing on the track. I'm about 2000 miles away from the circuit living in the UK, so no drive past for me! Another screen grab - the grass edges still needs work to be matched better, but it's getting there. View attachment 19279 Cheers Davidd
Thanks! A real complement. Here's, yep, another screen grab with some new work ... View attachment 19356 Davidd
Getting some nice environment blendings with the inner/outer sections. The Grass blends are placers, as are the trees and loads of other things which I'm dabbling on. View attachment 19404 Cheers Davidd
You know my opinion. Excellent job David. I have the feeling that driving that track when done will immerse the hell out of anyone due to it looking so authentic. It looks like a place that's actually a race track that is used on regular basis.
Thanks chaps - I really appreciate the comments. Some really well observed comments Ronnie - nicely put. Cheers David
Another Road America in-game grab. I've worked a lot on more contrast, something maybe a bit different which I'm after, and which I hope makes for a really nice looking track. View attachment 19446 David
Everyone's a critic, so I'll add my 2 cents worth...Why the heavy darkness inside your white stripes? Paving block separators are missing, too. Edit: you can also see a pavement change at the bottom of the pic. Here's a reference photo View attachment 19447
Impressed with the tarmac texture Very good, but it seems the grass texture is not to scale, needs to be much smaller. Makes the cars look like small die-cast models
Brilliant! - some great observations there chaps, this is really helpfull. I wanted to see how far I could push it regarding the contrast. I can roll things back though. Would be great if this could be moved to the WIP thread, if it's more appropriate. Thanks again Davidd
