update, groove works fine, just the mapping i need to work on. its tiling too much so i'll need to stretch it out.
the groove was made with a spline but its not spline mapped, for some reason i cant get max8 to do that.
Max8 doesn't have spline mapping, you will have to use the projection method, it's explained in Appendix A of the rf2 track technology document. http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/1573-Tutorials-Modding-Downloads
I am using the projection method but the tiling still exists following those instructions exactly. Tried it in max8 and max9. May have to get 2009 or 2010 just so i can get this to work.