Circuit of The Americas today announced that it has been declared ready to host the 2012 F1 United States GP by Charlie Whiting, who directs racing, safety and technical matters for the FIA. Whiting visited the Central Texas racing circuit as part of a scheduled pre-race inspection and approved the circuit for “Grade 1” status, hence appropriate to host an F1 race.
Verily. The elevation looks COMPLETELY wrong in all the F1 2012 videos or pictures I've seen.Nando wrote:People got to stop taking home made physics made by some sweaty bloke in a basement and a converted track from a joke of a company and try to apply that to reality....
Depends on how you look at it. I would say a series with a base in Germany but in reality a European series.WhiteBlue wrote:DTM is unrealistic. It is a German national series. To me it looks already like a pretty good racing calendar. I think the venture is progressing very nicely. A shame that the inventor is not on board any more but otherwise very nice.
Simraceway have released their version a couple of days ago. I believe they laserscan.thearmofbarlow wrote:Verily. The elevation looks COMPLETELY wrong in all the F1 2012 videos or pictures I've seen.Nando wrote:People got to stop taking home made physics made by some sweaty bloke in a basement and a converted track from a joke of a company and try to apply that to reality....
I'm hoping beyond hope that someone wants us to build CotA so I can see what the track is really like. LIDAR scanning FTW.
And DTM has expressed great interest in racing in the US.Nando wrote:Depends on how you look at it. I would say a series with a base in Germany but in reality a European series.WhiteBlue wrote:DTM is unrealistic. It is a German national series. To me it looks already like a pretty good racing calendar. I think the venture is progressing very nicely. A shame that the inventor is not on board any more but otherwise very nice.
Brands Hatch, Red Bull Ring, Zandvoort, Valencia are not in Germany.
Not to mention the drivers that come from all angles of the world.
I do some work for rFactor Pro, so we might end up building it as well.Nando wrote: Simraceway have released their version a couple of days ago. I believe they laserscan.
then you will probably see versions in Assetto Corsa and iRacing when the infrastructure is completely finished.
Depends on if any of the teams that contract us feel the need. It's some cool and unique architecture so would be quite fun.A couple of quick answers so as not to derail.Nando wrote: Is it true you have a laserscanned version of the Green Hell?
It´s too bad PRO isn´t a commercial product as i think simracers would benefit greatly from your library of laserscanned F1 tracks.
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Oh dear. All appears not to be well at COTA. Garages haven't been built to spec and are far too small. Teams meeting Charlie to discuss.
- Possible garage issuesWill Buxton @willbuxton
Health and safety won't allow them to work in the garages. Bernie won't allow them to work under tarpaulin. One royal screw up brewing.
Since wednesday?Maybe these are why no photos are being allowed any longer inside COTA.
Agree re: the garages. It is definitely bizarre & I hope it's all just a big misunderstanding. Tunnel flooding...who knows? Could be temporary as you say. Hope so! The RV pads were too low. Lower than the circuit. According to various sources someone sitting inside their RV would not be able to see the cars beyond the armco.Pup wrote:Sounds a bit bizarre. Tilke was the architect for the pit building, and one can only assume that he knows how big the garages need to be. And if there's a code problem dealing with the size of the garages, then it's something that would have been tagged in plans review.
And Buxton is sort of known for popping off before he really knows anything about anything.
It's not unusual to get flooding even at this stage of construction, since drains get silted up and have to be cleaned out. Worst case is that the civil engineer made a mistake in his calculations, but even that could be dealt with in the time left. Could even be related to the RV pads - i.e., they could be raising them in order to channel that water elsewhere.
Since wednesday?Maybe these are why no photos are being allowed any longer inside COTA.
