Making more interesting circuits

[kosioBG]

Hi,
i wanted to design a track which would make races more intriguing. So, i came up with this:

Its benefits:
1) Turn 1 shortly after start- a lot of action on L1
2) short pit-lane (leads to end of S1)- enables strategies with more stops
3) 3 DRS zones, for more overtaking
4) turns leading to mistakes

Please tell me what you think!

[kosioBG]

another drawing of it:

[stez90]

you should try and make it as mod for some racing simulators (rfactor and others)

[kosioBG]

you should try and make it as mod for some racing simulators (rfactor and others)

probably but i don't know how

[Sebp]

I say invest a few million/billion bucks, make this safe and tadah! What else do we want?

[seventhsin]

Well for one the tyres wouldn't last a lap
You would need half the population of Germany to man the cameras and staff the event.

On the plus side the would never be a line at the bar!

[seventhsin]

As for kosio...
A trip through pit lane should take longer than driving the track, it shouldn't be a shortcut. Which is what your design seems to be.
3 DRS zones? People are complaining about 2 being too many.

Apart from that if you can fake a H. Tilke signature at the bottom and find a country to build it in I think you're on a winner!

[kosioBG]

As for kosio...
A trip through pit lane should take longer than driving the track, it shouldn't be a shortcut. Which is what your design seems to be.
3 DRS zones? People are complaining about 2 being too many.

Apart from that if you can fake a H. Tilke signature at the bottom and find a country to build it in I think you're on a winner!

well, my idea was to make a pit-lane + pit-stop time say 15 seconds slower than if you don't stop, so that strategies can be opened up. and as for the drs zones, one could easily be removed.

[stez90]

probably but i don't know how

check bob's track builder... it has also a time-limited demo version..

[kosioBG]

yes, it looks promising. do you know of any track builder for f1challenege? i have it installd, and btb works only for rFactor. if i don't find one though i'll download rF and try it out.

[turbof1]

I like it. Perhaps the penultimate corner should be a little less sharp so that drivers can take it full throttle, and for added sensation let it go downhill. Like a reversed eau rouge so to speak.

[kosioBG]

I like it. Perhaps the penultimate corner should be a little less sharp so that drivers can take it full throttle, and for added sensation let it go downhill. Like a reversed eau rouge so to speak.

thanks! Do you know how i can make it for f1c?

[notsofast]

I wonder if it's possible to design circuits with multiple racing lines. Without using banked corners. I suppose one possibility is what was mentioned in the Thailand thread, namely allowing cars to go both ways around a roundabout. In other words, when building a chicane, also build a mirror image of it, and allow drivers to choose the left or right chicane. Any other ideas?

[turbof1]

I like it. Perhaps the penultimate corner should be a little less sharp so that drivers can take it full throttle, and for added sensation let it go downhill. Like a reversed eau rouge so to speak.

thanks! Do you know how i can make it for f1c?

Nope sorry. I only can create such things in my mind :p.

@notsofast: I have a similar idea for quite a long time: a circuit where you had the track split up at a point in 2 roads which are ulimately equally fast to cover back to the converging point. E.g. The choice between taking an early hairpin or a late banker. It is just dreaming I know, but how awesome wouldn't it be drivers fighting eachother through literal use of the track?

[stez90]

just like motocross.. flat apex of the hairpin or banked external line..