Formula D test track

[JDragon]

Very cool.

I had been wondering how hard it would be to make custom maps for Formula D.

Any chance you could go in to more detail on how you've done the track part? Like how you determine how many spaces a turn will take and how many stops should be required?

Thanks

JD

[armoredgear7]

Here's an update with the ground textures dropped in & blended. There's a lot left to do; most of the grassy space will be forest and the water texture needs work – I've already found better textures but just have to edit and drop them in.

Any chance you could go in to more detail on how you've done the track part? Like how you determine how many spaces a turn will take and how many stops should be required?

Well, I did it mostly by feel, and I compared corner lengths with the Monaco track from the base game. Most corners in the game are 1-stop, regardless of how sharp they are. Any compound corners seem to be 2-stop (S-curves) and really complex corner series (zig-zags) are 3 stops. I also found it useful to think about converting the dice values into speeds. A 12-space corner with 2 stops means cars will have to move 6 spaces per move, or about 60kph.

I drew the track layout with illustrator and just used the default placing for the track spaces (whatever the pattern brush gave me).

From there I dropped in the red outlines for the start/end of the corners, just going by the shape of the artwork, but the pattern brushes didn't give the right number of spaces for each lane. I expanded the pattern brush style and adjusted the spaces manually.

[armoredgear7]

Updated with trees and redone water. I also added some guardrails around the track edges, and created a graphic for the tunnel that doesn't interfere with the track design too much.

Stuff left to do:
• building & pavement details for the track interior
• grass & smaller rocks on the mountain area
• more detail in wooded areas; bushes maybe
• corner markers (names & lengths)