Project Tilke Designs

[Rhys Gardiner]

Read all!!!

If you're registered at pureofftopic.com, go to the pureofftopic forum and vote for the best redesign of Spa! Whose is it: Mine, or Resi's? :smile-big:

LINK HERE: http://www.pureofftopic.com/pureofftopic/309-project-tilke-challenge-poll-1-spa.html

 

[Brian Duddy]

So it looks like redesigning Spa is the "in" thing right now... well, here's my attempt... I tried to keep the (many) fun and classic parts of the current track, while redesigning the boring ones :wink2:

Notes:
-Everything from the start line down to Les Combes is unchanged, but I replaced the (honestly boring) turns there with a hairpin, which should be great for repassing the cars that got you down the straight >_>
-To make up for the lost speed at the hairpin, I straightened out the turns leading to Pouhon (the big, left-hand sweeper) which should keep it as a fast, exciting turn
-I always found the right, left, right sequence before Stavelot a little boring, so I turned them into some esses and Stavelot into a hairpin (like it originally was!)
-The "bus stop" chicane is earlier to provide more speed into La Source (more passing, yay!) and because it's not really necessary to have chicanes right before pit in anymore

How do you like this one?

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

That's pretty good. Though, I'll be honest, your definition of "boring" intrigues me. I've always found Les Combes quite an interesting set of turns, where you have to get your line just right (trust me, they're among my fave turns in-game ). And the addition of two new hairpins... I dunno, it just feels very un-Spa-like.

Still, it's an incredibly interesting design. I love the way you've sped up Fagnes (the complex before Stavelot), and I've always felt that the approach to La Source should have been faster. And the Pouhon modification has serious potential, though it would have to involve some flattening of terrain or a hilly section.

It's got the :thumb:s up from me.

 

[Resi Respati]

I can't see the pic...

 

[Brian Duddy]

Resi, it must be the connection you use in the Broadband Limbo thread... I can see it, and clearly so can Rhys

And Rhys, I guess "boring" wouldn't really be the right word... I know that those turns are great, but I was thinking mostly in terms of a spectator/fan. Spa is already, IMO, the most exciting track to watch, but improvements are always possible... and yes, I know the Les Combes hairpin is heresy, but like I said Stavelot was originally a hairpin... of course, it was 70 years ago and in a completely different location... >_>

 

[Resi Respati]

Ah nevermind, can see it now

Nice design, I love it :clap:

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Yikes, sorry I haven't posted in a while... real life's been a real :censored: lately.

Anyway, some redesigns of famous tracks. Two are revisions of ones I've done before:

Monza-


And Indianapolis-


And here's a new track to add to the roster: Portland International Raceway. I modified it so that it would be able to host the Formula 1 US GP if it had to. The track in its current configuration is simply too short, and while it's very flowing, the surroundings have great potential for some interesting corner complexes. (You'll also notice that I used a tiny portion of the old layout too... )

The current layout will still be kept, for history's sake.

 

[Niels Pedersen]

How do you do this? looks awesome!

 

[Resi Respati]

ProjectTilke's new home at the-fastlane.co.uk - here.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

How do you do this? looks awesome!

You just need Google Earth and MS paint. I've said how to do this earlier in the thread... have a look around.

We look forward to seeing your designs.

 

[Resi Respati]

ProjectTilke's new home at the-fastlane.co.uk - here.

 

[Resi Respati]

The official thread of Project Tilke @ the-fastlane.co.uk is up!

>>here<<

 

[Resi Respati]

the-fastlane.co.uk's thread has been merged..

>>here<<

 

[Matthew Gutteridge]

As desiging Spa is the theme at the moment, I've designed a fantasy design of it

Changes from Origional

1) Least important, but that final chicane is ommitted
2) The track cuts to the right before Les Combes, followed by a short, exhillerating straight through the trees, before cutting back, running Bruxells and the second half of Les Combes backwards before going onto a bridge, over the aformentioned straight, though the treetops, coming out at Pohoun and the lap continues

:drool:

 

[Resi Respati]

Don't forget also to put your designs @ the Fastlane forums

>>here<<

 

[Brian Duddy]

Wow, Matthew, that's a great idea, and I'd never have thought of anything like that, ever... of course, it's probably the least practical of all of them (~320 km/h into La Source? Eek!) but who cares? >_>

Now that we've all made Spa versions, we should have some kind of a vote or something... maybe someone with trackmaking skills (not me!) can figure out how to implement them in a sim!

 

[Matthew Gutteridge]

Quite impractical yes, of course it would be difficult to brake for La Source, but it would be great fun watching them try

And wouldn't the tree-top run be exhillerating? :drool:

 

[Matthew Gutteridge]

Resi Respati


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[Rhys Gardiner]

Matthew's = truly epic.

 

[Resi Respati]

Note: also don't forget to put your designs on the Fastlane forums