You have to change it up sometimes. Rebuilding ghost tracks accurately is a extremely time consuming process. I want to build something where there is little to no guesswork. Plus I want to learn the process of using data like lidar to build a track. And also I have driven NJMP Lightning a few times and it is a very fun track.
Tracks Riverside International Raceway
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Gallileo Figaro - magnifico!
Oh wow...I'm not very familiar with this New Jersey track. The layout(s) look pretty sweet to me. Do you think that working with LIDAR is going to make the overall building process easier/shorter time for you? Or do you think that because this is your first time working with LIDAR that will wipe away any time gains this first time as you figure out the best way to do things with this new method for you?
I hope that makes sense. I'm sure that in time LIDAR should make the overall process easier or at least less time consuming. It obviously gives you much better accuracy for replicating the circuit. BTW, where is your donation info? Are you not allowed to display that in a signature file on the forums here on RD?
Oh wow...I'm not very familiar with this New Jersey track. The layout(s) look pretty sweet to me. Do you think that working with LIDAR is going to make the overall building process easier/shorter time for you? Or do you think that because this is your first time working with LIDAR that will wipe away any time gains this first time as you figure out the best way to do things with this new method for you?
I hope that makes sense. I'm sure that in time LIDAR should make the overall process easier or at least less time consuming. It obviously gives you much better accuracy for replicating the circuit. BTW, where is your donation info? Are you not allowed to display that in a signature file on the forums here on RD?
Well each track is different depending on what they are. For instance RIR and Bridge are both ghost tracks but RIR overall is taking longer due to the much larger amount of objects and also the lack of any real solid height data so there was much more tweaking and testing required to get the RIR layout as accurate as possible.
NJMP Lightning is a a club track so no big grandstands, pit lane objects, etc. So overall much less intensive from a modeling standpoint. I expect dealing with the lidar to be a bit of a learning curve but I already have the data in blender ready to go. once the track and land is setup the rest is simple basic modeling of a few buildings, paddock trailers and cars, and texturing. The best thing is if I need to find out where something is I can load up google earth and BAM there it is. Or i can actually go there and take my own photos. No searching though 40 year old black and white photos just hoping someone got a shot of the thing you want to model. Then figure out was it there for the year you are trying to represent, where exactly it was located, etc. So you can see how building a ghost track accurately can be very exhausting and time consuming and that is before you even start modeling it. I'm not saying I'm giving up on them but I need to change it up as I said. Plus there are quite a few great tracks that have lidar data like Lime Rock, Sonoma, Thompson Speedway (oval+road course), Road Atlanta, Summit Point, just to name a few.
In the end I think my point is I believe building NJMP Lightning should go very quick overall.
Lilski, my apologies for earlier comments, I think Riverside is outstanding already. I have raced previous versions, but I can really see the character in the circuit now.
NJMP.....give you that one, looking forward to driving your local track. No doubt you will impart your sense of atmosphere into it and we will all become loyal fans overnight!
NJMP.....give you that one, looking forward to driving your local track. No doubt you will impart your sense of atmosphere into it and we will all become loyal fans overnight!
No need to apologize. New version of RIR should be up sometime tomorrow after the car show. Will be busy tonight detailing my car.
Can't wait for the update, it looks stunning.
I'm sure its tomorrow, isn't it? 
It's up. I had a car show to go to today and it just got finished.I'm sure its tomorrow, isn't it?
The Wife and I.
Good stuff Lilski and well done the missus for putting up with you!
Hrmmmm..... do all cars do it?
Well, I've not tested all of them, but yes, I'd say so
Is the line using AlphaBlending?
No it uses fresnel_nm. I might have it set to transparent by accident which might cause a non alpha shader to ignore shadows. Will take a look later tonight. Thanks for the heads up.Well, I've not tested all of them, but yes, I'd say so
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Is the line using AlphaBlending?
As it turns out it's only when the shadow is gone and the system is using the static "shadow". I might have the lines too far above the road as changing transparency to false did nothing. Will have to play with it some more.
As you can see it looks fine with normal shadow.
But zoom out when the real time shadow goes away its an issue.
EDIT: Figured it out. The lines were two large objects. Like from exit T9 all the way to T6 and then T6 to T9. I made the pit lines a separate object and it now works properly. I just need to break the lines into smaller pieces.Thanks again @Rigel for the heads up! Learn something new everyday!
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Any thoughts on this? This came up in the support thread and I decided to try it tonight.
It would be dynamic and basically work opposite of the sand. As sand goes away the rubber bits appear. It's more or less what AMS does.
EDIT: Took it a little further. This is green
Optimum
It would be dynamic and basically work opposite of the sand. As sand goes away the rubber bits appear. It's more or less what AMS does.
EDIT: Took it a little further. This is green
Optimum
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