Atticus' Workthread - [RE-RELEASED] Updated Road Atlanta (1997) Beta - All Links on p. 1
Posted by Atticus.
Layout without stadium section?
Its possible?
Yes, fictional layout without stadium! And then the section with Westkurve, driven in both directions possible! PLEASE! MAKE THIS DREAM COME TRUE! 
Here it is as promised. (Hah, I was finally able to keep a deadline, haha 
- more or less.)
Predictably, I wasn't able to finish the job on the kerbs in time so a 1.1 update is now likely some time in the future. It could be labelled a 1.01 as it's such a small detail.
DOWNLOAD LINK: [www.mediafire.com]
Preview video is on the previous page.
As I've said, this is a naked .dat - you just replace the original with it and you can play with the same .wad.
Besides opening up the chicanes, I included a new CC-line and new track cameras. Both of them use the latest best practice where possible. (2016 for the Stadium section, 2001 otherwise, except for the Ostkurve where it's 1981 obviously.) To avoid messing up the .bin files in the Stadium section by cutting the track three times before, I actually inserted a couple of extra sectors on a relatively flat part of the last straight half the usual distance away from each other. It looks strange in the Builder, but it does not affect gameplay at all, 0%.
So... Nordkurve is obviously the most important corner on the track as it leads onto the longest, now a whooping 2.8km long straight. Ostkurve is almost as important and is a lot trickier. No need for brakes, just a lift, but it's crucial where you reapply the throttle - too early and you run out of room but because of the increasing radius of the exit, you'll only notice your mistake much later on. It's like an Österreichring corner had been carbon copied here. Here you either have an off at 340kph (I could NEVER avoid damage in this case, no matter how silky smooth I tried to navigate the gravel trap) or lift off which will ruin your speed down the second longest, but still a monster 2.0km long straight. In the Stadium, it's a more rounded line in the banked corner and it's less likely that you run wide at the penultimate turn than it was with the pesky strange original CC-line. (But you can still easily overshot the last corner due to that strange GP4 'rail' behaviour.)
Have fun, guys.
P. S.: @Meteoro405 @TGF1DRIVER It's possible, but I'm unlikely to do it - I have a very tight schedule with all these things, GP4 and non-GP4. Was it used at all? (Unlikely, after the dragstrip was built, but might have been before that.)
My workthread - [www.grandprixgames.org]
Full of classic F1/non-F1 track layouts
My blog about F1 performance analysis - [thef1formbook.wordpress.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2016 12:27PM by Atticus..
- more or less.)Predictably, I wasn't able to finish the job on the kerbs in time so a 1.1 update is now likely some time in the future. It could be labelled a 1.01 as it's such a small detail.
DOWNLOAD LINK: [www.mediafire.com]
Preview video is on the previous page.
As I've said, this is a naked .dat - you just replace the original with it and you can play with the same .wad.
Besides opening up the chicanes, I included a new CC-line and new track cameras. Both of them use the latest best practice where possible. (2016 for the Stadium section, 2001 otherwise, except for the Ostkurve where it's 1981 obviously.) To avoid messing up the .bin files in the Stadium section by cutting the track three times before, I actually inserted a couple of extra sectors on a relatively flat part of the last straight half the usual distance away from each other. It looks strange in the Builder, but it does not affect gameplay at all, 0%.
So... Nordkurve is obviously the most important corner on the track as it leads onto the longest, now a whooping 2.8km long straight. Ostkurve is almost as important and is a lot trickier. No need for brakes, just a lift, but it's crucial where you reapply the throttle - too early and you run out of room but because of the increasing radius of the exit, you'll only notice your mistake much later on. It's like an Österreichring corner had been carbon copied here. Here you either have an off at 340kph (I could NEVER avoid damage in this case, no matter how silky smooth I tried to navigate the gravel trap) or lift off which will ruin your speed down the second longest, but still a monster 2.0km long straight. In the Stadium, it's a more rounded line in the banked corner and it's less likely that you run wide at the penultimate turn than it was with the pesky strange original CC-line. (But you can still easily overshot the last corner due to that strange GP4 'rail' behaviour.)
Have fun, guys.
P. S.: @Meteoro405 @TGF1DRIVER It's possible, but I'm unlikely to do it - I have a very tight schedule with all these things, GP4 and non-GP4. Was it used at all? (Unlikely, after the dragstrip was built, but might have been before that.)
My workthread - [www.grandprixgames.org]
Full of classic F1/non-F1 track layouts
My blog about F1 performance analysis - [thef1formbook.wordpress.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2016 12:27PM by Atticus..
thank you very much 
Thanks a lot, Atticus!
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It’s release day, folks! (Tl;dr: download links on p. 1 and at the bottom of this post.)
IndyCar drivers talk about how they’ve “never been to a track like this” which is so fast and, with the “amazing G-forces,” so physically demanding and how it is a massive commitment track in that there’s a lot of time and space passing between committing to a certain cornering speed and cornering arc and getting to know if it actually works or not. Also there's a lot of time spent mid-corner on the edge. (Much like the old Osterreichring.) But what I like the most about The Glen in GP4 (especially on the Boot layout) is how the elevation changes play with you.
Elevation changes play tricks on you because literally every corner is affected by massive compressions (also due to the significant banking) which changes your perception of how late you can be on the brakes, even on downhill areas like in the Ninety and into Turn 6. It feels like you can be unbelievably brave into the corners, and sometimes out of them too.
The old Cup course is a bit different, it’s even faster with the shortcut between the Carousel and penultimate turn, even more slipstreaming, but it does make that second-to-last corner a proper turn, not just a flat-out kink like on the Boot layout. (Due to the higher entry speeds.)
It is also entirely new for GP4, so have massive fun with it. You can now recreate finishes like this, only in open-wheelers. (Even the bump when you land at the end of the Carousel exit kerb is there.)
[youtu.be]
The main difference between this 2011 version and the current actual track is probably the limited asphalt run-off on the exit of the Ninety. You can still run wide in GP4 if you want to, but you must hurry back onto the circuit very soon to avoid running out of space and onto the grass midway down towards the Esses. This tarmac was extended in 2012. Also, it is the old pavement, offering somewhat less grip (although it’s hard to imagine there could be any more than what you’ll have) and of course, it does not have those hideous red-and-orange kerb colours we can see nowadays.
No Bus Stop chicane, of course, though while it’s so fast that it’s fun, I think it’s even more fun plunging down the abrupt slope change into the Carousel full throttle and bleeding off as little speed as you dare as you press hard into the corner.
“It’s an iconic old-school circuit that we don’t get to see too many of these days,” after all.
DOWNLOAD LINKS: [www.mediafire.com] (Classic Boot) and [www.mediafire.com] (Classic)
Have fun – and you can watch how the IndyCar pros fare this evening at 8pm CET (7pm GMT).
P. S.: Previews above.
My workthread - [www.grandprixgames.org]
Full of classic F1/non-F1 track layouts
My blog about F1 performance analysis - [thef1formbook.wordpress.com]
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2016 11:18AM by Atticus..
IndyCar drivers talk about how they’ve “never been to a track like this” which is so fast and, with the “amazing G-forces,” so physically demanding and how it is a massive commitment track in that there’s a lot of time and space passing between committing to a certain cornering speed and cornering arc and getting to know if it actually works or not. Also there's a lot of time spent mid-corner on the edge. (Much like the old Osterreichring.) But what I like the most about The Glen in GP4 (especially on the Boot layout) is how the elevation changes play with you.
Elevation changes play tricks on you because literally every corner is affected by massive compressions (also due to the significant banking) which changes your perception of how late you can be on the brakes, even on downhill areas like in the Ninety and into Turn 6. It feels like you can be unbelievably brave into the corners, and sometimes out of them too.
The old Cup course is a bit different, it’s even faster with the shortcut between the Carousel and penultimate turn, even more slipstreaming, but it does make that second-to-last corner a proper turn, not just a flat-out kink like on the Boot layout. (Due to the higher entry speeds.)
It is also entirely new for GP4, so have massive fun with it. You can now recreate finishes like this, only in open-wheelers. (Even the bump when you land at the end of the Carousel exit kerb is there.)
[youtu.be]
The main difference between this 2011 version and the current actual track is probably the limited asphalt run-off on the exit of the Ninety. You can still run wide in GP4 if you want to, but you must hurry back onto the circuit very soon to avoid running out of space and onto the grass midway down towards the Esses. This tarmac was extended in 2012. Also, it is the old pavement, offering somewhat less grip (although it’s hard to imagine there could be any more than what you’ll have) and of course, it does not have those hideous red-and-orange kerb colours we can see nowadays.
No Bus Stop chicane, of course, though while it’s so fast that it’s fun, I think it’s even more fun plunging down the abrupt slope change into the Carousel full throttle and bleeding off as little speed as you dare as you press hard into the corner.
“It’s an iconic old-school circuit that we don’t get to see too many of these days,” after all.
DOWNLOAD LINKS: [www.mediafire.com] (Classic Boot) and [www.mediafire.com] (Classic)
Have fun – and you can watch how the IndyCar pros fare this evening at 8pm CET (7pm GMT).
P. S.: Previews above.
My workthread - [www.grandprixgames.org]
Full of classic F1/non-F1 track layouts
My blog about F1 performance analysis - [thef1formbook.wordpress.com]
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2016 11:18AM by Atticus..
Very impressed with all that work !
Thanks Atticus
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Thanks Atticus
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cl323fcwf2i61/GP4_Files';] >>> My Other Tracks for GP4 <<<[/url]
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