F1 Rejects Track Designing Competition

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 14 Apr 2014, 02:27

Pastor Maldonado

1. watka
2. More_Blue_Flags

Yuji Ide

1. UgncreativeUsergname
2. peteroli34

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 14 Apr 2014, 10:58

Ronnie Peterson
1. dr-baker
2. watka

Slim Borgudd
1. pi314159
2. UgncreativeUsergname

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 16 Apr 2014, 10:09

Good

pi314159
dr-baker

Not So Good

Watka
More_Blue_Flags

watka · Post by **watka** » 28 Apr 2014, 12:29

Seeing as its been 2 weeks...

Best

=1. dr-baker (10 points)
=1. More_Blue_Flags (10 points)
=1. pi314159 (10 points)
=1. watka (10 points)

Obviously a real mix of preferences! I think its fair to give it to dr-baker seeing as he didn't get any negative votes whereas the rest of us did. Looking forward to your theme dr-baker?

Worst

1. UgncreativeUsergname (16 points)
2. peteroli34 (8 points)
=3. pi314159 (6 points)
=3. watka (6 points)
4. More_Blue_Flags (4 points)

A clear winner (all rejects are winners here!), we voted UU's J-shaped circuit to be as about as appealing as a used J-cloth.

Roll on the next round!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Apr 2014, 12:50

Well, a four-way equal first? Makes me think of... the '69 Eurovision Song Contest! And thanks watka for nominating me as a winner. Only my second win here...

My last one was particularly hard, so this time, it'll be easier, as promised. So the next challenge is based on the following press release, on April Fool's Day 2006:

01/04/2006 - Taking racing to the people wherever they may be is the key to the second series of A1 Grand Prix, starting at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands at the start of October. And so is breaking new ground as the A1GP circus sets its sights on a series of venues that have never been used for motor racing before.

Many of these new venues will require specific regulations to draw the most from the 550bhp racers. For the Venice street race, crew catering will serve only Cornettos. For the hill climb in Tibet, half the field will start the course from the bottom, the other half from the top. For the night race in Lapland, huskies are to be used in place of scooters for moving items around the paddock. Cars will arrive flatpacked for the Ikea Cup race in Narnia, so extra time will be required for their assembly. Sniffer dogs will be used in place of marshals for the race in Baghdad to find any explosives in the cargo. Should any freight issues arise from the event in the Falklands, the event will be moved to Ascension Island. No one with hairy ears will start the races in Middle Earth until their ears have been plucked. Finally, fireproof overalls will be replaced by water wings for the Bikini Atoll extravaganza.

So, remember, A1 Grand Prix takes you places you've never been before.

A1 GRAND PRIX SERIES TWO DATES

29 September-1 October A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
13-15 October Venice street race (this replaces the round at Laguna Seca)
27-29 October Tibetan hill climb
3-5 November Kabul
24-26 December Lapland (night race)
5-7 January Narnia (for the Ikea Cup)
19-21 January A1 Grand Prix of Nations, USA - to be held in Baghdad (or Teheran)
26-28 January Canvey Island
12-14 February The Latvian round - to be held on the Isle of Dog (innit!)
26-28 February Falkland Islands
23-25 March Middle Earth 'the Ring'
6-8 April Bikini Atoll
20-22 April South Central LA (drive-by penalties will be enforced)

Date of release: April 1, 2006, Shanghai, China

Obviously, Zandvoort is a pre-existing circuit, so you can't design that. And for some reason, I doubt that Narnia and Middle Earth can be found on gmaps-pedometer, but Bikini Atoll definitely is. So, design a race track for any of the other rounds that were mentioned, ie:

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13-15 October Venice street race (this replaces the round at Laguna Seca) 
27-29 October Tibetan hill climb 
3-5 November Kabul 
24-26 December Lapland (night race) 
19-21 January A1 Grand Prix of Nations, USA - to be held in Baghdad (or Teheran) 
26-28 January Canvey Island 
12-14 February The Latvian round - to be held on the Isle of Dog (innit!) 
26-28 February Falkland Islands 
6-8 April Bikini Atoll 
20-22 April South Central LA (drive-by penalties will be enforced)

Clarification: the January USA round MUST be in either Baghdad or Tehran. The Latvian round MUST be on the Isle of Dogs. No minimum or maximum distance - just to keep it fair for those choosing the Bikini Atoll!

So, remember, A1 Grand Prix takes you places you've never been before.

Post by **Ataxia** » 28 Apr 2014, 13:09

The Wilko Johnson Canvey Island Grand Prix, including the beautifully named "Smallgains Avenue": http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6286872

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 28 Apr 2014, 14:49

Lapland: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6287033

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 28 Apr 2014, 19:39

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6287469

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 29 Apr 2014, 05:25

dr-baker wrote:So, remember, A1 Grand Prix takes you places you've never been before.

I have actually been to a surprising number of these venues - especially if you count the New Zealand national park where 'The Lord of the Rings' was filmed as a middle-earth substitute.

Anyway, I decided that a potential meeting of minds between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Bernie Ecclestone (with so much in common, especially attitudes to, er, unconventional financial incentives and transactions) was too good an opportunity to pass up, so here's the proposed Kabul A1 GP circuit. At 5.33 km it takes in just about every scenic attraction of downtown Kabul, and as the coalition military effort draws down this year there should be plenty of space for pit lane in the old ISAF headquarters opposite the start/finish line. Just like every road in Afghanistan, resurfacing will be required, but the good news is that there are already plenty of T-walls around the Presidential Palace, embassies and various government departments to line the track.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6287873

watka · Post by **watka** » 02 May 2014, 23:32

This abandoned airstrip in Bikini Atoll is perfect!: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6292030

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 03 May 2014, 01:14

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6292074

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 04 May 2014, 10:53

Had a hard time to come up with anything good.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6293440

watka · Post by **watka** » 15 May 2014, 23:08

Let's get voting!

Ataxia: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6286872
UgncreativeUsergname: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6287033
peteroli34: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6287469
More_Blue_Flags: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6287873
watka: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6292030
go_Rubens: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6292074
Benetton: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6293440

Best:
1. Ataxia
2. UgncreativeUsergname

Not as good:
1. peteroli34
2. go_Rubens

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 19 May 2014, 00:54

We are really comparing apples and oranges on this one, aren't we?

Good

1. watka
2. Ataxia

Perhaps a more limited appeal?

1. Benetton
2. go_Rubens

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 19 May 2014, 21:07

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

1. watka
2. Ataxia

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

1. peteroli34
2. Benetton

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 07 Jul 2014, 13:38

Best
1. Watka
2. Ataxia

Not so best
1. Go rubens
2. Benetton

watka · Post by **watka** » 13 Jul 2014, 23:51

I'm happy to come up with another theme, but there's been a chronic lack of voting recently.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Aug 2014, 19:58

watka wrote:I'm happy to come up with another theme, but there's been a chronic lack of voting recently.

Well, this is nearly dead, so I'm going to declare the results.

Winners

Watka 30
Ataxia 28
Ugncreative 6

Losers

Benetton 26
Peteroli34 20
Go-Rubens 18

So watka, go ahead and set the next challenge. This last one is now in the history books, I reckon.

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 23 Sep 2014, 06:31

I know I'n not Watka, but I'm gonna try and resurrect this thread.
So I'm going to make my own category thing. And Watka can overturn this if he wants

So, the catergory is:

Recreate/butcher your favourite F1 Street Circuits. They don't have to be on the calendar right now, but the circuits you can choose have to have had a World Championship status (or to more simply put it, you can get points from this circuit). And they should have no more than 1km of non-street circuit stuff. And the track must be 3.5km-8km long.
Here is a list of circuits you can use

Adelaide
Albert Park
Boavista
Detroit
Dallas
Long Beach
Singapore
Monsanto
Montjuic
Pedralbes
Pescara (Should be around the Main Straight)
Pheonix
Valencia
Sochi
New Jersey
Baku (Around Azadliq Avenue, as the F1 race will be run around there)

Also, I made my own one, to give a little bit of a heads-up. This will not count towards point scoring.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6445289

Ima give you guys 2 weeks. Good Luck! And may the best (and most rejectful) track win!

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 27 Sep 2014, 15:52

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6449140

The places where usually chicane placed are straightened

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 28 Sep 2014, 00:25

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6449519

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 28 Sep 2014, 01:57

After going through quite a few designs I settled on this one for Sochi: http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=351936

watka · Post by **watka** » 29 Sep 2014, 23:51

Seeing as I've actually been there: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6451210

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 30 Sep 2014, 15:56

As watka seems OK with this and hasn't wanted to submit his own design brief, I shall submit my idea...

Just a shortcut straight from urn 8 to 14, missing out Anderson Bridge. A shorter track, so a shorter race? Nah, it would probably just be more laps instead, but still...

W12 · Post by **W12** » 30 Sep 2014, 16:00

watka wrote:Seeing as I've actually been there: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6451210

Seeing as I've been at a town 75 km from there...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6451649

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 Sep 2014, 17:51

A less long, hopefully less tedious Valencia.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 30 Sep 2014, 19:45

dr-baker wrote:Just a shortcut straight from urn 8 to 14...

Between urns that look like this?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 30 Sep 2014, 20:01

good_Ralf wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Just a shortcut straight from urn 8 to 14...

Between urns that look like this?

Yes! Exactly...

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 05 Oct 2014, 23:02

Entries will need to be submitted by the end of tomorrow. Voting will then start for a week

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 08 Oct 2014, 03:31

Entries are now closed. Here are the circuits you will be voting on:

AxelP800: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6449140 - Singapore
Normal32: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6449519 - Monaco
Simtek: http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=351936 - Sochi
watka: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6451210 - Porto
dr-baker: http://s836.photobucket.com/user/dr-bak ... 8.png.html - Singapore
W12: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6451649 - Porto
Ataxia: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6451743 - Valencia

The week of voting for these tracks begins now.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 08 Oct 2014, 18:14

Good

1. W12
2. watka

Not as good, but still better than Baku

1. Normal32
2. AxelP800

watka · Post by **watka** » 11 Oct 2014, 00:20

Shame that my old sparring partner peteroli hasn't entered!

Likey:
1. Ataxia
2. dr-baker

Not lighty:
1. Normal32
2. AxelP800

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 12 Oct 2014, 01:53

There's just three more days and only two people have voted. Has everyone forgotten about this?

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 12 Oct 2014, 01:58

Simtek wrote:There's just three more days and only two people have voted. Has everyone forgotten about this?

I think so

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 12 Oct 2014, 06:13

TheFlyingCaterham wrote:
Simtek wrote:There's just three more days and only two people have voted. Has everyone forgotten about this?

I think so

Yes I think there should be a break of sometime before the next round or the next round as a new series in a seperate thread.

watka · Post by **watka** » 15 Oct 2014, 00:41

Simtek wrote:There's just three more days and only two people have voted. Has everyone forgotten about this?

This is way I stopped bothering with this thread - could never get anyone to vote!

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 19 Dec 2014, 18:57

Okay, new challenge. This is completely independent of the "chain" we had going. Since no one cares about voting, I'll be the sole judge, and rank everyone. I won't just make a plain list, I'll try to explain why I've put tracks so highly and lowly.

Pointless Grand Prix
Use only existing roads, except going in the middle of a divided road or roundabout is allowed.
At some point, the circuit must be within ten kilometres of an already existing permanent circuit at least three kilometres long.
Don't worry about pit lane, roads being too narrow, escape roads, or any of those buzzkills. Just put some cool corners in!

The two days rule continues to apply.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 19 Dec 2014, 19:09

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6499401
Thruxton

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 19 Dec 2014, 19:57

UgncreativeUsergname wrote: Since no one cares about voting, I'll be the sole judge, and rank everyone.

I was thinking about this thread recently, and I thought that 1 person alone being the judge would be the solution. Maybe the ongoing winner could be the sole judge of the following round?

Anyway, my entry. Maybe call it the Dan Wheldon Commemorative Circuit? (See nearby town for where I got the 'inspiration', despite difference in spelling)

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 19 Dec 2014, 23:40

I tried doing one for the Korean International Circuit, but for some reason it just would not draw a route (North Korean hackers, I suspect). Luckily, I found an even better prospect in the Salzburgring: http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=374482