Grand Prix Rejects

I unfortunately don't have much time to provide reasoning.

8. tBone
7. dr-baker
6. UgncreativeUsergname
5. AustralianStig
4. Bleu
3. Simtek
2. novitopoli
1. peteroli34

Was there ever any doubt?

Bonkers Track Challenge

So some people claimed that my track design was a bit bonkers but can you make a track thats maybe more.

You have free reign to make a track as crazy as possible just with a few rules

1. Must be on public roads but you can go through things like warehouses and stadiums
2. Must be less then 10K

Just be as mad as you can be

Here is the Disneyland Paris Speedway. I've done this track once before, but going round the roundabouts. Had to cut through the roundabouts this time to keep it under 10 km, but just makes the track faster. Would have done it as a Hidden Mickey if I had a fair bit more distance, but maybe for another time...

The bridges and tunnels of Liège
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6750140

This circuit features a tunnel, an underpass and no less than five separate bridges, as well as an insanely fast layout with long straights leading into numerous overtaking possibilities. The track intersects itself twice and a large proportion of the circuit is extremely narrow.

http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=476862

For my design I have chosen Swindon, home of the Magic Roundabout. For those of you who don't know, the Magic Roundabout is a junction that looks like this:



Yep, one roundabout surrounded by five mini-roundabouts. To make things more confusing, traffic travels clockwise around the mini-roundabouts and anti-clockwise around the larger one.

The adventure begins on Drove Road, just to the south of this nightmare junction. The unfortunate driver then goes onto the roundabout and goes around the bottom left mini-roundabout three times and then completes a circuit of the full roundabout. Then it's onto the bottom right mini-roundabout, going three times around that followed by another circuit of the big roundabout. Same again for the top two mini-roundabouts before finally the driver is released onto a rather long straight with a tricky left-right flick before coming to... another roundabout! One full circuit of this before heading north to, yes, another roundabout. By now I'm sure you understand the protocol for navigating these junctions on this particular circuit.

The driver heads south to the previous roundabout, completing another circuit and then goes east to a mini-roundabout - the only one on the track where the driver doesn't go all the way around - and then two more roundabouts before heading south. Before reaching Drakes Way the driver must make a 180-degree turn by whatever means necessary before completing the track in the opposite direction, the only differences being that he doesn't travel onto the northernmost roundabout and, when returning to the Magic Roundabout, the driver completes a circuit of the full roundabout before completing three circuits of the one mini-roundabout that wasn't traversed the first time around. And finally, after six kilometres of dizzying hell, it's back to the start line.

River Irwell Street Circuit
Ten river crossings, two short dual carriageways, one impossible hairpin.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6750297

The San Francisco Lombard Circuit:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6750292


Our adventure begins in an alley called Russell Street, tight for cars to messup easily. Then it continues onto a straight line until a turn near the Marina Middle School, before another straight that leads to a chicane in the Bay street. Now, this continues to another straight until another hairpin that leads to another straight. This one is far bigger, and leads to a very tight hairpin, keeping drivers on check. Then, it continues until the pinapple of the circuit: the Lombard street. Speaks for itself. Then, it turns onto the narrow Russian Hill for more straight. Another hairpin ensues to the Russell Street. As you can see, its a very high speed circuit, and it kinda reminds me of Monza. But far more bonkers and tight . I do also encourage sattelite view of the circuit turns to see how much tight do some parts get.

Here we come with my attempt, the Athens Street Circuit

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6751540

Corner names (don't discuss me the corner names):

Charisteas Hairpin
Diamandis Esses
Tsipras Chicane
Seitaridis Corner
Varoufakis Corner
Katsouranis Corner
Elytis Corner
Polybius Corner
Stadium Section
Nikolaidis Corner
Eleftheriou 1st Apex
Eleftheriou 2nd Apex
Mitrouglou Corner
Karagounis Corner
Homer Esses
Pierrakos-Mavromichalis Corner
Paparizou Corner

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6751574

A street circuit in Reutlingen, featuring the Spreuerhofstraße (mostly known for being the world's narrowest street).

Pulau Semakau Circuit

Basically, Pulau Semakau is Singapore's landfill. Singapore is going to fill that island up with waste in the area enclosed by the track and turn it into a place for recreation, because that's what Singapore does. Now, though, it's used for a racing circuit, with it's main straight located within the warehouse used for transport of garbage to the island.

It's bonkers fast, only three real hard braking points, two of them being tighter-than-your-nans-panties chicanes. (Please get that mental image out of your head.) The map image may not look like there's anything there around the 4km mark, but the satellite photo shows otherwise, and there is a road surrounding the island, meaning if you mess up, you're either in the Singapore Strait or in a heap of rubbish. Literally.

Its Been a few days so should do the rankings its good to see we have mad people

8. DrBaker - Not much i can really say about it with it just being a circle
7. Simtek- Admire your creativity but i cant get my head around its far to confusing for me to work out
6. AdrianBelmonte- Like the stadium hairpin but the rest of the track seems rather normal
5. Normal32 - I like the Lombard street section and the long straight a bit confused between the 3rd an 4thKM
4 WaffleCat - A fast looking track with the prospect of drivers ending up in the drink. Location though makes it quite plain
3 novitopoli. Defiantly a strange Layout with the track winding around a pretty compact location
2.UgncreativeUsergname 2 tight hairpins and a crossover all roled into a fast track
1.TommyKL Over, Under through itself a few times and a part Avus

Well done to everyone

Reminder, the deadline's about two days away

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Reminder, the deadline's about two days away

Sorry about this, I haven't had much time to think about a challenge. I'll have one by tomorrow, I swear...

And just in time...

Okay, I have no inspiration right now, so I'll base this off of goings-on in my life again. Following my recent job interview for a placement at Williams (fingers crossed...), here's a challenge:

-Your circuit must either go past a current or former Formula One team base or fully encircle one.
-Only public roads except for cutting roundabouts, central reserves, yadda-yadda-yadda
-Circuit should be no longer than 8km.

This track goes past a small filling station in a small town in southeastern France - yes, it's the home of AGS! This was rather frustrating to design as it seems some of the best roads are just a little bit too far to the southeast of Gonfaron. Some of the initial designs ran close to 9 km, so alas, my entry is this 5.9 km version, which is a lot less rally stage-like than some of the original attempts: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6757604

I tried to make it on Formigine, hometown of the allmighty Life Racing Engines F1 team, i don't know where exactly was their "headquarters", but i think it was around this zone

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757609

If not valid, i will make a back-up track soon

AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:I tried to make it on Formigine, hometown of the allmighty Life Racing Engines F1 team, i don't know where exactly was their "headquarters", but i think it was around this zone

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757609

If not valid, i will make a back-up track soon

Unfortunately, I can't find any sources as to where in Formigine Life were actually based, so I'm afraid I can't accept this one.

I decided to use Haas's new base, previously used by Marussia.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757688

I went for a predominantly flowing, overtake-friendly track, with a technical middle sector. The third sector features a fast right-hand sweeper, followed by the best opportunity to overtake at the final corner. The home straight is relatively short, meaning the Haas factory is likely to need to be demolished for the pits, but hey, they still have their North American base!

A track that encircles the base of former reject teams Spyker and Midland...: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757693

dr-baker wrote:A track that encircles the base of former reject teams Spyker and Midland...: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757693

Putting a street circuit next to a perfectly working circuit. That's a new one.

Can we possibly combine the two?

tommykl wrote:

AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:I tried to make it on Formigine, hometown of the allmighty Life Racing Engines F1 team, i don't know where exactly was their "headquarters", but i think it was around this zone

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757609

If not valid, i will make a back-up track soon

Unfortunately, I can't find any sources as to where in Formigine Life were actually based, so I'm afraid I can't accept this one.

Oh, so here's the back-up track around la Caja Mágica, where HRT had their base on 2012

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757858

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Putting a street circuit next to a perfectly working circuit. That's a new one.

It's not new at all! I made a whole challenge about it!

Anyway, here's Red Bull: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757879

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Putting a street circuit next to a perfectly working circuit. That's a new one.

Can we possibly combine the two?

Funnily enough, my first idea was to do something along those lines with Fiorano.

A fast and somewhat old-fashioned circuit around Dinnington, home to the Manor F1 team.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757913

The Autodromo Andrea de Cesaris, around the Autodelta facility (where, amongst other things, the 1970s and 1980s Alfa Romeo F1 cars were built) at Via Enrico Fermi 7, Settimo Milanese

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6758095

Track that encircles Saubers factory

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6758355

By my understanding, this goes around the old Lotus base.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6758490

track that passes through Maranello, home of Ferrari:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6759625

Just a couple of meters away from the Coloni base in Passignano sul Trasimeno (Perugia)

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6760156

So yeah, voting time.

Simtek: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757604
AustralianStig: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757688
dr-baker: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757693
AdrianBelmonte_: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757858
UgncreativeUsergname: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757879
pi314159: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6757913
More_Blue_Flags: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6758095
peteroli34: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6758355
Bleu: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6758490
Normal32: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6759625
novitopoli: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6760156

1. novitopoli
2. peteroli34

My votes:

1. pi314159
2. peteroli34

1. peteroli34
2. pi314159

1. Simtek
2. peteroli34

1. AdrianBelmonte_
2. novitopoli

I thought the last vote came a couple days later than it did....

1. peteroli34 (18)
2. pi314159 (10)
=. novitopoli (10)
4. Simtek (6)
=. AdrianBelmonte_ (6)

Please think of something, peteroli34, or we might have a real problem on our hands.

You Cant Park Here

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was held on a track set in a car park. your challenge is to create a race track entirely located within the confines of a car park

Track must be located inside a car park an not use roads outside of said car park
Track must be between 3 and 4KM long

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com?r=6767381

I have chosen the car storage facility at what was once RAF Upper Heyford. I suppose it's more of an airfield circuit than a car park one, but I think it still counts.

At least i tried

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6767404