UgncreativeUsergname wrote:I didn't want to give a reminder since even with the long delays, This Could Be You seemed to be keeping an eye on the thread... but it's well into voting time if anyone cares to.
I'll get to scoring in within the next day; unfortunately the entries for this challenge came in very slowly and by the time there was a decent amount I was (and am still to be honest) inundated with school work, as those in the 18m-Debut Forum may have already noticed. This shouldn't take too long though, i hope...
UPDATE: here are the results from the Lazy Broadcaster Challenge
8. Dexter249. While this layout is near TSN's headquarters and within the distance limit, just about everything else about the layout is problematic at best, with ridiculously long straights leading to 90 degree turns and strange kinks, but the most concerning elements are right next to the studio- as far as I can tell, this circuit will cause a massive pileup as two opposing sections of the course loop back on themselves- in two places! While it [i]may[i] make good television (
), it also means it's not really a proper circuit. (this is of course assuming that the 3km-long straights aren't actually the pitlane, which would be even more concerning...)
7. Gonzalez: This layout, while perfectly acceptable, is a bit on the dull side (even if it has a little bit of a mini-Nordschiefle feel from the aerial view) and repetitive, and there are a few too many 90 degree turns for my liking.
6. Bleu: This is a decent layout, but I've had to dock it slightly as it is somewhat stretching the premise of the challenge- while 4KM from the studio isn't much in TV terms, it also means that Fuji TV is effectively in a completely different part of Tokyo (perhaps I should have quantified this rule in hindsight
)
5. UngcreativeUsergname: The first few corners are pretty good, as are the ones near the end, but too many of the ones in the middle are perpendicular to the next straight, which makes it a little boring. Plus it's on a particularly grim looking industrial estate, which wouldn't help in this regard.
4. AdrianBelmonte: A good entry only prevented from making the podium by being a little generic, and the section by the "Gabana Club" is a little Formula E esque. In fact, this would actually make a very good Formula E circuit if it were shorter.
3. WaffleCat: A good street circuit, with a couple of fast corners to stretch the 2017 cars' legs (well, wheels or something... that idiom really sounds weird if you think about it), and some good semi-hairpins to catch drivers out. It only really suffers from a lack of flow between these corners, plus that slightly iffy kink as it crosses the motorway.
2. Aislabie: It's insane, but unlike Dexter249's entry, it works too! There's a good amount going on on this circuit, perhaps even too much, but it would produce an exciting race for sure. It's a pity about the square section adjacent to the Embassay of Turkey, as it doesn't really fit the circuit and kind of ruins it for me a little.
1. TheFlyingCaterham: The main standout feature of this circuit is how cohesive it is (for a street circuit) over a whole lap- the corners are pretty good on their own, but together they produce a really nice flow that would suit high-downforce 2017 cars, as well as having technical sections to slow things down, one conveniently next to Arena Sports erm... arena, for ease of filming. The picturesque coastal location also does this circuit many favours.
So it's up to TheFlyingCaterham to think up some new challenge for us to use up GMapPedometer's server space with!
