Hello all, finally decided to get a thread started for my map in progress Horsepower Island (Name is NOT final). This map will be focused on racing and friendly competition. It will feature: 4-Lane Dragway A Short Course Off-Road Racing track designed like a real one Buggy crawling area where the buggy's will be able to show off their power and toughness. I'm also debating on making the unfinished road around the map a rally type of course. Nothing is final as of yet, except for the position of the drag strip (can make longer if needed, maybe try to make it an actual mile, and have 1/8th, 1/4 1/2 mile markers for different events) and the terrain. That big orange eye sore is just a mockup building so i can get a feel for the layout of said drag strip. Things I plan on adding as well will be; Bridge to the Island (not the small island) Ramps/Jumps etc. to mess around on (Lake jump?) A timer and scoreboard/billboard that will show the times of cars for the various tracks. (If possible) Way more detail will go into the areas once i get everything layed out and organize what I am going to be doing. I cant remember everything right now, I just needed a place to get suggestions and idea/tips and all that. Constructive criticism is much appreciated. I also just started using the editor about 4 days ago, so I'm still learning things and plan on devoting a lot of time to make this map as good as i can. Also learning as much i can with this awesome editor I find its great to work with and easy to understand and learn. Looking forward to making a map that hopefully a lot of people will be pleased with! P.S. Any vehicle creators willing to make dragster? Update: August 26 2013. As per my other thread i will be adding a few Short-course off road tracks into the map. And a few, yes 3. First will be Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park, second and third will be Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Wild West Motorsports Park. I will start on them a.s.a.p and hopefully have the basic layouts and a few minor details within a week. If everything goes as planned. Stay tuned!
Sounds great. Also, while I'm not usually a fan of the sort of monster truck and F1 car type requests that a lot of the people make on here, a dragster does seem like a nice idea to me for some reason..
Thanks, itll come along with time. Im not rushing myself or else it wouldnt be good at all. About the dragsters, imagine the possibilities of customization for bodies, engines, spoilers, turbos, etc. imagine a 2000hp car ripping down a strip. That is of course when some 'slicks' are made and maybe some sort or more traction surface to help keep it in their lanes, parachute to help slow it down ?. Im in no rush to get these things, im patient with game and its developement (first for me being patient with developing games). So hopefully itll be thought of and the potential can be seen. That is one of the reason im making a drag strip, so maybe some different ideas will get going to broaden the playerbase and other things.
I think it would be a lot easier to just lower and make custom rear tires/engines for current cars. (3000BHP box truck anyone?)
Alot easier yes, but itd better to have realistic output cars that have the aerodynamics to help and make it work with the speed and realness of bending frames and wrecking driveshafts. If those are even incorporated.
I dunno if it's just me, but that dragstrip seems QUITE a bit short. Map looks pretty cool otherwise.
Its not just you, thanks for the second opinion. I go down it everyday and i find there is barely anytime to hit the brakes. So you can count on it being longer in the future, there is tons of room and I wasn't planning on keeping that trail in the same spot anyhow. (I was thinking a cave underneath the strip, there is some doubt i have about that happening, but well see. Thanks a lot for the post! Much appreciated P.S. If a mod/admin could put the WIP on this thatd be great, I clicked the option when i made the thread idk what happened to it being there. Maybe when i edited it?
Just include (WIP) in the title? I like the ideas you have for this and hope you are able to iron them out. A cave you say? Hey, is that a cave over there, I bet I can fit it all in If I ease it in slowly. Off topic, thinking about driveshafts breaking with violent aftermath of broken parts ensuing. I'd love to be able to detonate engines in game and watch pistons and cranks punch holes through wheel wells and hoods.
, fixed. and yeah that would be awesome to catch a slowmo of a piston shooting off like a rocket through the hood, or things like that. And for the map, im going to be doing some more work soon ive just been a bit busy lately. So yeah more progress to be coming, and updates aswell. I might also do a poll to let the community decide what track i should incorporate into the map, (Glenn halen raceway, lake elsinore motorsports, las vegas motor speedway, miller motorsports park, wild horse motor sports park and wild west motor sports park.) Those are all Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series tracks for this years season. So i will incorporate any one of them, maybe two? Idk well see. http://www.lucasoiloffroad.com/tracks
Ok so I vote Wild Horse. Maybe you should name the map after whichever track you choose. You were looking to rename it right?
The thread with the poll is here if you want to put it in there . And yeah that could be an option. Well see how everything turns out.
