Transylvania, Romania A map that takes heavy inspiration from various areas, roads, towns and villages from the Transylvanian region of Romania as well as some other places or countries in the region. I've started this as my first map project back in November 2024 and have put over 500 hours into it since. The map is 4096x4096 in size and features five towns as well as a city and many villages. The map also features custom assets, including buildings and signs. A winter version of the map is also planned in the future. Spoiler: Q&A Q: What's the ETA for the map release? A: I can't give an exact date but the map will likely be good enough for a beta release sometime around late 2025/early 2026. Depends on how much stuff I want to add extra before then. I will inform you on this forum if there's a delay. Q: How realistic/accurate to real life is the map? A: I tried to make a rather realistic depiction of what an area from a random county in the Transylvanian region would look like. However, there were a few instances where I 'sacrificed' realism by making certain areas fictional created with fun in mind perhaps more so than accuracy to real life. I will also try to replace many of the signs and some of the objects with real life versions accurate to the region likely towards the end of development before beta release when I'm polishing the map. Images: Map features and plans: Working Traffic/AI City Four Towns Plenty of Villages/Hamlets 3.25km Race Track Bus Stations Custom Assets Countryside Highway Twisty Mountain Roads Railway and Rail Stations Industrial Areas Various Off-Roading Trails and Dirt Roads Secrets/Easter Eggs Scenarios Spoiler: Important Note Many of the signs, objects and buildings are subject to change! I have just used some assets from the Italy map for now just to give shape to some of the roads/areas. I will be working on changing these with more accurate signs/objects to match the theme (Romania), so please bare with me! A couple have already been replaced with more region accurate signs, which are also, subject to change. Credits: @feway - Utility Poles SketchFab - Free Models Freepik - Free Textures Support: If you like the map and you want to support me you can do so over at https://ko-fi.com/krisztian25035 ! Criticism and suggestions for new additions to the map whilst it's being developed are more than welcomed! Please message this thread or contact me via Discord @krisztian3477 !
Thank you! Thanks. Yeah I've played Taiga and I can see where you would get that vibe but I can assure you the roads are nothing like the ones in Taiga... in this map the roads stick to some safety regulations ahah... Thanks! Yes there will actually be a castle but as of right now I think the plan is for it to be in the background of the map and unaccesable. Here's some more screenshots of the progress:
This looks great! Over three-hundred hours of work...I can definitely see your dedication in the screenshots: everything is polished with extraordinary attention to detail. Keep it up!
Thank you so much! I have updated some of the screenshots on the original post to show more up to date progress! Keep in mind these screenshots (that are also subject to change) still only show about half the areas of the map, meaning, there are many more things I'm still working on that I haven't shown.
[QUOTE Thanks man, still spending time working hard on it [/QUOTE] We have to thank you, for doing all the hard work, all the map makers are keeping this game fresh and interesting, so thank you.
Thank you! Garage to Garage scenarios are planned for sure... as of right now I've only created one scenario but more will be in the works once I get closer to finishing the map! If there are any other suggestions for scenarios I'll be glad to hear them out! Right now I was thinking about a racing championship, some chases, bus routes and the garage to garage stuff
Yes, I forgot to mention rally - I do have some pretty nice dirt roads that can be transformed into rally trials imo...
Small Map Update I've started to work on some road signs. I'm also now changing the temporary road textures and adding some more detail. Here's a closer look at what you should expect the final product to look like once I'm finished with adding the things mentioned!
