Hi, I haven't really shared any progress about my track mod at forums,
So here's a W.I.P thread on my Norisring Track Mod.
I've done a lot of changes.. Basically in short, redid crowd, added shadows all around the map, a lot lot more buildings and stuff around track, added Skid marks, starting lights, cameras all around the track at different locations, redid every tree from scratch and fixed all odd lighting on trees (and a lot lot more), layout/collisions still not finished.
And obviously, track is still W.I.P
I still have a few more details to add 
As of now, this is based on the 1977 version.. but im planning on adding versions of later years (which includes more safety fencing, advertisement banners, starting lights etc.)
If you're curious on how this 'Track Mod' works,
It's basically a giant object mod, which acts as the track.
For the collisions, layout editor walls are placed behind the track mod's walls, I have covered the layout walls by increasing the width of my armcos/barriers but in some areas I haven't updated yet since layout is still in the works.
Since track mods are huge and not like car mods, Their LOD (Level of Detail) will disappear. How a LOD works is that the detail of the model decreases the more far away your camera is, so when your car gets away from the "Center" of the track, it disappears. To fix this, Scawen has implemented fixes as test patch (Version 0.7F7 and above) which doesn't apply LOD optimizations to Track Mods (unless you are very far of course)
You can read more about this at : https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/111322
Also, If you're interested, I'll be hosting casual short fun racing with different classes every Saturday at 17:45 UTC / 13:45 EST
More info : https://www.lfs.net/leagues/870
So here's a W.I.P thread on my Norisring Track Mod.
I've done a lot of changes.. Basically in short, redid crowd, added shadows all around the map, a lot lot more buildings and stuff around track, added Skid marks, starting lights, cameras all around the track at different locations, redid every tree from scratch and fixed all odd lighting on trees (and a lot lot more), layout/collisions still not finished.
And obviously, track is still W.I.P
I still have a few more details to add As of now, this is based on the 1977 version.. but im planning on adding versions of later years (which includes more safety fencing, advertisement banners, starting lights etc.)
If you're curious on how this 'Track Mod' works,
It's basically a giant object mod, which acts as the track.
For the collisions, layout editor walls are placed behind the track mod's walls, I have covered the layout walls by increasing the width of my armcos/barriers but in some areas I haven't updated yet since layout is still in the works.
Since track mods are huge and not like car mods, Their LOD (Level of Detail) will disappear. How a LOD works is that the detail of the model decreases the more far away your camera is, so when your car gets away from the "Center" of the track, it disappears. To fix this, Scawen has implemented fixes as test patch (Version 0.7F7 and above) which doesn't apply LOD optimizations to Track Mods (unless you are very far of course)
You can read more about this at : https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/111322
Also, If you're interested, I'll be hosting casual short fun racing with different classes every Saturday at 17:45 UTC / 13:45 EST
More info : https://www.lfs.net/leagues/870
I can't even fully show what I really want to add because of the vertices limit, It would be a lot more easier with the vertices/triangle limit being increased for Track Mod class objects, and Scawen's list of Track Mod implementation ideas could also be brought. Track Mod being the part of layout will be really helpful since right now because I have to sacrifice driver grid for replacement as Track Mod. But since Norisring is a track without a big grid, that's fine.
) unless you obviously put walls around the LOD3 of course.
