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NICE IDEA!!!
I like it, alot, looks like a well used racetrack.

Good job man, look forword to it coming out =-)

Hahah, nice idea. Honestly though, I think Fern Bay would look more like a deserted track. But Blackwood could too I guess. The track banners at least wouldn't looks so beat up and grungy probably. What you should try and do is add rain markings on it... like long drip marks that are dirty... Because the UK is quite rainy isn't it?

Otherwise, keep it up, I am sure you could make Blackwood a real shithole of a track when you're done with it!!!

Taavi- nice one

Lots of effort, love the cracking in the road! The ads are good but if I have any constructive criticism to offer, it's maybe that they're a bit too dirty. The 'Welcome to Blackwood' sign though, I love. Here's my reasoning. Ads get replaced from time to time as the sponsors put up money. If Blackwood's being used for racing then the sponsors want their ads to be in some kind of decent shape. I know this isn't always the case in reality, signs can hang around for years, the image almost fading away. But anywhere lots of folk gather regularly, you're more likely to see ads that are more up-to-date, and you also have the fact that billboards are designed to replace one another as they wear. But the 'welcome to Blackwood' sign, that's fantastic. Because there might never be enough money to give it a fresh coat of paint. It actually looks really awesome!

You're welcome to try out my higher res versions of the signs at Blackwood for your retexturing pleasure (in the better signs for Blackwood thread). Those images could serve as a base for you to rough them up a bit (the filth would look better at higher res! hehe)...

Great work!

Yes the Welcome sign is great.

Also to add about "keeping the racetrack in shape".... I am not too sure any racing series would ever allow racing on such a cracked up and broken track

Possibly, if you want to make an old looking track... create cracks in the main tarmac (all over the place), but on the edge, maybe give a sign of cracking, but also overgrowth of grass and dirt, and possibly the lines on the tarmac being worn or unpainted in some areas (think you might have done that).

If you look are REALLY old surfaces, you will also notice that they tend to patch it up with some kind of concrete or something. I think Nuburgring even has several patches (or a lot).

http://www.obra.org/track/images/history/old_track.jpg (bicycle track, but same thing)
But look at this picture... the edge of the track is what I've seen most tracks do... They usually pave a new little edge of concrete to repair such things, all around the track. This isn't just for the curbing in most cases: http://www.motoringpicturelibr ... docs/hi-mpl340001623c.jpg

Also, for some of the metal guardrailings, I would personally paint them a very "classic" mustard yellow with black or white striping. EDIT: Hmmm this springs to mind: here

Maybe even give it classic haybale style walls somewhere: http://www.motoringpicturelibrary.com/docs/371-mplc.jpg

But you get the picture... do what you think is best

Some beatup ad banners and cracks in surface:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zo ... 57594060640242&size=o

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=131265100&size=o (look at the apex of the turn in the middle)

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=129069971&size=l Nurburgring... lots of track stuff look old here (barriers, grafitti... lol wth is that little buggy thing?)

Looks like Bathurst
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=118666262&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=118666051&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=118665879&size=o (maybe try and make some grass overgrowth along the barrier)

Just hoping you get some ideas from this

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=99938200&size=l

looks nice. now it only needs some old IRL advertising like this

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looks nice. now it only needs some old IRL advertising like this

Classic...

Yeh, and you can't miss out on the graffiti. An old run down track would get the skateboarders in on the weekends, spraying up the joint... That's another idea -holes in the fences!

Little buggers

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Classic...

Yeh, and you can't miss out on the graffiti. An old run down track would get the skateboarders in on the weekends, spraying up the joint... That's another idea -holes in the fences!

Little buggers

yeah

another thing... I was trying to remove the old spectators from the
CrowdupATEST dds, but when I save it the black outline becomes visible. help

Maybe there is an alpha file that goes along with that Bo? It is possible you would only need to adjust the alpha, so there is no texture visible I think. Not 100% sure though.

An' tumbleweed, don't forget tumbleweed. An' empty crisps packets an' an'....

If you've got the skills, roughing up the cars could be nice too. Then you could drive around on crappy tracks in crappy cars.

I keep having this vision:- buckets of paint sploshed all over the signs, pure vandalism...

It's everywhere...

Taavi, GREAT idea!

GO GO GO!

NICE! too bad the lights are not 'old' but still nice work!
It would be cool if a couple of lights don't work, a couple of lights work, but not as good as normal, and a couple with the glass taken of, so it's white light... (i don't know if you can change this actually...)

I'm pretty sure it's the one texture repeated for lights, and you can't have differing textures (ie, one here, one there... this may change if Eric updates allocations for textures). I think that the lights are on even on sunny days, which is a bit unrealistic IMO.

"tiny" update,

btw i forgot to say thanks to becky rose who provided very nice high res road and kerb textures here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=8135

and i haven't looked into these lights yet, for the moment i'm trying to get bigger details to work, it's a pity i can't grow weeds all over the place (fern bay)

I keep having this vision:- buckets of paint sploshed all over the signs, pure vandalism...

In seriousness though, someone mentioned that once you start adding significant details to things (ie, splashed paint), there's much more likelihood that you'll notice it more in game, which can give you that tiled/repeated look, especially in adjoining textures. I think the trick is keeping things subtle, unstated, for the most part.

Looking good so far, I espically like what you've done with the side of the road in the latest screenshot. If the road looked like that IRL it'd probably be an abandoned track, wouldn't be safe to race on

Hmm, maybe on the billboard signs, have the older ad showing through the newer ad. Otherwise looks great!

@Taavi(EST)
Keep up the great work man !

I like it, especially how the welcome sign is weathered, but the .com lettering ISNT. Good attention to detail.

Your wip is Blackwood with....character.

Hey, thank you for inspiration. I am in a banger racing league and season 2 will be held on modified tracks. I decided to make my own messed up version of blackwood...just more extreme.

So far this is the sign i have done with about 10 mins work.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3196/banner14qs.jpg

new shots... i'm sure everything will still be updated, since i have new ideas now, but just to show how my project evolves, here goes:

If you dont mind me saying so, the fourth and fifth picture look a little too photoshopped, especially the "esl" sign and the chunks missing in the pit lane. Otheriwse, I like how the other three look they were scrubbed to remove defacing. Oh, and make the rusty fence about half as dark than now.