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Anybody wanna do a track for Israel? It looks pretty cool for a track. I tried one but it was so fail…

3DsMax 2011, I should think!

Best topic ever!

Here’s a few more that I’ve developed:

Australia

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The original version was a lot like the others that got posted. But it felt like there were simply far too many chicanes. So I smoothed it out a little, and went for the stylised representations of countries, which I feel work better because you’re not a slave to the coastline and you can get better edges. My favourite section is probably the part around Adelaide.

Pakistan

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This is not a country that I was expecting to produce a good layout. And yet, here it is. I think it would be a teriffically fast circuit with a few technical bits to hit the drivers were it hurts. I especially like the section up around Jammu and Kashmir, which I think would be very difficult to get right – especially on the new Pirellis. I also like the dip along the border with Iran.

Colombia

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The Juan Pablo Montoya Memorial Circuit (so named after JPM was tragically killed in an accident that was never fully explained involving a pie, a cameraman who got to close and a deer that somehow got loose in the paddock) is a forerunner to Pakistan. It’s not as good as Pakistan, because there’s simply no rhythm to it. And unlike the South Korean circuit, it doesn’t even have a negative rhythm.

Yugoslavia

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This one will be controversial. I originally tried with Croatia, but it was too tight. Then I looked at Macedonia and Bosnia, but they were basically just circles. And the Serbian one looked horrible. So I decided to approach them as one, put together the former Yugoslavia and played around with the internal borders. It’s not the best, but it’s better than anything I had until then. I haven’t actually marked the start/finish line and direction on this one. It’s run anti-clockwise, and the start line is along the border between Macedonia and Greece.

Here’s two more I’ve done.

Vatican GP http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/cheddarcheese89/VaticanGP.jpg

The outline of the Vatican City follows existing roads and as such would lend itself well to a street style circuit.I’ve tried not to include too many right angle chicaney bits and there are a few interesting corners.

Somalian GP http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/cheddarcheese89/SomalianGP.jpg

I really like this one it starts on the east coast and goes in an anti clockwise direction. It’s fast and flowing with good overtaking spots, there’s a Maggots-Becketts inspired complex along the north coast and an insane, long, changing radius left hander to finish the lap, which is preceded by a nasty kink. Tyre wear is through the roof on this track.

Cameroon. Ecuador. North Korea. Armenia.

Don’t you worry about that ajokay!

@F1Alex (nice name, by the way) – My mum’ll like this one, She loves Peru. Could call it the Incan Grand Prix!

I can imagine the hairpin and the medium-length 180 bend at the end of the lap would be very tricky, what with an uphil run to a blind crest through the hairpin, and a slightly banked, steep downhill run to the start/finish straight.