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Formula E announces Rome race – Create the circuit! (20 posts)

Topic tags: 2014, circuit, Circuit layout, Formula E, rome, Street race

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Ryan Williams said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

The 2nd host city for the 2014 Formula E championship was announced today with Rome set to host a race around the streets of the city. This got me thinking about potential circuit layouts…

The layout used in Gran Turismo 5 could work quite well (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5751673). It passes the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus and the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, which would provide a fantastic backdrop to the race. However, the circuit may be too narrow to produce exciting races and there appears to be a lack of serious overtaking opportunities

Over to you!

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andae23 said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

How awesome would this be?

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Ryan Williams said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

@andae23 Loving the start line in the Colosseum!

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andae23 said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

I think we’re gonna have some licence issues though…

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S.J.M said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

@andae23 I’d demolish the Colosseum to build a state-of-the-art pit complex & hospitality suite. The main grandstand could be built on its ancient foundations, just to keep some of that history & heritage.

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I’ve had it said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

“However, the circuit may be too narrow to produce exciting races and there appears to be a lack of serious overtaking opportunities”

I don’t care about overtaking. Monaco, for example, is a great race and overtaking is almost impossible.

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I’ve had it said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

This one is a modified version of the GT5 circuit: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5751785

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I’ve had it said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

@andae23 Not very. I don’t think a 159-lap race would be ‘awesome’.

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I’ve had it said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

@andae23 Actually I’m not sure how long Formula E races will be, but that’s still far too short and unrealistic.

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Prisoner Monkeys said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

This one is probably a bit too long, but I like it:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5751819

This one took me forever to work out:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5751823

And this one is a) probably to narrow and b) goes through residential areas:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5751826

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ajokay said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

Wouldn’t they just use the idea that they laid out for F1 a while back?

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Keith Collantine said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

@ajokay This one?

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/05/13/2012-rome-grand-prix-circuit-revealed/

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Prisoner Monkeys said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

Nobody should be forced to race on that.

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ajokay said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

@keithcollantine Indeed that’s the one.

Ideally it’ll be on the original Gran Turismo Rome circuit, not that rubbish GT5 version. here in yellow:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8926/rome01.jpg

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I’ve had it said 5 months, 2 weeks ago:

‘rubbish GT5 version’

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