Tracks Battenbergring 1.1.1

[Fat-Alfie]

Fat-Alfie updated Battenbergring with a new update entry:

Battenbergring v1.1

Changes:
fixed the physical pit lane error - thanks fmg
corrected typo on Adler banner - thanks Sascha Guenther
fixed spectators poking through banners - thanks twobegreen
fixed floating house in village - thanks Please Stop This
altered church roof / added weather vane - thanks AccAkut
adjusted AI spline boundary edges to reduce crashing of AI
fixed camera set 1 and added new camera set 2 - thanks FFF789
altered LOD OUT for most objects to slightly improve FPS performance - thanks...

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[Fat-Alfie]

A few of the visible changes:
fixed typo in SPORTWAGON

altered church spire modelling and added weathervane

made use of the empty bins

replaced non-period correct cars with a giant rubber duck and a brown bear

Also, it's a minor thing and not worth another update, but @The Vampire noticed that in data/lighting.ini SUN_HEADING_ANGLE=222.111765343103, and since the track was modelled with the correct real-life orientation, sun rise / set will be wrong. Just change it to =0 for correct sun position - sorry.

 

[Perico Lospa]

PROS:

1- Fat-Alfie, always perfecting perfection, taking care of the little details. Incredible. Thaaanks.

2- With this mods, we learn some history. The lesson that I learn today is that in 50's there where already chavs in parking lots...

CONS:

1- I've never been to Germany and I wanted to go on holidays some day... but these tracks are going to be guilty of never going there; with the level of detail in these mods, it's like I've already been there...

To finish, a suggestion: for the next hooligans scenario, you can use some Franziskaner Weissbier bottles, please (I'm fine with any of the unfiltered varieties, Naturtrüb or Dunkel). It may not be geographically exaaaactly accurate and it probably wouldn't be a hooligan's beer of choice, but are my favorite among the abbey beers and I would feel great joy...

 

[Assiduous]

Hi @Fat-Alfie , as suggested I have tested Battenbergring with and without grass.kn5...

WITH grass.kn5
25-06-2022, 19:23:44 acs.exe benchmark completed, 16914 frames rendered in 374.761 s
Average framerate : 45.1 FPS
Minimum framerate : 34.8 FPS
Maximum framerate : 54.1 FPS
1% low framerate : 35.1 FPS
0.1% low framerate : 33.6 FPS

WITHOUT grass.kn5
25-06-2022, 19:15:23 acs.exe benchmark completed, 20713 frames rendered in 380.674 s
Average framerate : 54.4 FPS
Minimum framerate : 45.5 FPS
Maximum framerate : 60.0 FPS
1% low framerate : 46.0 FPS
0.1% low framerate : 45.2 FPS

The minimum frame rate is noticeably down on the typical FPS for most of the track, and for both cases above occurs after the 3rd hairpin on the run back toward the start finish line.

GPU: R9 270 2GB. No stuttering seen, VRAM appears sufficient.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Can I just ask, do you use CSP? If so, which version?

 

[Assiduous]

Can I just ask, do you use CSP? If so, which version?

CSP 0.1.68, SOL 1.5.5, GrassFX is OFF, as are most FPS heavy extras.

Fonteny with world details HIGH (grass is present but there is less of it than very high)...
25-06-2022, 21:02:37 acs.exe benchmark completed, 37279 frames rendered in 701.708 s
Average framerate : 53.1 FPS
Minimum framerate : 45.3 FPS
Maximum framerate : 60.1 FPS
1% low framerate : 46.5 FPS
0.1% low framerate : 45.1 FPS

 

[BrettSinclair1]

Your work is nothing short of amazing - thank you so much!
May I ask whether you consider Stuttgart's Solitude track as one of your future choices?

 

[Fat-Alfie]

You mean this place?

I've been working on it today, just finishing off the Seehaus building. Got a long way to go, though...

 

[Vintagedriver01]

Wow what a great track, noticed only shimmer on the vertical wooden objects like telephone poles and road fences.

Great masterpiece a new benchmark

 

[DarkSK]

Found you, Alfie!

 

[Jonah Hax]

Not sure if someone else have mentioned it, but right before the 11 km stone on the right hand side, there are some big holes between the track surface and the dirt, that will launch the car to the moon if you get too close. They seem to start around the 50 meter sign a bit further back..

Also I am getting a track cut warning when leaving the pits for the first time..'

Otherwise a top notch track!

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Both fixed for v1.2 but I haven't had chance to upload it yet.

They weren't holes but raised sections of the 'dead leaves' physical mesh that hadn't been conformed to the grass verge mesh. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

[robjordan406]

Fat-Alfie submitted a new resource:

Battenbergring - A 12.5km road circuit set in 1950s Germany



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The FPS improvements are noticeable in this build. Great work.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Fat-Alfie updated Battenbergring with a new update entry:

Battenbergring v1.1.1

Changes:
- fixed 'invalid lap' message when leaving the pits
- fixed physical 'leaves of death' on RHS after 3rd hairpin
- fixed floating building on RHS at start of village

Thanks to @HF2000 for the invalid lap bug
Thanks to @dfsalmeida for the leaves bug

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[Mauser118]

Fat-Alfie updated Battenbergring with a new update entry:

Battenbergring v1.1.1



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Well I know what I'll be doing this evening

 

[Terry Rock]

Wow, this has to be one of the best looking tracks I've seen in a long time! As someone that's had a go at creating a track, I can tell how many hundreds/thousands of hours have gone into this and it's worth the effort.

Fat-Alfie is a genius.
Every track he has ever created gives you the feeling of 'going somewhere'.
Just a few minutes ago, I was discussing with the Center Manager here at HondaJet, Greensboro about Fat-Alfie's work.
We were discussing how interesting it would be to get sim 'modders' involved with airport modelling for our simulators.

 

[Vintagedriver01]

@Fat-Alfie suggestion for the next track: historical ASSEN TT, 1926-1955. or the North West 200
both clear road circuits.

 

[steu]

I have a lot of AI accidents and they stand still long time, not easy to do a proper race.

 

[Perico Lospa]

... We were discussing how interesting it would be to get sim 'modders' involved with airport modelling for our simulators.

Errr... please, no... we want Fat-Alfie full time for us, the sim racers ...although always it's possible to reach an agreement; there's racing tracks in some airports...

 

[Rodger Davies]

Thanks for the update! Can I trademark 'Leaves of Death' for my 90s throwback emo band name please?

I have a lot of AI accidents and they stand still long time, not easy to do a proper race.

Do you know what cars and what aggression settings you're using? I find it works well with most default cars or ones with nicely turned ai.ini settings.