Estoril is a circuit I always loved and ever since track editing became possile for GP4 I wanted to build this circuit. Ages ago I created an okish .dat layout and pimpones1 added the graphical part. This was completed at some point in 2007 or 2008, the files can still be found at GP4DB. Back then only the layout used from 84 to 93 was brought to a usable state. Some time ago plodekk and cleberpister updated this version in a beautiful way to reflect the look of the circuit as seen in the early 90s.
While I liked the the visuals I personally was never too happy with my .dat work. During the last couple of weeks I found some motivation to work on it again. I took the version from 1995 trackpack done by plodekk and cleberpister (because I like that version the most) and did several things:
- I kept the 84-93 layout, changed the width of the track to a realistic 10m value, built new kerbs and added some higher res trees.
- I prepared a second variant wich includes that ultra tight chicane used from 94 to 96 and also includes the changes to width, kerbs and trees.
It's far from perfect but especially the version with the chicane is sorely missed so better than nothing I guess :) I can not rule out that at some point there might me another iteration but for now I'm happy with the result and I might want to work on other tracks at some point instead of making this an endless story ;-)
Both versions look and drive well and are ready for release. I wanted to ask plodekk fo permission as I'm buildung upon his and cleberpister's trackpack work but received no answer (both haven't posted here for aprox a year). Considering this and the fact that I worked on the original release as well I think it should be ok if I just go ahead and share these new developments with you guys.
All I have to do is prepare two packages, upload and maybe do a little video clip :)
Here's a pic for good measure:
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edit: download here [1drv.ms]
While I liked the the visuals I personally was never too happy with my .dat work. During the last couple of weeks I found some motivation to work on it again. I took the version from 1995 trackpack done by plodekk and cleberpister (because I like that version the most) and did several things:
- I kept the 84-93 layout, changed the width of the track to a realistic 10m value, built new kerbs and added some higher res trees.
- I prepared a second variant wich includes that ultra tight chicane used from 94 to 96 and also includes the changes to width, kerbs and trees.
It's far from perfect but especially the version with the chicane is sorely missed so better than nothing I guess :) I can not rule out that at some point there might me another iteration but for now I'm happy with the result and I might want to work on other tracks at some point instead of making this an endless story ;-)
Both versions look and drive well and are ready for release. I wanted to ask plodekk fo permission as I'm buildung upon his and cleberpister's trackpack work but received no answer (both haven't posted here for aprox a year). Considering this and the fact that I worked on the original release as well I think it should be ok if I just go ahead and share these new developments with you guys.
All I have to do is prepare two packages, upload and maybe do a little video clip :)
Here's a pic for good measure:
edit: download here [1drv.ms]