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not sure if you have the latest 3DSimed, it does a great job, of smoothing meshes now.

maybe i should try to make a new mesh of the track now that i know a little more about BTB,
I still can use all the same buildings, and TSO's . Also i now know how to make buildings in google sketchup.

Not 100% sure on that as it was one of my 1st tracks i made.
we did use google maps to trace the track, but BTB was not released at the time.
so the exact distance was not calulated, but it's close, as the World Karting mod is also a  few seconds faster here.
but all the tracks i'm making now, the mod is spot on for lap times in all classes.
Xplex track was the 1st using correct distance calculated in during the build.

looks like a mixed class of shifters and Yamaha, and who knows what else. it's the Pro open class.
and the guy at the end sounds like he's having carb trouble..  lol

here are the lap records for all classes run as of 2011

TAG Junior: Austin Self ('10) 33.769
* TAG Senior: Brandon Jones ('06) 32.814
* TAG Masters: John Dixon ('06) 33.667
* 2-cycle Pipe Heavy (was Yamaha Heavy): Mike Welsh ('05) 34.180
* 2-Cycle SuperCan Medium (was Super Sportsman Med.): Gary Lawson ('05) 34.716
* 2-cycle SuperCan Heavy (was Super Sportsman Hvy.): Joey King ('06) 35.209
* 125cc Shifter (King/ProICC): Kyle Wiegand ('05) 31.474
* 125cc Masters: Shane Shipley ('06) 32.412
* 125cc shifter (King/stock moto): Kyle Weigand ('11) 32.576
* Rotax Senior: Sam Beasley ('11) 33.333
* Rotax Junior: Bristol Gunderson ('10) 34.007
* 4-cycle Clone Medium: Travis DeVriendt ('11) 38.193
* 4-cycle Clone Heavy: Travis DeVriendt ('11) 38.749
* Leopard: Sam Beasley ('10) 33.435
* 2-cycle Pro Open: Mike Giessen ('11) 32.963

TRACK RECORD: N. American St. Champ (ICC/KZ2): Kyle Wiegand ('06) 31.176

Nice videos, too bad it was such a bad turn out, must have been the worst they have had.
2nd video shows how not to drive a shifter at RIGP, the guy was braking 1/2 block before the turns,
and was off the throttle for much too long, resulting in everybody passing him.
Love the dive bomb pass, very brave move.   

PS, the track does looks more dangerous without the haybales.

I will give permission to EVO to convert it over, as i do not know how to do it myself.

that turn is a very very tight hairpin, and i tried to get it better, but had trouble of the faces over lapping .
I tried to cover it up with the curbs, maybe i can move the curb in a little more,
plus the road is getting a new texture, so no white lines. it should look better when i'm finished tweaking it.
white lines on the edge of a track really make a lower poly corner look worse.

Here is my 1st video mdae with Fraps, not sure how to get the proper aspect ratio,  as my monitor is a widescreen.
so it may be off a little.. sorry about that.

not sure how to post a video here, so i'll just post the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSfWA1lxCY

yeah i know about the banking on the big sweeper, as i have been talking with Rodney  (owner), for a few days now..
he's been giving me texture tips on what the builds have, and track info, he said the track is mostly flat except for that sweeper section.
as for the grass, well i'm trying to do it best i can,  it's not all going to be a 100% copy of everything.
the track layout, width 30 ft. straight 750 ft, full length 0.7 mile, and the slight back on the sweeper, and track side objects.
I even got the lap times for the Rotax and Shifter, for both green and event rubber on the track.. 4 seconds faster with heavy rubber down.

I know, a lot of great tracks are not being used much anymore.
Xplex in Vegas is looking pretty bad via google earth view.

here is a update on the build, 2 new pics. got a lot more things added.

Here is my 3rd day of work, this track has been very easy, still need main pit building to be built,
and i will add 3D grass around the tires and other parts of the track.  it has both day and night racing at this track in real life.

here are a few pics of my progress.

Here are 2 types of kart barriers that are in rF.
type 1 made by me, and type 2 made by PlickBadger.
they are included in a chain, so you need to separate them to use as singles. 

there is another track for rF that has the other kind of barriers.
Dallas Karting Complex you should be able to find it on rfcentral, one of my favorite tracks.
and very well made.... tomorrow i'll pack up my barriers, if i remember and post them here.

EVO that was a promo video, and that was taped in 2010, they still have a lot of hay.

oh... also i started OMC.. Oklahoma Motorsport Complex today, got about 80% of the track finished in 6 hours.
i talked to the track owner on the phone today, and got all the details, he said call back if i need some pics.
i'll have to find some good shots of the pit buildings, 2 main buildings i got to do is all.
and this track has night racing, so this outa be fun.

EVO, see any videos of this weeks RIGP.? they removed almost all of the hay bales, and replaced them with cones.

http://www.facebook.com/rockisland.grandprix

it's nice to have the barriers, as many tracks are using them now..
what do you want, 1 barrier or a bunch of them.? i'll add the textures also.
let me know what you want, and where to send it. PM maybe.?