by SpeedyNH » Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:46 pm
this can get quite complex. layout-Wise (no pun intended), I'd say, pick out your favorite parts from your favorite tracks, add a long straight and some sweepers, try to make it into a bent figure-8 for lane equalization and then try to fit it all together in the space you have. you can always change it later.
that also gets you some elevation changes because you have to cross over, which you can do a Lot with, if you mix it up with straights on those parts and corners or sharp reversals in 'em. these cars seem to like short straights and lots of turns mixed in with the longer ones.
and don't forget the chicanes! (house rule- no flipping from behind or you're out.)
I personally don't like a track so much that has all-lefts and then all-rights, although there is something to be said for that; I try to mix it up a little, say, two-or-three of one and the one-or-two of the other.
it ain't easy, as they say. I'm still a student of track design, although I do have my ideal.
I'm sure that others will chime in, because that's not necessarily (almost for sure!) what everyone else does. but it works for me, because I love driving 'em. I bet you will too. you gotta have a rhythm that you'll remember for the rest of your life. I have two favorites.
just my take.
speedy