A different kind of bike project.

[Goosifer]

A while back, prior to my first NZ track day, I had a quick scout around my game collection to see if, by some bizarre twist of fate, Pukekohe might feature as a playable track and give me a chance to have a virtual bash at giving it the beans for a few laps.

Not unsurprising, it wasn't featured, but what did surprise me was I couldn't find any representation of any NZ track anywhere. So with recent weather keeping me off the bike and out of the drafty shed, I guessed I'd have a go at making the game myself.

Here is a clip of the first track... The freebie audio samples I'm using are pretty poor, so you might want to turn your audio down first :)


https://youtu.be/MKsK8OLqCkU
Jeez...YouTube video compression is the worst.

http://i.imgur.com/wnf58KM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/csEDPhJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cSasxov.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/n3JSgzN.jpg

Still early days, so it's pretty rough.

The top down view of the track was easy enough to come by, but for the elevations I had to rely on memory as there seems to be no publicly available topo or lidar data available that is of usable resolution. I also didn't make it look like the actual track as I'd need to go out and do a photo survey etc... which I'd like to do at a later stage for all the motorparks.

[TheDemonLord]

Awesome! Well done that man!

Looks really good - it's a shame you can't have the background as the actual Puke Track, but still - very good.

[Laava]

That's hilarious, love the extra nature! Well done! You should do coro loop next, complete with other bikers, campervans and livestock where appropriate!

[Goosifer]

Awesome! Well done that man!

Looks really good - it's a shame you can't have the background as the actual Puke Track, but still - very good.

Thanks!

Ideally, I'd like to have it look like the actual track. Now that I have a demo track going I can fire off a few emails to various track management co's, see if any are happy for me pop around and do a site survey, as well as having their track used in a free-to-play game.

[Goosifer]

That's hilarious, love the extra nature! Well done! You should do coro loop next, complete with other bikers, campervans and livestock where appropriate!

Great idea, but maybe I'll give the livestock a miss :D ... although erratic drivers are a perfect match for my wonky AI programming.

If anyone has any suggestions for their favorite roads or a section of those roads about 5km should do it. I'm also keen on attempting a dirt bike section, but I guess that'll have to wait a while.

[george formby]

Great idea, but maybe I'll give the livestock a miss :D ... although erratic drivers are a perfect match for my wonky AI programming.

If anyone has any suggestions for their favorite roads or a section of those roads about 5km should do it. I'm also keen on attempting a dirt bike section, but I guess that'll have to wait a while.

Mangamuka TT?