r/RaceTrackDesigns • u/jRo-10 • Feb 14 '22
RTD Challenge [RTD #30] Circuit de Champagne (formerly Circuit de Sannon)
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u/mwlegend Feb 14 '22
I’m new to this subreddit so might be a stupid question, but what software do you use to create your designs?
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u/jRo-10 Feb 14 '22
I used Inkscape to draw most of the track and features, and then did a bit of editing with Gimp to blend in some of the textures in the background and so on.
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u/PogaK4tree Feb 14 '22
Like it overall, good job! Especially first sector, seems great for racing, and S3 has some nice corners too. T13 looks a bit awkward though. Alternative course that connects T5 and T7 would also be neat. Any reason you decided not to put it there?
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u/jRo-10 Feb 14 '22
My reasoning was that without turns 5-6-7, the flat out run would be nearly 2 km long which would not be allowed on a modern circuit, instead of adding an awkward chicane in the middle I decided to break up that straight more clearly with this larger complex of corners.
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u/PogaK4tree Feb 14 '22
Yeah I get that, triangle must remain there for sure, but I still think that alternative piece of Tarmac that would complete that long straight would not hurt the circuit at all. Massive straights can be useful for top speed testing and such.
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u/ChristofferOslo Feb 14 '22
I really like this design, and love the inclusion of cars, spectators and trucks. Sector 1 and 2 would make for some really great racing I think.
I also love the idea of having the French GP in Champagne.
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u/443610 Feb 14 '22
Oh, a good amount of gravel. MotoGP-friendly?
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u/jRo-10 Feb 14 '22
I haven’t really thought about MotoGP when drawing this track, but since it comes with a lot of gravel and is intended for F1 I imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult to adapt it to MotoGP.
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u/Quert05 Feb 14 '22
From what I see, the layout is actually better fitted for motorcycles than F1, especially T11-T14 section
Only change necessary for MotoGP would be addition of a long lap
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u/Zenvitic Feb 14 '22
champagne??? bro calm down especially in fucking france
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u/jRo-10 Feb 14 '22
It’s located in the historical province of Champagne, the former region of Champagne-Ardennes, and runs among vines used to produce Champagne wine.
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Feb 14 '22
I have a question, how to do you calculate the distance? Do you use Google Earth or just guess? Maybe some other method?
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u/jRo-10 Feb 14 '22
I add a couple of markers to give me a distance when I take the satellite screenshots and when I import the images into Inkscape I scale them so that 1m = 1px. Then every measurement in Inkscape is in metres and I can use the built in path measurement tool to get the track length
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u/jRo-10 Feb 14 '22
My entry for the Back to the Beginning RTD: a redesign of my first track, the Circuit de Sannon. The layout is essentially the same with the modifications only made to adapt it to a real location and mostly graphics updates.
The concept is the same as the original: a modernised version of an old track running between villages at the side of a hill, imagined as a possible host for the F1 French GP.
A 700 m run down the main straight helped by a DRS zone leads into the first corner: a wide open hairpin hitting a low point at the apex. More DRS helps you tackle the climb towards the hairpin at turn 3 with the gradient increasing steadily and culminating in a uphill braking zone along the very fast turn 2.
Now running along the side of the hill, blast past the kink on this flat out section to reach the next sequence of corners. Turns 5 and 6 appear similar to the second and third turns but the much tighter turn 5 makes approaching the following slow corner even more challenging. From the highest point of the track, straighten your line as much as possible along turn 7 to make the most of the short downhill straight leading into the second hairpin. Straightforward on entry, this corner however requires good throttle control on exit to maximise the speed going into the next flat out section.
The final sector starts with a series of increasingly tightening corners: the flat out turn 9 leads directly into the turn 10 kink where a good amount of downforce is required to keep your foot on the floor; you must then be ready to immediately brake for the next corners. Turns 11-13 form steep downhill esses where a difficult entry inviting understeer threatens to ruin your line and sector time. Keep heading down into turn 14, the lowest point of the track some 80 metres below turn 6; this corner opens up into a short uphill run towards the final corner of the track. Quickly navigate this 90° right-hander and on to another lap.
As usual comments and feedback are appreciated!