I like the Bahrain track!

Drove the track on my sim. It is only a beta version at this point, but gave me a good first impression on what it is going to be like. I'd say about two to three realistic passing opportunities.

Very technical through all the S bends, but has a nice flow to it, not like Magny Cours. It reminds me a bit of the old GP track in Rio (Jacarepagua).

Together with the architects renderings I've seen, I have the feeling, this track has the potential for a great new venue.

 

Didn't hear that per se, but it is quite possible. The Bin Laden family is a huge construction company in the Middle East and has built lots of buildings and infrastructure. That's how they made their money. Osama is just the black sheep of the family.

The attack on the Twin Towers was no coincidence: He knows a good deal about buildings, their strengths and weaknesses. And I would assume he knew that the WTC was a particularly 'soft' target the way it was built.

 

If it weren't for the long travel and costs I'd go there in a heartbeat. I have no worries about security. Well some, but I have those at any big venue. The point about terrorism is, that it can happen anywhere anytime.

From all I've heard about the Arab region I would think F1 is big there in the sense that it represents Western luxury lifestyle. And those guys have the $$$ to buy the tickets.

I found the track for Grand Prix 3. It is very accurate in the layout. It is missing the elevation changes and the scenery. It is still Beta, so eventually that will all get fixed. Let me know if you need a pointer to where I found it.

 

Well, good for you romeoturk. Make sure you post a bunch of pictures on here. The VIP skybox makes me turn green with envy, you lucky guy.

If it is not asking too much: Could you please shoot a 360 degree panorama from a higher elevation near where you live? I could use those pictures to replace the current horizon shots of the Bahrain track in the game. Currently it has France in the background, doesn't look right somehow...

 

Here a pic of my sim. That's actually Gilles27 driving. Momo steering wheel and pedals with FF. Stereo surround sound, LCD projector, infrared keyboard just for setup changes. GrandPrix3 and GrandPrix4 on PC basis.

 

Thanks for getting back. What I need is really just a continuous horizon shot all around (360 degrees). Ideally taken from some elevation (top of a building) to not have too many objects (cars, houses, buildings, bushes) in the foreground.

 

Thanks. I've been in a similar sim as you describe it for NASCAR. Hydraulics simulated the rattle and roll and three (!!!) projection screens made the outside come to life. Huge Bose speakers inside the cockpit did the rest. But it was still Nascar...


BTW: The nose cone on my car is from a real Indycar. Carbonfibre and all. The rest is homemade. Since it has to fit into my apartment it is not to scale. One sidepod hides the PC the other the sound system.

I used to have special speakers screwed directly to the seat to give you the vibrations when going over the kerbs etc, but they blew out the amplifier and they were more of a gimmick: Once you get into the game, you don't really feel anything anymore. You're in the zone...

I used to have seatbelts as well, but again, more of a gimmick and they got tedious for getting in and out of the car. After all during a F1 season I'm in the car on an almost daily basis.

 

Some people have indeed suggested that to me already. And I could probably come up with a nice new one, now that I've learned a few things along the way. The pictures is of version 5, so yes, there were 4 previous incarnations, that improved over time.

So, ok, make me an offer! But I won't quit my daytime job yet.