All track parts received!
Thanks everyone for being timely about finishing your parts! I know all too well that projects like these often drag on for months or even years in some cases. So I'm very pleased that everyone submitted their track parts relatively fast!
I've done a preliminary test with the track parts.
I connected all parts in the order they are numbered, just to test.
Then I calculated shadows on "fast" (which took 15mins).
The map is about 55000c.
Then I did a test run. THIS IS ENDURANCE RACING AT ITS FINEST
Something magical happens when you connect everything together.
It feels like racing in a futuristic world, where the mesh of high rise industrial buildings blocks the sunlight, except for those few moments in the day when you can catch it shining through narrow corridors between the buildings.
I can't wait to get this finished so the rest of you can start enjoying it.
With 5 or 6 respawns, I drove it in 52 minutes.
So that should give you some idea how long the final track will be.
I'll get back to work on it now.
Oh, and as a reminder, the majority of votes went for "District 25". So that will be the name of the final map.
I've also changed the topic title and added a system of stages. The stages are listed in the first post in this topic, with descriptions of what each one is and the current progress.