New Year, New Track!

Happy New Year folks! I am finnaly back from a long journey, and I have something new to present to you!

Here is my most recent project I did. It’s a circuit in Republic of Macedonia in the town of Kičevo. A track that is actually a part of a quite poorly maintained military base with lots of  overgrown grass and bushes.. Driving is quite tricky, track surface is uneven and trackside area is dangerous (just like most of the circuits in ex-Yugoslavia). What made me make this track is the fact that I had an advantage, and that is that I knew exactly what techniques I’d use from the early start so I managed to make the whole track in just under a week, mostly spending time in Bob’s track builder, with only doing the final finish in 3dsimed.

Though the simple tools I used, the track still looks impressive. I tried to make it visually as close as possible to the real one.

With the help from MJanosh, a real race driver (and as well a good virtual one xD) from AKKNK team, I knew from first hand how to design and where to put certain bumps, runoff areas and trackside objects to give a track the true spirit and feeling. After many track transfers and him reporting me “YOU DID IT BAD!” =p, I finished it and sent it to MJanosh for final testing, he confirmed that it is [almost] 100% real! Which finally gave me lots of relief =)

Since no other people from his team or Macedonia knew about the project while it was made, he made an announcement on his team’s forums that the big surprise is about to be uncovered in the form of an online race. When the venue’s name was unveiled in a video, the people were truly surprised and enjoyed the first public online race he prepared all with the Yugos, and authentic car perfect for the setting. xD

The video of the unveiling:

Watch MJanosh as he takes a spin in a Yugo to set his personal record:

Here is the direct download link for the track:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ajt5d90169izb5f

Visit also Kičevo’s rfactorcentral page for more info or if you want to rate the track:
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Kicevo

And of course.. Enjoy driving people!

Ušće 1.0 published!

I have finally finished Ušće track and published it. It has many many track and graphical improvements, and also now it comes with a wet version (thanks to Lemax) =) It also uses the wonderful SRPL shaders for water rendering!

I also included a parc ferme system, that I think is lacking in most of simulations. I also added an improvized podium at which, at the end of an online race, drivers could climb to celebrate and take some scenic photos =)

You can download the track directly here:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/2jbZq3Q

And DON’T FORGET that you need SRPL shaders to run the track aswell:
http://files.simracing.pl/pub/01_Symulatory/rFactor/Pozostale/Dodatki/Inne/SRPLShaderPackSetup_v0.79.exe

Or check the rfactorcentral page:
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?id=Usce%20Belgrade

It’s starting to look like something..

New models for Port Imperial GP, and comparisons to real location:

I imported these new models just to test how they look in game.. There is still a lot of things to be fixed.. Mark has also done a big progress with few buildings, and FloFlo is working on the Sewage treatment plant… Everything is running just fine =)

Ušće

Now it’s about two years into making of this track, and I invested a lot of work into it to get it as close as possible to the real one.. After publishing the open beta, and getting positive feedback, I improved it a lot.. The difference between the 0.7 beta and a 0.91 work in progress is big, and I hope there won’t be long until I finally publish 1.0, but I can’t promise the date, cause I did that a lot of times =) and I broke every deadline..

Now I made a list of things I need to change until 1.0 (there are 8 left), and I am sure I wont extend the list! I am also simultaneously working on optimisation and size reduction =)

Download the beta: http://www.mediafire.com/?wr6rwghhntrog3k
WIP page on rF central: http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Usce%20Belgrade

Note: the screenshot is from 0.71 beta

Yugo Reborn mod

An exclusive screen of Lemax’s and mine Yugo Reborn mod. We are intending to make a factory made Yugo koral 55 which could be upgraded (thanks to rfactor’s powerfull engine) to the top-notch racing version, all with accurate models, precise physics and engine performances.

More about it:
(in Serbian) http://www.yugofanclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17767

Port Imperial (NJ grand prix)

I am happy to announce that the New Jersey track team is growing!

FloFloF1 (worked for RFT and WCP) and Mark Edwards (http://www.scorchingcraniums.com/) have joined the modeling team. We are about to plan out and divide the jobs.. Kyle Puttifer will do the AIWs. I also have two more on location contacts who will supply references if needed.. There has been a lot of requests for testing.. Calm down people… We haven’t even started yet!

Hello world!! ..and other planets..

Hello people!

I am Nothke. why Nothke? Cause on the first day internet came into my life, Yahoo Mail unfortunately already had “Notke” in their database that I wanted.. So I found the sound “th” always strange (cause in Serbian, we don’t have that thing), so I put it in the nick.. That’s how my internet incarnation was born..

In real life I am more known with my nick.. Ivan Notaroš. Why Ivan? I was lucky to get it from my parents.. Why Notaroš? I don’t really know.. They say it means “a writer”. Cool isn’t it? Well, it’s not, cause it doesn’t mean THAT cool wise guy called “THE writer”, but it actually means “a legal writer” or “some guy who sits in the courtroom and writes whats being said”.. Not cool at all..

I come from Serbia.. Why Serbia? I was lucky enough to be born here.. This is a great country, especially concerning Motorsport(1).

I mod computer games. Especially rFactor. Why? 1. I like it? 2. Why not? 3. Why don’t you mod games?

Sorry for writing a novel when I just wanted to say “I will post updates of my mods on this blog” =)

-(1) – note: Double sarcasm