Bullrun 2009 - rFactor track


Main changes from the 2008 version :

• Goals :
• To maintain the original Bullrun track reputation of a fast and dangerous racecourse
• To help racers to finish the race even if they make a small mistake
• To represent a track that is actually being run in Colorado in November
• New snow texture & material that simulates the traction of snow
• New runoff area on the outside/inside of T1/T2

Main changes from the 2007 version :

• Goals :
• To maintain the original Bullrun track reputation of a fast and dangerous racecourse
• To help racers to finish the race even if they make a small mistake
• Safety zones and pushed back walls
• To punish small mistakes by slowing the cars down
• Grass between the running surfaces and the safety zones
• To offer more areas to overtake slower cars
• New T11-T12 combination
• To lessen the risk of mishap from coming in/out of the pits
• New pitlane

• After nearly 500 hours of editing :
• New pit lane 
• Progressive entrance before "All or nothing" corner
• Progressive exit at the middle of the front straight 
• Wider pit area
• Garages, toolbox and adverts linked to cars paints
• T1 :
• New curbs
• New safety zone on the exterior
  
• T2 :
• Grass and sand surfaces with the same banking as the turn (GT40 Steven got stuck there in 2007)
• New safety zone on the exterior
• T3 :
• Pushed back the rock hill  and the rock wall (now an armco) to open the visibility for this blind corner
• "Caroussel" :
• Walls pushed back on the outside
• New safety zone extending to the bottom of the "Outer Loop" hill
• "Outer loop" :
• Removed the kink on the left (braking zone) side of the track leading to the Sweeper
• T9 "Sweeper" :
• Pushed back the outside wall on the exit (new running surfaces)
• Added new perpendicular to the track concrete walls and fences
• T10 "Switchback" :
• New safety zone on the outside
  
• Bridge :
• Straightened the path under the bridge
• Removed the bump
• Added concrete walls and fences
  
• T11 : New combination of T11-T12
• T11 is a reversed Montreal hairpin
• T12 is a smooth constant radius corner critical for "All or nothing" and main straight speed
• "All or nothing" :
• Removed the upper lane banking difference
  
• New perpendicular to track concrete walls and fences
  
• Pushed back the outside wall on exit
• Main straight :
• Pushed back the outside wall
• New safety zone
• Various :
• Curbs are pushed back beyond the white lines
• All walls and armcos follow a "natural" path aroud the track
• Inside/Outside hills are now fully integrated with the surroundings and can be ridden
  
• Graphics :
• New or edited textures
• New or edited shaders setups
  
• Smaller memory load shadows

MANY THANKS :

• ISI for rFactor and all their help
• Papyrus for the original track
• David Noonan groove editor, 3DSimEd and all the assistance and help over the years
• Thorsten Rueter for the cameras
• Jan Kohl installer and 2009 work
• Scott Stockton for testing and the whole The Pits team !

Gilles (Thewall) Benoit www.thepits.us
September  2008