Southport Gold Coast 1954 - Version 2

Hello, and Happy new year!

I am excited to announce a major update to on of the latest tracks. I have made a number of improvements to enhance the realism and overall  experience. Here is a list of some of the key changes I have made:

• Improved some of the 3D trees to make them more lifelike and immersive.
• Tweaked the brightness and saturation of the 2D trees to better match the environment.
• Removed broken textures from the bridges to eliminate any distractions or disruptions.
• Fixed a glitch with the telephone cables.
• Added tyre marks to the track surface to give it a more authentic and worn-in feel.
• A lot of the floating people have been brought down to earth to make the track feel more believable.
• Changed the road properties to give it more bumpiness and less grip, making it more challenging for players.
• Replaced all JPG and PNG textures with DDS to improve performance and ensure smooth gameplay.
• Fixed a sign that was in Japanese, replacing it with a vintage "for sale" sign to add some character and interest to the track.
• Reduced the resolutions of some textures to improve performance and reduce the file size.
• Replaced all instances of the orange (modern) marshals with the white vintage ones to add some historical flair to the track.
• Thanks to OMEGA, I have added some additional details where different road surfaces join each other.
• Thanks to FANAPRYDE, I have added a logo to the UI, and the track has section descriptions and corner names.
• Fixed issues with some fence panels and posts behaving as if they were transparent.
• importantly the cows in the field now cast shadows.
• Fixed the reflections of a lot of the vans and cars around the track to make the environment more believable and immersive.

So in essence, I’m calling this one done, bar any bug fixes. So if you spot anything please let me know, and fixing it will be my priority.

On a side note, sorry for the quality of the images above, I have transitioned to using a HDR monitor for my main work, and there's an issue where the screenshots I take in game look fine, but when I open the images back up to post here for example, they're massively over exposed - hopefully I'll figure a solution soon!

I do seem to have some empty space in my calander approaching the middle of '23 so if anybody has any interesting requests for tracks i'll be more than happy to consider them.

Thank you for your support and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the updated track!