How about we revive the Vanderbilt Cup?

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
05/21/2016 at 07:07 • Filed to: Vanderbilt Cup

Roosevelt Raceway looks like it’d be easy to remake, though the original track has zero elevation changes, so we need an undulating, hilly place to make it more interesting.

I’m still debating on whether or not the ‘36 layout is better, because at how close the corners are set, runoff would be thin. The ‘37 one, however, despite being more open, is somewhat boring.

DISCUSSION (17)

LongbowMkII > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 07:20

Looks like the ancestor of the tilkedrome

Wheelerguy > LongbowMkII
05/21/2016 at 09:08

Those corners are far too open to be Tilkean.

190octane > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 09:14

The ‘36 version looks like a brontosaurus flexing and the ‘37 version looks a little like Catalunya.

Wheelerguy > 190octane
05/21/2016 at 09:18

A Catalunya with a spoon for a Sector 1.

Anyway, which do you prefer?

190octane > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 09:20

Catalunya with a spoon, I'm a sucker for fast race tracks.

Wheelerguy > 190octane
05/21/2016 at 09:23

Me too, but probably add the little triangle from the ‘36 into the last corner of the ‘37, to make a 3-apex corner.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 09:38

The 36 one is a drift park dream. The picture shows it as way more sweeping than the diagram. Definitely a handling course.

190octane > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 09:42

Only if you add a lot of banking to the 180 degree turn that is just inside that last corner and would probably be the end of sector 2/start of sector 3. That way you can take it close to flat out and set up another heavy braking zone for dive bomb passes before the left 180 right before the chicane.

Wheelerguy > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
05/21/2016 at 09:43

I’ve decided. It’s the one we’re making.

Question is... which place in the US is hilly enough to give the track an extra challenge?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 10:10

Sierra Nevada foothills.

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Wheelerguy > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
05/21/2016 at 10:15

Aw man. AW MAN .

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That looks like a protected area, though. Which particular spot do you think is fair game?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 10:18

There’s about a 50 mile by 600 mile band of possible locations. Probably near Plymouth would be good. And no, neither of those areas appear to be protected. Just rural.

Wheelerguy > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
05/21/2016 at 10:29

Map screen? So that I can draw over it and see how it would pan out.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Wheelerguy
05/21/2016 at 10:33

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.42183…

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
05/21/2016 at 10:34

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.40118…

West means flatter, east means more hills . Just scroll around.