The Track
The track has 14 corners. It is a point of ridicule that all of these corners are left-handers with the exception of a small bend making up part of the chicane following the first corner. Nevertheless, it is a very difficult and technical circuit, billed as 'the hardest race track in second life'.
The design of the track was developed with the goal of creating a course that is tight, technical and difficult to drive on, both for poor cars and poor drivers. It ties difficult series of corners together and complicates it further with elevation changes and 2 narrow tunnels for drivers to negotiate. The track has one long straight, on which the start/finish line resides, but cars that have high speed at the expense of cornering suffer badly at MyControl Speedway.
To bring a new element to the racing experience, Seph Swain has permitted the beginning of work on a track extension creating a second course. Mishi Rossini has designed the extension and begun to build it. The first new section has been built and is being tested thoroughly before work begins on the second new section. The extension already built is the hardest of the entire track, consisting of a very tight chicane dubbed the 'Mishicane' as well as a third tunnel. The new course will also add lengthen a straight section of the track to the same length as the main straight, and will use existing road sections in a reverse direction, meaning that there will be seven right turns and 5 left ones.
There are some rails placed at the side of the road in some sections to help drivers stay on track, but in most areas it is easy to crash onto the grass. This is made to be costly for drivers by the fact that the road surface is slightly raised, making it difficult to get going again. Staying on track is vital, as the track utilises a checkpoint system developed by Seph Swain. This system ensures that drivers remain on the road all the way round to successfully record a lap, and alerts drivers if they have missed a checkpoint.
Statistics are stored for drivers, who can retrieve these statistics by clicking a sphere in the pit lane. If they consent, drivers' stats are also published at the track's website.
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Famous quotes containing the word track:
“The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves. I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side; and though it is five or six years since I trod it, it is still quite distinct. It is true, I fear, that others may have fallen into it, and so helped to keep it open.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)