a navigation challenge for MTM2 ![]() |
JasperRidge.pod contains a challenging off-road course, you will not drive a fast lap on your first outing. The terrain is extremely rugged and there are no guardrails so you'll need to use your eyes and your wits to find a clean racing line. Finding that line and becoming good at holding it is the purpose of this track, to provide some challenging off-road style fun. If you don't like it then please curse softly and refrain from kicking your dog. After you've found your fastest line the track may be well suited for the recycling bin.
This was a small scale, minimalist experiment that is not up to the standard of my other tracks. It was designed for a single player experience but it might support multiplayer, and the computer trucks can at least finish the course. I think this kind of track is a good argument for the 'chase far and slightly up' driving perspective, which gives you a greater awareness of the track environment and your truck's relationship to it, much like the screenshot. See: Chase Far I named it Jasper Ridge because the texture reminds me of red jasper (on my screen anyway) and the course started with a ridge, it has nothing at all to do with the Californian nature preserve of the same name (which the track preview image is a topographical map of). The ground texture is from a 512x512 source texture (courtesy of LeMog) which was sliced into an 8x8 grid of textures that repeat endlessly across the terrain, creating a roadless yet rich texturescape. Visit: LeMog - 3dTextures for many excellent and free seamless textures.
JasperBonus.pod is an add-on add-on containing two navigation challenge courses of an even more extreme nature, named Bad Camber I and II. JasperRidge.pod is required for JasperBonus.pod to work. While Jasper Ridge Time Trial was a designed course, the two circuits in the bonus pod were simply 'discovered' on the off-track areas of the Jasper Ridge terrain. These are truly single player only and present a challenge that many would call tedious. They were made just for kicks and I only recommend mounting the pod if you enjoyed the main course. I think of these courses as a terrain puzzle that the driver must solve. It's possible to drive the courses with decent speed and without errors, but getting to that point is the challenge. Once you're able to complete the courses with decent speed and no accidents you have solved the puzzle and can delete the pod. |
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- Jasper Ridge | (navigation challenge) |
- Trailblazer | (mini-game experiment) |
- Cuboids | (crazy physics demo) |