Hey all. I almost never play RRG2 anymore, but I do load it up from time to time.
From the looks of things on this the other RRG2 sites, this game is all but dead. Still, I just discovered something that is absolutely revolutionary in the realm of constructing very nice custom tracks for RRG2. This has been around for about a year-and-a-half now, but I only just yesterday bought the game and realized what it can do for RRG2.
It is the track editor for the PC version of "MX vs. ATV Unleashed". It's available at Amazon and most Target stores for only $10.
This track editor uses various types of brushes and painting tools to fully create what we RRG2 builders know of as the Elevation Map and the Texture Map. There is NO NEED for external programs such as Adobe Photoshop. Also, this editor is much more intuitive and easier to use than Photoshop.
You actually SEE the bumps and hills rise out of the ground as you draw the elevation map. On top of that, you can paint different types of dirt and grass textures right there to make the texture map, directly on top of your elevation map.
You completely build and color your track right there in realtime 3D as if you were modeling with clay. This is so much more intuitive than creating everything seperately in 2D using Photoshop and the like. I think just about anyone could make their local RC track using only this editor.
The editor then exports the track as TGA files for MXvs.ATV to use. You then convert the TGA files to bitmaps and rename, resize, and tweak the color settings to make them work in RRG2.
We hare going to have a weekly race at 7pm New York time every Saturday (eastern USA time).
We are going to make a BIG racing series. This is the testing phase. If you want to be a part just join at every Saturday 7pm New York time (estern USA time).
For now it will be a free class. We will race on all tracks that are on RealRace G2 Internet World. So if you want to race on your track upload it.
If things go well we will try to arrage som more specific classes and so on.
We will use Skype to chat. Jesse will be the host.
Starting on 2007-03-03. Third of March 2007.
(I AM VERY SORRY I HAVE NOT BEEN HOSTING. I HAVE HAD A LOST OF STUFF GOING ON IN MY LIFE RITE NOW. I WILL BE HOSTING THIS SATURDAY AT THE NORMAL TIME.)
