Is the Indy Road Course Wrong?

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I just realized the two hairpins on the Indy road course are nothing like the real life circuit. In fact, those two corners in real life are both less than 90*, whereas in the GT5 model, they are closer to 160* each.

I'm not trying to flame on GT5; rather, I was just wondering if the track model GT5 uses is based on an earlier configuration of the Indianapolis road course? Was it an intentional change by PD to make the game circuit more interesting? Or did the designers just completely botch those two corners?
 
The layout is correct in the configuration it is in.

The track shows no signs of the MotoGP layout and that's when those two corners were reconfigured to be easier on the bikes.
 
Looks about right.

500px-Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_-_road_course.svg.png
 
As far as I know on real world tracks they used some laser scanning gear that records accurate 3D environments. Captures a high amount of data quickly.

So there's no doubt about the realism.
 
I just checked it up and it looks exactly in real life as in the game :)
 
Villain
Looks about right.

500px-Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_-_road_course.svg.png
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This is the real one:
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Well that picture is from google earth so i dont know when its taken but it looks pretty much the same
 
F1 track and the version that is in the game

500px-Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_-_road_course.svg.png


The MotoGP layout with reconfigured corners
500px-Indianapolis_Moto_GP.svg.png


Note that the track was changed to the MotoGP layout after it was modelled for GT. Note too that the bikes go the opposite direction to the car road course (Same way that the 500 is run)
 
Yup, the in-game version is the old F1 layout with much sharper corners at 'Mickey Mouse'.

The MotoGP layout softens those corners considerably and, as daan pointed out, are run in the opposite direction.
 
@Griesen - focus on turns 9 and 10. They are different layouts. ;)
 
If you want to check go on google earth and look at the 2007 picture. This is the F1 and GT5 layout. Now have a look at 2008 onwards, this will show the Moto GP layout.

Edit: Actually if you look carefully at the picture Greisen posted you can see a mark on the grass where the track used to go.
 
It's correct, really.

They used the F1 "track".
 
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Well there you go, learn something new everyday.

I knew that they reconfigured the track to cut out 'Speedway turn 1' for the MotoGP. But never noticed that the micky mouse (S-bend) corners were smoothed out.
 
shame we can't have both. The Bike track looks a lot better since those two hairpins were always a waste of time.
 
ALP1986
shame we can't have both. The Bike track looks a lot better since those two hairpins were always a waste of time.
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Quite right! I believe JV once described them as "w***", thereby showing both his distaste and a remarkable command of the British-English idiom :D
 
Thats one of the best track in the game. Im almost unbeatable on this:sly:
 
The only thing wrong with this track is the Micky Mouse S bend section. If that could be replaced with the modification for the bike track but still run in the F1 direction it would be great.
 
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