The Scenic Route is a casual racetrack that stretches across most of Forge World. Initially, my friends and I were just trying different concepts and eventually a racetrack began to form. We spent many man-hours adjusting key areas and smoothing out the track as best as we reasonably could and the Scenic Route was born.

I refer to the map as “casual” but it supports Racing gametypes and can be enjoyed in a competitive fashion. However its size alone would likely prevent it from being in the same league as the best racetracks out there.

I’ll say this about racetracks: I have a much greater appreciation for the hard work that goes into designing and executing a great track. With all the new tools Reach’s Forge features, I thought building a race would be a piece of cake. But creating a quality track, with a reasonably smooth surface, easily navigable turns, dynamic flow, etc. proved to be a tedious affair. Fellow racetrack forgers: I salute you.

The Scenic Route is big, but several key “booster” pads and a mostly downhill ride helps create the allusion of speed. In several areas there are more than one way to the same destination, creating some interesting risk-vs-reward scenarios. There are also several “detours” to avoid, as well as a few obstacles. Although there are no gametypes that utilize it, I designed The Scenic Route to be “two-way” so that if the player desires he can successfully drive in the reverse direction.

The Scenic Route is a great time-waster, in between competitive matches or for just goofing off with friends. Mongooses are ideal, but a Warthog race can be a blast as well.

^crap in a hat!

^the homestretch

^"caution: road work in progress"

^take the high road

Although it proved to be much more difficult than I had expected, creating the Scenic Route was a nice digression after spending so many hours on more competitive maps. Let me know how you fair and thanks for looking.

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