As the last day of 2022 fast approaches, all of us working on GeneRally 2 would like to wish you a Happy New Year!
2022 has been an exciting year for us, and 2023 should be even more exciting with the planned release of GeneRally 2 into Early Access on Steam sometime in northern-hemisphere spring!
Last time, I shared my first impressions with GeneRally 2 Track Editor. Today I want to talk about the painting tools, in other words about drawing the track. This can be divided into two parts: editing the surface, and editing the height of the track. Terrain Type menu contains tools for painting the surface of the map.
The heart of the Terrain Type menu is the Surface Type tool. Currently there are 14 surfaces to choose from. Some of them are familiar from GeneRally 1, such as darker and lighter tarmac, grass, sand, mud, and snow. The biggest change from GeneRally 1 comes in the form of several tarmac types that only differ by their colors, such as green and blue. These have been included so that the users can create more delicate painting patterns, for example kerbs with varying paint schemes or trackside ornaments.
Tuomo is one of the admins of GRIF and a track-maker with almost 300 tracks released for GeneRally 1. He has played GeneRally for 20 years and thinks it’s the best game ever. He is currently building tracks for GeneRally 2!
This must’ve been the thought of many people when the posts about Steam wishlisting started hitting the Internet. For me it was special news for other reasons: one of them was the fact that, for the first time in my life, I saw content I had created on a Steam store page. I am, of course, talking about the track screenshots.
You see, the team invited me to create tracks for GeneRally 2 using its Track Editor while also doubling as a play-tester and bug hunter - and I leapt at the chance.
As of the time of writing, I’ve spent around 15-20 hours with the GeneRally 2 Track Editor. The Editor, like the game, is not yet a finished product so I won’t talk about things that will change, but I am thrilled to be able to share some of my impressions with you all!
Tuomo is one of the admins of GRIF and a track-maker with almost 300 tracks released for GeneRally 1. He has played GeneRally for 20 years and thinks it’s the best game ever. He is currently building tracks for GeneRally 2!
We’re excited to show you what GeneRally 2 looks like at the moment - and hope that you’ll support us by
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