Come up with clever track names
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:04 pm
I'm doing small/medium (WS 120) versions of F1 tracks (and others), and I want to give them "clever" names. The names are meant to indicate their size and differentiate them from their RWL versions. Because I'm sure we all have countless different versions of the most popular tracks (like Monaco, Monza etc.). So out of the 10 different Monacos you have, I want mine to stand out, but also still be found with the other Monacos. So they have to start with the same letter and be similar enough to be recognizable. For example: Monaco -> Minico OR Monza -> Minza/Miniza.
I hope you understand what I mean
Dragon did a WS70 track pack, in which he very cleverly named RWL based tracks as somewhat recognizable using corners or parts of the track as their name. For example: La Condamine = Monaco, Stavelot = Spa, Cuijmont = Montjuic etc. I was partially inspired by those names to name my tracks in a similar fashion.
Some tracks are known by several names so they have bit more room to come up with a good name. In terms of F1 for example Austria, Spielberg and Red Bull Ring mean the same track and F1 fans know which track you're talking about. So for RedBull ring I'd allow it to begin with either A or R.
TL:DR; Come up with clever names for short versions of famous tracks, starting with the same letter as the rwl counterpart.
I've already come up with a few but maybe you can help with the rest, or improve on my suggestions:
Austria/ Red Bull Ring - Roter Stier Ring? ( I don't like it )
Hockenheim - Hockenalt
Hockenheim - Hockenklein
KymiRing - KimiRing? ( I know it doesn't have the small part to it, but at least people know the country immediately )
Monaco - Monte Carlo/ Mini Carlo/ Moneghetti/ Minighetti/ Minico ?
Monza - Minza/ Miniza? ( a track called Minza already exists)
Paul Ricard - Petit Ricard
Sepang ?
Sochi ? (Maybe something like Sochi Minidrom)
Zandvoort - Zandkort
I like the idea of using that country's language as a part of the name (klein, kurz, petit, -ito etc.)
You can also list synonyms for short/small/tiny etc. in different languages, google translate can only get me so far.
I plan to eventually do the entire F1 calendar, but for now I only have a few tracks. I'm not saying which tracks are ready but there are also tracks from outside F1 or former F1 tracks. So you can definitely name other F1 tracks besides the ones listed already.
Also what do you think of this idea? Is completely dumb or what
Hopefully this is the right place to post this, if not please do move it where it belongs.
Thank you for bearing with me. This post somehow became way too long. Hopefully you got the idea I was after.
Ok, thank you, bye!
I hope you understand what I mean
Dragon did a WS70 track pack, in which he very cleverly named RWL based tracks as somewhat recognizable using corners or parts of the track as their name. For example: La Condamine = Monaco, Stavelot = Spa, Cuijmont = Montjuic etc. I was partially inspired by those names to name my tracks in a similar fashion.
Some tracks are known by several names so they have bit more room to come up with a good name. In terms of F1 for example Austria, Spielberg and Red Bull Ring mean the same track and F1 fans know which track you're talking about. So for RedBull ring I'd allow it to begin with either A or R.
TL:DR; Come up with clever names for short versions of famous tracks, starting with the same letter as the rwl counterpart.
I've already come up with a few but maybe you can help with the rest, or improve on my suggestions:
Austria/ Red Bull Ring - Roter Stier Ring? ( I don't like it )
Hockenheim - Hockenalt
Hockenheim - Hockenklein
KymiRing - KimiRing? ( I know it doesn't have the small part to it, but at least people know the country immediately )
Monaco - Monte Carlo/ Mini Carlo/ Moneghetti/ Minighetti/ Minico ?
Monza - Minza/ Miniza? ( a track called Minza already exists)
Paul Ricard - Petit Ricard
Sepang ?
Sochi ? (Maybe something like Sochi Minidrom)
Zandvoort - Zandkort
I like the idea of using that country's language as a part of the name (klein, kurz, petit, -ito etc.)
You can also list synonyms for short/small/tiny etc. in different languages, google translate can only get me so far.
I plan to eventually do the entire F1 calendar, but for now I only have a few tracks. I'm not saying which tracks are ready but there are also tracks from outside F1 or former F1 tracks. So you can definitely name other F1 tracks besides the ones listed already.
Also what do you think of this idea? Is completely dumb or what
Hopefully this is the right place to post this, if not please do move it where it belongs.
Thank you for bearing with me. This post somehow became way too long. Hopefully you got the idea I was after.
Ok, thank you, bye!