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[Kikwik]

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I don't know if you know this game, so I will make a short presentation !
Sonic Drift 2 is racing game with Sonic from the first portable console in colors, the Game Gear ! You can choose between 7 characters, 4 GP (with the Final GP) and 19 tracks. There are bonus as well, like turbo, invincibility and rings, but in Generally we can't add those things. The races are at the 3rd person, but in Generally it's in top view. I hope it will be ok. There is Sonic Drift the first but it never left Japan and there was much less characters (4) and less diversity with tracks.

So, maybe you want to look at what I've done ?

Here's a picture of the tracks on the original game to make the comparisons with the tracks I've made :

And here's the tracks I've made in Generally. I tried to keep the retro look of the tracks (I don't add all the tracks in the picture because 19 tracks in one picture is impossible !) :

Sonic Drift 2 Trackpack.rar

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And for those who have a screen 4;3 (800*600, 1024*768 or 1280*1024, etc...)
Only available on Generally Database, 5th icon on upper right of this website, but beware that's the old version, not the new one.

Maybe there will be some improvements, can you tell me, please ? And if you like, of course say it ! I will be very happy !

13/09/2019 : Update of all my tracks, reduced size world, redesigned AI lines for Go-Kart, and more changes.

Have fun !

[Hiken17]

Nice tracks for me, But I think you should zoom in all of them, there is so much sky over there. And I personally dislike the LMap art on the canyon track, but appart from that, pretty well.

[Kikwik]

Rectified zoom a little (what I could) and updated trackpack !
Canyon track ? The 3rd maybe, Dark Valley 1 ?
I wanted to make fog but it's pretty difficult in Generally...
Or maybe it's the red track ? It's at the beginning an industrial and abandonned Eggman's field with rust everywhere, I don't know how to make rust and buildings in Generally correctly...
I'm not a great Generally track maker but I do my best with the skills I have !
Thanks for the interest !

[Hiken17]

Sorry for not explaining myself better, I mean Desert Road 1, the orange one xD
Keep up the work, i really liked Sonic and I find so much joy in these, you may get a really good trackmaker this way IMO ^^

[Kikwik]

Ah, ok ! I was completely wrong !
If you want to change something in this track, tell me ! I will (try to) change what you dislike.
Thanks for your support, it's very nice to see there is at least one person who appreciate what I've done !
I will make efforts to create the other tracks ! (must fuel myself with cookies a lot ! )

[Garbre]

Love the way how you've put the logo at the top of the post! How did you do that by the way? A big thanks for these stages! Sonic fans must owe you a lot! Looks like a really decent work, but I would prefer these tracks with the palette you've made for them. The artworks look really nice and it must have been tough to make everything look the way as it is now, your dedication is clearly noticeable. Fantastic work and thanks for introducing the game for us!

[Kikwik]

The logo ? I add it like a file to the post and I selected this in my post edition :
[attachment]Sonic Drift 2 logo[/attachment]
And I click "center" on the top when you write your post. It's look like this when you post :

[attachment]Sonic Drift 2 logo[/attachment]

(with a / at the beginning of the last center, like /attachment)
Then it appears at the center !
No, I didn't use special palette, I cheated a little... I edited my picture on Paint and added a black sky or a red sky ! The only special palette I used is "Sunset" palette from Fr4nk for the track Desert Road 1. I don't know how to make palette...
Wow ! Thanks for your compliments Garbre, I really appreciate !

[DuklaLiberec]

It seems that guys (including me) are enjoying the pack, hence why you can make and release more GPs in the future if you like to.

BTW, welcome abroad again

[Kikwik]

Thanks DuklaLiberec !
I'm happy to see my track pack have interest !
White GP is the next, I'm working on it.

BTW, welcome abroad again

Thanks ! It's nice to be here again !

[Kikwik]

White GP is finished !
Here's the tracks list :
- Desert Road 2
- Rainy Savanna
- Ice Cap
- Hill Top 2
- Mystic Cave
- Emerald Hill 2

Tracks on Game Gear :

Tracks on Generally :

Blue and Final GP on the way !
And of course if something is wrong, tell me !

[Haruna]

This is me being a meanie, but it really bugs me how you've horizontally squashed the track to fit the world square.

[Kikwik]

Yes, it's the result of taking the track from Game Gear and resize it in Gimp in 512*512.
The problem if I keep the original size will be the emptiness on the top and the back of the track and the problem of zooming which make invisible the top and the back of the track. (and it's more easy this way )

But for you, I will try in my next track to not resize like this. Or maybe it's possible to do this in GRMHedit ? I will do my best.

[XYY]

Can't you just resize it in original format and leave the top and bottom empty? If you zoom in, no one would notice it. You just need some practise with the right positioning, you have to place it a bit closer to the bottom, but not much

[Trigger Happy]

Kikwik: I'd suggest to examine TuomoH's BMX pack as good example of converting maps in another ratio into GR.

Anyway, I gave 5/5, great work!

[Kikwik]

Anyway, I gave 5/5, great work!

Thanks Trigger Happy !
I listen carefully what you tell me to do everyone and here's the result (it's not finished but I wanted to show you before) :

And here's the track to try racing on it if you want :

Maybe I can increase the World size, but it's at 200...
If this track is fine with you, I must remake all the tracks I made... I want to cry...
But yes, it's better I think.

[Kikwik]

It's finally finished !
Pfiou, it was hard but the 19 tracks are made !
I updated my 1st post where you can download what I made !
Only Sonic Drift 2 cars are not made, but I'm not very good at car making unfortunately...

[TuomoH]

The idea is nice, too bad the POV is only for 16:9 - not going to keep any of them since I use 4:3.

[Kikwik]

I can make a trackpack with a 4:3 POV (like 800*600) if you want !
I will PM you when I'll finish with it.

[TuomoH]

Sounds great, but don't forget to post them here!