Free Rider HD's Track Making Compendium Curated by Volund Table of Contents:> Foreword > Editions > Chapter 1: Tree Detail > Chapter 2: Rock Detail > Chapter 3: Ground/Cliff Detail > Chapter 4: Shading > Chapter 5: Ride Creation > Chapter 6: Track Design/Formatting/General Tips > Chapter 7: Drawing Circles/Pixel Art/Curve Tool > Chapter 8: Clouds/Ocean Detail > Chapter 9: Video/Timelapse Content > Final Note: Research and Future Submissions ForewordWelcome to FRHD's Track Making Compendium. This is your ultimate guide to track creation, wherein you will find tips, guides and more for anything and everything track creation. It has collated the decades-long track making experience into one convenient place, so as to allow everyone the ability to make the best track they possibly can. Please see the Table of Contents above to find topics of your interest, and take note that there may be more than just a link in each spoiler. Refrain from using the comments to ask questions about track making if at all possible, and instead use it as an opportunity to post other sources which may be added to the Compendium. Things to note before reading: > Screenshots are all uploaded to imgur, so as to avoid there being broken images in the future. > All dates are given in DD/MM/YYYY format. > Detailing Thread and Drawing Thread may be used interchangeably throughout the Compendium. > You may have to zoom into the images on imgur for them to not be blurry. Editions: First Edition: 35 Sources, 22/06/2021 Chapter 1: Tree Detail Spoiler: Source 1: CityShep/thyprith, Unknown Date https://imgur.com/a/Nlw6aOM Spoiler: Source 2: Ishu/mtt2, 19/02/2016 https://imgur.com/a/iE1KAgA Spoiler: Source 3: zwinxz, 27/03/2017 https://imgur.com/a/zM9Y7zT Spoiler: Source 4: pinn, 16/02/2021 https://imgur.com/a/c5qpAu1 Spoiler: Source 5: pinn, 16/02/2021 https://imgur.com/a/fG2FImu Chapter 2: Rock Detail Spoiler: Source 6: CityShep/thyprith, Unknown Date https://imgur.com/a/WjwsgsU Spoiler: Source 7: max007x, 04/01/2020 https://imgur.com/a/6FjWuZo Spoiler: Source 8: Eryp, 24/01/2021 https://imgur.com/a/R7gbjMh Spoiler: Source 9: CityShep/thyprith, 11/02/2017 https://imgur.com/a/twhYo28 Spoiler: Source 10: mR..A, 27/04/2021 https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/tutorial-3d-rock-sculpting.11765/ *PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PICTURES IN THIS THREAD HAVE EXPIRED* Chapter 3: Ground/Cliff Detail Spoiler: Source 11: CityShep/thyprith, 11/03/2016 https://imgur.com/a/7Cqlbys Spoiler: Source 12: Maple, 14/06/2017 https://imgur.com/a/WnDeFV2 Spoiler: Source 13: Maple, 31/07/2017 https://imgur.com/a/wThGKAk Chapter 4: Shading Spoiler: Source 14: Maple, 02/01/2015 https://imgur.com/a/D17V7iA Spoiler: Source 15: Maple, 11/03/2017 https://imgur.com/a/jmNNo9l Spoiler: Source 16: Eryp, 08/02/2021 https://imgur.com/a/4AQaaLl Spoiler: Source 17: Maple, 16/11/2016 https://imgur.com/a/fT1etJl Chapter 5: Ride Creation Spoiler: Source 18: Volund, 21/09/2017 https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/communal-guide-to-ride-creation.8254/ Spoiler: Source 19: max007x, 21/09/2017 https://imgur.com/a/RTLHWCg Chapter 6: Track Design/Formatting/General Tips Spoiler: Source 20: lolz666, Unknown Date https://imgur.com/a/S8L2XgQ Spoiler: Source 21: Volund, 22/06/2021 https://imgur.com/a/8KZU4AC Spoiler: Source 22: mR..A, 15/12/2016 https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/track-design-tutorial.6599/ *PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PICTURES IN THIS THREAD HAVE EXPIRED* Spoiler: Source 23: max007x, 10/07/2014 https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/max007x’-ultimate-guide-to-track-design.618/ Spoiler: Source 24: armator, 22/11/2014 https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/an-informative-message-to-track-designers.1243/ Spoiler: Source 25: Forlorn333, 04/01/2015 https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/realistic-detail-tutorials.1758/ Chapter 7: Drawing Circles/Pixel Art/Curve Tool Spoiler: Source 26: m1.c3, 2016 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/272576-perfect-circle-tutorial Spoiler: Source 27: Elibloodthirst/deadrising2, 2014 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/63348-grid-colour-pallet Spoiler: Source 28: Rey827, 18/05/2015 https://community.freeriderhd.com/t...-almost-perfect-large-circle.2387/#post-49765 Spoiler: Source 29: Maple, 08/09/2015 https://imgur.com/a/9zOr882 Chapter 8: Cloud/Ocean Detail Spoiler: Source 30: Maple, 23/03/2015 https://imgur.com/a/TFKn4bx Spoiler: Source 31: Maple, 19/04/2015 https://imgur.com/a/IWiOHaO Chapter 9: Video/Timelapse Content Spoiler: Source 32: nasrani, 05/02/2014 Spoiler: Source 33: Fluffysmack, 22/04/2020 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfdUIiipZYw1h3mhCvBl7Iw/videos Spoiler: Source 34: pinn, 10/03/2017 https://www.twitch.tv/hozadak Spoiler: Source 35: pinn, 26/08/2015 Final Note: Research and Future SubmissionsThank you for reading through the Free Rider Track Making Compendium. I hope that it has helped you in some way, or at the very least found posts which were previously lost to the ravages of time. If you would like to add anything I have missed, or search yourself to see if I have missed any other tutorials, guides or tips, please feel free to post them in the comments below so that they may be added. I have not done much (if any) research on Discord, so that may be the next best place to look. Please note that I have thus far gone through every page of the Drawing Thread (as of 22/06/2021), the first 60 pages of the Anything and Everything Free Rider sub-forum (as of 22/06/2021), all pages of the Post Your Official WIP Here thread (as of 22/06/2021), and the first 60 pages of the Tracks sub-forum (as of 22/06/2021).
Definitely the most helpful track making thread on the site. Hopefully people listen and use the advice that’s being handed to them. I would love to see a good track more often than once a fortnight.
didnt realise it's been almost 2 years since i made this will make a Second Edition for the Compendium by end of July, so if you plan on making any tutorials, get them posted asap !
