Free Rider HD's Track Making Compendium

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

Foreword​

Welcome 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​

Source 1: CityShep/thyprith Unknown Date

https://imgur.com/a/Nlw6aOM

Source 2: Ishu/mtt2 19/02/2016

https://imgur.com/a/iE1KAgA

Source 3: zwinxz 27/03/2017

https://imgur.com/a/zM9Y7zT

Source 4: pinn 16/02/2021

https://imgur.com/a/c5qpAu1

Source 5: pinn 16/02/2021

https://imgur.com/a/fG2FImu

Chapter 2: Rock Detail​

Source 6: CityShep/thyprith Unknown Date

https://imgur.com/a/WjwsgsU

Source 7: max007x 04/01/2020

https://imgur.com/a/6FjWuZo

Source 8: Eryp 24/01/2021

https://imgur.com/a/R7gbjMh

Source 9: CityShep/thyprith 11/02/2017

https://imgur.com/a/twhYo28

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​

Source 11: CityShep/thyprith 11/03/2016

https://imgur.com/a/7Cqlbys

Source 12: Maple 14/06/2017

https://imgur.com/a/WnDeFV2

Source 13: Maple 31/07/2017

https://imgur.com/a/wThGKAk

Chapter 4: Shading​

Source 14: Maple 02/01/2015

https://imgur.com/a/D17V7iA

Source 15: Maple 11/03/2017

https://imgur.com/a/jmNNo9l

Source 16: Eryp 08/02/2021

https://imgur.com/a/4AQaaLl

Source 17: Maple 16/11/2016

https://imgur.com/a/fT1etJl

Chapter 5: Ride Creation​

Source 18: Volund 21/09/2017

https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/communal-guide-to-ride-creation.8254/

Source 19: max007x 21/09/2017

https://imgur.com/a/RTLHWCg

Chapter 6: Track Design/Formatting/General Tips​

Source 20: lolz666 Unknown Date

https://imgur.com/a/S8L2XgQ

Source 21: Volund 22/06/2021

https://imgur.com/a/8KZU4AC

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*

Source 23: max007x 10/07/2014

https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/max007x’-ultimate-guide-to-track-design.618/

Source 24: armator 22/11/2014

https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/an-informative-message-to-track-designers.1243/

Source 25: Forlorn333 04/01/2015

https://community.freeriderhd.com/threads/realistic-detail-tutorials.1758/

Chapter 7: Drawing Circles/Pixel Art/Curve Tool​

Source 26: m1.c3 2016

https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/272576-perfect-circle-tutorial

Source 27: Elibloodthirst/deadrising2 2014

https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/63348-grid-colour-pallet

Source 28: Rey827 18/05/2015

https://community.freeriderhd.com/t...-almost-perfect-large-circle.2387/#post-49765

Source 29: Maple 08/09/2015

https://imgur.com/a/9zOr882

Chapter 8: Cloud/Ocean Detail​

Source 30: Maple 23/03/2015

https://imgur.com/a/TFKn4bx

Source 31: Maple 19/04/2015

https://imgur.com/a/IWiOHaO

Chapter 9: Video/Timelapse Content​

Source 32: nasrani 05/02/2014

Source 33: Fluffysmack 22/04/2020

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfdUIiipZYw1h3mhCvBl7Iw/videos

Source 34: pinn 10/03/2017

https://www.twitch.tv/hozadak

Source 35: pinn 26/08/2015

Final Note: Research and Future Submissions​

Thank 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).

 

> reserved for future installment

 

> reserved for future installment x2

 

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.

 

This is the master thread

 

Eryp Totoca12 sticky this

 

god's work

 

Jheez, The master guide has arrived.

 

Very useful thread dk why i was late to find out abt it

 

Me and you both

 

holy **** this is sick.

 

sick

 

Amazing

 

Trainer.John this is the thread you are looking for in the meantime.

 

great place to start improving my [sucky] detailing

 

bump

 

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 !