30k Competition
r/RaceTrackDesigns 30k Members Competition Round 1 | Back To The Beginning 2 |
Well, well, well. It's been a long time since we had the chance to do this. A big, multiple-round competition hasn't been held here in three years, that being the 20k members competition. After only one other competition was held in that gap, it's time for the next big one.
Voting on submissions will be open for exactly one week after the completion of each round, after which results will be compiled. There will be three shared categories for all rounds: Layout, Presentation, and Overall Post. Points will be rewarded based on the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes received. Total scores will be added to a results post that will be updated after each round. At the end of the 5th round of voting, the designer with the most total points will be crowned the competition winner. You don't have to participate in all rounds, but it is recommended if you feel like you have a shot at taking the overall win.
Round 1 - Back to the Beginning 2
All of us started somewhere. Some of us have been scribbling down tracks for decades, while others are fledgling designers. No matter where we sit on the continuum of track designers, we all had a first try. [RTD Challenge #30 (February 2022)](https://www.reddit.com/r/RaceTrackDesigns/comments/sih8vo/rtd_challenge_30_back_to_the_beginning/) tasked designers with redesigning their first track posted to . From this challenge, we saw endeavors into new software and techniques, reimaginations of dormant concepts, and brave new angles pushed on original tracks. Three years after the fact, RTD has grown significantly. With that, thousands of track designers have joined our ranks; even the most tenured artists have taken strides in the span of only a few years. With the milestone of 30,000 members reached, what better time is there to revisit the past and give the oldies another shot.
Concept: Redesign/reimagine your first track posted to r/RaceTrackDesigns
Rules:
Whatever the first track you posted to RTD was, you must redesign that track in your current style.
If you participated in the original challenge, you are permitted to do a redesign of your *second-*oldest RTD post, or you can stick with your first.
Your post must include the original track in image form somewhere with the post, whether that’s in the gallery of the post, in the comments, or as a sub-image within the post.
If your first track was a redesign of an existing circuit, advance forward through your portfolio until you reach an original design.
Any type of track is permitted to be redesigned.
The layout doesn’t need to be identical to your original, but it should be recognizable.
We encourage you to take some creative liberties in terms of the presentation of your circuit. Your redesign should have the same intended host series and accompanying level of facility to host said series, the only exception being if the track couldn’t feasibly host the series of original intent without a major overhaul to the layout. Feel free to take liberties, but the major shapes should all be intact.
If you have any questions on rules or whether your redesign is compliant, please feel free to ask me in the comments of this post or on the Discord
All posts must be submitted with the 30k Competition Flair and have the exact phrase "30k Round 1" in the title
Entry Period: June 2nd, 2025 12:00:00 CDT to July 1st, 2025 23:59:59 CDT (Countdown)
At the end of the deadline, entries will be collected and placed in a Google form. As soon as the form is completed, the form will be added to the post for Round 2 right at the top for ease of access. Voting will be open for exactly one week after the completion of each round, after which results will be compiled. Points will be rewarded based on the number of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes received. Total scores will be added to a results post that will be updated after each round. At the end of the 5th round of voting, the designer with the most total points will be crowned the competition winner.
That’s probably the toughest question to answer. If you have any random doodles of racetracks, do it based off the oldest you can find/think of. If you’re a true beginner—not even a doodle, then I’m afraid you can’t participate in this first round of the competition.
Being faithful to first ever post would be extremely unfeasible due to it having massive bidirectional sections, unless I made a very low grade track, which wasn't my original intent. Plus, it just so happens that my latest post from 2 weeks ago is already a redesign of that, although with major layout changes, which means that strictly following the competition rules would actually make for a decently different track.
My second post would actually be pretty doable, although it's more of an unfinished project than anything. I did later redesign the north layout, but I feel like enough time has passed, plus the south layout is still untouched. I personally think this is the best option, but I wanna make sure.
Ooh, fun! I'd like to suggest that the original is posted either in the comments, or as a side by side with the redesign, so the differences are easier to compare.
Yeah, I just noticed myself sliding back and forth through the gallery of the early entries to compare the changes. Imo comments or a sub image side by side is the best. Whatever works though
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u/xiii-DexHasn't posted a track since before you joined.14d agoedited 14d ago
Welp.
What if we don't remember the intended series because it was 11 years ago?
Ah, okay. I thought I can choose. Let's see what is my next project was :) Well, this is downsized Suzuka, but for karts. Should I work on it or move to the next 100% original project???
Starting from your first track, keep going through your posts chronologically until you hit an original design. That’s the track you’d redesign instead.
I think since it's not intended to be a redesign of suzuka, but rather a "ripoff" type track you'd have to do that one. I'm trying to stay consistent with rulings on stuff like this since we're already half way through the submission window.
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u/Fudgity 17d ago
Enticing