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[cpbell]

After a sizeable and diverse entry, I'm starting the voting thread for the 3rd Annual Formula E Circuit Competition.  Last year, maximilian won with his innovative design from Jacksonville, Florida, but who will come out on top this year?  For the first time, we have longer lap lengths entered, some of which extend into rural areas, perhaps reflecting the change next season to Generation 3 in FE.   Thanks to all who took part!

 

Anyway - rules for voting:

 

1.  Please vote in the poll for your preferred entry AND post in thread with your top 3 in order; this will enable me to separate any ties by using 2nd and 3rd-place preferences.

2.  You are NOT allowed to vote for, or include in your top 3, your own entry.

3.  Deadline for votes in midnight UTC on January 27th.

Edited by cpbell, 26 December 2021 - 23:51.

[PayasYouRace]

Pictures embedded for reference.

 

The Auckland E-Prix by ClubmanGT

 

 

 

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The Brooklands E-Prix by NewMrMe

 

 

 

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The Devon in Dartmoor E-Prix by PayasYouRace

 

 

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The Ironbridge Gorge E-Prix by Alan Lewis

 

 

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The New Orleans E-Prix by Ben1445

 

 

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The Novi Sad E-Prix by cpbell

 

 

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The Saint Martin E-Prix by thegamer23

 

 

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The Stirling E-Prix by Rumblestrip

 

 

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The St. Petersburg E-Prix by OneLapWonder

 

 

 

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The Tokyo E-Prix by Frood

 

 

 

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The Tucson E-Prix by maxiilian

 

[cpbell]

The entries:

 

 

The Auckland E-Prix by ClubmanGT

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9670626

 

 

The Brooklands E-Prix by NewMrMe

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9670450

 

The Devon in Dartmoor E-Prix by PayasYouRace

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9738499

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9738506

 

The Ironbridge Gorge E-Prix by Alan Lewis

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9687554

 

 

The New Orleans E-Prix by Ben1445

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9741575

 

 

The Newquay E-Prix by jimjimjeroo

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9672887

 

 

The Novi Sad E-Prix by cpbell

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9668107

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9668299

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9668388

 

The Saint Martin E-Prix by thegamer23

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9741511

 

The Stirling E-Prix by Rumblestrip

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9741787

 

 

The St. Petersburg E-Prix by OneLapWonder

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9675606

 

 

The Tokyo E-Prix by Frood

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9672078

 

 

The Tucson E-Prix by maxiilian

 

https://forums.autos...lian/?p=9668066

Edited by cpbell, 26 December 2021 - 22:05.
Pictures embedded

[cpbell]

Make sure there’s a post with all the entries for reference.

Done.

[cpbell]

I've voted for the Saint Martin E-Prix, and my top 3 is

 

1. Saint Martin

2. Tokyo

3. Ironbridge Gorge.

Edited by cpbell, 26 December 2021 - 13:48.

[Anja]

Not an easy choice. My top 3 however is:

 

1. Saint Martin E-Prix

2. Devon in Dartmoor E-Prix

3. Brooklands E-Prix

[cpbell]

Not an easy choice.

Yes, it's a most impressive entry this year!

Edited by cpbell, 26 December 2021 - 17:21.

[maximilian]

Thank you for doing this thread as well! 

[maximilian]

I'll have to give it to

1. Novi Sad because I know how much thought and agonizing cpbell put into this all year long, ever since we finished last year's contest! 

2. Brooklands is really cool - reviving the legendary venue is a brilliant idea

3. can we do ties?  I'd like to tie Tokyo and St Martin.  Dang it.  Aw well, coin toss says Tokyo.  Sorry thegamer23 - your presentation alone deserves a win! 

[cpbell]

Thank you for doing this thread as well! 

If you want to take it over, send me a PM.  Thanks for your vote for the Novi Sad plan, BTW!

[cpbell]

Agree re: the presentation of both the Tokyo and Saint Martin plans.  I actually had the Tokyo entry as my #1 until the Saint Martin one was posted.

[PayasYouRace]

My votes are:

 

1. Tokyo

2. St. Martin

3. Tucson

[cpbell]

My votes are:

 

1. Tokyo

2. St. Martin

3. Tucson

Nice choices!  I feel really bad not including max's Tucson entry, but there were so many really good ones this year that I was always going to leave at least one out.

Edited by cpbell, 26 December 2021 - 23:12.

[NewMrMe]

My top 3

1 St Martin
2 Tokyo
3 St Petersberg

[cpbell]

My top 3

1 St Martin
2 Tokyo
3 St Petersberg

I liked the St. Petersburg one as well, but it was another (like yours) that I could have easily included in my top 3.

[cpbell]

Guys - we have a problem - people keep voting in the poll but not posting their top 3, which may cause problems if there's a tie.

[OvDrone]

Lurker here, my top 3 are as follows:

1. Devon in Dartmoor

2. Tucson

3. Novi Sad

 

Good luck y'all and loved to see your creativity on display.

Edited by OvDrone, 07 January 2022 - 20:40.

[kumo7]

New Orleans, and that is it for me.

[absinthedude]

I just want to thank everyone for their entries.....I'll be voting in January as I'm not at home much until then. 

[thegamer23]

This was a great season for circuit design competition, gg all   

Great entries, and it's never been this hard to come up with a Top 3.

 

Anyway, i'll go with my top 3, based on a combination between Track Layout, Presentation & Environmental connection.

 

 

1. Tucson e-Prix [Unique Track layout, but still very much FE-esque, well done graphic and in-theme environmental connection]

2. Tokyo  [Lacking a direct environmental connection, but it's the best, most realistic FE-esque Layout, and a very solid presentation]

3. Novi Sad [Solid, believable FE layout, and an overall toughtful entry]

 

Honorable mention to all of the other entries too, i feel bad about picking only 3 of them!

Entries such as PayasyouRace's Devon track, with an awesome graphic effort on the presentation side, or the meaningful New Orleans entry by Ben.
A lot to like there.

But that's the name of the game!
 

 

[romaincrouton]

1 Ironbridge Gorge (The new Mecca of electric motors sport) also isn't Telford renowned for roundabouts?

2 Devon in Dartmoor, (would like to see carbonated Buckfast sprayed on the podium)

3 Newquay (to round off a rural selection)

[Alan Lewis]

This thread gets better every year. Why am I having to make such difficult decisions when I'm on holiday, you sadists!😁

Anyway...

1) Auckland. A long, sweeping course that looks beyond the confines of the host city itself. There is surely space on the calendar for one event like this each year.

2) Novi Sad. Probably the entry that had the most time and care lavished on it - and it fulfils the brief perfectly.

3) Saint Martin. Look at that scenery! The TV director is already dreaming of an Emmy for his broadcast. Meanwhile, the devastated areas of forest bear mute witness to the message behind the race.

So many honourable mentions: Newquay and Dartmoor could easily have filled the same niche as Auckland; Tucson and Brooklands are both excellent concepts... If I was voting again next week I'd very probably come up with a different result.

[cpbell]

If I was voting again next week I'd very probably come up with a different result.

Same here.  I keep thinking "I should have had that one as my #3 choice" or something.

Edited by cpbell, 27 December 2021 - 13:08.

[FredrikB]

1. Tokyo

2. Sterling

3. S:t Petersburg

[maximilian]

 

1. Tucson e-Prix [Unique Track layout, but still very much FE-esque, well done graphic and in-theme environmental connection]

 

 

 

Thank you!  Though it's easy to make the thematic connection when I was the one who came up with it in the first place 

[jonpollak]

1:Tuscon
2:St.Petersburg
3:Tokyo

Jp

[Ben1445]

1. Novi Sad 

2. Saint Martin 

3. Stirling

[cpbell]

1. Novi Sad 

2. Saint Martin 

3. Stirling

Thanks.  I'm also glas someone included the Stirling plan as I felt bad for not having it in my top 3.

[Risil]

Very even competition. I voted for Brooklands, although potentially an opportunity was missed by not having the cars circle around former transportation of the future, Concorde.

 

Ironbridge second, Tucson third.

[cpbell]

Very even competition. I voted for Brooklands, although potentially an opportunity was missed by not having the cars circle around former transportation of the future, Concorde.

Risil, could you post your second and third place choices, please?

[Risil]

Risil, could you post your second and third place choices, please?

Fine but I'll have to read the original thread first! I've been to Brooklands recently so I could sort of visualize that one from the layout.

[cpbell]

Fine but I'll have to read the original thread first! I've been to Brooklands recently so I could sort of visualize that one from the layout.

Cheers - I'm doing it so that I can solve any ties that may ensue.
 

[NewMrMe]

Very even competition. I voted for Brooklands, although potentially an opportunity was missed by not having the cars circle around former transportation of the future, Concorde.

I did originally want to do have the track go past Concorde. The problem is that there is only one viable entrance/exit into the museum grounds and it isn’t wide enough to be both at the same time. Therefore that wasn’t possible.

[cpbell]

25 days left for voting!

[Currahee]

Stirling, Tokyo, Brooklands

[Ben1445]

Ooh a three way tie as things stand in the main vote

[PayasYouRace]

I feel bad for OneLapWonder not getting a top vote. The St. Petersburg track looks pretty good, and everyone else has got at least one top vote.

[absinthedude]

1. Brooklands - partly sentimental but it also looks a fun layout

2. Saint Martin - probably the most practical

3. Tokyo

 

Honourable #mention to New Orleans

[thegamer23]

It's wide open!

Love it

[cpbell]

I feel bad for OneLapWonder not getting a top vote. The St. Petersburg track looks pretty good, and everyone else has got at least one top vote.

I agree.

[Vielleicht]

My votes go to

1 - St Petersburg - Looks good, would really work well as a real FE event. Deserves a point.

2 - Saint Martin - Love the entry, would love to see a race in such an idyllic setting. Outstanding presentation effort.

3 - Novi Sad - Layout seems entriely realisitc and I loved the background of the post.

 

Good spread of entries, folks!

[cpbell]

Bump.

[Cornholio]

Brooklands
Ironbridge Gorge
Dartmoor

[thegamer23]

4 entries tied in the lead with 4 points!

It's all kicking off! 
 

[Ben1445]

That’s madness

[LucaP]

Novi Sad
Tokyo
St Martin

[maximilian]

OK, who hasn't voted yet that I can bribe/threaten? 

[Alan Lewis]

Who can I persuade to join me in a vote-winning coalition? 😊

More seriously, the closeness of the vote simply highlights the fine quality of the entries across the board, I'd have said.

[cpbell]

Novi Sad
Tokyo
St Martin

Can you please vote in the poll as well?

Edited by cpbell, 09 January 2022 - 23:06.

[cpbell]

4 entries tied in the lead with 4 points!

It's all kicking off! 
 

I'm going to have to use 2nd and 3rd place votes as a tie-breaker!