So I've been testing The Crew 2 map and it's possible but man... this is going to take a long ass time if done right. The road textures are pretty godawful and the way the terrain is extracted is even worse.

If you're not aware, TC2 uses 20x12 tiles for each map "section". Each one of those 20x12 tiles is split up into sectors of 8x8.

ex:
01x01 sector 00x00
01x01 sector 00x01
01x01 sector 00x02
...
01x01 sector 08x07
01x01 sector 08x08

So basically for a 1x1:8x8 section of the terrain alone, I have to deal with 191 items (1 .raw and 2 .dds files) and a 600Mb obj. I originally tried to extract a 20x12:8x8 area so I could work on a good chunk but by the time I canceled the extract on section 02x02, THE FOLDER WAS ALREADY 12GB and 8,000+ files, most of that size being the 10gb obj file. Given there's 99x99 tiles to go through you can start to see why this project is not impossible but damn near close.

Will I attempt it? Perhaps. I need to do more testing to see I can make some scripts to automate certain things. The shaders on imported objects in Blender don't use BDSF, so I can't auto convert the shaders into GTA ones. More annoying is the fact that each object is it's own material, not being shared with other objects that use the same textures. And then there's trying to apply the normal/spec maps to those. This project is something else

I started this process too and holy moly these road textures are BAD. Like 256x128 bad. I haven't tried buildings yet but I imagine the same thing is going to happen. Hell of a project for sure but idk the feasibility in terms of the graphical fidelity. Perhaps I'll have to make my own road textures to suffice but needless to say, this is possible.

So update for those who visit every once in a while, these are maps I'm currently working on or have in-game but not released yet:

Union Island [50-60% done in Blender]
High Force UK [100% In-game, working on optimization]
Daytona 2017 [In-game, need to redo the ground and refine lighting]
Tokachi International Speedway [100% in-game, working on some kinks]
Kowloon (1:1 scale of Hong Kong Island) [In-game but is very rough because the original map from Assetto is still in-development and it doesn't perform that well]
Silverstone 1967 [In-game, needs some additions]
Mugello [In-game, needs lighting improvements and fur grass]
Oi Warf [In-game, needs lighting]
Spa Franc 1988 [In-game, still doing texture upgrades]
Thomson Road Grand Prix [In-game, working out the fur grass colors]
Drazgose Hillclimb [In-game, releasing in March for the Hillclimb/touge theme]
Karakoram Highway [In-game, not sure when I'll release this]
Irwindale Speedway [In-game, needs material improvements]
Tianmen Mountain [In-game, needs performance optimization]
Alpine Pass [ref. to Drazgose]
Dragon Range [ref. to Drazgose]
Kanazawa Iwozen Freeroam [In-game, needs lighting improvements and vegetation]

Those are the current maps, release date for hillclimb/touge maps in March 2023. Others will probably be released sometime during that month as well. For those who want the maps you've requested, I've just got a long list rn. Patience is a virtue and remember: these maps are free.

@MushroomGR A tutorial is in the works but no date on when it'll be released. I only have half the video recorded so far. Thanks for the support

@Scainyoutube Not really on my list of things to do since that still has to do with the main map. I don't really see a point of replacing the vanilla roads with japanese ones but I'm sure someone has the patience and knowledge to get it done

My bad for leaving the post kinda dead for a while. Got back into these projects over the past 3 months or so and learned a lot about blender/sollumz so the quality of the maps will reach the desired level I need to complete them. Hope people can still be excited for these. Some of these maps really are truly unique as hell and I wanna put them out for this audience.

Beat me to it. Gotta give ya props for attempting such a monumental task. If ur down we could collab on this. I have plenty of map knowledge

About to release the Fukuoka Urban Expressway. Need to finalize stuff (I haven't released a mod in so long)

@JohnFromGWN at first I cared about finishing them one at a time but not every map is built the same so I switch between projects once I get some skills from doing other maps

UPDATED: Feb 27th 2023
Imma get straight to the point: most of these are pretty much complete or at least halfway finished. Some are my earliest works (Smoltland and Parco Roccio) and others are my latest refined conversions (Lake Louise, El Captian). The release of most of these is uncertain for now. I use Blender 3.2 Sollumz, Zmodeler3 ew, Codewalker, and OpenIV if ur curious. Graphics setup is PRSA ENB, Reshade 4.9.1 and NVR in the screenshots (yes you read that correctly, is still use Natural Vision Remastered). FiveM is my testing grounds

PHOTOS (too many for this topic post): https://imgur.com/a/Emu1VKP

Smoltland Drift (First conversion)
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Detect Drift (easiest one so far)
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Pikes Peak (Released)
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Silverstone (Restarting soon)
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Backwoods Freeroam (Restarting soon)
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Coste Road (Restarting soon)
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Daytona Raceway 2017 (Is in-game, needs revisions)
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Lake Louise 50KM+ Version (Released)
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Sachsenring (Restarting soon)
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Sorrow County (Low effort but still nice for top-speed runs)
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Irohazaka Touge (Honestly obsolete now since AnLan just released their version):
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Tokachi International (Is in-game but needs finalizing)
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El Capitan 2004 (Restarting soon)
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Parco Roccio (Honestly should've released this already)
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Feldbergring (Released)
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Tajo Hillclimb (Released):
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There's some others in-the-works rn but I haven't put them in game yet:

Fukuoka Expressway (Released)
Laguna Seca (Released)
Osaka Belt Loop (Released)

• Kanazawa Iwozen Free Roam (Is in-game but needs revisions)
• Touge Island (Restarting)
• Monte Erice (Half way through in Blender)
• Glen Sheil (Possible but will take a while [1000km+ driveable road])
• Slea Head (Restarting)

PLEASE DO NOT DM/PM ME ASKING FOR THESE MAPS, YOU WILL NOT GET ANYTHING. I WILL IGNORE YOUR MESSAGE OUTRIGHT. I will answer messages if you want tips for converting ur own maps but I'm still learning so not everything I tell you will be the best way to do it. I'm not taking requests and will not take payment for any requests. These maps are freeware and they'll stay freeware