What's next?

so now that the pre alpha v.0.0.1 has been released, I guess the big question would be; what's next?

I have a rough plan about the sequence of things to do, and it's based on what I think as the most efficient sequence, while keeping the track's performance in check. 

pre alpha version will cover:

• most, if not all building models, along with its texture and standard shaders

• correct railguard models and its textures

Alpha version:

• landscape model details and textures. right now, most visible landscape seems like a big open grass field. there will be farmlands, olive plantation, forests, cliffs and boulders, etc.

• textures and shader details. normals, speculars, fresnel, etc for all buildings and walls along the road.

• trees

• asphalt texture variants

• road lines

• AI lines

• Map

Beta version

• details. such as road signs, signages, laundries hanging from railings, electrical post, lamp post, etc

• spectators

• Parking cars

• Physical mesh details

• grooves

• cameras

• 3D grass. 3D grass will be among the last to put in, because I think I need to know how many triangles I can allocate after everything else is in. for a normal track, 3D grass amount to around 1 million triangles. for a 72km track, I'm not really sure we can put in 20 million triangles just for 3D grass!