Pro Cycling Manager - Custom Map
Simulation | PC | PCM Stage Editor | Other Project | 3 days | 2022
Tight zig-zag roads are a tricky part to get an even profile on, but I managed to get one in the end.
On the profile view, it goes green, blue, yellow, red, black. Beyond blue it gets a bit unrealistic, so it's better to avoid that.
Project Description
With the stage editor of Pro Cycling Manager, I made a stage that starts from Annecy and ends at Leschaux.
The overall topography was already mapped, my work was to first make the lake, then trace the stage from one city to the other by following the roads.
After that, I needed to fix the profile, which was a long and difficult process. Basically, you have to play on the inclination of the roads to create natural slopes.
The last step was to place the scenery, forests, buildings etc.
I was unfamiliar with the franchise, so I had to take a lot of research on what PCM fans liked, how the official maps looked, but overall it was a satisfying challenge; despite de numerous bugs like the impossibility to use the city tool (so I had to place buildings by hand) and the lake tool making it impossible to raise an ever lowering water level.
The Team
- Me