I'm a huge fan of the work that's done by the stage editors here (Emmea, Ricardo, Andrepg etc) but there are still a number of big races that really fail to get done well and these include 2 big classics.
1. Tour of Flanders on all the different versions I've played always lacks atmosphere as there are usually no people on the route (especially on important climbs like the Paterberg etc) and there is usually a lack of buildings on some of the climbs as well. Also some of the big climbs of the race like the Paterberg and Koppenberg are so short that as soon as you hit them they're over (should be made longer) as they are so decisive in that race. Also a number of editors tend to spend more time on the Paris-Roubaix when in fact the Tour of Flanders is the more exciting race imo. Finally Ricardo's Gent-Wevelgem is one of the best races on the DB and it's so much better than his Tour of Flanders.
2) The Amstel Gold by Ricardo is another great race and tricky as it should be, Andrepg's Fleche Wallonne variant is a another great race but the Liege-Bastogne-Liege is always a disappointment, again like the Tour of Flanders it lacks a soul and some of the climbs like the La Redoute should be made more epic and the city of Liege should have more coverage at the end of the race.
These two races are huge, so instead of concentrating like say on the Tour of Wales and races like this, it would be great if these two classics could be created in a far more epic fashion.
Edited by Tafiolmo on 02-02-2015 13:26
Maddrengen wrote:
I think (think), if you look to the dutch and maby spanish forums and their DB's I think these races might have a bigger focus. Especially Die Ronde
I never thought of this, but even if I find a better version of these races can I include them in my PCM database?
matt17br wrote:
Sure, you can include them as variants for example, and if you want, you can set them as current cariants. Explained in 2 others threads some days ago
Ok thanks, so I just need to now track down the best Tour of Flanders and LBL that I can find.
Paul23 wrote:
I was searching for a better LBL, too. Tell me, if you find something...
OK will do, in fact the LBL in the game is not too bad as the final section in Liege, at least feels a bit like the final of the race. The problem is most of the climbs before it like La Redoute which look nothing like the famous climb.
Tour of Flanders is what is really needed though, as every version I've played doesn't do any justice to the race.
At the moment the classics season is pretty epic, so it would be great if somebody could do a great E3 Harelbeke and Tour of Flanders, to match the already good Gent-Wevelgem by Ricardo that we already have?
