Really not my stages, inspired by Aquarias' prolific work I went back to the stage database (PCM12 and PCM13) and converted some of the smaller stage races for which there are less variants in the current PCM DB. List is below and credit for the stages goes to the stage maker.
I played all these through once and and given their age they all seemed pretty good to me. As a bonus in the pack there are two of my stages, a RR and TT variant for the US National Championship, set in Baltimore.
I converted the file naming to match the PCM expansion, so all you should have to do is save to the stages directory.
I have the process down to a science so if there are particular races in the DB folks think I should convert let me know as I intend to do more over time and I own every version of PCM back to 10, except 16.
So as well as converting stages I have done some of my own. I might be the world's slowest stage maker as I have been working on stages on and off since PCM 11 and have 7 total stages I can post. I don't have the patience for working in the stage editor for very long. These aren't the high-end work some folks post here more in the "solid" category with auto cities, but the landscape is complete and they are playable.
So this is my only complete stage race:
Fantasy Race: Tour of the Finger Lakes - this is a 4 stage tour based around the Finger Lakes in Western NY State. Really should be the Tour of the Western Finger Lakes as it only hits the 3 most Western lakes but that title is too wordy.
Stage 1 (flat) goes from Hammondsport at the south end of Keuka Lake, south and then back North and around the lake back to Hammondsport. It roughly follows the route of the century ride of the local charity race the, Tour de Keuka.
Stage 2 (hills) goes one lake west and starts at the south end of Canandaigua Lake, before heading back east to Hammondsport up the east side of Keuka and down onto the bluff in the Y at the top of Keuka Lake before finishing on Italy Hill outside Branchport (couldn't resist having a Naples to Italy stage).
Stage 3 (TT) is a short individual time trial across the top of Keuka Lake ending in Penn Yan
Stage 4 (Hills) is the queen stage, an LBL-like run down the west side of Seneca Lake to Watkins Glen (know for its auto racing course), west to Hammondsport and then back east to finish in Watkins Glen. The Finger Lakes are glacial which means they create these deep gorges which generate the short steep climbs in this and the second stage.
My other races are a USA NC variant and a one day race on Virginia's Skyline drive.
Fantasy: Skyline Ride
This race runs along Virginia's famous Skyline Drive. Starting near Luray Caverns it climbs up to the Skyline Drive and after about 200 bumpy km's descends near Lexington VA before repeating two laps of a loop back up to the Skyline Drive. The race will likely be decided on the last climb.
The USA NC variant is based in Baltimore with 8 circuits in the northern part of the city followed by 3 laps downtown and a finish on the Inner Harbor.
The TT follows the Inner Harbour section of the course.
ZCTS files for the Skyline Rider are in the Finger Lake download. ZCTS for the NC Variant are in the stage pack.
Edited by Ulrich Ulriksen on 24-04-2018 01:28
Also wanted an Australia WC variant for my World Series Story so used Tsmoha's 2015 Herald Sun Arthur's Seat stage to create a WC type race. Added a flat intro starting in Cranbourne, south of Melbourne, and then touring the Mornington penninsula before completing 7 circuits featuring the climb of Arthur's Seat with the finish at the top of the 7th. Thanks to Tsmoha for most of the hard word on this.
Created a cobbled version of my Baltimore-based USA NC. The course now makes 8 laps of Fells Point which is a historic section of Baltimore now known mainly for the bar scene. But there is still about a KM of cobbled streets. To make the race more cobble focused I cheated a little and made it 2KM of cobble.
