Side Road Track Side Objects
With the additional side roads on the tracks to vary the look and feel of each track, comes the task of populating them with track side objects. Without these, the track feels a bit lifeless.
Using the AI data we have available, we can then setup what I call in the code "mini scenes". This allos us to setup a variety of pre determined, but slightly random scenes at each side road.
After studying a variety of rally videos, most of these junctions seem to have a few people, maybe a recovery truck, a few cars, and potentially some other random objects littered in them. As these junctions are literally flown past in the car, I don't think we need to be to detailed, but having a different setup at all junctions will make the game feel that little more varied. For now I've only set up a few different types, but long term I'll make sure to add more variety to the list.