Laying long straight track accuratly

[Toripony]

I'm pretty new to TS but I've been laying a lot of straight track lately on the Google maps overlay.

A simpler but maybe less perfect method I've been using is to start my first full loft which will certainly be a little off. I'll gently curve it into place at the far end. Then I'll do the same with the next loft, again using just a touch of curve if I need to. Usually the third loft is dead on. I can then put a split in this perfect third loft, delete everything before it, and build back from it. That way the perfect segment becomes my guide for the whole thing.

Now that you mention it, I remember a lo-o-o-ng time ago... OMG, I'm having Rail Simulator nostalgia flashbacks!

[Expressman]

I'm pretty new to TS but I've been laying a lot of straight track lately on the Google maps overlay.

A simpler but maybe less perfect method I've been using is to start my first full loft which will certainly be a little off. I'll gently curve it into place at the far end. Then I'll do the same with the next loft, again using just a touch of curve if I need to. Usually the third loft is dead on. I can then put a split in this perfect third loft, delete everything before it, and build back from it. That way the perfect segment becomes my guide for the whole thing.

Now that you mention it, I remember a lo-o-o-ng time ago... OMG, I'm having Rail Simulator nostalgia flashbacks!

I'm quite confused.

[Toripony]

Sorry... just a joke for the long-timers... way back in 2008 the game was called Rail Simulator. I remember using that method way back when I first started laying track... don't know when/why I changed it... practice I guess. Which is what it takes to learn to use the route editor, lots and lots of practice. I still learn new tricks, sometimes entirely by accident.