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Race to the North v2.1

Completely overhauled version of my first ever map. With a year of "stuck at home" map making, I have had plenty of time to hone this craft, and I figured that this map deserved the justice of a redo.

From the London centred, populous south, to the industrial North, through lands of rich soil, to lands of rich stone. This map covers the East Coast & West Coast Main Lines from the South Coast to the Lowlands. There are opportunities everywhere, but not every route will be wise in 1850.


The "Race to the North" was the name given by the press to occasions in two summers of the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Scotland over the two principal rail trunk routes connecting the English capital city to Scotland – the West Coast Main Line which runs from London Euston via Crewe and Carlisle and the East Coast Main Line route from London King's Cross via York and Newcastle. The "races" were never official and publicly the companies denied that what happened was racing at all. Results were not announced officially and the outcomes have since been hotly debated. In the 20th century there were also occasions of competition for speed on the two routes. - *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_the_North*

Gitbiz's Race to the North Map with Industry, painted, with improved waterways, with their grateful permission.

Map created with base game assets only.

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Created with intel i7, Nvidia RTX 2080, 32gb ram.
Looks fantastic with "Morning Light" mod & expanded render distance. If your machine can handle it. I tried to keep the trees thick enough to be convincing while not blowing up your GPU.