Re: Portugal pre-research tips
Posted: 16 Jul 2020 13:21
Hey, hope it's not too late.
I just wanted to give some ideas on landscapes for the A2, that I remember after my trip to the ALGARVE, and some tips on navigation signs.
Let's start from the south:
The Serra do Caldeirão is probably the biggest mountain range in the south of Portugal, (maybe serra de Monchique is bigger in area, idk), and it has some amazing landscapes. It makes the border between Alentejo and Algarve and I hope SCS includes these landscapes as a part of the A2 highway.
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Then we get to the deep Alentejo, where in this time of the year 40ºC are the normal and where you don't want to stop at all unless you want to sweat I remember passing this little village visible near the highway, it's called Gomes Aires and it's just before the Almodôvar exit (which I don't think there's space to make) - if you come from the A22. Just wanted to leave here the picture in case you guys are interested.
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Here it's even hotter, and it's one of the most common landscapes in the Alentejo. Literally (almost) nothing.
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Only 90 kms away from Lisbon, and already in the north of Alentejo Litoral, we have one of the most beautiful cities (at least for me) in the Alentejo. It's called Alcácer do Sal, and it's one of the oldest european cities, founded before 1000 a.C. I'm not expecting SCS to make it thanks to scale but I think the Rio Sado view would surely make justice to the city's beauty.
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Now about signs and in particular in the highways:
2000m before the exit we have this "far-exit" signs, as I call them:
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1000m before the exit we have the "close-exit" signs, another made-up name, for this:
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750m before the exit we get these signs, they exist also 500m and 250m before the exit (which the corresponding distance, obviously):
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This ones I'm sure you know. Remember they usually appear right before the hw2-hw3 transition.
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Near to the exit prefab, there are always this direction signs, I hope you won't forget them also.
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And after the exit (I don't think there's a specified distance, in some highways it's 200m after the exit, in others 1km), we have distance signs. I know it's something SCS usually doesn't do but I hope they won't forget them in Portugal, as they're important for navigation, especially for foreigners also.
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I think this sums up everything I wanted to say today.
I just wanted to give some ideas on landscapes for the A2, that I remember after my trip to the ALGARVE, and some tips on navigation signs.
Let's start from the south:
The Serra do Caldeirão is probably the biggest mountain range in the south of Portugal, (maybe serra de Monchique is bigger in area, idk), and it has some amazing landscapes. It makes the border between Alentejo and Algarve and I hope SCS includes these landscapes as a part of the A2 highway.
[ external image ]
Then we get to the deep Alentejo, where in this time of the year 40ºC are the normal and where you don't want to stop at all unless you want to sweat I remember passing this little village visible near the highway, it's called Gomes Aires and it's just before the Almodôvar exit (which I don't think there's space to make) - if you come from the A22. Just wanted to leave here the picture in case you guys are interested.
[ external image ]
Here it's even hotter, and it's one of the most common landscapes in the Alentejo. Literally (almost) nothing.
[ external image ]
Only 90 kms away from Lisbon, and already in the north of Alentejo Litoral, we have one of the most beautiful cities (at least for me) in the Alentejo. It's called Alcácer do Sal, and it's one of the oldest european cities, founded before 1000 a.C. I'm not expecting SCS to make it thanks to scale but I think the Rio Sado view would surely make justice to the city's beauty.
[ external image ]
---------------
Now about signs and in particular in the highways:
2000m before the exit we have this "far-exit" signs, as I call them:
[ external image ]
1000m before the exit we have the "close-exit" signs, another made-up name, for this:
[ external image ]
750m before the exit we get these signs, they exist also 500m and 250m before the exit (which the corresponding distance, obviously):
[ external image ]
This ones I'm sure you know. Remember they usually appear right before the hw2-hw3 transition.
[ external image ]
Near to the exit prefab, there are always this direction signs, I hope you won't forget them also.
[ external image ]
And after the exit (I don't think there's a specified distance, in some highways it's 200m after the exit, in others 1km), we have distance signs. I know it's something SCS usually doesn't do but I hope they won't forget them in Portugal, as they're important for navigation, especially for foreigners also.
[ external image ]
I think this sums up everything I wanted to say today.