How can I build a track from scratch?

[joevenzon]

From the IRC back-scroll, it sounds like you figured out what was wrong with your road. Most of the issues you ran into with the track drawing oddly were due to errors you made in blender, which is good. :-)

The start location requires a position and orientation. This can be set in the track editor by positioning and orienting the camera how you'd like the car to be positioned and oriented. That is, position the camera at the starting line looking in the direction that you'd expect the car to point. I realize that's not well documented, but the track editor is obviously a temporary tool until someone writes a better one (nudge).