Beiträge von Duplode

Hello everyone! The Audi is truly a wonderful car -- and a well-suited one to wintry conditions!

Duplode................1:54.50
Jigo...................1:55.55
struuunz...............1:55.65
bossfan................2:00:10
6502...................2:01.25
froetz.de..............2:02.75
Dewie..................2:03.80
Dana...................X:XX.XX
Argammon...............X:XX.XX
mooh...................X:XX.XX
Cpl. Rex Barkin........X:XX.XX
GuillermoXT............X:XX.XX
Overdrijf..............X:XX.XX
oerk...................X:XX.XX
Beckenrand-schwimmer...X:XX.XX
Miso...................X:XX.XX
PetCo..................X:XX.XX
Lausebengel55..........X:XX.XX

Hi everyone! Let me share something with you while it's still up-to-date.

Over at ZakStunts, we have recently updated the Stunts Competition Archive to cover up to 2022 (and early 2023), and this contest is of course featured! I have attached the DOSReloaded.de folder, which includes all tracks from 2019 on, plus a few replays and general information about the competition.

Given the clarification, both my laps are invalid; the updated scoreboard is below. Thanks struuunz for the clarification, and generally for keeping this lovely competition running

mooh...................2:31.30
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:36.15
Overdrijf..............2:47.15
Jigo...................2:48.60
bossfan................2:57.05
PetCo..................3:03.80
froetz.de..............3:07.35
Dewie..................3:16.95
Dana...................X:XX.XX
Duplode................X:XX.XX
struuunz...............X:XX.XX
GuillermoXT............X:XX.XX
oerk...................X:XX.XX
Miso...................X:XX.XX
Lausebengel55..........X:XX.XX
Beckenrand-schwimmer...X:XX.XX

Nooooo! Sorry Dana , sorry PetCo -- you're right, of course, there's no point in the rule-lawyering if it ruins the fun for everyone else. Perhaps I shouldn't have reacted to mooh questioning that GIF. And maybe I should stop racing here, and just cheer you all from the sidelines.

Okay, it was a big challenge, but I got to lower our record a little bit!

I verified this lap in the way described a few posts ago, BTW. You can check it as well with the attached replay.

Duplode................2:31.00
mooh...................2:31.30
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:36.15
Overdrijf..............2:47.15
Jigo...................2:48.60
bossfan................2:57.05
PetCo..................3:03.80
froetz.de..............3:07.35
Dewie..................3:16.95
Dana...................X:XX.XX
struuunz...............X:XX.XX
GuillermoXT............X:XX.XX
oerk...................X:XX.XX
Miso...................X:XX.XX
Lausebengel55..........X:XX.XX
Beckenrand-schwimmer...X:XX.XX

Zitat von mooh

You better stay on the road for a valid time.

Here's the rule I have been applying for that (all of my replays, including the earlier 1:38.25, were checked in this way):

• There must be visual contact between car and track when looking from above (centered F3 camera, default zoom). The car in that GIF would be at the absolute limit of what is acceptable, as the left side of the car is still in visual contact with the track.
• Red-white kerbs, brown delimiters on hill slopes and other such things do not count as part of the track.
• No tolerance anywhere, so fully leaving the track is an infraction even on fast chicanes.

The advantage of the visual contact rule over a perhaps more intuitive "one wheel on or over the track" one is that it is can be verified consistently -- between the design of some cars and graphical glitches, it is sometimes impossible to see where the wheels are. Also, if no tolerance is given, requiring more than visual contact (say, four wheels on the track) would lead to an extremely high failure rate on places like fast chicanes and loop exits, which are already easy enough to get wrong by centimeters as it is.

struuunz : I'd be okay with switching to a different interpretation of the rules, if need be.

Gotta use every inch of tarmac

Zitat von Cpl. Rex Barkin

(quietschende Reifen gibt ein GIF leider nicht her)

Delightful drifting!

Here goes my opening lap for February. We'll need to learn the track well to get good times this month!

mooh...................2:32.75
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:36.15
Duplode................2:38.25
Jigo...................2:48.60
bossfan................2:57.05
PetCo..................3:03.80
Dewie..................3:16.95
froetz.de..............3:21.90
Dana...................X:XX.XX
struuunz...............X:XX.XX
GuillermoXT............X:XX.XX
oerk...................X:XX.XX
Miso...................X:XX.XX
Lausebengel55..........X:XX.XX
Beckenrand-schwimmer...X:XX.XX

Zitat von llm

Duplode from the Stunts-Forum?

(Yup, it's me. Hello llm , nice to see you here! )

Lovely work, it's always good to read about this kind of project!

Zitat von Dragonsphere

Ich habe es ausprobiert und das Entpacken der Spieldateien funktioniert ganz problemlos!

It's always a great moment, defeating the compression of the data files and seeing it all open up before our eyes

Just a footnote to Argammon 's post: while the Southern Cross downloads page, which I manage, remains a good source for Stunts tools, its car collection has largely been superseded by the one at https://www.markceccato.com (look for "Stunts Custom Cars" on the sidebar), which is being updated more regularly, and has bugfixes for the graphics of some cars.

Yeah, it's not happening for me tonight. Congratulations mooh ! That's a very strong time indeed. Great racing, everyone!

Deadline day! I'm now under 2:06, but there's still a long way to go... I'll try to have a final session in the evening. Good move with changing the points system, by the way!

mooh...................2:03.70
Duplode................2:05.80
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:08.20
struuunz...............2:09.50
Jigo...................2:09.90
PetCo..................2:12.10
GuillermoXT............2:14.60
oerk...................2:15.50
Beckenrand-schwimmer...2:17.35
froetz.de..............2:17.80
bossfan................2:18.90
Dana...................2:19.25
Miso...................2:21.85
Lausebengel55..........2:35.35

Under 2:07 -- a little more progress...

... and what a nice scoreboard we have already!

mooh...................2:04.15
Duplode................2:06.50
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:08.20
struuunz...............2:09.50
Jigo...................2:09.90
GuillermoXT............2:14.60
Miso...................2:21.85
Beckenrand-schwimmer...2:26.65
Lausebengel55..........2:35.35

Zitat von Miso

I hate the jump/bridge *grrrr*

Zitat von mooh

Es scheint ja nicht direkt an der gefahrenen Geschwindigkeit beim Absprung zu liegen, ob der, zugegeben langsame, Lambo LM-002 mit der Nase sofort abtaucht oder eben den Sprung schafft. Bug?

Yeah, there's some random (or better, chaotic) fluctuation in jump distances generally, so in a jump like this, which is right on the edge of what's possible, you're at the mercy of the gods, as Cpl. Rex Barkin puts it. Taking the jump right at the edge of the track, next to the ramp wall, *might* increase the survival odds a bit.

We gotta try and keep the gap to mooh under control! (There are two 2:07.80 because the first one was invalid: I had left the track at the first corner...)

mooh...................2:05.60
Duplode................2:07.80
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:08.20
struuunz...............2:09.50
Jigo...................2:09.90
Miso...................2:21.85
Lausebengel55..........2:35.35

Good racing this month -- I'd better begin exercising while there's still time!

mooh...................2:06.25
Duplode................2:08.25
Cpl. Rex Barkin........2:09.75
Jigo...................2:09.90
Miso...................2:21.85
Lausebengel55..........2:35.35

Good evening, racers! This year I've finally made it to your first race It's a nice track for the LM002, by the way: that jump by the lake is a good challenge, and those slaloms feel just right for the car.

Here's the updated scoreboard:

Duplode............................2:09.85
Cpl. Rex Barkin....................2:10.70
Jigo...............................2:11.70

Hi again! The year isn't quite over yet, and so there's still time for a little improvement

mooh....................2:08.55
duplode.................2:10.55
struuunz................2:12.05
Jigo....................2:19.55
GuillermoXT.............2:21.10
Miso....................2:22.65
Alan Rotoi..............
froetz.de...............
PetCo...................
ChrisK..................
Beckenrand-Schwimmer....

Hello everyone! Happy to see the contest is going strong, and glad to have made it here in time for the current season!

Here goes the updated scoreboard with my lap:

struuunz................2:12.05
Duplode.................2:13.30
GuillermoXT.............
Alan Rotoi..............
Jigo....................
froetz.de...............
PetCo...................
Miso....................
ChrisK..................
Beckenrand-Schwimmer....
mooh....................