GCCC's Premier Showcase 5, Sat 4th February @ 10:30pm GMT

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Legends Raceway by phatx3
+ + Routes nice enough with good smoothing of the roads and nice use rumble strips to mark the track boundaries. CPs are generally good.
+ - Some of this needs neatening
+ - CP 9 needs outside propping as the CP points straight but you're taking a relatively tight left. 
+ - CP 16 track needs extending into the road as it currently causes a obstruction of you run wide. 
+ - Supers don't suit the narrow track, particularly on a 1st playthrough. Coupes or compacts would be more appropriate. 
- - CP 1 is too close to the start leaving drivers with next to no reaction time which is only made worse by the roof which obstructs the camera angle. A different start location or better propping in this area needed imo.
- - Tyres stacks scattered around the track provide additional hazards and, rather than guiding racers back on track as walls do, bounce racers off rather frustratingly. The same can be said of the exposed tyre lines under the signs. 
= = Mostly there but needs would greatly benefit from some refining. 

Industrial Evolution by Scam144
+ + This felt massively different to what I remember and it was harder to flank now. 
+ - Weapon choice was good with rifles for the majority of gameplay and Shotguns for the close quarters gameplay. Assault shotguns are rather OP (and low-skilled) though, a pump shotgun would be fine for the close quarters battles.  
- - However this did feel overly cluttered to me with lots of placed containers. I liked how neat they were placed but it just needs thining out a bit imo. 
= = Hmm, much different than before. I like the effort to focus gameplay down channels but found this too cluttered on the night. 

! ¢¢¢ Gravity Flip by CCC_010
+ - Hmm I just couldn't do this and about half the field DNF'd. Some of the problem is in the description...I paid attention enough to remember the "hit L2 on pink ramps" bit but assumed this meant on the initial dummy proofing too (you could use a different colour for these as I wasn't the only one). Even when I did the initial turtle slide correctly I'd often get stuck on the right wall. It feels like it needs more room for error with more of funnel leading into it rather than a abrupt "nope you're not going down here" 90 degree wall. I can't properly review as I didn't get to do the stunt but something's off about this race as I wasn't the only one with major issues. 
= = Not consistent in a fuller lobby. Could probably be tweaked with more room for error in the initial turtle slide and different coloured dummy proofing for noobs like me that only half read the description.  

Hold: 3 Way with Babes by me
First time playing this since I changed the weaponry and pretty happy how those changes balanced gameplay. A pretty sedate opening but the pressure ramped up towards the end. Probably needed 2 rounds so each team got to play the defender position though.

CL The Golden Temple by CL-Longman
+ + Map looks great with a long room filled with channels and plenty of cover. Quite a traditional long 2 team map.
+ - Ah the lag, the bulletproof helmets and the agony. When I stream it seems headshots don't register half as much as they should...and when they do the other player's a random in a BP helmet anyway. I was glad when this was over but it had precious little to do with the map that I thought was nicely designed. 
- - Our team got entirely penned in the pinch point (narrow section) at the North(?) extreme of the map. Looking at the map on social club there's far more respawns placed in the North which likely contributed to the lack of respawn switching. When making these long symmetric maps it's important that respawns are symmetrical too and each end shouldn't be pinched in as that creates a bottleneck where teams are likely to respawn. 
= = Good map but can be improved a fair bit through extra care in placing respawns. 

AN°×º)/HappyDayStunts/TSL by AENE189
+ + When this works it's great. The tracks short keeping the stunt as the showcase, well CP'd and interesting without being random like so many other stunt tracks. As you're travelling at terminal velocity in the stunt, from a purely logical perspective, this should work all the time as you're always entering the stunt at the same speed and same angle thanks to the dummy proofing. 
- - Logical!? !? Yep you've already seen the fatal flaw there   Perfect on 2 laps but didn't work on another 2. 
= = Full lobby issues aside this seems well built to me. 

The Bridge Of Snipers 2 by nortoncaferacer
Reviewed previously

Desert Rose by juicy
+ + A nice route generally with some fun jumps thrown in to mix things up. The water crossings are a fun variation too. 
+ - Could add "CUSTOMS OFF" to description to help hosts out as it's so well suited to the 2 recommended vehicles...or "NO BIKES" if they get stuck in the water so customs can be used. 
+ - Exit of CP 27(?) has a pre-placed fruit-stand which plenty ran into. I'd suggest propping this out with something easier to see and kinder to drivers (e.g. stunt block)
- - Exit from tubes needs to be made clearer/ less hazerdous on exit. The problem is that riding the side of the tubes is faster (particularly with the water at the bottom) so most drivers exited the tube on the right-hand-side which threw them out to the left-hand-side of the expected landing zone. The simpliest fix would be smooth the left hand-side of the dirt track using some large stunt blocks...or you could extend the tube and place a half-pipe to stop drivers exiting high (but that could leave drivers with too little preparation time...hmm). 
= = Some v.minor flaws aside this is a fun route. 

Return to Death Depot by prototypetom
+ The Warehouses towards the South provided the centre point in this playthrough and it worked extremely well with perfect balancing (scores finished even). 
+ - In larger lobbies would the South be OP'd with the roofs and access to RPGs and GL's though? 
- - Access to roofs was old school climbing props rather than kinder ramps. Aesthetically better but not as nice to play on due to the annoying climbing animations which prevent aiming. 
= = A particularly good play through. I'm not totally convinced of some of the propping by today's standards but it did match the area well and was neatly placed. 

P40 - Tre Flip 4 by pforty
+ + Usual high-standard and very consistent stunt. 8 CPs in almost 3 miles must be some kind of record but you actually don't need anymore...a lesson in minimalistic placement that still guides racers perfectly well. 
+ - I'm such a noob...I drove to the wrong side of the drain section on the first lap after spinning. Nothing the creator can particularly do about my clumsiness though. 
- - CP 8 is oddly placed, I think there should be neater ways to navigate around (rather than through) all the poles here. 
= = Silky smooth...until the last corner. 

${}$ Sprint by HALC_187
+ + Balanced, fun simple "parkour" to get the packages. 
+ - Simple. Not anything massively wrong with that but it didn't particularly excite if I'm honest. The base camping (which is the only strategy which makes any sense to me) turned this into a Turf War kinda of capture which I suppose proves even such a simplistic capture can have quite a nice variety of tactics as some rush to the cases while others hold the base area so they can deliver. 
- - 1 round is ample. It's a melee map after all. 
= = Simple...in a good way. 

Z's Grand Prix by zombii2000
+ + Some genuinely exceptional new routes made with the barges creating unique shortcuts. Great inventiveness throughout and precise propping. 
- - CP 3 vague (guides into central divider too much and could be placed at the "apex" of this barrier rather than the far left).
- - CP 15 is too far right and guides through hard to see propping in the dark. 
+ - CP 28 is a little late as it's not visible until you've started turning. 
= = CP niggles aside this is v. high quality. 

Lost Temple Survival by o_ManOfFire_o
+ + Nicely balanced "get to the centre" LTS. Propping is nice creating a maze structure before opening up near the central (and key) area. 
+ - The RPG area seemed a little OP as you can just camp here and wait for your opponents to enter your trap. I think there's a GL in the centre too though so it's probably not too OP. 
= = Good quality LTS. I'm not a huge fan of the AP pistol but it probably suits the map best. 

! *L1 |^Ðävy Jønëś^ by leandrinho
+ + Great race to finish with. Routes good, CPs fine, stunt worked consistently. Really well built, especially the flips which worked perfectly everytime for me. Course kept short keeping the stunt as the focus. 
+ - The first wall ride the black dummy proofing blends in with the wall and almost everyone crashed into it on lap 1. A white contrast would be much better. 
= = Pretty much a "this is how you do it" kinda build. New New era stunts at their best. 

3 way babes by agrajag

Thought I'd give a little review from my perspective, with the base at the customs.

++Good weapon choice that's well balanced amongst the recourses
++Base was well placed allowing some multi stage competition
+-Good use of propping to help my team however with the roof advantage this felt slightly unfair.
-Snipers, probably my skill, felt useless against helicopter blades
-Annihilatior is very weak, ended up having lots of demo derbies, perhaps a Mod 0 could do the job.
--With the use of helicopters, many cases ended up on roofs with no way to get it without a helicopter.

Sorry about the lack of depth, but sharing is caring. Will try and get the 2 other perspectives to give a fuller opinion.

Thanks a lot agrajag for your helpful reviews!!! Also on my Desert Rose, which has meanwhile been improved (I hope).