Winners Wednesday October 28 2015 (RW 63)

1)PK Fear and Loathing by paulkemp21

2)${}$ Brawler XtrËmË by TheHalconian

3)db -Faded Creator- by --OAKES--

4)!#TBL 1550° GOD OF SPIRAL by seb-fergelutti

1) db -Spiral SWiTCH- by --OAKES--

2) PK Fear and Loathing by paulkemp21

3) [TSL] Double Vision by RODO77

4) ${}$ Spiral - Arch Wall by TheHalconian

1) Fear and Loathing - Great smooth race by Paul Kemp withe 3 great stunts. Very original.

2) Brawler Extreme - Fun as all hell. Brawler race through some unique terrain with a cool ass stunt. Love the Brawler!

3) FL43 Loop Racing - Great Circuit with a huge loop with a perfect stunt cam. The loop is narrowed up by Start/Finish line props to spice it up a little.

4) AG Liberator - Awesome stunt race made for the Liberator only. In a full lobby we had a hard time clearing the first jump on to the platform, before the wallride, but with 8-10 people at the ReRun it went smooth as silk.

I expected it to be tough to choose, but this Winner's Wednesday was incredible all around. Great Job to everyone and Thanks to everyone that makes this event happen!

Made it through playlist 1 & 2 in the early sesh 2nd lobby before the Hosts departure and joined the usual laid back US run with Danner and few of nite owl UK crewbies. As always Winners Wednesday is the distillation of the best of the past month and ever so hard to choose only four. I've written about all of these races in past RDW's so I won't mince words here...

1)FL43 Huge Loop Racing 2 by freakyleekspro

2)${}$ Brawler XtrËmË by TheHalconian

3)PK Fear and Loathing by paulkemp21

4)°K24-RollerToaster #5° by Kaffeefilter_24

The latest DLC and what it has given us creators and players just makes me fall in love with everything about this game once again. Keep up the awesomeness folks, we'll keep playin'em...

So a really good selection of top quality jobs last night, as always with this style of racing I wasn't always particularly successful on all of the courses but I sure had fun trying, kudos to all the featured creators for their continued innovation and craftsmanship that continually wows players even to this day!

[TSL] Double Vision by rodo77

Really nice build to start the evening and rather forgiving seeing as the checkpoints are placed in such a way that you can still progress even if you fail the spiral itself, which I did... A LOT. The wallride near the end was a little iffy mind you, felt like I was grazing the asphalt more than anything else, perhaps a better transfer mechanism can be incorporated into this part of the track?

°K24-ThomasTheMLG-Train1° by kaffeefilter24

The stunt itself is brilliant, awesome stunt-cam to showcase the build, and it worked PERFECTLY 2 of 3 laps in my Entity (on the final lap my damaged car didn't complete the third barrel-roll off the end jump and landed awkwardly) but still, no resets were needed! However, the track surrounding the stunt let things down a bit IMHO. The use of dirt roads in Supercar races is always a particular bugbear of mine and the fact that the dirt sections are so tight and unforgiving seems like an unnecessary inclusion. Perhaps the track can be pared down a bit as really, on a race like this it just gets in the way, we've all seen this part of the map time and time again but the stunt was the original bit and THAT was very well done indeed!

${}$ Brawler XtrËmË by HALC_187 

I didn't have a custom Brawler sadly but my Dunebuggy was more than upto the task! Hilarity ensued on the uphill section along rough terrain as clouds of smoke obscured a very narrow tunnel entrance and many players crashed wildly on lap 1! The downhill section is a classic bit of terrain and is so much fun in this vehicle class and then we come to the stunt itself which is super smooth and I just adore the angle that you chose, really unique and certainly not something that could have been built anywhere near this well before the creator 2.0 update!

!#AG-Liberator 2.0# by AGEGPedro

So close to being a contender for the top 4 but the start section RUINED it for me. Just ONE more floating barge is needed to both prevent continuously failing to get enough speed to jump onto the platforms at the beginning of each lap and to have a slightly further back re-spawn point should you fail the wallride in front of it. You can easily get this prop by simply replacing the blue container used to visually guide players to the right-hand side midway through the track and replacing it with a couple of dynamic fruit stands which will do the same job AND free up the one normal prop that can then be used to fill this troublesome gap. :-)

°K24-RollerToaster #5° by kaffeefilter24

Previously played this in FPS 420 Friday, wsn't too fussed then and my opinion hasn't really changed after playing it again tbh. The first half of the rollercoaster is pretty cool if unremarkable but the second half is messy, from the moment you hit the tunnel it just feels a bit 'off' both with the way the car flows along and the general propping used. Not one of my favourite Kaffee coasters this one.

!#TBL 1550° GOD OF SPIRAL by seb-fergelutti

Wow, such a monstrous creation, seeing the epic spiral unfold ahead of you as you approach it was quite a brilliant effect and amazingly, I didn't suck quite as badly at this one as usual, utilising first-person view and managing to complete 2 full laps (the second where I nailed the spiral FIRST TIME!) before the inevitable third lap meltdown occurred! The track around the stunt is really good as well and suits the class perfectly.

${}$ Spiral - Arch Wall by HALC_187

Probably an epic creation but I wouldn't know as I couldn't even complete the core stunt ONCE, the transition from a spiral to a narrow vertical loop spiral is just too damn hard for a noob like me and this one should have come with the disclaimer "FOR PRO STUNTERS ONLY". Perhaps a bit of dummy-proofing to guide the car after completing the initial spiral to help line it up for the loop spiral would be possible? I got an in-game text message from chox007 midway through that simply said "How people can do these things is beyond me". I concur, it's beyond me as well.

db -Spiral SWiTCH - by oakes

I like most of oakes races because he tries to make complex layouts but still keep it manageable for those whose daily diet doesn't consist of g-force assaults, which means that I can still get to enjoy the spectacle of his creations even if I'm generally having a sucky time. This philosophy transfers brilliantly to this race, which starts with a dummy-proofed vertical spiral that flips you onto a curved wallride then onto a platform runway approaching a half loop that then transitions into a fabulous vertical descent with a fun racetrack layout in-between for good measure. Thrilling stuff! 

FL43 Huge Loop Racing 2 by freakyleek

Another job that I first sampled in FPS 420 Friday, this is a tremendous build, a super-smooth loop that is lit to perfection and features an outstanding stunt-cam to boot, perfectly do-able by pretty much anyone and featuring two massive big-air moments and a very nicely laid out course that promotes some close-knit racing action! This entry can easily hold it's own in a more casual playlist aimed at less skilled stunt racers as well as deservedly taking a place alongside other, more technical and challenging stunt races too.

HANGAR KARTING by Dr Krablander

Wow, what a brilliant surprise this one was! A two-tiered go-kart circuit situated inside the Zancudo hangar that plays like a dream, with (I think) 5 times around = 1 lap. Made all the more impressive with the knowledge that in order to successfully build this one MANY advanced creator tricks would have been utilised and some of it would have to have been constructed in the vehicle cam view as well, always a finicky and time-consuming process! Definitely on my list for the next edition of RaceWars! 

db -Faded Creator- by oakes

I must admit, I struggled quite a bit with this one, the approach run really caused me problems as I failed repeatedly to get the right angle off the dummy-proofing to successfully negotiate the stunt and most of my race was spent in frustration, wishing that the gap between the dummy-proofing wasn't so damn narrow! Although I can see why you made this design choice I can't help wonder if there is something more you can do to aid racers as I found it really tricky lining up for the right-hand dummy-proofing coming as you did over the brow of the hill. All that said, on lap 2 (with a DNF already guaranteed) I did finally hit the stunt as intended and it was a beauty!  

PK Fear and Loathing by paulkemp

I'm not exactly sure what you call these kinds of things, half spiral, half wallride but, similar to Halconian's Brawler race earlier, equally do-able and very, very fun to nail properly! Extra kudos for the innovative half loop at the start which served as a fun and elegant way to line up for the impending loop, I was frustrated to make several idiotic mistakes throughout this race that sent me tumbling of the edge but even so, I had a great time with this one!

Top 4

1. db -Spiral SWiTCH- by oakesfresh
2. ${}$ Brawler XtrËmË by TheHalconian
3. FL43 Huge Loop Racing 2 by freakyleek
4. HANGAR KARTING by ingmarKrustyKrab

1)°K24-ThomasTheMLG-Train1° by Kaffeefilter_24

2)FL43 Huge Loop Racing 2 by freakyleekspro

3)PK Fear and Loathing by paulkemp21

4)[TSL] Double Vision by RODO77

1) db -Spiral SWiTCH- by --OAKES--
2) !#TBL 1550° GOD OF SPIRAL by seb-fergelutti
3) FL43 Huge Loop Racing 2 by freakyleekspro
4) °K24-RollerToaster #5° by Kaffeefilter_24

Couldn't make winners wednesday but played each race day wednesday so I'm still gonna vote.

1. Double Vision
Really good fast flowing race. I struggled but still I see the good in it.

2. Feather and Loathing
Really loved this race and it worked every time perfectly.

3. Spiral Arch Wall
Very similar to the above. The originality just beats it. But still an amazing race.

Probably the hardest decision is fourth place. I was stuck between 4 races for it. In the end my fourth rank is

4. Spiral Switch
Spirals are us! October was spiral month. Very good creation from Oakes which isn't extreme but just is a simply amazing stunt.