Raceday Wednesday February 10 2016 (RDW 78)

The Bush Race GP has now been edited appropriately, thanks for feedback on the stream and massive apologies to all who were affected by the dodgy start grid

1)Criminal Wreckers

2)B13 Tower

3)CCC Crab

4)I wet muh pants

1))VINEWOOD WALLRIDERS( by gosccp

2)¢¢¢ Crab Slide TSL by CCC_010

3)#B13 - TOWER SPIRALS by YoungBiggi013

4)LONG Wallride SPIRAL-_- by gabrielted15114

1)FL49 Sky Racing 2 TSL by freakyleekspro

2)#B13 - TOWER SPIRALS by YoungBiggi013

3)¢¢¢ Crab Slide TSL by CCC_010

4)´¥ Kocktail Mix TSL ºF60 by fredouille60

1) FL49 Sky Racing 2 by freakyleek

2) ¢¢¢ Crab Slide TSL by CCC_010

3) (-ò-ó-) Criminal Wreckers by Atheistsw

4) #B13 - TOWER OF SPIRALS by YoungBiggi013

Onion Ringz

Couldn't find my flow on this one Wednesday night, probably cause it was also first race of the night. But have played it before and love it! Nice demanding high speed race track. The wallride onto the barges works like a charm and lines you up perfectly for spiral entrance. Very smooth spiral built out of onions. A slightly higher difficulty level than most spirals as the barges point almost straight away from you. Nice exit jump back on the road. Everything lined up perfectly!
Also love how the spiral renders in when approaching the stunt area. Looks like an Alien Space Worm


B13 Tower Spiral

Awesome concept, awesome stunt! Thouroughly enjoyed this one. I'm not a big fan of barge spirals and barge loopings where the underside of the barge is used because in most cases they are bumpy as hell. They look cool, but don't make for a smooth ride. This one - just as Jagers barge spiral last week - is really smooth though as only a fraction of the underside of the barge is used with very narrow angles to the next one.
Once you start your descent, you'll be out the stunt quicker than you thought, leaving you with an "what the #!!!#? just happened" feeling. Great stuff!
Why only stock cars though?


Amazing Stunts V3

All in all not a bad concept, but there were some issues and a lot of people were struggling. However the main difficulty is that you must take the spiral full speed and exit at a sidewards angle to reach the top platform, hence this is directly dependant on the players skill levels regarding spirals. For people not doing spirals on a regular this was surely a toughy.
Suggestions:
- One of the first checkpoints is not visible because it is behind a hill. Pull this checkpoint to the front. Most people missed the turn and went straight on because they didn't see the checkpoint.
- Increase the run up on the the dill billy switch and position the flip container at a more shallow angle. That way the car should land on the wall smoother. The way it is now the car points upwards when hitting the wallride

All in all had fun on this one even though Kaffeefilter stole first place from me last second


Blue Power

Basic fast paced race with a big stunt at the end. Almost all the way dummyproofed... you only have to steer on the very last part to hit your exit right. Cool concept and nice alleyway gap entrance to the stunt
Suggestions:
- Tweak exit of the stunt so you don't land in the fruit stands when exiting at high speeds
- remove a couple of checkpoints: If you have a checkpoint that points straight ahead which is directly followed by a checkpoint that points right or left, you don't have enough time to react to the checkpoint that points right or left. It appears too sudden and does not give you enough time to position your car for the optimal racing line
- The last checkpoint before stunt entrance: I saw a lot of people driving left at that checkpoint whereas they should have gone right... In this instance it would make sense to place 2 checkpoints directly behind each other. That way the first of the two checkpoints will point towards the stunt.The second one will be triggered so fast that people will not even take note of the direction it was pointing to...


Vinewood Wallriders

I played this once before the event when I tested submissions. Among other cars the Entity was recommended. As it's my favorite car for wallriding I chose the Entity. It didn't work well and I needed several attempts on each lap. Was very frustrating. The flip didn't work well and I didn't have enough speed/traction to get started on the wallride.

So I chose the Zentorno wednesday night with its awesome traction and acceleration and it worked like a charm. It was like playing a different race. Blazed through the stunt first attempt on every lap with no problems (the flip denied me once, but that was obviously a Rockstar 30 player issue). Very fun wallride.
Suggestions:
- exchange the train car which guides you onto upward wallride with containers; the curved roof of the train car can send your car off at weird angles, especially in an Entity
- add a checkpoint between starting grid and checkpoint Nr. 1. It is totally unclear where to go. You have to use your minimap in order to know which road to take. Even though I had played this race before, I went down the wrong road with some others wednesday night.


JJ Airport

Nice mix of different type stunts at the airport. All very easy to do. A barge wallride, a container spiral, a large container ramp and a barge loop. A bit tricky to get exactly the right exit angle on the barge loop to land on the runway. But even if you miss it it's no problem as you land in a wide open area with lots of room to get back on track towards the next checkpoint. Wallride worked nice and easy. The container spiral works well and is smooth, just the entrance angle is completely wrong. While you drive straight at the spiral the entrance angle should be about 70 degrees to the left. The fanny flip red container after the spiral is unneccessary imo... all in all good race with some variety


Kolkscrew

Very basic race. Three large ramps on a straight and one large container spiral. The race itself is basically once around the runway of the airport. The spiral is hard to fail; the art is to anticipate its ending and pull down your car to reduce air time. The last of the three large ramps on the runway takes you way too far, overshooting the landing zone/checkpoint... I would either remove it completely or replace with a small ramp...


The Bush Race

Insider Joke Race built specifically for Destroy1666... some straight forward offroading... the use of the tree and bush props gives you the feeling of driving in a new area...

Suggestion: add something that is not passable in a Sanchez, as it dominates the race currently


ccc Crab Slide

Slide up, slide horizontal, slide down again... would have loved to have the descent steeper, but then it would be an Adder ONLY race... made the slides just short enough so all cars can make them. In the original build stunt exit was another wallride taking you back on the road on which the stunt started on, but only Adder and Zentorno entered that wallride consistantly... so went with the barge platform landing; no matter how your car tilts, you just have enough time to straighten it out for landing on the barges... one stunt cam is in the main stunt; 9 stunt cams are on the edge of the tight turn on the highway, where people tend to fall off/crash

The red container in the last turn before stunt entrance is for all you World Record Chasers... bump into it for a small speed boost


Criminal Wreckers

Crash race around the prison in a car which is rarely used. My car was folded up like a tin can after the first lap already. I refused to respawn though and percevered until the third lap when I finally blew up due to damage. Had some funny moments and good laughs in this one. Three laps would have been enough for my taste.


I wet muh pants

Nice idea and very fun if done correctly. Having played this before definately puts you in an advantage.


XTG Stunt City

Really nice actually. Good flow, good race track and impressive flips. First dill billy switch worked nice... just had to counter steer the barrel roll a tiny bit to land perfectly. The DBS with the double barrel roll took me over the wallride two times though... completely overshot it. The flip on the spiral worked really nice and had a nice flow.
Checkpoint placement could be improved. Never place checkpoints behind corners! Playing the race for the first time you will have to use your minimap to find these checkpoints. Always place checkpoints before the corners so players can see them in time.

All in all good race with a nice flow. Impressive stunting while very easy to do


Kocktail Mix TSL

Nice mix of different stunts and nice to see the changes made to it before it entered the event.
Further suggestions:
- Remove stunt cam on the wallride. It doesn't help and can cause you to loose your line.
- When exiting the wallride at high speed you overshoot the landing zone and fly off the bridge; change exit angle of wallride so players always land on the bridge/road. Could also save the whole wallride as a template and move it back a bit.
- Include a checkpoint before wallride. Respawn puts you much too far back.


FL49 Sky Racing 2 TSL

Awesome concept! All jumps and transitions are perfectly alligned. Very fun race! Had to find my flow on the first lap but after that just blazed through it. Lovin the roofbanger turtle slide... Doin it big!
Impressive build and very fun to play!


Long Wallride Spiral

It's hard not to compare this to other well known races which have used this location / natural wall. And quite honestly this one does fade a bit in comparison. On the other hand it is much easier to do than races like Blisters Fort de Naturale.
The on ramp to the wall is a bit awkward though. Coming from the previous turn your car is heading away from the on ramp. Adding some guidance would help immensely.
I didn't see any reason why an Osiris should be recommended on this race. Specific cars should only be recommended if you NEED the car to complete the stunt, hence if other cars would FAIL the stunt. Suggestion: "Any car with good acceleration and traction recommended" or "any car that you're comfortable with on barge wallrides recommended"

I see this a LOT lately: Creators tend to recommend their favorite cars for races, even though there is absolutely no reason to recommend a specific car.


Taco Truck Extreme

I should have known better... We tested this on one lap in a small group of 4 or 5 people... had some good laughs when testing. But the distribution of boosts is not designed for 30 players. A few people in the lead will take up all boosts leaving the rest stranded at the ramp. Impossible to get over the ramp without boost. What made it worse is that we had 3 trolls sticky bombing everything. Jager and me kicked two of them from the crew instantly to remove them from the race. Unfortunately only one had his GCCC tag on. The other had ELIT on and remained in the race blowing everthing up. Third one had a complete different crew tag.

What always wonders me when this happens: These people must realize that they're the only ones doing it! Or are they really completely oblivious to the fact that they are the only ones out of a 30 player group causing havoc with stickies... I don't get it

Sky Racing 2
Amazing Ariel circuit with well working stunts. Added to my bookmarks. Amazing race.

Tower Spirals
This would've been higher if I could have used a custom but I see why it's locked. Even with a full lobby it works perfect without me having to steer, it's built smoothly with the trending barges.

Onion Rings
The name alone gets this one a vote. Otherwise it's still an amazing race. The spiral is very smooth and you fly through it making it fun and challenging.

Crab Slide
Nice to see that you have continued with the side grinds. Shame I can't wallride in the Adder otherwise I'd have finished. Nice variety from other things that I see.


Honourable mentions:
Criminal Wreckers
Stunt City
Kocktail Mix
I wet muh pants
Airport Compilation

only short comments this week as running out of time...

1)${}$ 0niºn RïnGz by TheHalconian - worked perfect for me 1st 2 laps, driver error on 3rd but still managed to finish in top 3

2)#B13 - TOWER SPIRALS by YoungBiggi013 - again worked perfect and 1 of my favourite or best races of young biggi to date

3)¢¢¢ Crab Slide TSL by CCC_010 - slide to the left, slide to the right, take it back 1 step, do the crab-crab slide... no further comment

4)FL49 Sky Racing 2 TSL by freakyleekspro - had hard time in Osiris on walls 1st time I played, replayed with zentorno and loved it