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Oct 1

  • Overdrijf
    Happy birthday to @Usrin, as well as four other people who might have been slightly less active lately.
  • Alan Rotoi
    Happy birthday @Usrin! Join us in the live race tomorrow! (today for Europeans) Smiley
  • Frieshansen
    Happy birthday @Usrin!
  • HunterBoy344
    If anyone is available, I will be running the Stunts Online server for its second playtest today at 3:00 PM EST! If that’s not possible for anyone, just let me know so I can pick a better time and date!
  • KyLiE
    @HunterBoy344, unfortunately I won't be available then. If you end up going ahead with that time, I hope the test goes well! Smiley
  • Alan Rotoi
    @HunterBoy344 Thank you for watching the streamming! If I'm at home I'll be available for the test!
  • Usrin
    Happy birthday @Imperas, @Motorhead86, @sd4000 and @Straycat! (WTF...)
  • HunterBoy344
    Alright, 3PM EST it is, but I am going to see if a more permanent server can be made such that @KyLiE can give Stunts Online a try. I don’t want anyone to miss out, and the next playtest event I‘l plan much further in advance to ensure everyone can participate.
  • HunterBoy344
    T minus 4 minutes until the playtest is live! The server IP, as usual, will be posted when the event starts. The client is located at https://stunts.hunterboy344.com/
  • HunterBoy344
    Aaaaand the race is on! The server IP is "stunts-server.hunterboy344.com"! The event will run for an hour, but I will only be playing for about 30 minutes. Feel free to use chat to communicate!
  • HunterBoy344
    Well, that's all the time I have. The server will run for another 30 minutes, but I won't be online because I have work to do. Join if you can!

Oct 2

  • Duplode
    I couldn't be around for the the playtest again yesterday. Third time lucky, I hope Smiley

Oct 4

  • HunterBoy344
    It would appear that my time zone frequently does not align with when you guys are available... so I'm going to let you decide! Just suggest a time and date for when you want me to run the server next week, and I'll run it at that time! I'll check what your suggestions are this Friday so I can set alarms and such to know when I should start the server. I may not be there myself other than to just start the server, but I've already played my fair share of Stunts Online; it's about time you guys are able to give it a try at a reasonable time.

Oct 5

  • Alan Rotoi
    Happy birthday @AkossPoo!!!
  • Akoss Poo
    Thanks!
  • dreadnaut
    Happy birthday! 🎂
  • Heretic
    Happy birthday! @AkossPoo
  • Akoss Poo
    Thanks!

Oct 6

  • Alan Rotoi
    Welcome @Lisolet! Manual transmission? Good choice!
  • KyLiE
    Welcome @Lisolet! Smiley

Oct 9

  • dreadnaut
    🚨 One-off rule change 🚨 - After reviewing the track, to avoid the risk of another "oh, it was powergear all along!" race, The Porsche March Indy is banned from ZCT255.
  • Daniel3D
    Would have been brilliant though. Winning a race with the most unfavorable carbonus.. 😅

Oct 10

  • Shoegazing Leo
    First
    Lambo 1:43.20 A
  • Shoegazing Leo
    Second
    Lancia 1:44.07 A
  • Shoegazing Leo
    Third
    Stratos 1:44.32 A
  • Shoegazing Leo
    Fourth
    Audi 1:40.87 A
  • Shoegazing Leo
    Fifth
    LM002 1:45.48 A

Oct 11

  • Alan Rotoi
    @Kaweashkar is you avatar a Peugeot 505? Cheesy

Oct 12

  • Zapper
    First try
    Stratos 1:46.72

Oct 14

  • Shoegazing Leo
    - Once more - Curitiba (it's a joke for portuguese speakers)
    Audi 1:40.33 A
  • Alan Rotoi
    Why @Leo?

Oct 18

  • Reporting on ZCT254

    In my experience, tracks that have the least amount of planning involved usually end up being the most engaging. Of course, there are exceptions, but this certainly ended up being the case with Island Run, my second ZakStunts track. There was a diverse line-up of cars fighting for the lead, so let's review what went down, shall we?

    I was the first to hit the tarmac in the Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R. My time was competitive, but it wasn't long before Zapper waded into battle with the Jaguar XJR9 IMSA and took the lead. I managed to overtake him in the Skyline, but then he switched to everyone's favourite car, the Lamborghini Countach. I really don't know why there is so much hate for the Countach, I actually enjoy driving it! Anyway, I was able to maintain the lead by switching to the Countach as well. Frieshansen also had a chop in the Countach and managed to take the lead momentarily. A few hours later though, I was back in front, but not by much. Still, I managed to hold my position for quite some time, enough to gain another LTB point!

    Eventually, Zapper regained the lead in the Jaguar. This started an impressive battle with Usrin whose car of choice was the Audi Quattro. With so many different cars fighting for the lead, it was anyone's guess as to which one would be victorious. As I shared with my team mates, my money was on the Jaguar. But where were Alan Rotoi and Duplode in all of this? Alan Rotoi was present throughout most of the race, albeit holding back for the most part with only 28 leading hours. Duplode on the other hand was MIA until the very end of the race, submitting only a single replay.

    Alright, enough with the commentary, who won? Well, congratulations must go to Alan Rotoi for winning the race with an impressive time of 1:08.26 in the Jaguar. Frieshansen amazingly came in second (which is his best position so far) and Duplode placed third with his eleventh-hour replay. In the amateur league, Heretic took a well-deserved first place, followed by Cas in second. To finish things off, newcomer Kaweashkar impressively placed third in his very first race! Well done!

    Along with Kaweashkar from Chile, this race also saw Erik Barros from Brazil join us at ZakStunts. Welcome to the competition! There are only three races left for this season, and as usual, I'm keen to see how it all plays out.

Oct 21

  • HunterBoy344
    Here's a really bad run of 255.
    Skyline 2:14.10 A

Oct 22

  • Overdrijf
    Another deadline evening "no look" (at replays) drive for me (posted quietly, because that's fun). @HunterBoy: Mine would probably be slower except I cheated: I practiced a few year. Wink Cool that you're picking your own car.
    Audi 1:34.06

Oct 23

  • Duplode
    Quiet replays published! The update will continue later in the evening.
  • Usrin
    Congrats Duplode, and thanks for the quick update! Silver medal shines, too. So it's time to open a beer and BÖFF! Smiley
  • Alan Rotoi
    Congrats @Duplode and @Usrin! It's böffing time I guess Cheesy
  • Overdrijf
    Top 3 with 3 teams, 2 cars and less than 2 seconds difference, that's how I like 'em. Congratulations pipsqueaks! @Zapper was also a contender for much of this month, tipping him for a victory in the first half of next season.
  • Duplode
    Results confirmed! Plenty of good performances all over the scoreboard, including my fellow medalists @Usrin and @AlanRotoi, and @ErikBarros getting his first full point with the Stratos.
  • Duplode
    And ZCT256: Metadata, by @Overdrijf, is up! Start your engines!
  • KyLiE
    Congratulations to @Duplode, @Usrin and @Alan! Smiley Even without the Porsche March Indy, @Alan still managed to slip in some power gear!
  • Overdrijf
    I didn't notice the Melange had a penalty last month. In the interest of making the choice as hard as possible I'd like to change the temporary bonuses to +3 (total 8) for the Melange and +7 (total 10) for the Cerv III. And you know what? Let's remove that -2 for the Stratos while we're at it, I'm being too hard on that car. The other -2's stay where they are. (@Duplode @dreadnaut)
  • Frieshansen
    Congrats @Duplode, @Usrin and @Alan!
  • Duplode
    @Overdrijf I have adjusted the bonuses. Due to a technical issue I haven't managed to fix the corrected time for Alan's CERV lap yet; that will be sorted out in due course. To make sure this won't lead to further confusion on the LTB chart, I'm taking the lead with a CERV replay Cheesy
    CERV III 1:23.20
  • Alan Rotoi
    Haha I get it. Should I re-send the replay? Or better, redrive the last seconds?
  • Duplode
    @Alan If you re-sent the replay I believe it would be rejected as identical, even though the corrected time would change. A slight change in the final seconds would work, though in any case I'll still get your current lap fixed ASAP for the sake of accuracy.
  • Overdrijf
    So I'm driving a bit more seriously than in most races this year. Here's two replays, with 2 cars, on 2 routes. One that I think is not the final route, there has to be something more clever...
    Melange 1:12.54
  • Overdrijf
    And one that I really, really, really hope is not the final route. (I went a bit more freestyle on the design this time, less thinking of everything beforehand. But if this turns out to be the winning line we might need a special rule against it.)

Oct 24

  • Duplode
    Yeah, I'd be happy with a rule against the cut in your CERV lap, @Overdrijf. If we all agree it's a good idea, how might it be worded? (Perhaps "it is forbidden to drive under the bridge across the western side of the inner part of the track"?)
  • Overdrijf
    The red square is lava. redsquareislava.png Admittedly, your description is a little easier to place in a nice textbox at the top of the page like the exception with the Indy last month. Cheesy
  • Overdrijf
    "Pretend the map looks like this:" redsquarealternative.png

Oct 25

  • Overdrijf
    Made a poll/forum topic about it: ZCT256: ban the grasscut?
  • Overdrijf
    Also congratulations @Kaweashkar. Did you know that birthday months are some of the best months for racing? They're easily in the top twelve!
  • Overdrijf
    Playing the game, playing the game, playing the LTB game.
    Melange 1:11.99
  • Zapper
    Let's try again for a LTP point Smiley
    Lambo 1:11.78
  • Cas
    First blind try on this track
    Caterham 1:41.88
  • Cas
    Better
    Caterham 1:34.77

Oct 27

  • Alan Rotoi
    Happy birthday @Marco!!
  • Duplode
    Happy birthday, Marco Smiley
  • Stan 286XT
    Happy birthday, Marco !!!!!! I installed ms dos 3.30 esactly your youtube video but hard disk fail better dos 5!!!!!
  • Alan Rotoi
    @Stan maybe MSDOS 3.30 accepts a smaller HD. About 40 MB for example.
  • Heretic
    Happy birthday @Marco

Oct 28

Oct 30

  • Overdrijf
    A serious time from @Erik. That attempt alone should be good for about the placement he got to last month.
  • Duplode
    ICYMI: We have agreed on not allowing the northwestern bridge dual-way cut that was being discussed here a few days ago. I have added a note about that to the ZCT256 scoreboard page.
    Melange 1:08.40

Oct 31

  • Shoegazing Leo
    Not allowed to drive it:

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