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Apr 1

  • satanziege
    nearly missed the track, but I guess this will be my attempt :-)
    Audi 1:29.63
  • Ayrton C
    Thanks guys! Smiley
    Audi 1:09.68 A
  • Duplode
    Great to see you around, @satanziege!

Apr 4

  • Duplode
    As we enter the quiet days, a time zone reminder: daylight saving time has started in Hungary, so the deadline will be at 22:00 UTC, one hour earlier than in previous races!

Apr 5

  • Alan Rotoi
    If there is a live update I can be there!
  • Duplode
    Yup, there will be a live update Smiley
    Oxia 1:02.65
  • Overdrijf
    Starting my run for this month now.
  • Overdrijf
    Holy crap this track is a lot of fun for a quick Mercedes drive. I definitely should have tried to find time earlier!
    Mercedes DTM 1:05.70
  • Duplode
    Tried to beat @MarkNailwood's GAR lap again, and failed again. Well done!

Apr 6

  • Duplode
    Quiet replays revealed!
  • HerrNove
    Powergear wins again! Congratulations to @Argammon for being the only one to find a way to exploit it, entertaining us with another surreal replay and leaving the Audi pack in the dust! And compliments to @MiDiaN for demolishing me and the other amateurs :-)
  • Stingray86
    Go the Vette! That was an epic replay @Argammon, congratulations!
  • Duplode
    Results confirmed! Congratulations to @Argammon (vanquishing the field with the Vette!) and to @MiDiaN (graduating from the Am league three races into the season!), as well as to @HerrNove and @MortimerMcMire completing the Am podium. ZCT285 will be published later today, so stay tuned!
  • MiDiaN
    Congratulations to the winner! Did the Vette transform into an UFO in the middle of the race @Argammon? WTF! Now I've seen it all!
  • Cas
    Congratulations, @Argammon, @Duplode and @MiDiaN on the podium! An amazing replay, @Argammon! I still haven't learnt to properly drive a car for racing and you're showing us we also have to learnt to "fly" a car to be truly competitive! Cheesy
  • Duplode
    All right, here we go: ZCT285 —String Theory II by @Cas is open for racing!
  • Mortimer McMire
    Ok, this track already tricked me! Just start driving and you'll see what I mean Smiley !
  • Mortimer McMire
    My mandatory, but rough, Oxia lap for this race!
    Oxia 1:30.72
  • Ryoma
    @MiDiaN congratulations... two races to earns 10XP...wahoo... @HerrNove and @Mortimer give us an amazing duel !!!
  • Cas
    Here goes my first official replay on my track! Smiley
    Oxia 1:35.09
  • Argammon
    No RH, Crash recovery replay. Smiley
    Mercedes DTM 1:28.95 A

Apr 7

  • Duplode
    And here's a ride with my beloved Ferrari GTO Smiley
    Ferrari 1:34.39
  • HerrNove
    A very nice ride!
    Camaro 1:28.05
  • HerrNove
    The Oxia seems better. +4% extra bonus has its weight.
    Oxia 1:25.64
  • HerrNove
    Let's inaugurate the GAR** competition. I posted the slowest GAR lap in all the previous tracks, let's see if I manage to beat someone this time. ** Whether my replay it's GAR or not depends on your interpretation of quantum theory. I'd say it is as GAR as it can possibly be.
    Vette 2:32.74
  • Alan Rotoi
    How is the GAR rule in the broken loop?
  • Mortimer McMire
    Wow, just as I thought I'd come somewhat close to @herrnove his time, @Argammon comes along and shows us that there's still a lot of work to do for us with a 7.60 seconds faster lap! So I guess I'll be going back to the drawing board Smiley !
  • HerrNove
    I'm quite satisfied of my lap, especially since I spent only 20 minutes producing it. I'll probably redo it from scratch, but for a day-1 run it's good and I'm happy to gain some symbolical PTB bonus. Many thanks to @Overdrijf for his instructional videos: without the tutorial about the corkscrew I would never be able to figure out how to negotiate it!
  • Duplode
    @AlanRotoi Good question! It's awkward to have to aim at something invisible, so in this case I'd lean towards having an exception for the illusion second loop tile. The caveat is that we'd have to be back to the road by the end of tile/starting edge of the chicane, to disallow exploiting that to cut the chicane. Thoughts, everyone?
  • HerrNove
    In my replay, I am somewhat stricter since I stay on the loop entry road in the first tile and on the straight line in the second tile, so my wheels are always on tarmac. Anyway, the GAR rules say that in case of doubts the track author can clarify what is the intended way to go through the element. So we can wait for @CAS's final word.
  • Ayrton C
    Sup? Smiley
    Oxia 1:37.20 A
  • Stingray86
    I agree, @HerrNove GAR lap is acceptable considering the broken loop.
  • Stingray86
    I was wondering what the slowest ever replay time was. Quickly discovered the game crashes at 10 minutes! Is this the slowest replay ever in ZakStunts? I hear the game does not crash in other versions of Stunts... What is the longest time ever spent on a track?
    Vette 8:35.05
  • Mortimer McMire
    Lol, can't answer your question @stingray86. But you definitely made graphical scoreboard look al lot funnier!
  • Alan Rotoi
    It probably is the slowest replay ever in ZakStunts! Well done, good achievement! 😁
  • Cas
    Oh! How didn't I see my opportunity to post the slowest time. That's something I do have skills for, ha, ha. Now I won't be able to beat you Cheesy
  • Mortimer McMire
    Just saw your replay @Stingray86. And I guess that after almost 35 years you finally discovered how the developers meant this game to be played. The clue was in the title all along: Stunts, Slowly Touring Using No Top Speed Grin !
  • HerrNove
    Quite satisfied with my lap. I cannot reproduce the sliding jump that Argammon does with the cork l/r, but the rest feels really solid and pleasant to drive. Thanks to @Cas and @Ryoma for this splendid car + track combination! --- @Stingray86 I think Stunts 1.0 allows a replay of up to 20 minutes, but I'm not sure whether this site accepts this version. If you like sightseeing it's worth a try. But maybe on a track with decorative alternative roads?
  • afullo
    @Stingray86, with Mindscape 1.1 version you can play up to 25 minutes, albeit the replay keeps just the latest 10 minutes (blocks of 10 seconds are progressively removed, starting from the older ones). This could be related with 25' being 1500 seconds and thus 30000 units, with a limit of 32767 due to the use of signed 16-bit integers that impacts the total time if the penalty time is particularly high, see there: Replay recording and limits for a past inquiry.

Apr 8

  • KyLiE
    @HerrNove, that's an impressive time without the slide jump! They're difficult at the best of times, especially when using the corkscrew left/right.
  • MiDiaN
    Checking out the track with the Camaro Smiley
    Camaro 1:19.95
  • Mark Nailwood
    My first GAR lap. Edit: Oops, forgot to check the GAR checkbox. @Duplode: Is it possible to correct this? When I try to send it again, it says that the replay has already been sent.
    Oxia 1:52.28 A
  • Mark Nailwood
    @Duplode: Never mind, I already achieved a better one. Smiley
    Oxia 1:50.52 A
  • Argammon
    @MiDiaN, that is a competitive time with a non-competitive car. :O Impressive!
  • Argammon
    @Cas: This is a masterpiece of a track for a non-pg race. It is really a pity that a PG lap with the Indy is so easy. I hope it will prove to be non-competitive because of the large malus (-30%).
  • HerrNove
    “So easy”... for the masters Cheesy I tried for more than a hour to get a lap in an Indy. The final 1:20 time (before malus) was not bad, pity for the 1:08 additional penalty it carried as I missed so many track elements. It was super fun, especially flying nose-down alongside the west side of the map after taking off from the northern hill. But I really hope the Oxia gets its first victory here.
  • Cas
    So far, I see the diversity I wanted Smiley The Oxia seems dominant. Let's see what the PG masters can achieve! @Argammon, if you prove your point, it'll be amazing. Even if that happens, I don't think the scoreboard will be filled with Indies. As @HerrNove says, it's no easy feat for us mortals, ha, ha Cheesy
  • Spoonboy
    What comes before O-X-I-Bee?? O-X-I-Ahhhh! Wink
    Oxia 1:21.23
  • Duplode
    @MarkNailwood I've added the GAR tag to the other replay for the sake of completeness Smiley

Apr 9

  • Alan Rotoi
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  • dreadnaut
    Recon lap, no audio 🔭
    Mercedes DTM 1:29.75 A

Apr 10

  • Duplode
    Plenty of racers starting ZCT285 with substantial amounts of PTB carryover hours... Are we nearing the first PTB +2 award in the new system?
    Lambo 1:21.65
  • HerrNove
    @KyLiE please improve your time when you can Cheesy I spent LOTS of time trying to find the missing 0.05 and failing, and now it stings being out of the podium for one frame (and from #1 for just half a second...). I guess I really reached my limits. /// Meanwhile @MiDiaN with a Camaro :O Has he seen something we missed or is he just fooling around and hiding his Oxia potential? Time will tell...
  • Argammon
    @HerrNove: Sometimes it is better to start a new replay from scratch than trying to milk the last 0.05 seconds from an existing replay. Regarding the Camaro it is worth noting MiDiaN did not use the cork slide jump yet. So, he can definitely improve his time.
  • HerrNove
    @Argammon Yes, last night I tried to re-run progressively longer parts of the replay, but it seems in this one the stars aligned particularly well and allowed me to set a time which is better that what my current skill level would permit. Building a new lap from scratch with a similar time will probably take me a lot of time (the cork jump alone required 2 hours of attempts); I'll see I can find some free time in the following weeks. But I'm actually fine with my current position, I have some hope to end in 6th place and get my first +1 XP – only the tiny gap from the position above is a little regret-inducing.
  • Mortimer McMire
    After some automatic gear laps, back to the manual work!
    Oxia 1:27.30

Apr 11

  • MiDiaN
    Cork slide jump executed Smiley
    Camaro 1:15.19

Apr 12

  • Duplode
    This is such an interesting race!
    Ferrari 1:18.43
  • HerrNove
    I was expecting a Oxia supremacy but the leaderboard is much more multicolor than I thought. Congrats @Duplode for posting the first competitive lap using power gear, and with a car with manual penalty on top of it!
  • Argammon
    @Herr Nove, I will add a new color after the public days making it even more colorful Wink
  • MiDiaN
    Finally we are seeing PG laps in this race. I have the least experience in these types (I don't even know which cars can have pg) so let's see if I can keep up. @HerrNove! What a rookie star! Good lap!
  • HerrNove
    @MiDiaN thank you! The wiki has some infos over PG (https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/Power_gear ), but the driving experience is something you must experience for yourself. Even just driving on flatland feels very alien, and if you take a jump... well, suffices to see last month's winning replay Cheesy I am not surprised that @Argammon is going to hide the secret sauce he's preparing with a (I guess) blue car.

Apr 14

  • Duplode
    Lemme get on the GAR scoreboard as well!
    Vette 2:06.94

Apr 17

  • HerrNove
    Good, I was fearing a steamroll of PG-based replays going into the private days, but for now the fate seems averted. Now let's see if more drivers are enticed to drive laps with high-bonus cars. Congrats to the (two) pipsqueaks guessing the blue car correctly in the forum survey – no way to know who they are?
  • MiDiaN
    Help! My replay is not in sync with my driving! What should I do? When I pause and rewind couple seconds it goes as it should. But from a certain point in time it goes wrong Sad
  • HerrNove
    We have to wait the veterans here... but you can read some articles while you wait (https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/Unstable_replays , Unstable replays at ZakStunts
  • MiDiaN
    Thanks! I sent you a PM on the forum before you responded here. Smiley
  • Duplode
    @MiDiaN As HerrNove notes, it looks like you have an unstable replay. If you load it from the Option menu (the one reachable from the main menu) and, right after loading, the car is in the correct final frame after crossing the finish line, your replay is valid for the competition and you can already post it. Otherwise, you may have to redrive some of it to remove the instability. @HerrNove I was one of the two Cheesy
  • MiDiaN
    @Duplode, yes it is in correct frame after crossing the finish line. I guess this can happen when driving PG laps, unfortunately...
    Ferrari 1:14.00
  • Duplode
    @MiDiaN Yeah, it's one more quirk to keep an eye on when racing with PG. Anyway, great job in bringing the GTO to the top spot! Smiley
  • Argammon
    My strategy was to follow @MiDiaN's Camaro run with the Countach. Not sure that will prove good enough to hold off the GTO for long. Smiley

Apr 18

  • MiDiaN
    *sigh* Back to the drawing board...

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