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Mar 1

• Duplode
  Also, fast driving is on its own very useful in a team, as it helps setting a reference and a baseline on what's possible. If teammates then chime in with cool shortcut ideas on the top of that, well, that's just good teamwork
• Ryoma
  Disapointed...I did 1'43.05 with the 962 with a big penalty
  5:14.93
• Overdrijf
  By the way, a mildly belated welcome to @Mortimer! I just noticed the country flag, and I have to welcome a fellow Dutchy.

Mar 2

• Mortimer McMire
  Don't know if another language but English is allowed here. But I guess one word isn't going to be that big of a deal. Bedankt (thanks) @overdrijf!
• Overdrijf
  O je mag best een beetje Nederlandsen hoor. Mogeschien kan je zelfs een paar nieuwe woorden verzinselen, zodat iedereen die Google Translate gebruikselt in de war raakt. (evil smiley) (EDIT: wow, Google Translate actually got them all basically perfectly. I'm kind of impressed.)
• Alan Rotoi
  Happy birthday @dosbox92!!
• Cas
  Hey, happy birthday, @dosbox92

Mar 4

• Duplode
  Happy birthday @Tijn!
• Spoonboy
  Happy Birthday @Tijn! I may have a new team, but there will always be a part of me on Team DGC
• Ryoma
  @Spoonboy DGC Team can answer :
• Alan Rotoi
  Happy birthday @Tijn!!

Mar 5

• dreadnaut
  Belated happy birthday to @Tijn! 🎉 And happy birthday to @Heretic 🎂
• Erik Barros
  Happy birthday @Tijn!! Happy birthday @Heretic!!!!
• Duplode
  Feliz aniversário, @Heretic!
• Alan Rotoi
  Happy birthday @Heretic!!

Mar 6

• Heretic
  Thank you!!!
• Frieshansen
  Belated happy birthday @Heretic and @Tijn!

Mar 9

• Marco
  What's the amateur league ?
• Mortimer McMire
  @Marco It's a league where new players/participants can compete against each other (besides also being included in the main ranking). Since I'm only participating on Zak Stunts for under a month, I hope I explained it correctly. So if any of the more experienced players want to contribute or correct me feel free to do so ;-)
• Alan Rotoi
  Perfect @Mortimer exactly like that.😀
• Overdrijf
  You may remember the newbie league @Marco? We changed the promotion criteria. A driver is no longer automatically a pro if they've been around for long enough. For someone of your skill level it doesn't change anything.
• Overdrijf
  Calling it now by the way: Doubleplusspeed takes the podium with the Indy.
• Duplode
  Live results in two hours at the chat room!

Mar 10

• Duplode
  Quiet replays published!
• Overdrijf
  Congratulations Duplode and Alan! But honestly the result that most stands out here to me is @Mark nailing it with automatic gears. Between several jumps and a few places where you had to brake quite hard this was a track with a pretty serious manual advantage. At this rate your days in the amateur league are numbered.
• Mark Nailwood
  Thank you, @Overdrijf! Yeah, I really invested some time optimizing the critical parts of this track, according to my driving skills. I added "driving with automatic gears" to my expertise in the profile. I think I could get good results in an "auto gear" league. Let's see how Mark Nailwood will *nail* it in the next race. Having already watched the replays of the podium racers, I must say that I really like your sliding-out-of-the-corkscrew-flying-into-the-curve trick at 1:25. Well, @Duplode achieved an even more sophisticated version of this trick at 1:20, and his incredible jumps at the bridges are matching perfectly to a winner's replay. Also @Alan's alternative path starting at 1:19 is really worth watching.
• Duplode
  Results confirmed! Congratulations to @AlanRotoi and @Overdrijf! And also to @MarkNailwood (excellent driving indeed!), @Spoonboy and @Ryoma! The new track will be up in a few hours, in the European morning.
• Duplode
  This was a really good race for Cork's Crew, by the way! Thanks @Overdrijf and @Spoonboy -- way to go, team!
• Duplode
  And here is the new track: ZCT272, Spiral Architect. Hope you'll enjoy it!
• Ryoma
  It's a woman reproductive organ? Oo
• Mortimer McMire
  @duplode Just downloaded the new track. Seems like a cool track with lots of new thing for me to learn. And before I forget, congratulations on your win in the last race!
• Spoonboy
  Congratulations to everyone! There were many different cars with successful laps and I love the alternative lines from @alan and @Ryoma. Working in a team really pushed me to put everything into my laps. This track demanded fine attention to detail. Once the tricks needed were clear, perfecting gear shifts made a big difference (apart from in @Mark Nailwood's killer auto lap!). In Cork's Crew, we lived up to our name! I was glad to get the cork jump to work in my Carrera lap. My teammates @Overdrijf and @Duplode achieved beautiful laps. @Duplode's wraparound bridge cut was the icing on the cake. @Mortimer McMire congrats on your first race! It was great to see how you improved your laps. I am still learning new skills with every race. In a few tracks' time, you will be amazed at what you can do.
• Spoonboy
  Looks like we're in for a fun month
  1:35.18 A
• Overdrijf
  O wow, Alan's lines were fun! More loopjumps than a crashing rollercoaster! (I guess it was kind of inevitable that Cork's crew would be looking for the cork-line instead.) I can see what he was thinking at the jumping bridge section: if you straighten your car out one jump earlier you get to take more speed into the banked section. In the loops and corks section my initial plan was to use the second last corkscrew to jump to the right and from there use the final loopjump, it was Spoonboy's beautiful cork to cork jump in a Carrera replay he hid for strategic reasons that convinced me to drop that line of thinking when I couldn't get it to work. (My plan for the jumping bridge section was what Duplode ended up doing, but I had a hard time trying that, and a very smooth time trying a more normal line, so that's what I ended up going with.)
• Overdrijf
  Shall we have another go at trying to get every car on the board ones before anyone doubles up?
  1:16.91
• Alan Rotoi
  Thanks @Overdrijf yes I managed to make a quadraloop shortcut. Quiet unusual but the tracks circumstances let this kind of trick possible. My car was like Tarzan jumping from tree to tree Maybe this path was faster with Stratos but I didn't have the time to try.
• Shoegazing Leo
  First
  1:32.23 A
• Shoegazing Leo
  Second
  1:25.51 A
• Shoegazing Leo
  Third
  1:23.64 A
• Shoegazing Leo
  Fourth
  1:27.11 A
• Duplode
  @Ryoma No, it isn't -- who am I to say, though, "death of the author" and all that
• Shoegazing Leo
  Fifth
  1:23.75 A
• Erik Barros
  Congratulations @Duplude, @AlanRotoi and @Overdrijf!! Those were incredible tricks in the replays... Congratulations @MarkNailwood, @Spoonboy and @Ryoma!!!
• Duplode
  BTW @Ryoma, I've watched your P962 replay from the past race -- it was good fun!
• Ryoma
  @Duplode yes it's the reason why I upload this replay. Without the penalty, I would won the race lol
  1:19.62

Mar 11

• Alan Rotoi
  We have a LIVE RACE next Sunday! We'll race with Melange. Come and join us! Generations - (2024-03-17)
• Cas
  First blind try!
  1:27.52
• Cas
  A little update. Hey, guys, don't forget that we have a Free OWOOT race in R4K this month!
  1:25.62

Mar 12

• Stan 286XT
  Io no una macchina rosa su internet ricomincio dai floppy di 4D sport driving
• afullo
  @Stan: you can download the Ford Thunderbird (with pink as default color) from here: https://zak.stunts.hu/dl/zakstunts-cars-2024.zip
• dreadnaut
  @Stan286XT Pink cars were normal in the 50s and 60s. Elvis Presley had a pink Cadillac. Then someone decided that "pink is for girls, blue is for boys" and ruined it for everyone. Time to get cool colours back on the road! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley%27s_Pink_Cadillac

Mar 14

• dreadnaut
  Finally time to hit the track!
  1:18.77

Mar 16

• Overdrijf
  If anyone is having any doubts about joining the live race tomorrow: it's a pretty everyone-friendly track, and quite a lot of fun if you enjoy driving fast cars. Generations - (2024-03-17)
• dreadnaut
  Ah, it's tomorrow 🤣 That's why the chat was empty! Perfectly fine, now I have some time to practise.
• Overdrijf
  First to the line wins right? *smirk smiley*
• Alan Rotoi
  Yes, thank you. Tomorrow is the live race! We're 6 racers so far.

Mar 17

• Duplode
  The live race starts in 50 minutes! See the Forum thread for more info -- Generations - (2024-03-17) -- and meet at the chatroom!
• Alan Rotoi
  I'm in the Chatroom now
• Alan Rotoi
  Live race summary! Thank you all for coming!

Mar 19

• dreadnaut
  @Alan, the production values of your videos and summaries are incredible
• Alan Rotoi
  Thank you @dreadnaut! 🙂 I enjoy making this stuff. I hopebto have time to make a video too.

Mar 21

• Ryoma
  2 news cars : Stratos Group 4 Dodge Charger Daytona

Mar 23

• Spoonboy
  @Ryoma great new cars! Daytona is fun in corners, and the Gr4 is like the original Stratos on caffeine! XD Liking the digital speedometer too. Thanks for all you do to add to our enjoyment of this game.
• Ryoma
  @Spoonboy thank you. I regret to release this version of this Stratos too late. My purpose is always to have one victory for this car here and not stay with this fucking 0 victory....Which is a big shame and injustice for me.

Mar 28

• Duplode
  Happy birthday, @Ferrao and @Martincho!
  1:09.95
• dreadnaut
  This track is quite enjoyable, but so many unused cars!
  1:44.07 A
• dreadnaut
  Let's...
  1:27.37 A
• dreadnaut
  ...fix...
  1:35.76 A
• dreadnaut
  that! 🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️
  1:35.54 A

Mar 29

• Duplode
  Sure -- this is a good time as any to light up a few more scoreboards!
  1:13.72

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