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Aug 3

• HerrNove
  Buon compleanno, @dreadnaut !
• KyLiE
  Happy birthday @dreadnaut! I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!
• dreadnaut
  Thank you folks! Nursing a slightly injured knee for my birthday, clearly not a young man anymore — but still a fool!
• Victor Narl
  Happy birthday @dreadnaut! I wish you good health, get well soon
• Frieshansen
  Happy birthday and a good recovery @dreadnaut!
• Zapper
  Happy birthday @dreadnaut! And fast recovery wishes
• Alecu
  Happy birthday and fast recovery @dreadnaut!
• Duplode
  Get well soon, @dreadnaut! Happy birthday to you! 🎉
• Erik Barros
  Happy birthday @Dreadnaut, I wish you a PG recovery and a wonderful day!!!
• Alan Rotoi
  Happy birthday @dreadnaut!!
• Argammon
  Happy birthday @dreadnaut. Hoping you will recover quickly.
• Spoonboy
  Happy Birthday @dreadnaut! Stay foolish!
• Cas
  Happy birthday, @dreadnaut!

Aug 4

• stanceboyCZ
  epic fail replay
  1:22.99

Aug 5

• stanceboyCZ
  Not the best, but that should be good enough
  1:25.61
• stanceboyCZ
  by the way, does anyone gonna release a new car mod? i’m really excited about Renault 5, and even some JDM cars.
• Victor Narl
  @stanceboyCZ, at the moment I only have this beta prototype of Renault 5, author Alain, it is very difficult to drive it yet, we will wait for the final version https://files.webmoney.com/files/WGcn0CID
• HerrNove
  @stanceboyCZ Have you already tried some of those made by Ryoma? (https://mega.nz/folder/1mJEwDCC#4k1vV5V8T_xgxcNidXV31w) There is more to drive than his, admittedly wonderful, Oxia. Also, the wiki (https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/List_of_cars) lists many models by other constructors.
• Alain
  About R5 turbo Prost, I'll release the car soon. For now it's a WiP, as for FranceStunts 2025 project. If possible, both could be released at the same moment, to drive the beast on the first FranceStunts track of the season. Soon™
• Alan Rotoi
  I can't wait!
• stanceboyCZ
  thanks a lot guys
• stanceboyCZ
  i’m really glad that does exists modding community for this game, it’s something like with DOOM

Aug 7

• stanceboyCZ
  it’s pretty insane the games that old does have mods

Aug 8

• Duplode
  @stanceboyCZ In our case, I guess it's down to the openness of the track editor planting the seeds for further exploration, plus the formats being accessible enough to reward it (even if they were undocumented at first). Plus of course years and years of slow and steady progress.
• Alain
  @stuntsboyCZ Except nobody yet intended building an art piece like myhouse.wad with Stunts lore. It would take mastering the non-Euclidean mathematics — which none of the Stunts modders I know have ever attempted — and weaving it seamlessly into the track design. To produce such a creation at the very pinnacle of Stunts knowledge, one would have to be a true polymath genius, the likes of which Stunts Valhalla has never seen before.

Aug 9

• Duplode
  The southbound straight with the second cork is an interesting puzzle with the LM002 on GAR.
  1:14.80

Aug 10

• Alain
  JTK ❤️‍🔥
• Duplode
  Happy birthday, @JTK!
  0:52.34
• Victor Narl
  Happy birthday, @JTK!

Aug 11

• MiDiaN
  Yo are the other drivers sleeping? Drivers stopped sending replays after public days ended :S
  0:52.30
• Victor Narl
  @MiDiaN, everyone went here https://www.raceforkicks.com/index.php?page=race&race=2025-08 join in, it's hot there now!
• afullo
  Happy late birthday @dreadnaut, and happy birthday @JTK! Is myhouse.wad that creepy map said to be published by a friend of the mapper after the latter's death?
• Alain
  Excited to finally release this tribute map. Last August I lost a good childhood friend of mine and took it pretty hard. When I was visiting my hometown for his funeral, I connected with his parents who shared with me some of his old belongings. Among them was a copy of an old map of his backed up on a 3.5” floppy from high school. Thomas and I were into amateur Doom mapping in the early 00s but I had never seen this map of his prior to uncovering it on one of the old floppy discs. As a way of paying tribute to him and all the great memories we had together, I took the plunge and installed Doom Builder in order to polish up his map and add a few modern amenities just for convenience sake. I haven’t touched an editor in over 15 years so it was quite a surprise to find out how easy mapping has become. I may have gotten a little carried away with these new UDMF features and, as such, the map is designed for GZDoom. From the text file: * Doom 2 - GZDoom, hardware renderer * 1 map: Not much of a challenge and roughly 10 minutes of play time. All difficulty settings implemented. * Jumping & crouching disabled, freelook is fine * Lots of Doomcute! Making maps of your house was all the rage back-in-the-day, but I feel like this is a pretty adorable and detailed tribute to my friend and a great way to share something of him with a community we loved. Miss you, Tom. Download myhouse.wad https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18Nx7kUQwmxUGoXqL6FiUwFY--up64fgo?usp=share_link
• Alain
  I was wrong. The map is using me.
• Spoonboy
  @Alain ZCT274 Mirage was pretty amazing for myhouse-esque illusions and tricks. I wasn't around in the early days, when tracks like this were more common. But for me it was a truly special experience, and felt like the pinnacle of what could be achieved with Stunts.
• afullo
  Ok, it is indeed the map I meant. All the elements for a creepypasta are present: mysterious and unverifiable story, link to Google Drive containing poignant photos, an article with an obituary, two versions of the mod (a simple .wad and the full one in .pk3), disturbing atmospheres in the gameplay, multiple escape routes, etc.

Aug 12

• Alain
  The kind of artwork that will be remembered. Not to compare with a basic .trk file with no depth. There's a mythology attached to this wad.
• afullo
  With too many escape routes in Stunts you risk to make the game unable to recognize the correct paths and the finish line anymore, it happened on some tracks...
• Alain
  Be blissed my friend. Bliss can make a .trk file from a teapot.
• afullo
  Yes, but the problem I mentioned does not concern the internal track editor, it arises while racing regardless of the editor used to build the track...

Aug 13

• Victor Narl
  Alain's new online competition is available here https://hyperionracingteam.rf.gd/fsc25/index.php

Aug 14

• Alecu
  Raced on the original 1997 Valhalla track! Link to video:
• Alain
  Great tune! Great lap! WHEELS OF DOOM CRUSH BONE AND SKULL!
• Victor Narl
  @Chulk, hi. if you are here and are going to come back then i invite you to our team

Aug 15

• Alain
  Hey @Stingray86 I wanted to remind you about the exciting and unmissable job opportunity that was offered to you by Hyperion Racing Team. This is a unique chance to join a dynamic and innovative team, and we believe your skills and experience would make you a perfect fit. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to review the offer and let us know if you have any questions or need further details. We’d love to have you on board!
• Victor Narl
  Happy birthday, @Ayrton!
• Alain
  My greatest opponent! ❤️‍🔥 We miss you Ayrton!

Aug 16

• Alain
  TL;DR: A long whistleblowing message. I know someone (long in the past) already tried to hack zakstunts website. Let's publish a page covering the issue. As a non-exhaustive outline, such a page might cover: Access policy for replays Publication rules for .RPL files (private during the race, public after closing?). Storage location and access method (ideally outside the webroot, served via a controlled script rather than direct folder access). Non-predictable file naming (UUIDs) and, if applicable, signed or time-limited links. Server hardening & updates Regular updates (OS, PHP, CMS/plugins), least-privilege permissions, firewall/WAF, tested backups and restores. Protected administrative access (SSH keys, 2FA for admin/FTP/panels). Web-layer protections Site-wide HTTPS with HSTS, directory listing disabled, security headers (CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, etc.), download rate limiting and abuse detection. Integrity & auditability Checksums to verify the integrity of published replays. Logging and retention policy: what is logged, for how long, and for what purpose. Privacy & compliance What personal data is collected (accounts, IPs, emails), legal basis, retention period, data-subject rights, and a contact for requests. Vulnerability handling A dedicated security contact (e.g., security@…), responsible disclosure process, and indicative timelines for acknowledgement/fix; mention of any community bug-bounty initiative. Continuity of service Backup frequency, off-site storage and (if used) encryption, plus an incident recovery plan. We believe a concise public page covering these points would reinforce confidence, make collaboration with technical contributors easier, and serve as a reference whenever questions arise. Several retro-gaming communities are moving this way; as a historical reference, ZakStunts could lead by example.
• dreadnaut
  Hey @Alain, this is an interesting topic, in line with the long term project of opening up the ZakStunts source. Far too big to discuss in the shoutbox, want to open a forum thread, and we start from a list of problems to solve?
• MiDiaN
  Something I have been wondering is, who has access to all the replays (including non-public) and all the forum sections (including team forums)?
• dreadnaut
  Zak, myself and Duplode have full access to code and data. Zak can also admin the hosting (or contact the hosting service, at least)
• MiDiaN
  OK it would be best to have team strategy talk outside of this site then, and upload replays on the last minute of the competition.
• Alain
  Thanks for your answers!
• dreadnaut
  Indeed, the whole ZakStunts community is built on trust, not technical perfection. And the competition itself, after all, is a cooperative game against the complexity of Stunts and life itself. But if one takes it strongly as a contest, well, contest culture is about zero-sum ethics, and no-one can be trusted. Not the world I want to live in, though, or the culture I hope to see reflected in this community.
• Alain
  "We are all shepherds", they say. Some people are born competitive and ethicless. Whistleblowing about critical vulnerabilities, I did my homeworks on the topic of building rock-bottom solid trust. No worst existential horror for a community than cooperating on sinking sands. I am waiting.
• Duplode
  @MiDiaN and @Alain I have posted a reply on the Forum, focusing on the site governance aspects: Notes on site adminship . Feel free to ask any follow-up questions you might have!
• Alain
  To sum up my forum answer, 1. Open at least read only access to the github + 2. Deliver a page on zak.stunts.hu to present the website anti-vulnerabilities policy, and governance integrity practices. While also opening a contact link to heads up admins on any potential security breach.
• Victor Narl
  Alain's new site for online competition is available here https://www.hyperionracingteam.win/fsc25/

Aug 17

• dreadnaut
  I've updated the link on the portal. Note that you can start messages with [[fs25]] to include banner and link
• Victor Narl
  @Stingray86, hi. if you are here, Alain and I would like to invite you to join our new team
• Argammon
  @VictorNarl, I would like to invite you to the Stunts channel on Telegram. Many racers are there including your teammate @Alain. Would be great to see you there.
• Victor Narl
  @Argammon , although telegram is a russian messenger, paradoxically i don't have an account there yet. as soon as I register I will keep it in mind, thanks

Aug 18

• Shoegazing Leo
  1st later
  1:20.53 A
• Shoegazing Leo
  Second
  1:20.21 A
• Shoegazing Leo
  Third
  1:14.97 A
• Shoegazing Leo
  Hmmmm
  1:14.15 A

Aug 19

• Duplode
  @Stingray86 Hyperion (Alain + Victor) has a message for you -- check the Aug 15 shoutbox archive, or your Forum PMs
  1:39.68

Aug 20

• Alecu
  Also posted on Youtube 2 tricks I did in Stunts!
• Alan Rotoi
  Oh great! The two challenges! #rotoichallenge and the Leap of Faith! Congratulations @Alecu!
• Duplode
  Happy birthday, @SteinViterbo!

Aug 21

• Alecu
  Thank you @Alan Rotoi! I did them, but didn't posted them on Youtube! I have the replays also for them.
• Alain
  🌞 This is a great lap, @VictorNarl! ❤️‍🔥
• HerrNove
  @VictorNarl : I just PM'd you

Aug 22

• Alecu
  Also I posted today this Stunts clip!
• Alecu
  Also posted today another Stunts clip! Like I was playing it for 1st time in 2008!
• Alecu
  Also found my old April 2014 replay, on the ZCT153 track. This replay dates from 21 April 2014. I posted it because of nostalgia. Car used is McLaren Honda MP4/4. Also as a fact, I raced on the Second Day of Orthodox Easter.

Aug 23

• Victor Narl
  I wonder who will win this time? Argammon again? Let's place our bets, gentlemen
  0:54.34 A
• Alain
  First of all, let's all praise Mark Nailwood, and MiDiaN (AKA Tom Israels), our Divine Ancestral Stunts Gods. They were playing on 90s Stunts Contests and are still gently holding that wheel and massaging that sweet throttle like never before. Thank you! 💎🙌🏻
• Argammon
  @VictorNarl: I do not know who is going to win, but I think that @MiDiaN deserves his first Zakstunts victory. He has worked hard and improved considerably since the beginning of this season.
• Duplode
  Live quiet replays reveal in half an hour at the chatroom!

Aug 24

• Mortimer McMire
  Wow, surprising result carwise by Rolling Stunts! Guess everybody else missed some clues or we didn’t do our homework right!
• Alain
  Another victory for Hyperion Racing Team! Congratulations @VictorNarl, champaign and Lambo! 🥂
• KyLiE
  Congratulations to @Argammon and @MiDiaN! This result reminds me of ZCT261.
• Victor Narl
  @Alain, thanks for the congratulations.
• Alain
  A great read and fuel for thoughts: Plaidoyer: Maintaining Fairness and Skill in Stunts
• MiDiaN
  Wow, never thought of PG. Congrats to team Rolling Stunts! The huge bonus % on Audi and Lambo blinded me But I'm happy with my sub 0:50 lap with Lambo. Also impressive run with Audi by @Duplode and @Alain, worth watching!
• Alain
  Nowhere do I find a GAR season standing. Some racers would invest more time in GAR racing if there was one! Help me find the page if you know one! 🙏
• Alain
  "not less than 50% on the highway/above the highway" Notes Toward Fixing a Broken Meta: Plaidoyer: Maintaining Fairness and Skill in Stunts
• MiDiaN
  If you are a mapmaker you can always put huge negative bonus on pg cars to eliminate the unorthodox style of driving.
• Frieshansen
  Congrats to all the guys on the podiums. What an awesome and surprising winning run - great work from Rolling Stunts!
• KyLiE
  Thanks @Frieshansen and @MiDiaN!
• Argammon
  Thanks everyone! @MiDiaN posted a great lap once again, well done. Some context: The average "balanced bonus" difference between the Audi and the Countach is about 5 percentage points, but MiDiaN's driven time is much closer to the Audis than that. A special mention goes to my teammate @KyLie who managed to pull off a quite difficult PG lap. Last but not least, congratulations to @HerrNove for once again being the strongest amateur. Well done guys!
• Alain
  I rated your map one star @Frieshansen, it was allowing huge distortion between skilled and shortcut finder lap times. On a side note, still tracking the probable cheats and loopholes a cheater might exploit to undermine a fair and balanced competition: if you are a mapmaker don't share your maps in advance with other racers. It would be just lamentable and incredibly unfair to collude with a racer so that he knows the track in advance. But don't be pessimistic ("there's no fix to that") or naive (thinking it never happened in the past)! There is a simple fix to that collusion possibility: competition managers must -at least- change the first tiles of the map they receive. 🌞
• dreadnaut
  I rated your map four stars, @Frieshansen: while I had little time to race I enjoyed the length, which made it easy to start a new lap when needed, and the well placed loops — not something to avoid, but an opportunity. I found the corner-tunnel-corner on the hill in line with the spirit of the track, but a bit frustrating! Interesting someone managed to find a viable PG route, something we had both reviewed and considered unlikely. Well, lesson learnt for next time, not something to beat ourselves up with. On to design other interesting tracks!
• Alain
  "something we had both reviewed and considered unlikely." I feel for you. But a simple solution is to use more unjumpable waterwalls my friends. ❤️‍🔥
• Duplode
  @Alain Have I unwittingly stepped into a time machine and landed back in 2002, for trying to frame shortcuts one dislikes as cheating to be back on fashion? Next we'll be debating the identity of Shortcut Finder... I'll reply about the suggestion to management at the end in a moment, on the adminship thread at the Forum: Notes on site adminship
• Alain
  Thank you 🙏 (praying the Stunts Oracle to give us a balanced track for ZCT290)
• Duplode
  Results confirmed! Congratulations to @Argammon, @MiDiaN and @KyLiE (this one does resemble ZCT261 a lot, including you beating me to a podium step by a whisker 😅), and to @HerrNove, @VictorNarl (also on the top of the GAR scoreboard with a very nice Countach lap!) and @MortimerMcMire on the Am podium. The new track will be up later today, so stay tuned!
• Victor Narl
  @Duplode, thanks for the congratulations.
• Duplode
  The final PTB chart for ZCT289 has been posted! ZCT290 will be uploaded shortly
• Duplode
  Update finally complete! ZCT290 — Abandoned mine by @AlanRotoi is open for racing!
• Alain
  Race like the sun never sets! 🌞 Godspeed everyone!

Aug 25

• Shoegazing Leo
  This is a paradox. It's abandoned, but it's mine.
• Shoegazing Leo
  aff
  1:40.17 A
• Alecu
  Raced today on ZCT290 track! Again with my Porsche 962 IMSA!
  1:46.20 A
• Alain
  @LeoRamone you remember I quit the game in 2007 because of the introduction of bonuses. I knew I was the canari in the abandoned mine game. Before them, impossible winning streaks were impossible and everyone had a balanced chance every month. Now look at the meta in 2025! The mine will soon be deserted without reform. Mark my words.
• Alain
  The meta is broken. "There's a need to make non PG cars able to win the race." Again.
• Victor Narl
  @Argammon, I will really look forward to your Quiet RH in R4K, it ends today, I have already sent my RH
• Alain
  We don't have many years of competition left, go to Dosreloaded https://dosreloaded.de/forum/thread/8169-4d-sports-driving-stunts-jahrescontest-2025/?pageNo=1 and Race for kicks https://raceforkicks.com/, take part at Dos game club https://www.dosgameclub.com/stunts-leaderboard/?page=overview create content like @Alecu and @Alanrotoi https://www.youtube.com/@alanrotoi or we will disappear slowly.
• dreadnaut
  Exploring 🌄
  1:44.76
• Duplode
  @Alain I'm a bit confused now. I thought you had stepped back from Stunts at the end of 2006, right before I joined in 2007, and stayed away in 2008 (when ZakStunts rose from the ashes on the wings of a brand new and still experimental bonus system) and beyond, except for a brief comeback in 2009 (ZCT100 and ZCT101, two races with not a whiff of powergear, one of them won by your teammate at the time, the great Renato Biker)?
• HerrNove
  I'm also confused, but because my time with the Lancia was 9 seconds slower than the one with the 962, effort being equal. And yet we see the yellow car on top. Now, @Duplode is obviously on another level than me, but I'm usually able to beat his showcase lap. I must have missed something big...
• Alain
  It was a nice fight on ZCT289 @Duplode! I sent my quiet replay on the morning of saturday and you stroke back with a pride lap 20 hours later! Good job! Until next month, let's see who will be the best on the Abandoned Mine (I know I have a fair competition against you)!
• Argammon
  Here comes the tractor... @VictorNarl: I decided not to upload a RH replay to R4K this month. I am not sure whether or not I give NORH another go.
  1:09.41
• Alain
  I will always remember your last day commitment! That's a good, healthy, close combat fight that I find very enjoyable ❤️‍🔥
• HerrNove
  The chromatic combination on the scoreboard keeps getting better, but I'm increasingly puzzled
• dreadnaut
  Love the colours, I drove the Audi to add a cyan row earlier today. But now I should try and place it between the two same-colour cars 🤔 [edit] no, not happening with the Audi 😅
• Victor Narl
  @Argammon, what happened? are you scared of losing to a newbie from Russia in R4K? and what about your betting-promise?

Aug 26

• Alain
  Thanks for bringing the domain back! Compensation for the downtime?
• Alain
  If any racer want to applicate, two slots are free at our home, feel free to applicate, if you think you fit our high values at https://hyperionracingteam.win for building brotherhood & race memories!
• Frieshansen
  Thanks for the Server upgrade an all the work you put in here @dreadnaut!
• Mark Nailwood
  Just a quick ride to see my name on the scoreboard.
  1:20.69 A
• Mark Nailwood
  And a little improvement, with the tractor.
  1:16.24 A

Aug 27

• Alain
  Thank you for refreshing my defective memory @Duplode ! meta was completely broken in 2008 anyway. Ayrton won 11 times, 80% of PG cars. I am waiting for your comment about that.
• Victor Narl
  @Alain, it was already clear that @Ayrton is the best lawn mower in the world, and is an absolute record holder in this regard!
• Alain
  Lawn care workers deserve respect, Victor. They keep the field —and the scoreboards— neat! Where a lawnmower passes, young shoots dare not grow, as if Attila himself had decreed: 'Let no blade rise against me!' Ponder this wisdom, you stunt racers.
• Alecu
  Also today I opened the nostalgia box and I driven on some old tracks made by me in the past, to be specifcally in 2008. Check out those in the video!
• Victor Narl
  @Alecu you should post a link where I can download your tracks. For example, Daniel3D and I collect tracks from different years
• Alan Rotoi
  He did @Victor. Here is the link: Some old tracks designed by me in the past Also if you like tracks you have a big collection here: https://zak.stunts.hu/downloads
• Alecu
  Also for commodity and for who requested them, I posted the tracks on MediaFire! Download link for the tracks: https://www.mediafire.com/file/5swkjkw6ori3egt/My+1st+created+Stunts+Tracks.zip/file
• Victor Narl
  @AlanRotoi, thanks i downloaded it. Daniel3D has an even bigger collection than Zaktrackpak, I sent him a link to my tracks in PM but he still hasn't appeared on the forum
• Alecu
  Also any opinion about my tracks? Did you enjoyed what can made a 7 year old Stunts Player in 2008? That Stunts Player was me!
• Victor Narl
  @Alecu, very good, decent and fun tracks. good for training certain elements
• Alecu
  Also @Victor Narl, did you archived them? Also about the tries is because i forgot how to drive on them.
• Victor Narl
  @Alecu, yes my tracks are here https://files.webmoney.com/files/Okccd1Wn only they are very difficult and slow, almost not suitable for racing

Aug 28

• HerrNove
  I think it's worth mentioning that the discussion on the rules for next season has started. Even racers who do not come to the forum regularly might want to have a look. ZakStunts 2026 could be the only chance to drive a new car without having to get a mortgage for that
• Victor Narl
  unfortunately i am disappointed in the game policy of this competition and have to leave the resource. i will leave today exactly at midnight in my local time (GMT+3) and no one will ever see me here again. i wish you to be kinder to each other and stay happy
• Alan Rotoi
  I'm sorry about that @Victor. You have a great potential to exploit. Fortunately, this community exceeds ZakStunts so we can see you in the forum or other competitions, live races and, why not, testing a custom car you could build

Aug 29

• Ryoma
  I saw that you speak about the XM for next year. I think, it's not a good idea. It's a comfortable car with 200HP but it's not design for the race. I'm afraid that this car will not in its element on Stunts and will useless.
• HerrNove
  I see. I'd still like to see a Citroën in the lot, they are so rare in racing games. I'm sure we can find a good one among your creations.
• Erik Barros
  Happy birthday @VictorNarl!
• Argammon
  Happy Birthday @VictorNarl!
• Argammon
  I see that you posted some impressive P962 replays @HerrNove!
• HerrNove
  Thanks @Argammon. I'm going to give it all to get those XPs!

Aug 30

• KyLiE
  Go for it @HerrNove! Nice work!

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