Everybody, according the AI, knew Bonk.
Edited on July with pic add, 1st:
(Yes, that Thunderbird lap was no-RH)
Bonkonia? Bonkinha?
Who's Bonk?
Song: https://www.udio.com/songs/xqpzfbb9Pe98agPXhnJpxE
Hey! ;D This is bonkers, ha, ha
It sounds really good
So what's going on? The competition turned strange at least in the beginning of the months. A lot of ltb earned by frieshansen, zapper, overdrijf, erik, spoonboy...
Can you see 3 groups of 4 pipsqueaks?
@Zapper,
@Frieshansen,
@Spoonboy and
@Mark Nailwood . The other group is
@Erik Barros,
@Overdrijf,
@dreadnaut and @ryoma.
The other group is
@Mortimer Macmire,
@Shoegazing Leo,
@Cas and
@dstien.
Very interesting battles all over the scoreboars just like in 2021 season!
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 07, 2024, 03:26:52 AMSo what's going on? The competition turned strange at least in the beginning of the months. A lot of ltb earned by frieshansen, zapper, overdrijf, erik, spoonboy...
Can you see 3 groups of 4 pipsqueaks? @Zapper, @Frieshansen, @Spoonboy and @Mark Nailwood . The other group is @Erik Barros, @Overdrijf, @dreadnaut and @ryoma.
The other group is @Mortimer Macmire, @Shoegazing Leo, @Cas and @dstien.
Very interesting battles all over the scoreboars just like in 2021 season!
I need to thank you and
@Duplode for leaving ltb hours available ;D ;D ;D
Indeed, the lead battle has been pretty interesting to watch -- let's see what the second week will bring!
Haven't seen
@KyLiE in a while, whom I would have placed in the first group. Anyone heard from him?
Quote from: Erik Barros on July 07, 2024, 11:31:17 PMI need to thank you and @Duplode for leaving ltb hours available ;D ;D ;D
Haha yes! ;D
I find that some months I work on laps quietly and submit them only when totally happy with them.
Other months, I submit my progress more while replays are public, to see how close I can stay to the top!
This open method is probably more work, but maybe makes me concentrate on details I might not otherwise revisit until later in the month 🤔
Either way, its a pleasure to be mentioned around such amazing names!
For fun, I'll share my thoughts of an average Stunts month for me, as I see it in my head:
Week 1: New track! Lap blitz.
Week 2: Calm refining of laps, occasionally starting over.
Week 3: Exhaustion, battle weary...
Week 4: Last chance! More blitzing, perfecting, hoping...
And then fitting R4K and maybe a CCC race into the mix 😁
Quote from: dreadnaut on July 08, 2024, 09:46:45 AMHaven't seen @KyLiE in a while, whom I would have placed in the first group. Anyone heard from him?
Having a sabbatical after an intense season last year. He's still around at R4K though, running the show along with Cas!
Anyway he took part in the last live race event.
Quote from: Spoonboy on July 08, 2024, 12:04:05 PMQuote from: Erik Barros on July 07, 2024, 11:31:17 PMI need to thank you and @Duplode for leaving ltb hours available ;D ;D ;D
Haha yes! ;D
I find that some months I work on laps quietly and submit them only when totally happy with them.
Other months, I submit my progress more while replays are public, to see how close I can stay to the top!
This open method is probably more work, but maybe makes me concentrate on details I might not otherwise revisit until later in the month 🤔
Either way, its a pleasure to be mentioned around such amazing names!
For fun, I'll share my thoughts of an average Stunts month for me, as I see it in my head:
Week 1: New track! Lap blitz.
Week 2: Calm refining of laps, occasionally starting over.
Week 3: Exhaustion, battle weary...
Week 4: Last chance! More blitzing, perfecting, hoping...
And then fitting R4K and maybe a CCC race into the mix 😁
The differences in strategy are quite interesting, I generally like to do several laps before starting a more serious lap, to get used to the layout. But there are players who prefer to advance only when they have their maximum at each checkpoint on the track.
PS 1 - I'm curious about
@Mark Nailwood method, he's been competing since the 90s, a legend. And he feels a big difference between what competitions were like in the past and what they have today.
PS 2 - There's a very good article by
@BonzaiJoe, I don't know if you've seen it, there's a lot of gold mining on the website and the forum :) (https://zak.stunts.hu/articles/tips-for-newbies)
Quote from: Erik Barros on July 11, 2024, 12:13:14 AMThe differences in strategy are quite interesting, I generally like to do several laps before starting a more serious lap, to get used to the layout. But there are players who prefer to advance only when they have their maximum at each checkpoint on the track.
PS 1 - I'm curious about @Mark Nailwood method, he's been competing since the 90s, a legend. And he feels a big difference between what competitions were like in the past and what they have today.
PS 2 - There's a very good article by @BonzaiJoe, I don't know if you've seen it, there's a lot of gold mining on the website and the forum :) (https://zak.stunts.hu/articles/tips-for-newbies)
Yes, reconnaissance is always a good plan!
It is interesting to look old races and see the chat during them. I've also found my teammates' knowledge of previous races, maybe seeing rare tricks before, has been so valuable for context in the modern races.
I remember reading
@BonzaiJoe's article soon after I started. It taught me a lot about my approach to races, and made me realise that there was a lot more to Stunts than just driving fast. There are many subtle aspects and hidden depths that you only realise by being an active part of the community!
Hi
@Erik Barros, sorry for being so late in answering your question about my strategy. Well, first of all, the main difference between the competitions in the late 90s / early 00s and today is that in the past it was much easier for me to win a race. ::)
Honestly, now being in my second season after my comeback, I think that I'm now pretty much at the same skill level as 2 decades ago, so it might be fun to retry a race of the past to compare my times. But, but for sure, the skill level of the community has improved significantly during my absence, and there are now some top pipsqueaks who will always be several seconds ahead of me.
My racing strategy is pretty much the same as in the past: When a new track is published, I'm just curious and drive "for fun", then during the next days I try to improve this time, with some replay handling, but not too serious and without paying really much attention on my time in certain sections - just to get a feeling for the complete track. Then, during the "serious" phase, usually starting 1-2 weeks before the end of the race (depending on my mood and also on the time I can afford), I divide the track into certain sections (defined by "checkpoints", as you have called it, like "tunnel start", "bridge jump", "curve end" - for example, 15 checkpoints in total on C276), write down my time on these sections in my best replay so far, and then try to improve these section times.
The only difference to my first racing career is that now I'm not using pencil and paper any more for this task, but I have an Excel table on a second monitor where I list the checkpoint times of my previous best lap and the current one, and the table compares the current section times with the previous ones.
It depends on the type of a track whether I concentrate more on perfecting each section before going to the next one or if I try to improve all sections several times. For example, if there is a difficult section in the early part of a track which takes a long time to get it right (e.g. jumping through a loop), I invest more time in the beginning to achieve a replay where I am satisfied with my driving until after this point, and then spend the rest of the racing days to improve only the remaining sections. If there is a difficult part at the end of a track, I try to get a perfect as possible replay until this part and then only concentrate on the difficult section at the end during the last days.
With a fair bit of subtle variation across the lines, this could make for an interesting race analysis. BTW, my best trick nomination is
@Zapper 's third cork!
Mark's description is more or less what I do, except I surely don't dedicate it enough time, ha, ha. I race for maybe two hours per month.
Mark's description describes my strategy as well except for the minor issue that u rarely reach the "serious phase" .
And the few times that is did sectorize and tried to maximize my time per sector (even using hardcore RH tricks learned from the master himself) i didn't get a better time than in the fun phase..
So I'll stick to the fun phase because it keeps it fun for me.