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@dreadnaut leads the list. He doesn't miss a race since October 2012

Wow, I had never thought about it, but yes: in my mind one does not miss a ZakStunts race 🤣 At the minimum, I always drive a relaxed lap to have a look at the track. Then I think: oh, what about that other car? could I drive that part differently? And there you have it, a more or less competitive replay ready to upload.

Again, thanks for digging this numbers out, @alanrotoi!

I'll have @alanrotoi and @Argammon in my S tier of folks who create interesting threads.

I don't know enough to attempt a tier, but I'll put @CTG and @Renato Biker at the top tier for "pipsqueaks who are good at hinting and explaining how to drive well". Marco, Seeker1982, Duplode and FinRok are brilliant at the driving bit, so deadly in live races. Tricks are an interesting mix of patience, attention to detail, imagination, and dedication/time. I have trouble differentiating, but I know I can get the first two with a powergear car. I have only admiration for those who can put consistent skill and effort on all those fronts.

Possibly wrong link? 🤔

Whops, Imgur is self-blocked in the UK (thank you, short-sighted legislation), so all the charts above are now "Content not available in your region"

Thank you, should be solved now 👍

The number of replays is already part of this chart:


I could add a line there, showing the position at the end of a race. Might be difficult to find the right vertical scale, and the horizontal one will look a bit odd, since we don't have precisely on track per month. I'll give it a try at some point 👍

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I'll echo HerrNove in congratulating you for the great season, and well deserved champion title! 🎆

A strong season means a lot of effort, and I can understand if you want to take it easy now. (No-one has ever won three seasons in a row, racing does take the toll!)

Hope we'll still see you around on the forum, and any races where you feel inspired by the track. Or maybe a live race for a different challenge!

Thanks for letting us know! I've triggered another 'save' on the Internet Archive, for posterity.

Thank you! When you look at the map, or when you drive through?

Should be fixed now. I've removed all casts, and replaced them with the explicit conversion function in each occasion: floor, round, and intval.

I think exploits are possible if you look at a single pipsqueak. But when you have a system of competing pipsqueaks, connivance notwithstanding, efforts balance out to avoid the extremes.

And because the "exploit" is publicly visible, it becomes part of the stregic game: "it looks like someone is holding back, ah, let me ruin their plan by doing this other thing!"

I'm interested in digging deeper though, because there are competition 'principles' that I think are important:

- strong pipsqueaks should have to make more difficult choices
- moves that can advantage a strong pipsqueaks should also lift the (not-immediate) followers

If there is an "exploit" that can advantage someone without giving something back to the lower scoreboard, that's something we should look into.

Internally, it's definitely 8303 hsec or 1:23.03, so I can confirm the number reproduced by the scoreboard is the correct one.

The problem seems to be the cast to integer I (hastily?) introduced last time when I fixed the replay preview. As a cast, it truncates, so it works as a floor instead of a round, and 8302.9 becomes 8302.0 hsec, or 12:23.02.

I'll double check during the day, but I think it's an easy fix. Thanks for bringing it up!

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There's still time for another 2!

Hope things are looking up for whoever the emergency was for, and everyone affected!