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I've just driven a killer time but won't send it in

Ok please bet the top 5 drivers on zct 21 here!
The winner might receive a small prize (have to think about what,maybe zak will help)

I know it's a disadvantage but I will be the 1st to bet:

1)Alain
2)Argammon
3)Alanrotoi
4)Bonzai
5)Mingva

I know it's a provoking bet

For your win on last month track and the championship.

*waves*

Ok this evaluation is based on Bonzais,Alans,mine,zacks,alains and mingvas replays I don'T have the others.

First le me congratulate Bonzai for winning the month and alan for his 2nd and Zak for his 'divided' 3rd place.

Shortcuts used:

Argammon:2 small one's (through cork wall and after left right corcsrew)
Hyperion : same
Mingva :same
Zak : 2 big short cuts and 2 small one's ( skipped 1st corner before elevated road,and jumped to the pipe on the water+orion SC)
Alanrotoi: same as zak but his jumps where slower
Bonzai: same as Zak +skipping the corkscrew with 160+mph!


Conclusions/Questions:
A) Argammon is not a 1st class short cut finder anymore he is 3rd clast at best

B)I wonder why the gap between zak/alan and bonzai is so big even though bonzai only skipped the corcsrew faster....

C)It's not even only the shortcut which gains a lot time it's the time you get by driving the next part of the track at higher speed (example jump to pipe) but again everyone knows that one

D)I was the fastest driver 'on the road' .. which means if I only count those times of sections which are no shortcuts and whose speed was not influenced by shortcuts.

E)Our team did a bad job finding SC (obvious)

F)Cork Screw did a good job

The last tunnel of ZCT 19 should not be there.He makes the whole competion a gamble! (at least to those drivers who are relativly close to each other)

Let me explain:

The speed at which you can jump through the tunnel is completly random! I've tried everything ,shifting gears ,driving on one side or another it does not matter at all!

Basically every driver just has to drive dozens of times through the tunnel at high speed hoping he won't crash! I got lucky in the last replay I send in for example and I guess I will have the best checkpoint time after the tunnel with that replay and I can't even beat that old 1.39.40 time because I get unlucky in the tunnel crashing at low speed!

Ok you may think it's not so important if you drive with 30 mph more or less through the tunnel! But of course it is: It determines how fast you will drive the last banked corner.

I calculated that there is a difference of 1-2 seconds between 1 driver who got a lucky high speed through the tunnel and another driver who only got low speed.

And for you Zak: Compare at which speed I jumped through the tunnel in my 1.39.40 replay with some other replays and you will realize the great differences.

The conclusion must be not to use such tunnels after slopes again on any track as they make the contest a big gamble!

I bet he is racing 6 hours a day.

There's nothing you can do against it if you have to study and work

Congrats on 1st place.

Argammon 12.18h - 16.18h 96 hours 1:42.15 9 hours
4 days aren't 9 hours

Ok what does everyone else think about it?

1.30 like some said is impossible with the countach IMO as the countach does not has a real power gear.
I don't see many improvements possible on my latest 1.41.15 replay.

Since nobody is perfect I'll say the winning time will only be around 1.41.70 this month.But maybe alanrotoi will prove me wrong..... I honestly doubt that any of the other competitors can drive below 1.41.70