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I wasn't satisfied with my handmade flags on the site, so downloaded some.
1. they look better
2. they are 2px higher
3. one flag is ~100 bytes, compared to the previous ~800

so enjoy.

Hey, Zak, how you jumped over water with Lamborghini in the beginning??? I couldn't do that with p962. :shock:

Whoops, it was the other indy score, not lamborghini, I swapped my notes.  :wink:

on El Nino:

Indy: 3 didn't really enjoy.
Lamborghini: 4 much better, challenging. Deserves a strong 4.
Design: 5. Cute!
Competition: length 1!!! way too long!, shortcuts, intersection: 5 perfect. Sorry, together is only 3.

Overall: 4 shorten it a bit and it's a sure 5.

Zak

Indy: 4 too fast, rather fun-track than competition.
Indy manual: 4. the same.
Design: 4. Well done, some details missing.
Comepition: length4, shortcuts 5, ---> 5

Overall: 4

Zak

Indy rating: 4. Quick track, lovely sharp corners. Bit easy, but it makes it ideal for noRH comps.
Lamborghini rating: 2. Boring!!!!
Design: 2 almost no design, but the lake deserves a 2.
Competition: 4 small allowed shortcuts (good), and a little bit shorter than it should be.

Overall for Starclub: 3.
It's a great base for a better track.

my comments:

Indy: 5. Some mistakes, but it deserves a 5.
Lamborghini: 5 Awesome, altough a bit long for this car.
Design: 3 not my style.
Competition: 5 nice balance, shortcut blocking and length.

Overall: 5. Nice work.

awaiting your comments.

My ratings:

Indy: 3 (it's OK, but too long and boring)
Lamborghini: 2 (very repetitive)
Design: 5 (very well-done)
Competition: length 1, shortcut blocking 4 ---> 2

Overall: 3

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This is the topic related to Cork and his Crew.

First I open it with the fact, that I updated Cork's Crew team site a little.
Scores of ISA and FSC are available now, nothing more.
Team stuff still to come, if I have time. :-)

Zak McKracken

Cool new look for the forum. Good work Zaq.
But now u have to change the main colour of all your site to "Desert sand"  

No, because in a half hour there'll be another 10 colorschemes to choose from.

Zak

Welcome to the new board, people!

Hope you'll find it at least as more friendly and userful, as I did.
And also I hope it won't be such a big thing to migrate here, and we'll have a live conversation here too.

Feel free to migrate your previous favourite topics here too, but take care the new categories.


Long live stunts!

Archived from the old forum:

Beijing



Here you can write your comments and votes on Beijing

Mingva
Stunts expert
Posts: 75
(10/19/02 4:50:41 pm)
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Beijing for slow cars only?



I raced with Indy and Lancia on it. Is written that track designed for indy but I have more fun with driving slow car. It's noncense to race with indy. So my oppinion after racing few times with Lancia:

Advantages: large view range, nice scenery;
Disadvantages: a little long, must use brakes a lot because of corners.

Not needed or what to change:
- 2nd cork in the beginning and sharp corner after it;
- sharp corners in the middle of the track;
- curvy road in the end of track (better straight road after last jump).

There's my vote:
Fun - 1 from 3
Length and Layout - 2 from 3
Terrain and Scenery - 3 from 3

So, my overal vote for Beijing is 3

ZakKrack
Stunts expert
Posts: 259
(10/19/02 5:44:51 pm)
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Re: Beijing



It's not such a power-gear track, altough you can achieve it at oe point with both transmissions. There are lots of sharp corners, which need intensive braking of course, but you have enough time to brake down, it's not annoying, but challenging. Really liked the double corkscrew, and the jump - sharp hill combo, but somehow, something is missing from this track, it's just not complete. No difference between the transmission types, so:
Indy feeling auto trm.: 4
Indy feeling, manual trm.: 4

Simply beautiful. The track in the woods, between the hills, and the river far away, with some natural looking square-ponds in the overview. While driving is nice to see these small ponds, and somehow the strange mix of the different trees is not annoying, but relaxing.
Scenery: 5

It's a tricky part, so there'd be big differences between amateur and pro pipsqueaks. (4). Shortcuts are almost well solved, the double sharp corner at the end is easy to cheat, maybe it's not a mistake (4). Also there is another shortcutty-looking part, but I won't tell where. Lenght is 10 secs longert than ideal. (4)

Competition score: 4

So, alltogheter 25 points, which makes this a very good track, but not a classic one. 4.

Zak

al il professore


Stunts addict
Posts: 115
(10/19/02 6:49:13 pm)
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Re: Beijing



good job

5. Just love it.

i drive several times and enjoy the short cut possibilities. also the landscape is beautiful. Not important for driving, but it helps in choice.

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Nailwood Island



Here you can write your comments and votes on Nailwood Island

ZakKrack
Stunts expert
Posts: 256
(10/19/02 5:18:49 pm)
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Re: Nailwood Island



Well, driven with the indy, auto or manual transmission, you can easily achieve 6th gear with some jumps, and then immediately slow down, because of a corner or as stunts-part. This is good, but not thtough a whole track. A bit irritating. The whole track is about speed up - brake down, and not enough other type challenge.
Indy Feeling Auto trm.: 2
Indy Feeling Manual trm.: 2

The island looks quite nice I like the small village too, but I don't like that the whole island is a hill, and when driving you can almost only see the water
Scenery: 3

Shotrcut problem is well-solved with the big water, altough it's a bit repetitive (4), and the length of the track is ok (4), but the average speed is too slow. (2)
Competition: 3

Alltogether 14, so my overall rating for Nailwood Island is: Bad. 2

Zak

Mingva
Stunts fanatic
Posts: 76
(10/19/02 5:22:50 pm)
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Track designed by Nailwood Company?



I raced this track with Jaguar and Lancia. Could be good (after editing it a little) for average speed cars. There's my oppinion after racing few times:

Advantages: shortcuts?;
Disadvantages: impossible to finish track without RH first time, some slow corners and useless elements.

Not needed or what to change:
- 1st cork and slalom in the beginning;
- sharp corner after 2nd tunnel;
- sharp corner near finish line.

There's my vote:
Fun and interest - 1.5 from 3
Length and Layout - 2 from 3
Terrain and Scenery - 2 from 3

So, my overal vote for Nailwood is 3

al il professore
Stunts addict
Posts: 118
(10/19/02 6:57:18 pm)
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Re: Track designed by Nailwood Company?



hard. I dont like when its hard and i cant feel that I can do well on some track. This one reminds me ISA too much. 1 for the work it demanded. But I should have given no note... sorry. [/i]