Share your trial times (STK 0.8)

[Alayan]

Oh, there are some errors in the name of the tracks : -two Black Hill Mansion, first having the Hacienda picture
-two The Island, first having the Jungle picture
-two Star Track, first having Zen Garden picture
-two Green Valley, first having Northern Resort picture

And so, there are errors in the times which are linked to these tracks.

I made some new times :

Around the Lightouse :
00:35:00 ; 3 skids (one more, yeah, I did it !) ; 3 shortcuts

Mines ; a little better time than my previous; even if not really good :
01:22:84 ; with around 10 skids ; and without shorcuts

Hacienda :
01:21:40 ; with 14 skids and no shortcut (I have to search a little which is used by Ancalgon :P)

Oliver Class Maths :
00:20:85 ; with 2 skids and without shortcuts

[bonifarz]

Oh, there are some errors in the name of the tracks[...]

Ouch, something went wrong when pasting from the text editor... interesting to see that it showed the attached images inline although the file references did not match at all. Anyway, I have fixed that (backups ) and updated your times. Seems your lighthouse shortcut really is a new one. The Hacienda shortcut is shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coaI7Kfczbw

[Auria]

bonifarz, you are using an old version. This shortcut does not exist anymore in the latest version

[bonifarz]

bonifarz, you are using an old version. This shortcut does not exist anymore in the latest version

This is strange, I just got a tarball from the SVN trunk here
http://supertuxkart.svn.sourceforge.net ... /hacienda/
and simply replaced the corresponding data of the 0.8 release, assuming a checkline was added to fix the shortcut. However, it was still possible to skip this loop and finish a lap.

Concerning shortcuts in general for times posted in this topic, I think it is fair to pick the latest release as reference.
EDIT: For fellow racers, it may be useful to check the bug tracker for shortcuts that were already reported, e.g.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/supert ... &ticket=on

[RaceAce]

Sand Track: 1:08:32 2 shortcuts 18 skids
Hacienda: 1:13:76 0 shortcuts 20 skids

[Wuzzy]

Don’t forget that you can drive the tracks in the other direction, too.
Here are my times:

The Island (forwards)
01:53:36
0 shortcuts

The Island (backwards)
01:51:42
0 shortcuts

Hacienda (forwards)
01:36:70
0 shortcuts

Around the Lighthouse (forwards)
00:46:12
2 shortcuts

Zen Garden (forwards)
00:59:01
2 shortcuts

Zen Garden (backwards)
00:59:41
2 shortcuts

Bovine Barnyard (forwards)
00:58:93
0 shortcuts

Blackhill Mansion (forwards)
01:12:22
0 shortcuts

Blackhill Mansion (backwards)
01:10:93
0 shortcuts

Snow Peak (forwards)
01:24:87
0 shortcuts

Snow Peak (backwards)
01:33:19
0 shortcuts

Shiny Suburbs
01:47:52
0 shortcuts

[bonifarz]

Thanks for the times, Wuzzy. Seems we have our first board ready with contributions from five different racers: Hacienda. (I could not resist to add my own time there to complete that.)
Concerning reverse mode, that's what I wrote earlier:

I think the inclusion of all official tracks in this thread makes the list already quite lengthy, and some tracks are not really designed for reverse mode, so I have no plans for including that. Of course, you can still post any times you like.

When I see that reverse mode gives a particular challenge for a specific track, e.g. an unusual slope, I will add that in the leading posts. Feel free to discuss.

[ctdabomb]

maybe you could add a box for best time knocking all four balls into the hole in mini-golf? I got 2:30 exactly

[bonifarz]

Yeah, such minigames can be fun... to hole all four balls in less than a minute is quite hard. Or have you ever tried taking a minigolf ball with you for an entire lap?
This reminds me of soccer mode, so quite interesting things are possible. Maybe someone will find the time to add some scripts for including a minigolf challenge as well.

[Wuzzy]

Blackhill Mansion (forwards)
01:04:38
4 shortcuts

[krash]

Hey everyone

Track: Hacienda
Time : 01:19:64
Shortcut : 0
Skidding : 23
Kart: Beastie!



finally managed to put together 2 good laps, using 2x triple boosts and picking up all nitros close to my racing line
so thats probably as fast as I can get without using the shortcut at the bridge.

bonifarz, could you give me a hint about the second shortcut you used?

[Ancalagon]

Some updates and some new times (the last two I was missing ^^)

Blackhill Mansion
00:59:40 4 shortcuts, ~18 skids
Shiny Suburbs
01:27:45 0 shortcuts, ~30skids
The Island
01:29:12 0 shortcuts, ~36 skids
Sand Tracks
01:08:54 2 shortcuts
The Old Mine
01:16:30 no shortcuts

[bonifarz]

Thanks, Wuzzy, Krash and Ancalagon. The five leading posts are updated now.

Hey everyone
finally managed to put together 2 good laps [...]

bonifarz, could you give me a hint about the second shortcut you used?

That's the reason I changed the traditional three laps to only two

The hacienda shortcuts i used are as shown in the old video the one where you climb the bridge and thereafter, you can cut the first turn somewhere between the crates and fences. Not sure if the second one is really worth it, my time should not be hard to beat.

I did not manage to find any shortcuts on the mansion track (a sharp turn inside the house could maybe be considered as such).

It seems people complain about Star Track being dull and boring, but actually, I think this sort of track really adds to the diversity. The setting is calm, yet you can skid a lot and reach very high speeds on downhill slopes with a triple boost - wonderful! Also, I recommend this one for learning and practicing, even though falling off the track may be discouraging first.

[Alayan]

Hacienda : 01:13:55 with 2 shortctus and around 10 skids
Oliver's Maths Class : 00:19:47 with 2 skids (and no shortcut)
Scotland : 01:16:85 ; 0 shortcut ; around 10 skids

[bonifarz]

<added>
I just wonder, as you use few skids for quite fast times, do you actually perform skids with green boosts?

[Alayan]

No green boost, I'm fast by taking good curves/trajectories.

[Ancalagon]

New times on some tracks

Oliver's
00:18:56 6-7 skids no shortcuts
Scottland
01:11:27 29-30 skids no shortcuts
Hacienda
01:07:46 17-20 skids 3 shortcuts (improvement is possible, especially when taking the bridge shortcut)
Fort Magma
01:11:91 ~29 skids no shortcuts
Around the lighthouse
00:33:93 2 shortcuts 7-8 skids
StarTrack
01:21:08 no shortcuts
XR591
01:14:35 4 shortcuts 19 skids

[Alayan]

Some updated times (and one new)

Around the lightouse
00:33:73 ; 2 skids and 3 shorcuts
Oliver's Math Class
00:19:07 ; 2 skids and 0 shorcut
Green Valley
01:34:11 ; 8 skids and 4 shortcuts
The Island
01:37:15 ; around 20-25 skids and 0 shortcut

Note that this last track have his checklines bad defined, on my first attempt my second turn wasn't count tought I never take a shortcut.

[Totoplus62]

Oliver Math class : 00:19:15; 4 skids

I did not train me with other tracks yet.

[Ancalagon]

I think I've figured the third shortcut you use in the Lighthouse track, Alayan

Around the lighthouse
00:31:62 7 skids 3 shortcuts

[Alayan]

Hacienda
01:11:28 ; 2 shorcuts. Didn't count skids, something like 12
Ligth House
00:31:22 ; 4 shorctus ; 2 skids. (Yeah, I had to find another shorcut to manage a sufficient better time, and once I found it I didn't try more with the 3)
Mines
01:20:79 ; 0 shortcut. Didn't count skids here too, something like 16. And I assume it's a very good time, since I used skidding nearly always when it was worth, have most nitros and for only real error take a banana which give me a parachute.

[bonifarz]

Updated.
I am curious about those shortcuts on the lighthouse track.
Thanks again for all of your contributions.

[Alayan]

I think you forgot some times in your update (basically, these after your last message and before Ancalgon's better time on Lightouse)

[bonifarz]

Right, something went wrong, hope everything fits now. Thanks for the feedback.

[Ancalagon]

Around the Lighthouse
00:28:86 4 shortcuts, 5-6 skids
Oliver's Math
00:18:10 no shortcuts, 5-6 skids
Scottland
01:10:86 no shortcuts 29-30 skids
Snow Peak
01:03:88 no shortcuts