I couldn't find a thread to review tracks (both official and add-ons tracks) so I'm just going to make one. Feel free to review or critique any track in the game, whether it be a new one or some old add-ons track that hasn't been updated. I was originally just going to make this thread my thoughts on one specific add-ons track, but why not just make an entire review thread so we don't have to create more of them.
The track I'm talking about is Evergreen Forest by Sridhar. It was uploaded earlier this month. I don't know if he's on these forums or not but regardless I might as well put this on here since I already worked on this.
https://online.supertuxkart.net/addons. ... een-forest
Evergreen Forest is similar to an old addon, Around the Forest Lake, which is broken in 1.2. Both addons had a similar concept of a forest with a lake in the middle, but are poorly executed.
Graphics - The trees are okay but the road is not smooth at all, lots of polygonal curves. Textures are not good. 1/5.
Music - same as Black Forest, which I liked on Black Forest but on this track it just feels boring, and doesn't fit quite as well. I think it should have used the default track music or use it's own music. 3/5.
Gameplay - would be better if the path itself wasn't so polygonal to where the camera moves in an overly jumpy manner. Also there's an unnecessary wall of pots, I assume he wanted to add something, but it wasn't needed. There could have been a better balance between the two paths, as both are pretty much the same length and are easy though one of them is somewhat hidden and the jump is difficult to execute. 2/5.
Item Placement - decent item and nitro placements, banana placements aren't that good. Some of them were placed only on the edges that requires no skill to dodge, one section had a wall of bananas with a gap in the middle, though that might not be a bad thing. 3/5.
Concept - pretty much the same as the broken Around the Forest Lake. It takes place in a forest, has a lake in the middle, and that's about it. Not very creative, and doesn't work too well, but at least it could have not been so bad. 2/5.
Difficulty (does not affect overall rating) - the path itself isn't too hard though the shortcut is hard to execute, and one screwup and you find yourself in the water because another kart pushed you. Easy.
Overall rating - 2/5. It's the poor graphics which ruined this addon. He could have focused on the road and I would have given 1 more point.
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