Turtle {l Wrote}:For the future, have you folks considered doing a poll for the tracks that will be shipped with the game as defaults? It could be the 7 most popular are implemented in the game, while the rest are add-ons. I think this might also motivate track devs to jazz-up their tracks (kind of like a contest).
No, we are not going to do any polls. Besides the important objections Auria has mentioned there is just the additional work that must happen if we change tracks: update the Grand Prix, update all challenges, test the challenges and GP (e.g. we try to balance the GPs so that easier tracks are used first), ... A lot of work not many people might be aware of. And we just don't have time for this. Also I consider the track selection an important part of the overall quality of STK. A poll might favor the more average track (if people can vote more than once, while some 'good' tracks might attract more a fan-boy/hater behaviour - resulting in overall less votes).
Just to avoid one potential misunderstanding: I hope I don't give the impression that we don't listen, it's just that we will make a final decision (which are often affected by other concerns as well, e.g. a very beautiful kart might have graphics requirements that are too high, or the physics might not work, ...)
Cheers,
Joerg
you can find the latest version of the track in SVN trunk
