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    Although not a turn, I always refer to the bottomless pit, entering the first tunnel at Vineta K Rev, as SaturnĀ“s Cave.
    SaturnReturn will know why - a video might even (still) exist

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    Ah I think I do too, that is one of the early Nordics vs Flying Dutchmen matches isn't it?

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    Don't some tracks actually have original names for some turns? I thought there were a few names at www.wipeoutpure.com.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KIGO View Post
    Lol, already named a turn on a famous Pulse track.

    On Arc Prime White and Black, there is a corner just of the main straight where the are no shoulders on it, a ship can fly off the edge quite easily.

    Its called Leungbok Bend. As when racing on Arc Prime last year that was Leungbok kriptonite in the game.
    Lol,
    Really, the devs always places the speedpads on the open sections where it's risky to hit them. Kind of sadism !

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    And we Masochistic racers try to pass over them.

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    I think we could also name the Barrel Rolls...
    many of them found by Leungbok or pirhapac or Flashback_Jack.

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    Too many found by that trio.
    It would get confusing for those that don't know of them ,not that there would be that many here who haven't seen their exploits on the various video posts.

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    the concept of"Barrel Roll Locations" is fairly redundant in HD given that you can barrel roll basically anywhere that has a bump which is at least as high as dog turd and which doesn`t have a mag-strip.

    However I think certain turbo tricks that involve BRs are worthy of names, but some already have them. I really like eL`s "Petunia" for the chicane that is jumped on Ubermall. I like it even more when eL is chasing me there and jumps off the track, if this has ever happend

    Real race tracks don`t have descriptions of what the sections are do they? So you don`t use words like "chicane", "bend" etc. So on Ubermall we would just have "Cat" and "Petunia" to describe those key parts. I also like just "Bollocks" as Hellfire said for the Chenghou spiral, as in "I was flying into Bollocks at an uncontrollable speed."

    also I think "Chuck Norris" works great for the hairpin

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    BR trick #1: Leungbok Bop - pitch down -> up -> fire turbo. Insta'Air!

    I also very much like Bollocks Bend My only problem is that I have several turns with that description!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sausehuhn View Post
    Don't some tracks actually have original names for some turns? I thought there were a few names at www.wipeoutpure.com.
    Indeed, but only a very SOME turns have their names and it's fun to make our own names

    I'll try to mark all of your suggestions on track images and I'll upload them later here.

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    Heh, Stephen, I knew right then when I flew off the track, waving to the pot of Petunias, that you were gonna rub this in my face

    I really like the name Bollocks Bend at Chenghou as well
    I remember back in September when HD came out, I would always forget about the small dent on the magstrip of Moa Therma (you know, where the loop crosses), and crash into it because I just couldn't remember it was there. That's why I call the right part of the Moa magstrip (left on reverse) the Parking Lane

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avenger2197 View Post
    You could call the hairpin on Chengou "Mono-Star", as probably only 1% of pilots can make it around that corner at least somewhat cleanly. It would fit with the mono-rail system right above it
    Quote Originally Posted by stin View Post
    Last chicane of Sol2 I normally shouts at the players, This is stin way and you all **** off!

    stevie
    God both these corners are right up there on the Cuntyometer. The one on Sichuan Province [Chengou Project], no amount of Triakis skils can turn the Triakis ship successfully around that corner without cutting the throttle power. I just go through a max velocity and take that right wall out, with the side of the ship along with anyone in my racing line, its also a similar fate while navigating on the final Bend on Sol2. Like i always say with my motto;

    "When In Doubt,
    Go Flat Out"

    [I practice alot in real life also, lol]

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedScar View Post
    ... PS: Problemsolver, you amazing me. I just got zone zeus on AP with 76 zones, HOW can u do 127 (I think thats what u have done). Your tank dude
    Business as usual.
    Actually, my best is a 125 but the current entry shows a 124 (did more
    perfect zones on this run).

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    I can think of a few names for that blind turn on Metropia reverse, but at the risk of getting a scalding I won't be posting them

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    pot of petunia : hahaha nice one! i usually land in the flowers... especially on reverse...

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    lunar: naming BRs would be about the USEFUL ones, as many BRs are completely
    useless

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    Sorry Connavar, that was just part of my daily campaign against barrel rolls. I fight spam with spam Aaargggh there I go again.... I cant help it. Obsessed, moi?

    @Kigo I love your new name for Chenghou Project. That is going to stick with me.

    @eL, sorry about that, but after spending the majority of the rest of the session chasing you hopelessly I could not help myself today. Perhaps such an incident in Petunia could become known as "Watering the Flowers".

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    I always wondered how they got the plants up there anyway...

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    Yeldars dimise -- Whichever corner lead to him wanting to quit

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    just went on the official site

    there are few names for some turn or section.
    so we can add :
    Anulpha Pass
    last turn before the over pass
    Greenline split

    Chenghou Project
    the inverted bend is called
    the bowl, or the depression
    the turns after it are
    R4robot bend in reference to the "Robots build Robots" kind of industrial facilities.

    Metropia
    the WTF hairpin after the mag strip on reverse is the
    Gemini's pin

    those are real names given by SL, but i like our funny ones too...

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