you see it wont happen again any time soon, so i have to brag as much as possible until he comes online and looks :D
EDIT: Haydn just phoned me to tell me I'M the best! Around!! Nothings gonna keep me down!!
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you see it wont happen again any time soon, so i have to brag as much as possible until he comes online and looks :D
EDIT: Haydn just phoned me to tell me I'M the best! Around!! Nothings gonna keep me down!!
funniest thing is you were accidently signed in as me :beer
I know, I noticed that when i went to turn off the ps3 and saw your background :P
.09 :g
DAMN YOU YELDAR!!! :g
ever since haydn set a WR ages ago every time i started SL or TT ive said "right this is going to be a WR" and now you have ruind my 15mins of fame :D
my lap time on
talons juction ..forward....venom...in egx...hd
was
33.84 with 13 pads and 1 br
Shape avenged you ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Phlanj
31.77 13 SPs 4 BRs icaras+ i only just found out it was this weeks speed lap challenge :hyper
edit: appologies, im in the wrong ship so my time doesnt count
Shapealot - This week's challenge requires the EG-X ship to be used :)
EDIT: Not a lot of time to try the challenge this week. I managed 33.34 with 2BR's.
yeah i just read the challenge post, sorry guys
Another week has come to a close, and what an interesting week it was. Congratulations to yeldar for his ever so close victory this week, and an honourable mention to Mr Phlanj who showed us that it is possible to beat yeldar, albeit for a short time :D
As always, a big thanks to all who participated. Your names will all be added to the Hall of Fame thread.
I decided to do something a little different this week with the challenge. We've all had an attempt at beating Zico, so I thought to myself "why not try to do it again?" So, I present this weeks challenge:
SPEED LAP/ANULPHA PASS (FORWARD)/VENOM/PIRANHA (A.K.A THE BEAT ZICO CHALLENGE!)
i got 30.74 on zico ..i know it was like rank 2000 + but its really good cos i was so lame at zico in the old days..
just got to slice off half an hour or so to make it decent..
For the record, I still don't have this award yet. So prepare for a serving of epic fail on my part. Also, given that everyone seems to be bringing their little brothers/sisters to this championship (YELDAR!), I thought I'd let my little bro and sis have a go. Each of us did 7 laps each.
Speed Lap > Anulpha Pass (Forward) > Venom > Piranha (Fury)
challenger001: 0.31.51, 3 Barrel Rolls
challenger's little sis (11 years old): 00.36.10, 0 Barrel Rolls
challenger's little bro (14 years old): 00.33.62, 1 Barrel Roll
thats so sweet letting your baby sister have a go..i think i might get some others to do a few laps too..:)
Piranha (Fury) - 0.30.39 - 4 BRs. Hope to improve some more, and at least attain 29.xx.
I managed 30.30 two weeks ago — does this count? I'm asking because I don't think I can do it again :P
28.32 - 16 Pads - 6BRs - Fury
Gah there's so many BRs on this track that I can't do -_-;;
Where's that autoBR button when you need it... :beer
29.66 - 5 BR - 15 SP - Fury
Nothing fancy, will try to get some chained BRs onto the bridge if I get in another attempt. :brickwall
Do they have PSN names at all? It'll just make things easier for me, but no worries if they haven't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Challenger #001
Afraid not, you'll have to try it again this week ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wiintermute
thanks DP, not only did i come away from it with my 1st gold medal in the SLC but i can now say i was the best in the world at somthing...for about 3 days :D.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark_Phantom_89
also good idea with the zico SLC :+
I managed to beat my record so I'm happy. I got a 29.69 - 5 BR - 12 pads? - FURY. I did it the old school way with a boost/BR at the start. Judging by the SPs for Yeldar and Rezatron they are doing it different.
I tried a mixture of all sorts :)
Currently it's:
1. BoostBR over line
2. Mini-BR of first hump
3. Mini-BR over speedpads (Can't do this one)
4, 5. Double BR in the tunnel
6, 7. Boost onto bridge and BR again after/during landing on said bridge thingy. (Can't do 7)
8. BR off overpass onto final straight.
That's basically phaeton's method from waaaaaaaay back :)
It's weird though because if I do this method in TT an can't get anywhere near my ghost which is doing it the 'classic' way.
confused.com :dizzy
I think it would be faster to boost out of the tunnel with a BR and then do a decent double/triple BR onto the overpass
never done a triple though myself... doubles are hard enough
and I've never done either BR off the first hump to boot. /failure
Aaahhhh memories... :) I will give it a go later today 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by yeldar2097
Also, i have an idea for next week challenge.
Could we try: (Nice track, Phantom, Icaras, No BR's!) ??
I just remember how different and fun was to try to beat Zico without BR's!
Completely new strategy, trying new boost locations, perfecting lines...
We don't have any official "non-BR" Speed Lap Records, it could be something new :D
I would like a non br challenge.some br are just way too hard for normal mortals.many br's are sl specific and have little value in a real race due too risk a nd energy cost .
i improved a little my old rec:
30.56 - 13 sp - 4 br - Piranha Fury
That would be a cool idea phaeton_pl, maybe every now and then. I wouldn't have a problem with it. It would be interesting to see the difference in times without BRs.
Or make it compulsory to do both?
Or something like, you have to do the normal SL challenge to enter a time for the non-BR challenge...something like that.
Since when? :lol ^_^Quote:
Originally Posted by jasmin-jade
Give Jasmin a break Gareth ;)
What you on about? Break from what? Crap jokes? I like crap jokes
A non-BR challenge would be welcome but would only be good to do on a set number of tracks IMO. BR fest tracks like Sebenco (both ways) would be terrible for a non-BR challenege because of all the changes of elevation/drops. Generally any track with drops wouldn't be great to do. Tracks like Moa, Talon, Metropia, Modesto (only rev) would work well though. Just my opinion though.
True, lol ! Why do people always want things to be easy ? No challenge, no glory ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by yeldar2097
Ooh I thought Sebenco would be a great choice :(
It's not just lines you have to worry about, it's pitch n that as well. Besides, we still do endurance races on these tracks and you can only do 6BRs in 20 laps on those :nod
The only tracks that I'd suggest not to use would be TJ and TJR because they're awful. It's the only place I can fall asleep and whilst staring through the red mist :lol
/2 (many) cents AKA OffTopic
A non-BR challenge could be done, but I think that it would die out pretty quickly.
I managed 30.13, 15SP's, 4BR's. Missed the overpass BR on this run, so a 29.xx is certainly possible for me.
I've noticed that although I'm hitting more speed pads, I'm still slower overall. Am I taking a wrong route or something? :lol
I'm guessing you used the same method as me but without the boost BR start? Do that and 29.xx is yours.
edit: sorry never mind missed the part about the missed bridge BR :redface:
EDIT: Just read Rezatron's edit
28.22 - 16 Pads - 7BRs - Classic Method
Sorry Phantom, neither of my siblings have PSN accounts. Just list them as challengers 003 and 004 instead. :D
Does anyone have any advice in how to start-boost-br? Hellfire's video just says to tilt the nose down then up, but I get the feeling there's more to it than that? Heeelp anyone?
In other news, anyone interested in a Piranha team profile this week?
Nose down, Nose up, boost. That's all there is I'm afraid...
Just remember not to boost until the nose is fully up, not during the process of raising the nose. :)
yeah, there is one big detail to add to that - you need to boost after you tilt up to get the boost, and then br with the air you make :P