The Speed Lap Challenge

Gonna give it a last shot this afternoon... not gonna happen tho :lol

17:68 / HD / 7 BRs / IDK pads

My bad Saturn :)

Another week has come to a close. Congratulations to yeldar for his victory this week and an honourable mention to all who competed. The SL Challenge also welcomes its newest participant, Reezy. Welcome aboard!

As usual, all names will be added to the Hall of Fame Thread.

This weeks challenge is as follows:

SPEED LAP/UBERMALL (REVERSE)/VENOM/FEISAR

Good luck everybody. I don't think I need to remind you all that the speed glitch is not welcome here.

dp89 this is not good enough..your late..i wanted to do Sl this week and it wasnt ready on time.school detention for you..lol.:p

i played my worldcup game now..now i can play SL for a while till my next game comes along...:)

cool..no glitching allowed..i like that..

Sorry for the lateness this week guys, detention for me. :redface:

:g

27:49 - 4 BRs - IDK pads :)

Also Dark Phantom if you could please update my slightly improved time of last week's challenge in the Hall of Fame, thanks :)

trash post..self moderated for poor irelevant content :turd

26.55 - 12 Pads - 4BRs - Feisar+

27.58 / 12 SP / 3 BR / Fury

Can't do the last BR at all. :shrug: :cry:

llooooolll..omg..im doing wrong track..please ignore my above post..opps jasmin moment.. :dizzy

27.59 - 3 BRs - 12 sp - fury

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Originally Posted by yeldar2097

26.55 - 12 Pads - 4BRs - Feisar+

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Any vids on how to shave off a second to go sub 27?

No cam here (convenient eh? :lol) otherwise I'd have filmed it.

BR yourself senseless before the line to maximise your speed, BoostBR over the line, corners, pads, blah blah, boostBRBR up the hill, linespadsblahblah, BR at the end. There's more than one BR at the end (See texasalex's insane TT run) so there's still time to gain. I also tried the other technique which is 9BRs or so but I couldn't get it all in one lap so I'm not sure how viable it is in terms of speed...

:)

27.31 / 11sp / 4br / Fury
Blahblah crappy lines blah & me blahblah headbutt into first tunnel roof 90x in a row blahblah :paperbag

//edit:
.17 12sp

26.91 - 4BR's - 12 Pads - Fury

Grrrr @ Yeldar :bomb

and thoughts,,

in the stipulations, there should be an internal view and external view? I noticed on the boards that some feel there is a discrepency witht the 2 views...:!

Also, my 'fonts' don't look like the others,,,guess there' European diff then NorthAmericah? (not that it efx time laps!)

Anyway, greattimes everyone:nod
~C

So I gave this a go...LOL! 29:13, 11 speed pads, 3 BRs... ouch.
It's ridiculously hard to learn that shortcut properly in internal view...ridiculously I tell you! But at least I've learned there's an extra speed pad if you go left. Always a benefit to trying the speed lap challenge :) even if your times are crap.

internal view is nice and fun to play but i cant do as many br's using it either.you basically cant steer properly whilst you in mid barrel roll using cockpit view cos you cant see properly cos your upside down.
straight line barrel rolling is fine and thats it.

Week 72 has come to a close. Congratulations to yeldar for his victory this week and an honourable mention to all who participated. The SL Challenge also welcomes its newest participant, Medusa. Welcome aboard. :)

All names will be added to the Hall of Fame Thread.

This weeks challenge is as follows:

SPEED LAP/THE AMPHISEUM (FORWARD)/PHANTOM/MIRAGE

Good luck everybody.

26.16, 2 BRs, 9 Speed Pads, Perfect Lap

25.65 - 3 BRs - 8 sp - fury

25.99 2br with mirage fury..
basic turbo br off the fist ledge average race line..

gotta learn these other br points as i never play this track and only know one place to do it..
:pizza

26.73 with 2 BRs, 10 speed pads, and a bit of wall...LOL I'm sooo sloppy. Fury Mirage. Firage?
Blarg. Make that 26.72! with 3 brs and 7 pads...and more wall.

@medusa ..your time is very fast considering you only played fury for a week or so and you do internal view..well done..:nod

Thanks jasmin. Do I get a star for eating supper at the same time I did my fastest lap? Managing to eat while enduring internal view barrel roll motion sickness is a wipeout skill... :p
And, I want to know where all the other slow people are, there shouldn't just be super pilots in a speed lap challenge. Come on people, let's make DP do more work putting times in order! ;)

25.19 - 10 Pads - 4BRs - Mirage+
Here's and old video I made a while back showing the method: Hard to see due to crap camera but there's a BR at 0:16
Ignore the BoostBR because it's not a very good one, likewise with the long left-hander at the end of the lap.
:)


Hey maybe you can have a go this week Dutty, seeing as it's a phat ship at fantom speed :P

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Originally Posted by Medusa

And, I want to know where all the other slow people are, there shouldn't just be super pilots in a speed lap challenge. Come on people, let's make DP do more work putting times in order! ;)

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Well, i gave-up SL challenge just for that reason.
When i first started doing this, back in the summer,there was competition for all places, not only for the 1st.
Lately it became a challenge for the WR... lol
I might give this chal a go though later since i kinda like amphiseum.

Mm I think everyone should join in. It takes what, 10-15 minutes to get a time that you can at least be semi-happy with. That's not a very long time considering you have a week to do it. Little competitions between players, increasing your feel for the game with crazy ship choices in classes that you might not be used to. I think it very much broadens one's perpective of the game....and it's fun ^_^
SL challenge now, everybody GOGOGO :banzai

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Originally Posted by yeldar2097

It takes what, 10-15 minutes to get a time that you can at least be semi-happy with.

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That's for you!
It took me around 800 laps once to get the same time as Guillaume (was kind of challenge).
For me, this was very time consuming... and currently I'm consuming time with Borderlands :rock

Here is my awesome time... -_-
26.31 / 11 SP's / 2 BR's / Fury

Got this after 40 laps, then i quit because i was tired of boosting to the buliding to the right of the 1st ledge... :paperbag

Edit: new time, 26.18 / 9 sp / Fury

Well I can't get the BR at the last corner without using the turbo there...so I switched to the turbo at the ledge method and got to 26.23. 9 speed pads, two BR. DreamyElf, I'll fight for last place with you! :D I actually thought you'd posted 26.13 so I was trying to get that low. :lol

@medusa..
you say wher are all the slow pilots..well they are here all 30 or so of them they just do it and dont post cos they are scared the ten players who do post their times will laugh when they actually wont..

all you gotta do is check out the records and see wierd ships featuring in the speed lap choice for that week.

last night i saw quite a few mirage records had appeared but they did not post..

you gotta remember you may be the slowest who posted at present but your still one of the top 100 fast players...well assuming you got top 100 which i would of thought your time would have got you..

Well said guys. :+

The challenge is all about improving your own personal racing style and experimenting with different things which you may not usually do. Everybody who has a go is respected and there is no sense of elitism here.

thats so right dp89..ive learnt loads of new moves doing speed lap challenge.quite a bit of it i actually use now in regular races..with ease and sometimes i have won a race simply down to pulling off a speed lap challenge move...:nod

before speed lap challenge i would have said use that move and your going to crash..

also due to speed lap challenge i can use every ship now..no ship is a bad ship to me its simply down to what colour do i fancy using to night..:)

25.84 Fury

EDIT 25.63 Fury
EDIT 2 Max for me :) 25.55 Fury

25.71 - 9sp - 3br - Fury
I managed to do 5brs in different way, but the time - 25.74 - is :paperbag

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25.38 - 4br - 8sp - Fury

26.18 11sp 3br (i think) Fury

My favourite track but god I seriously suck at phantom. Can't control it lol :dizzy

Gonna practice and then... I'll be back!!

25.74, 8SP's and 3BR's. There's some room for improvement here for me.

Do it now :pirate

Gonna try get a decent time today :)

26.68 3 BRs (fury)

Damnit I need to work on my line here... anyways that'll have to do for now as my nerves are frayed and my hands are shot plus the fact I havent slept in a long damn while so I dont think I'll be improving any on this one this week.

fun little thing this challenge though. I might get more into it I think.