Week 51 has come to a close – congratulations to JFthebestJan not only for winning, but for setting a new WR too! A big thanks to all who participated, your names will added to the Hall of Fame Thread.

This week marks the 1 year anniversary of the Speed Lap Challenge, and it seems to have flown by. I never thought it would really take off, so seeing it still going after a year is amazing and it’s all thanks to you guys - give yourselves a pat on the back!

Anyway, I said that I’d be doing something a little different this week to mark the 1 year anniversary. We all love the WipEout series, especially the very first on the PS1 which kicked it all off and started up our love for the game.

So for this week, we’re going to go back to the roots of WipEout with the 4 ships that started it all:

FEISAR from the European Union

AG-Systems from Japan

Auricom from the US

Qirex from Russia

As we all know, each track is based in a particular location, so let’s match up the ships to their respective areas:

FEISAR – Moa Therma (based in Sicily, EU)

AG-Systems – Metropia (based in Tokyo, Japan)

Auricom – Tech De Ra (based in Nevada, US)

Qirex – Ubermall (not sure where it’s based, but it has a lot of Qirex sponsorship!)

And of cause, we all remember the two speed classes from the first game – Venom and Rapier

Now that we’ve matched up the ships to the tracks which most resemble their origins, I present this weeks challenge – not 1, but 4 speed lap challenges, each based on a ship and their location!

SPEED LAP/MOA THERMA (FORWARD)/RAPIER/FEISAR

SPEED LAP/METROPIA (FORWARD)/RAPIER/AG-SYSTEMS

SPEED LAP/TECH DE RA (FORWARD)/RAPIER/AURICOM

SPEED LAP/UBERMALL (FORWARD)/RAPIER/QIREX

Everyone is entitled to attempt any number of these challenges (it could be 1 or all 4 of them.) Yes, it’s something a little different this week having 4 challenges instead of 1, but I liked Challenger’s idea so much that I decided to go for it.

Anyway, enough from me now, I’ve rambled on for ages and nobody likes to read a wall of text. Good luck everyone – if you have any questions or are confused by anything, let me know and I’ll do my best to explain.