Track making competition

Jarno · Post by **Jarno** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:41 pm

Hello all trackmakers.

I know there is a lot trackmakers around, good ones and not so good ones. Someone likes to make tracks only with default tiles and someone likes to use own tiles. Someone likes large tracks and someone small tracks. This competition is for all of you. You can do track what ever you like to participate. Best part of this is that you guys can decide which track is best.

Some important info about competition:
Tracks should sent to c2214@jamk.fi before 10.12. So dont post those in this topic.
Email should contain next information: Trackname, maker and some introducing if liked.
Track should be packed with .zip format and that .zip should contain all of these things: .trk and .pat files, all of your own tile files and also a picture of a track(.jpg or .bmp format is recommed). Track cant be over 1mb big. Only racing tracks are allowed in this competition.
Track have to be new one. So you cant pick your best ever made track and send that. You really have to make new one.
Remember also that track can be as wide and large as you want but it should be drivable with default cars. Players arent force to use any other cars.
Only one track per trackmaker.

So after 10.12 i put links to tracks and pictures in forum and then voting starts. All of you can vote once and voting happened by placing three best tracks for your opinion in order 1. 2. 3. Voting happened in forum by replying this post.

For example:
1.Pu_Valli
2.J_Basring
3.hg_fastlane

You can also give some comments.

Thanks all trackmakers for doing some nice tracks. Here they are know, eleven hard worked and well thought tracks. Voting progress starts now. Above is instructions how to vote. Remember that you cant vote your own track.

We are looking best tracks so all areas are important. Well of course all of you have different weights of things but try to think of all directions when voting.

Voting end last day of december when we know three best tracks of competition.

track name: Aspern
Maker: Etmil
Description: A twisty racing circuit in the midst of the vast glacial lakes of the Aspern plains.
Aspern.zip Aspern.jpg

track name: Cockimus_Maximus
Maker: John Colossal
Description: -
Cockimus_Maximus.zip Cockimus_Maximus.jpg

Track Name: JC_Losail
Maker: Jeffrey
Description: Qatar Moto-Gp Circuit
JC_Losail.zip JC_Losail.jpg

Track Name: J_Zuca
Maker: Jarno
Description: Tough curves in forest.
J_Zuca.zip J_Zuca.jpg

Track Name: Jn_Tramerengio
Maker: Janne
Description: -
Jn_Tramerengio.zip Jn_Tramerengio.gif

Track Name: Limp_City_Slalom
Maker: [Flow]Limp-pu
Description: Made for slider, but goes for other cars too.
Limp_City_Slalom.zip Limp_City_Slalom.jpg

Track Name: pu_Senarat
Maker: Punatiainen
Description: -
pu_Senarat.zip pu_Senarat.jpg

Track Name: Toaster0
Maker: xzeal
Description: -
Toaster0.zip Toaster0.jpg

Track Name: VPA_Vega
Maker: VanhaPuinenAuto
Description: -
VPA_Vega.zip VPA_Vega.jpeg

Track Name: hg_Ezart
Maker: Hengari
Description: -
hg_Ezart.zip hg_Ezart.png

Track Name: k-HandInTheSand
Maker: Keppana
Description: -
k-HandInTheSand.rar k-HandInTheSand.jpg

Janne · Post by **Janne** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:39 pm

Sounds good but I have a question: Is trackmaker allowed to send more than one track?

Jarno · Post by **Jarno** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:48 pm

JTS wrote:Sounds good but I have a question: Is trackmaker allowed to send more than one track?

No. Only one track per trackmaker.

Mouse · Post by **Mouse** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:18 pm

NOW i have a good reason to make a crazy new track. I will be making a track

Photoshop is going to be used VERY much in the coming weeks.

Post by **dede** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:26 pm

Time to make the first track? Hmmm.. maybe

Jeffrey · Post by **Jeffrey** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:09 am

Great Idea Jarno!

We should start doing this every month.

I think this will help to increase ou track database and also improve our track making.

I'm IN!

Mouse · Post by **Mouse** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:05 am

Jeffrey wrote:We should start doing this every month.

I do not think that is such a good idea

Since it is a contest, you want to make the best track possible, and it takes a LOT of time. Why not just do this:

4 dates per year (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall). When a due date comes around, everyone should have their track finished and voting can begin. Like a contest that never stops.

I this with this, we can see more beautiful tracks. If people enter to win each time, tracks will become better and better!

Now, about my track: I have already begun working on it. So far i have spent 2.5 hours in Photoshop (If i had Corel, i would not need to take so much time). I would say i am about 20% finished with the track.
Lucky, tomorrow is a holiday+i have LOTs of drinks with caffeine, tonight will be an all-nigher in photoshop

Are we allowed to talk about our tracks here? I want to share my idea!

Jeffrey · Post by **Jeffrey** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:09 am

I too have started my work on another motogp/f1 track.

Mouse i think better keep the track secret to be a surprise.

We have to look at jarno's brilliant idea not just as a competition but a means of doing high quality tracks.

Could it be a bi-montly competion. I mean December Contest, February, April and so on

Jarno · Post by **Jarno** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:21 am

Mouse wrote: I do not think that is such a good idea Since it is a contest, you want to make the best track possible, and it takes a LOT of time. Why not just do this:

4 dates per year (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall). When a due date comes around, everyone should have their track finished and voting can begin. Like a contest that never stops.

I this with this, we can see more beautiful tracks. If people enter to win each time, tracks will become better and better!

Now, about my track: I have already begun working on it. So far i have spent 2.5 hours in Photoshop (If i had Corel, i would not need to take so much time). I would say i am about 20% finished with the track.
Lucky, tomorrow is a holiday+i have LOTs of drinks with caffeine, tonight will be an all-nigher in photoshop

Are we allowed to talk about our tracks here? I want to share my idea!

I though too that this competition would be four times per year. It just depends how popular this will be

It would be nice to see if next competition tracks look like this competition winner track.

About the talking of track ideas....hmmm. Maybe not here because if everyone share their idea it would be hard to find post about this competition. Mouse maybe you could open new thread in tracks- section called "Track ideas" or something like that

Mouse · Post by **Mouse** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:44 am

After many hours of work, [insert my new track's name here] is finished!

It will not be released [to the public] untill all tracks are due in (only GPORs will see it before).

I am looking forward to see what you guys have created!

Keppana · Post by **Keppana** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:15 pm

But I was the first

And if I'm in right, this kind of track has never been released on TS before.

Punatiainen · Post by **Punatiainen** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:31 am

I just heard about this competition, so i did give you guys a headstart

But i'm in of course.

Mouse · Post by **Mouse** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:28 pm

It would be nice to have a cup with these tracks, after the contest is finished. Put up a download with all the tracks (so you cannot transfer is a server). Default cars (tracks maker picks the car for his track).

The "Winter Track Making Contest Cup" or something like that.

Burn · Post by **Burn** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:01 pm

That's a good idea Mouse, but wouldn't it be hard to get all the track makers in the cup at once. I like the idea, so put some more thought into it. I'd like to have a winter track making contest cup!

Punatiainen · Post by **Punatiainen** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:33 am

We can just inform the most suitable cars for the track, when we post it.

Jarno · Post by **Jarno** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:49 pm

Remember everyone to send your tracks at the latest 10.12. I have now 4 tracks so i wait more. I want to be able to start voting progress in 11.12. So if i dont have your track before that you cant participate.

Jeffrey · Post by **Jeffrey** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:00 pm

I will send mine very soon. (For sure before that date)

Limp-pu · Post by **Limp-pu** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:52 pm

just send mine

cup with these tracks would be good. That could be held before the day that voting ends, so people would get a change to race in these tracks too.

Post by **dede** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:31 pm

What about having this kind of competition before each DIT starts? So the best track will be chosen for:

- new official ranking
- time trial cup
- DIT

What do you think? (Jarno mainly)

Jarno · Post by **Jarno** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:36 am

dede wrote:What about having this kind of competition before each DIT starts? So the best track will be chosen for:

- new official ranking
- time trial cup
- DIT

What do you think? (Jarno mainly)

Well i think this kind of competition in every month is maybe too often. I think we hang up in original plan where this is going to be four times per year. Or that is the plan so far

mikko · Post by **mikko** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:17 pm

Then, how about applying dede's suggestions for the top three tracks chosen? In the case of DIT, for example, the winner would be the track of January, second February and third March. Then it would be time again for a new track-making competition, and based on which the tracks for April, May an June would be decided, and so on...

This would, of course, reveal the DIT tracks and enable training on them in advance. But so what? Month is a long time to wank anyway. From the point of view of official ranking, it's important to get best tracks there.

Post by **dede** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:56 pm

No, sorry. Next DIT tracks have to be unreleased, because there will be a time trial cup like yesterday's. If I won't have unreleased tracks, then DIT won't take place.

mikko · Post by **mikko** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:04 pm

Oh, I see. But why is it so important to drive the time trial cup on an unreleased track? Why doesn't a track familiar to everyone do? By the way, this would be the case in your original suggestion a few posts earlier, as well.

Post by **dede** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:33 pm

mikko wrote:Oh, I see. But why is it so important to drive the time trial cup on an unreleased track? Why doesn't a track familiar to everyone do? By the way, this would be the case in your original suggestion a few posts earlier, as well.

I'm trying to involve the larger number of players in the "new ranking": many players don't like wanking in DIT, but they want to show their skillz in a cup with equals chances: 20 laps with each car in a new track makes this possible. And if this track is the same as DIT's, then these players could be ranked in the "new ranking" too and in DIT results. Look, now we already have 10 totaltimes for the ranking:

http://www.ippon-team.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=213

mikko · Post by **mikko** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:28 pm

OK, dede, that's good, thanks for explaining. How about leaving DIT out of track-competition but including the winning track (or top3) in the new official ranking?