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(Message started by: ThudanBlunder on Jul 3rd, 2008, 10:10pm)
Title: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 3rd, 2008, 10:10pm
Anybody been playing Trackmania Nations Forever? I discovered it only yesterday. It must be the best free game around (http://games.softpedia.com/get/Freeware-Games/TrackMania-Nations-Forever-Free-Full-Game.shtml).

I used to play the original Trackmania Nations a lot and managed to get about 40 Nadeo medals in training.  8)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 4th, 2008, 2:07am
I play (as you know). I'm up to ~140 medals, with ~10 validation medals. I have an offline account which is a little better, around 155 and 15.

The game is well worth the download for anyone who has the time.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 4th, 2008, 4:18am
Visiting the TM forum I learnt that there is also now Trackmania United Forever, a 900MB free extension for Trackmania United. Hmm...I'd better leave my phone off the hook for a few days.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 8th, 2008, 1:17am
Yo, you guys don't know what you are missing. Check id (http://files.filefront.com/TrackMania+Nations+Forever+Free+Full+Game/;10013754;/fileinfo.html) out!
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by towr on Jul 8th, 2008, 1:53am

on 07/08/08 at 01:17:59, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Yo, you guys don't know what you are missing.
I think I'm missing a racing game; which is exactly what I intend to miss. ::)
Besides, I haven't the time for games :(
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 8th, 2008, 2:04am

on 07/08/08 at 01:53:09, towr wrote:
Besides, I haven't the time for games :(

Too busy working? ::)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by towr on Jul 8th, 2008, 3:07am

on 07/08/08 at 02:04:05, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Too busy working? ::)
I need to write a bachelor paper. And it's not going too well, frankly. Getting caught up in playing  a game wouldn't do much to help the situation. (Especially considering the way I can get absorbed in playing games)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by Roy on Jul 9th, 2008, 7:39am
as we all do.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 10th, 2008, 3:28pm

on 07/04/08 at 02:07:45, mikedagr8 wrote:
I play (as you know). I'm up to ~140 medals, with ~10 validation medals. I have an offline account which is a little better, around 155 and 15.

I played the game yesterday for the first time. I got 134 medals.

Then I had breakfast.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 10th, 2008, 7:46pm

on 07/10/08 at 15:28:02, ThudanBlunder wrote:
I played the game yesterday for the first time. I got 134 medals.

Then I had breakfast.

Nice ;D
I think you may be better than me. ::)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 11th, 2008, 2:11am

on 07/10/08 at 19:46:51, mikedagr8 wrote:
I think you may be better than me. ::)

Maybe not. In fact, It took me about three days.
When you say you have an offline account and another, does the other comprise your official times?

Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 11th, 2008, 6:21am

on 07/11/08 at 02:11:05, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Maybe not. In fact, It took me about three days.
When you say you have an offline account and another, does the other comprise your official times?

The offline account is one at school, so it is useless to me currently. The official times and medals I have is at home. The school account wont let me access the net, though thankfully; I can still play it.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 11th, 2008, 6:33am
Haven't posted any official. Although one validation time (A-10-Acrobatic) I beat it by .34 seconds. It's validation time is around 9.5 so IF I posted that I'm sure I'd make it 8).
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 11th, 2008, 6:33am

on 07/11/08 at 06:21:37, mikedagr8 wrote:
The offline account is one at school, so it is useless to me currently. The official times and medals I have is at home.

So you have managed about 140 medals at home and about 155 at school? I reckon those extra 15 medals are easily accounted for. ::)

Have many official times have you posted? I have only done one so far. Just to see if I got on the local leader board. (I did.)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 11th, 2008, 6:48am

on 07/11/08 at 06:33:35, mikedagr8 wrote:
Haven't posted any official. Although one validation time (A-10-Acrobatic) I beat it by .34 seconds. It's validation time is around 9.5 so IF I posted that I'm sure I'd make it 8).

A10? Gee, a lot of driving skill involved there. ::) Actually, I know a trick for that one. But pulling it off is another matter, especially officially.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 11th, 2008, 6:50am
I'd still doubt you coul beat my time; even if you do know a trick.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 11th, 2008, 6:57am

on 07/11/08 at 06:50:04, mikedagr8 wrote:
I'd still doubt you coul beat my time; even if you do know a trick.

Oh yeah? What makes you think I ain't already done so? Change extension of attached file to Gbx and believe!  :P
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 11th, 2008, 7:05am
I'm really bad, I changed the file to Gbx, but now I can't load it for some reason. Whta time di you get?
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 13th, 2008, 3:29am

on 07/11/08 at 07:05:18, mikedagr8 wrote:
I changed the file to Gbx, but now I can't load it for some reason.

Yo emo (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo) (LOL), double-clicking the Gbx file opens the game and you are ready to roll. You can even study the back of my new car by racing me.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 13th, 2008, 5:45am

on 07/13/08 at 03:29:53, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Yo emo (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo) (LOL), double-clicking the Gbx file opens the game and you are ready to roll. You can even study the back of my new car by racing me.

I'm not that stupid, just it loads; and then it minimizes without actually opening.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 13th, 2008, 5:57am

on 07/13/08 at 05:45:34, mikedagr8 wrote:
I'm not that stupid, just it loads; and then it minimizes without actually opening.

OK Forrest, calm down and finish your chocolates. LOL
Have you checked its association in Windows Explorer/Tool/Folder Options/File Types (assuming you are using XP)?
Mine is associated with 'TmForever'. You could try sending me your replay to see if I can open it.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Jul 14th, 2008, 8:48pm
Thanks, guys, for an excuse to put my game wheel back together after several years!  Now if only I didn't still suck at racing games...  :'(

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 14th, 2008, 10:49pm

on 07/14/08 at 20:48:20, SMQ wrote:
Thanks, guys, for an excuse to put my game wheel back together after several years!  

I don't need either. ;) Keyboard or game pad work just fine. You can download Nations Forever (65 tracks) here (http://www.trackmania.com/en/index.php?rub=nations).
If you like that (and I think you will), try United Forever, about 250 tracks. This ain't free but it's only $40. :)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 15th, 2008, 1:43am
ThudanBlunder is an official world record holder!!!
8.93 NICE!!! 8) Well Done!!!
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Jul 15th, 2008, 5:38am

on 07/14/08 at 22:49:30, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Keyboard or game pad work just fine.

I worked through the white (A) and green (B) levels of Nations with the keyboard, but (found, reassembled, and) switched to the wheel for the blue levels.  I'm definitely better at the slalom-like sections with the wheel -- my timing with the keyboard just isn't precise enough, and my fingers cramp after an hour or so.  I'm definitely "having more fun" with the wheel.

I do enjoy the game (I downloaded it when this thread first started), and am considering purchasing United, but I also know that I'm reaching the limits of my skill, and that those limits haven't changed much over the years.  I don't have the reflexes or coordination to be better than mediocre, or the time to really develop them.  Most of my golds in green and silvers in blue (still working on C08 to unlock the next chunk) have been won through far more persistence than skill. ;)

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 15th, 2008, 8:34am

on 07/15/08 at 01:43:02, mikedagr8 wrote:
ThudanBlunder is an official world record holder!!!
8.93 NICE!!! 8) Well Done!!!

I was pulling your leg. ;D I downloaded that replay. You still The Man. ;)
How did you manage to play it. Is it just a matter of copying it into a directory accessible to TM?

SMQ, glad to hear that you are playing it. I wonder how your wheel will fare with some of the over-steering and under-steering cars in United. LOL
Not that a keyboard does any better. But I would have thought a steering wheel too slow for the intensive Stadium tracks. As for skill, reflexes, and coordination, knowing a track really well helps. It is also possible to play with 3D glasses. I haven't tried them, but Mike has.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Jul 15th, 2008, 11:35am

on 07/15/08 at 08:34:06, ThudanBlunder wrote:
I would have thought a steering wheel too slow for the intensive Stadium tracks.

I have the sensitivity way up, so it's only about 90-degrees lock-to-lock -- I can steer that almost as fast as I can key it, and quite a bit more precisely -- or at least it feels that way. ;)


Quote:
As for skill, reflexes and coordination, knowing a track really well helps.

As an Example, B08 took me four hours to get the gold.  It's a fairly short track, and I think I knew it fairly well after an hour or so ;), but I just don't have the precision/coordination/concentration to hit exactly the same marks lap after lap, and I don't react quickly enough to variations in approach angle to corners, etc.  I could run a respectable lap about two times in five, but putting enough of them back-to-back just took patience.  There's a reason I mapped "restart race" to the easiest-to-reach button on the wheel. :D

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy racing games -- for 20+ years now back to Pole Position and Grand Prix Circuit on the C64 -- but at some point I just had to accept that racing wasn't something I was particularly gifted at...and now that I'm OK with that I find I have a lot more fun most of the time.


Quote:
It is also possible to play with 3D glasses. I haven't tried them, but Mike has.

I have a 10-year-old set of i-Glasses around somewhere, but their pathetic resolution (~350x250) and low refresh rate I suspect would make them a liability rather than an asset. ;)

(Now what did we do with that wheelbarrow the albino had?) ;D

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 15th, 2008, 2:25pm

on 07/15/08 at 05:38:43, SMQ wrote:
Most of my golds in green and silvers in blue (still working on C08 to unlock the next chunk) have been won through far more persistence than skill. ;)

Yes, I know the feeling. I'm trying to break validation times now, or get gold medals on the C tracks. With C-08, I duggest that the real skill is having a good high speed at the checkpoints, and creating minimal turning distances to get a fast time. Try not to so much weave in and out of the pylons, as to skim on an angle past them. It is no doubt the most annoying track in the game, well besides D-04.

TB, I was wondering why the track was already loaded, and I didnt think that you had actually could race that well, and still be below me on the medal count. ::)
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 15th, 2008, 3:29pm

on 07/15/08 at 14:25:59, mikedagr8 wrote:
TB, I was wondering why the track was already loaded, and I didnt think that you had actually could race that well, and still be below me on the medal count. ::)

Track was already loaded? How do you mean? And that track is hardly a race.
Anyway, your stats are out of date. I have 142 and rising, while you seem to be stuck on 140. :P
In other words, although there are at present 88459 86453 84559 82888 players in the world better than me (down from 1.3 million), it is highly gratifying to know that you are not one of them. :P

SMQ and Mike, the original TM Nations (100 Stadium tracks) is also free (http://games.softpedia.com/get/Games-Demo/Trackmania-Nations-Full-Free-Game.shtml).

C09 is a bugger.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Jul 16th, 2008, 10:48pm

on 07/15/08 at 08:34:06, ThudanBlunder wrote:
I wonder how your wheel will fare with some of the over-steering and under-steering cars in United. LOL

So far, so good!  You can really tell what the developers thought of the classic American muscle car, though, can't you? ;)  Looks like a Mustang, sounds like a mustang, handles like a brick with wheels. :D

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 17th, 2008, 3:23am
Do you have medals on C-14 TB? I need to play a hotseat game when I get the chance to get 2 more. My current tally is 142. What are you on?
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 17th, 2008, 9:05am

on 07/17/08 at 03:23:39, mikedagr8 wrote:
Do you have medals on C-14 TB?

C14 is the only C I don't have gold on.
I don't think multi-lap endurance, where finishing and posting times is problematic, is ideal for hotseat racing.


on 07/17/08 at 03:23:39, mikedagr8 wrote:
What are you on?

You might well ask. But, although I have 149 medals, nothing. Why, what are you smoking? :P
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 18th, 2008, 1:14am
To unlock C-14 I need to play a hotseat game, which will give me 2 medals as I will beat silver (I'm that confident).
You have gold on all A and B track's I assume, just like me. C's I need to do, but I;ve got a lot of work on so maybe not for a while.
I'm only on impulse, no smoking for me.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 18th, 2008, 1:39am

on 07/18/08 at 01:14:32, mikedagr8 wrote:
To unlock C-14 I need to play a hotseat game, which will give me 2 medals as I will beat silver (I'm that confident).

Yeah, silver is about 20 seconds outside gold. (I am now two seconds out.) Even so, it's a tricky three laps. D4 is also a toughie.

I didn't know you were playing the free version.


on 07/18/08 at 01:14:32, mikedagr8 wrote:
You have gold on all A and B track's I assume...

Natch.

Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Jul 18th, 2008, 6:42am

on 07/18/08 at 01:14:32, mikedagr8 wrote:
To unlock C-14 I need to play a hotseat game

Isn't hotseat played with two (or more) on the same PC?  I just created a second profile and played them against one another. ;)

(And then I gave in and bought United, making it irrelevant.  And then I screwed up the profile switch to United, hence the rebuddying...)

(Edit: and C14 is the only C I don't yet have silver on: I haven't worked too hard at it yet, but I keep brushing a wall coming out of the second loop.)

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 18th, 2008, 12:19pm

Quote:
Isn't hotseat played with two (or more) on the same PC?

That's right; hotseat racing is when you take turns trying to beat each other's time on a track. Mike is referring to 'accepting a challenge' in order to play one or two inaccessible tracks (such as C14) in the free version.


Quote:
I just created a second profile and played them against one another.

Trust you to find a sure way to win. :P


Quote:
(Edit: and C14 is the only C I don't yet have silver on: I haven't worked too hard at it yet, but I keep brushing a wall coming out of the second loop.)

I know where you mean. Try briefly pressing your brake as you are coming down. This helps to stabilise the car and is particularly useful for landing on four wheels when making long jumps.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Aug 5th, 2008, 7:37am
Where ya' been, Mike?  Last night I finally passed you in the medal count (though T&B is still 20+ ahead of us both...)

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 8th, 2008, 12:13am

on 08/05/08 at 07:37:55, SMQ wrote:
Where ya' been, Mike?  Last night I finally passed you in the medal count (though T&B is still 20+ ahead of us both...)

--SMQ

Been sick the last week and a bit. Had the lot. Fever, sneezing, coughing, vomiting... You name it I had it. I slept most of the week, so not surprised you overtook me. I did accomplish something though. I drank 12 glasses of water in 90 minutes. Mind you, with the 40 degree temperature I had, wouldn't be too hard.
Well done.
Mike
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by towr on Aug 8th, 2008, 12:41am

on 08/08/08 at 00:13:49, mikedagr8 wrote:
I did accomplish something though. I drank 12 glasses of water in 90 minutes.
That's not really healthy, you know. You could get water poisoning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_poisoning) drinking so much water. It brings down the osmotic value of the blood, and unless you're a camel that can be dangerous.

But in any case, welcome back among the not-violently-ill.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 8th, 2008, 12:44am

on 08/08/08 at 00:41:59, towr wrote:
That's not really healthy, you know. You could get water poisoning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_poisoning) drinking so much water. It brings down the osmotic value of the blood, and unless you're a camel that can be dangerous.

But in any case, welcome back among the not-violently-ill.

Thanks for the thoughts towr, it's good to know that. I did go to the bathroom a lot  and I was sweating a fair bit if that makes you feel any better.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by towr on Aug 8th, 2008, 12:57am

on 08/08/08 at 00:44:48, mikedagr8 wrote:
Thanks for the thoughts towr, it's good to know that. I did go to the bathroom a lot  and I was sweating a fair bit if that makes you feel any better.
Well, the sweating causes you to lose a lot of salts, which makes the problem worse unless you replenish them (which is why if you go to the tropics you're told to eat salt tablets). Which is a point in favour of chicken soup, I suppose, since it's a bit salty too.
I can't really say if, and if so in how far, it may have made you feel worse though. My sister had a friend that had to go to hospital after drinking 6 liters of water, I think. Which is quite a bit more than 12 glasses, unless they're pints.
Now, a camel on the other hand can easily drink 100 liters without a problem (admittedly they're a bit heavier than most people).
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 8th, 2008, 4:40am

on 08/08/08 at 00:57:54, towr wrote:
Well, the sweating causes you to lose a lot of salts, which makes the problem worse unless you replenish them (which is why if you go to the tropics you're told to eat salt tablets). Which is a point in favour of chicken soup, I suppose, since it's a bit salty too.
I can't really say if, and if so in how far, it may have made you feel worse though. My sister had a friend that had to go to hospital after drinking 6 liters of water, I think. Which is quite a bit more than 12 glasses, unless they're pints.
Now, a camel on the other hand can easily drink 100 liters without a problem (admittedly they're a bit heavier than most people).

I had lots of chicken soup the next day, so I recovered the salt.
It's 2.5 litres of water, so not quite 6 litres.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Aug 9th, 2008, 4:46pm
Sorry to hear you weren't feeling well, Mike. :(

Sorry about your medal count in Nations, T&B? ;)

Edit: And yikes: D13, D14, and D15 all hurt! :o

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 17th, 2008, 5:38am
How did you get so far in front of both TB and I SMQ? Before you were just passing me, now you are almost 50 in front.
I did play today, got another medal. YAY. 151
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Aug 17th, 2008, 5:59am

on 08/17/08 at 05:38:20, mikedagr8 wrote:
How did you get so far in front of both TB and I SMQ?

Well, a few weeks back I spent an entire Saturday clearing author medals on the A tracks, so that's 15 medals (A5 and A6 were the worst).

Then last weekend, finally getting the gold on D4 to unlock D5-D10 helped a lot!  Those five aren't too hard, and I was "in the zone,"so a few hours later I unlocked D11-D15, and currently have two golds and three silvers on those, so that's almost 30 medals in a weekend, and close to 50 in a few weeks! 8)

Toss in a few author medals on B tracks and I think that accounts for my advancement. :)

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by Grimbal on Aug 17th, 2008, 6:10am
Wow!

I think Michael Phelps can stop bragging about his 14 medals,  8 in a week or so.

edit: Uh... 14 gold medals, actually.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 26th, 2008, 2:55am

on 08/17/08 at 05:59:12, SMQ wrote:
"so a few hours later I unlocked D11-D15, and currently have two golds and three silvers on those, so that's almost 30 medals in a weekend, and close to 50 in a few weeks! 8)
--SMQ

Well done, SMQ.

I am now on 187. I find chasing author's medals is not exactly a bundle of fun, entailing as it does doing the same track many times until one has shaved enough hundredths of a second off one's PB. At the moment the only thing keeping me from the E tracks is 0.48 secs on that silly D11.

Anyway, thanks for keeping my throne warm while I am on holiday. :P
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 26th, 2008, 2:59am
So you guys know, I've stopped playing at home for now, bbut at school, I am up to about 165 medals now. I can't get gold on D-04. Otherwise I have validations scattered through out. My best is probably D-05 now, beat validation by a good 1.3 seconds. My new favourite track (besides the change to second view about halfway through).

What view do you guys race in? I prefer 3rd person.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 26th, 2008, 6:12am

on 08/26/08 at 02:59:54, mikedagr8 wrote:
My best is probably D-05 now, beat validation by a good 1.3 seconds.

On D7 my time is 58 something, making me numero uno in the NW of England for that track (with about 6000 also-rans) and #5 in UK. And, as I did it 'officially', I also got 578 skill points.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 27th, 2008, 2:35am
Ha, that's the D tracks finished. (Having fun, SMQ?) ;D

But we only get one E track at a time. What is more, E1 (an Obstacle track) seems to be ridiculously difficult to finish, never mind get gold.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 27th, 2008, 2:52am

on 08/27/08 at 02:35:53, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Ha, that's the D tracks finished. (Having fun, SMQ?) ;D

But we only get one E track at a time. What is more, E1 (an Obstacle track) seems to be ridiculously difficult to finish, never mind get gold.

HAHAHA! You're not trying hard enough. I have gold, but not at home. The trick is to go above not below to cut a few seconds off. You will see what I mean if you get up to there, its just before the cookie-cutter.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Aug 27th, 2008, 5:15am

on 08/27/08 at 02:35:53, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Ha, that's the D tracks finished. (Having fun, SMQ?) ;D

:P I'm close on D13 and D15, but D14 really has my number, and I haven't had much time to play since my big run a couple weeks ago.

BTW, any idea why the in-game score only shows you with 28 medals in Nations?

--SMQ
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 28th, 2008, 2:23am

on 08/27/08 at 05:15:51, SMQ wrote:
:P I'm close on D13 and D15, but D14 really has my number...
BTW, any idea why the in-game score only shows you with 28 medals in Nations?

I logged in yesterday with an updated scores file. So it should show 188 now.
If D14 is the one with lots of bends, that's the one that caused me the most trouble.

Thanks for the tip, Mike. By the way, you can play any track you want (no matter how bad your driving, hehe) by loading one of the world record replays I sent you and choosing Race. But your times will not be counted until you access the tracks in the normal manner.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 28th, 2008, 3:23am
Ye I know. I play things at school I haven't unlocked. One of the E tracks takes more than an hour to complete, even if you are amazing. It's scary.
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 14th, 2008, 11:03am

on 08/27/08 at 05:15:51, SMQ wrote:
:P I'm close on D13 and D15, but D14 really has my number, and I haven't had much time to play since my big run a couple weeks ago.

But now 218 medals!?! :o What is your current local rating?
(I take it you quite like Trackmania then?) :P

I have 366 medals in United Forever.
As a result, there are now only 207 people in the whole of the UK who need to get a life more than I do. ;D
Title: Re: TrackMania
Post by SMQ on Sep 15th, 2008, 5:16am
219 now. ;D

That ranks me 5th in Michigan and around 150th in the United States for Nations.  The latest bump came from unlocking E01, which made the Nadeo opponents available on all the tracks -- I do much better with an opponent to race against -- and my subsequent clearing of all the B-track author medals.  It's going to be slow going from here, though, as author medals in C and D, and the gold on E02 are all going to be hours-long grinds for me -- I may switch back to United for a while.

I do like the game: the no interference form opponents, retry as many times as you like, just beat the clock racing suits my more-persistance-than-skill playing style. :)

--SMQ


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