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Track Name

Name:	mtc « Alphabet Soup.
Pack:	(no track pack)
By:	simo_900
Version:	01-Oct-2019
TMX id:	7570167
LB Rating:	15,737

Track Details

Game:

TM Nations Forever

Type:	Race	Style:	Offroad
Envir:	Stadium	Routes:	Multi
Length:	1m	Diffic.:	Intermediate

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World Record	By	Difference	Score	LB
0:51.74	Arien.wp	+ 0:00.00	15,737
Top 10	By	Difference	Score	LB
0:52.63	grobec	+ 0:00.89	14,112
0:52.65	simo_900	+ 0:00.91	14,076
0:50.52	'Twister	- 0:01.22	-
0:48.39	LausoeAgain	- 0:03.35	-
0:53.50	awful maps	+ 0:01.76	-
0:54.14	elaus43	+ 0:02.40	-
0:50.59	AlsoLausoe	- 0:01.15	-
0:50.26	Lausoe	- 0:01.48	-

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Hey

This is a multi-route offroad track for the MTC of September. The theme for this month was to make a track that follows these rules:

- You have to be able to reach any checkpoint after respawning at any point in the map
- You have to have at least 2 checkpoints

What an interesting theme! After seeing some of the entries I was quite disappointed, because most people just made a track with one obviously faster route and then made afterthought paths to connect all the checkpoints. Either that or they completely misunderstood the theme, which I quite frankly understand as mtc usually doesn't have such restricting rules. So I decided to make a map of my own.
I took upon the challenge of making a track where I don't know the fastest path even myself. And I'm proud to say that I managed to do that

When I first started building, it quickly became obvious that without some actual planning, a proper map would never unfold. So I decided to plan the core of the map before even starting to build.

My idea was the following:

- Start in the middle of the map
- Three checkpoints in a triangle shape, each one approximately the same distance from start
- A finish to be reachable from every checkpoint, from every direction you take the checkpoint
- Each checkpoint is labeled -> A, B and C

This way there will be six routes, because you decide twice on your route. At start you have three choices and at CP1 two, so 3*2=6. I decided to build dirt, as I'm not that good with tech, fs would obviously not work and rpg would be too easy. The reason I labeled the checkpoints is to help the player remember which checkpoints you have already taken. This also helps with naming the paths - ABC, BCA, CAB, ACB, BAC, CBA. This is also the origin for the unconventially 'lolrandom' name and theme I picked for the map

The paths ended up all being around 52-53 seconds long, except for CAB, which ended up being longer with 56 seconds. I'm still surprised I managed to close the gap between the five other paths to such small differences.
In the end I'm quite happy with the result, hope you'll find it fun to play aswell!

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