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Sabby23 posted:Thanks to whoever sent out e-mails, these are always a fun couple months. Already liking the first track. Seconding this. I would've missed thread otherwise, I had tons of fun in the last trackgoonmania. My fingers hurt from playing today, I bought TM2 Stadium today just for this and I already have 5 hours played.
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I running in the server right now, if anybody wants someone to
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Jul 31, 2014 23:43
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I'm in. Just as an FYI to new players, Maniapark has a good number of cool car models, including hillclimbers, classic muscle cars and Sonic. So it's well worth your time to browse through to find something you like. Just be aware, the majority of the player base is European, which means there's a whole mess of formulas and le manses, but only one nascar.
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RickVoid posted:I running in the server right now, if anybody wants someone to The server is magical bullshit that let me shave off three seconds from my best time on the first run. And then kept going. Play on the server, it's lucky. You can save your replay for a map by going to esc-> advanced settings, previous run replay. There is no reason to not! Be social.
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Aug 1, 2014 03:20
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Entropist posted:The top right one? Nevermind that. It's my own private finish, none of you would be able to make it up there. That's where I'll chill, waiting for everyone else to finish at the end of the race. Yo Entropist, I'm gonna chill in your place for a bit, that's cool right? 
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Aug 1, 2014 04:33
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Gamerofthegame posted:The server is magical bullshit that let me shave off three seconds from my best time on the first run. And then kept going. It helped me knock off a full second of my best time yet. It's pretty great.
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Oh man I love trackmania, I'm poo poo at it but I do love it. Can't wait to maybe place some times!
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I'm super excited for the new season. I hope to keep up my trend of finishing in the middle of the pack every time. I didn't work on the goontrack last time, but hopefully I can manage something this time.
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Sabby23 posted:Yo Entropist, I'm gonna chill in your place for a bit, that's cool right? I kinda hoped that would happen.  Good for you.
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Aug 1, 2014 06:34
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Even as you gloat Entropist is looking down from the hidden fifth finish smugly.
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Sabby23 posted:Yo Entropist, I'm gonna chill in your place for a bit, that's cool right?  I didn't know you would be participating when I wrote that post!Hah, good job. Did you drift? It seemed impossible without drifting, at least.
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Feinne posted:Even as you gloat Entropist is looking ftfy
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SupSuper posted:The OP Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but all the images in the OP are broken for me.
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SageNytell posted:Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but all the images in the OP are broken for me. Nah, they work just fine on my end.
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So I fired up IRC for the first time in forever, and then found myself wondering "why the heck are there so many people in #trackmania?". Then someone linked the thread, and I realized what's up. I'm totally up for this, and oh boy have I forgotten how to play since last time.
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SageNytell posted:Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but all the images in the OP are broken for me.
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Entropist posted:
Yeah I'm pretty sure I did. I'm not even sure I'll be able to get it again for the rest of the week, everything about that last big turn had to be timed so perfectly in my case.
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Aug 1, 2014 18:30
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I cannot seem to connect to the server, just sends me back to the menu, am I missing something? Edit: Nevermind. WirelessPillow fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Aug 1, 2014 18:38
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I always thought about partecipating at the Goon Cup but never managed to get on the trainwreck in time. May I get in as a sparring partner? It's a long time since I last played and was never a pro to begin with.
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Aug 1, 2014 21:08
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Tafferling posted:I always thought about participating at the Goon Cup but never managed to get on the trainwreck in time. May I get in as a sparring partner? It's a long time since I last played and was never a pro to begin with. Get on the server, plenty of partners to go around.
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Tafferling posted:I always thought about partecipating at the Goon Cup but never managed to get on the trainwreck in time. May I get in as a sparring partner? It's a long time since I last played and was never a pro to begin with. If anybody is on the fence about participating, just keep in mind that nobody cares about how bad you are. Also if you need help, sir smugsalot has given me a lot of helpful tips that I hope I can use to shave at least another half second off my time.
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I'll give this a shot, my goal is not to be last 
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No one really cares if you're bad, and you can always throw 10 hours a day into it until you're super pro.
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Renegret posted:If anybody is on the fence about participating, just keep in mind that nobody cares about how bad you are. I feel like I know what to do but the track won't let me 
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Elliotw2 posted:No one really cares if you're bad, and you can always throw 10 hours a day into it until you're super pro. Rub it in why don't you
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Aug 1, 2014 23:52
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Elliotw2 posted:No one really cares if you're bad, and you can always throw 10 hours a day into it until you're super pro. They might not say it, but I know that deep inside, people are judging my trackmania skills.
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Aug 2, 2014 00:18
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Don't worry, I consider you all to be equally terrible.
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Aug 2, 2014 00:54
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Speaking of terrible, I made some SA emotes into stickers for you people to paint all over your cars. Extract the zip into \Documents\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\stickers and make some horrifying   monster
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So, as it stands i'm pretty good* at playing this game tith the keyboard, but I bought a 360 pad just recently... Should I try to adapt to the new controller or is the keyboard perfectly fine? *no Tafferling fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Aug 2, 2014 12:07
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Keyboard is technically fine, some of the best players of this game have been using it. However I guess it would be easier to be consistent if you learn to use the gamepad well, and the xbox 360 pad was one of the most popular ones.
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Tafferling posted:So, as it stands i'm pretty good* at playing this game tith the keyboard, but I bought a 360 pad just recently... Should I try to adapt to the new controller or is the keyboard perfectly fine? The (wired) 360 pad has analog triggers, so you can use those for analog steering if you want. Small hurdle to get over if you want to do this: TM inverts the triggers. Left trigger will steer right, right will steer left, and there's no in-game way to invert them. There are some 3rd-party drivers (XBCD) that can invert them for you, but it only works with the wired controller.
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Digital steering is the best way to handle, and the Stadium Car doesn't care if you lightly tap or slightly push a stick, it'll do the same thing.
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Elliotw2 posted:Digital steering is the best way to handle, and the Stadium Car doesn't care if you lightly tap or slightly push a stick, it'll do the same thing. It will also not care if you tap a key light or hard, but it will definitely care if you push or hold a stick (or trigger) light or hard. I don't care either way, just do whatever works best for you.
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I think It's just that you can tap the stick several times per second with slight thumb movements, which create the impression of smooth controls. Doing that with keys means having stenographic fast fingers and a sturdy keyboard.
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Tafferling posted:I think It's just that you can tap the stick several times per second with slight thumb movements, which create the impression of smooth controls. Doing that with keys means having stenographic fast fingers and a sturdy keyboard. TM has analog steering, period. There's not just an impression of smooth controls, they _are_ smooth controls. Anyway, two thoughts: * I like how I can just see myself becoming better again. From barely staying on the track to hitting apexes and poo poo, pretty cool. (And also still barely staying on the track, obviously.) * The Trackmania experience: having a brilliant run, firmly in the blue, and then completely missing the last jump.
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uXs posted:TM has analog steering, period. There's not just an impression of smooth controls, they _are_ smooth controls. Tried right now and yes, it's definitely analogic. There's even a nice tuning section in the controls menu! Shaved off 50'' from my best in half an hour. It's not that I'm faster, just more consistent. And a lot of laps completed means I can get to practice that last turn more often and every one could be THE ONE. Love it; sorry keyboard, you're out from Trackmania too.
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Entropist posted:Keyboard is technically fine, some of the best players of this game have been using it. However I guess it would be easier to be consistent if you learn to use the gamepad well, and the xbox 360 pad was one of the most popular ones. I'm on keyboard, I tried using a gamepad and it didn't really work that well for me so I went back.
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Yessss, made the Entropist exit.... a second slower than my best time.
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Raldan posted:Yessss, made the Entropist exit.... a second slower than my best time. That's honestly something I was thinking about. You actually can do a pretty slow run ending with great speed on the last straight, to the point that this happens.
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I hit the Entro Exit too. The bottom of it. With the nose of my car. (Was a slow run too so whatever.)
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