Yes, good & all... but what about the black run?
Kidding, of course, that's some truly spectacular SRV-wrangling there. Amazing run!
P.S. Turkwinif - you really ought to come on the First Great Planetary Expedition! [yesnod]
Woo hoo! This weekend brings a new contestant to the ridge. Fresh from racing Type 9's through canyons (and thus no stranger to high-speed lunacy) Cmdr Stoney X-1 finds the ridge "way harder" than the top drivers are making it look but nevertheless has submitted some excellent times. Our 30th competitor, he drives his Teabaggin' Buggy into 10th place on the Blue run in a time of 12m 56s, 11th place on the Red run in 30m 35s (just 1 second faster than Soxs!) and 12th place on the notorious Black run in 45m 44s.
Bravo commander and welcome to the ridge!
Woo hoo! This weekend brings a new contestant to the ridge. Fresh from racing Type 9's through canyons (and thus no stranger to LOW-speed lunacy) Cmdr Stoney X-1 ...
I'll confess that I have been back to the ridge twice since Kumay. On both occasions it was pitch black but I thought, "bah - after that I can tackle anything, this'll be a walk in the park, podium position here I come" and on both occasions, as I sailed off the ridge and down into the black, thought "crap, this is every bit as difficult as it was before Kumay".@stoney X-1, that's a classy evidence screenshot
Oh and FTFY
Edit: and ps, I'm going to have another crack at this now I've got a whole Kumay of kms of practice behind me.
Ha, yeah I might have to fly over it and map out that whole rally driving "at this many degrees, blind dip, bounce high, take heading " etcI'll confess that I have been back to the ridge twice since Kumay. On both occasions it was pitch black but I thought, "bah - after that I can tackle anything, this'll be a walk in the park, podium position here I come" and on both occasions, as I sailed off the ridge and down into the black, thought "crap, this is every bit as difficult as it was before Kumay".
P.S. actually quite pleased that this remains a real test of SRV driving skill which requires the driver to truly learn and master the course (a course which is nowhere near as straight as you might at first imagine).
Good luck!
It's good fun and a real challenge, if a little frustrating as you (or me at least) exit from the ridge for the nth time. I'm still there (Pomeche 2C btw) if you fancy a crack at it.It is on my list of things to do. Though as I haven't even checked what planet it is on yet, I guess it isn't too high on my list.
It's good fun and a real challenge, if a little frustrating as you (or me at least) exit from the ridge for the nth time. I'm still there (Pomeche 2C btw) if you fancy a crack at it.
Isn't it, I've got an Odyssey+ too.I'm four jumps away so I'll head over and take a look tomorrow. I'm just breaking in a new Odyssey+ (replaced my Rift), so it'll be an interesting test. The difference in image quality between the Rift and the Odyssey+ is remarkable.
Awesome! At a glance I make that 2nd place in all three classes - bravo! Official judication and scoreboard update coming soon.It's good fun and a real challenge, if a little frustrating as you (or me at least) exit from the ridge for the nth time. I'm still there (Pomeche 2C btw) if you fancy a crack at it.
Anyway, I got a little obsessed and I've done a thing:
Blue - 5:55
Red - 10:53
Black - 15:35
While I could be a lot luckier/skillful on the black section I think any further runs won't see me improving much on this with my current approach so I'm going to stop there.
Probably.
However, folk should definitely give it a go, it's a lot of fun.
ps. if you're reading this turkwinif your record run's been taken off youtube, I never got a chance to see the master at work
pps. vr is definitely an advantage
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The question now on my mind is ... where are all those folks who cut their teeth on the Kumay circumnavigation and ended up being able to happily maintain average speeds in excess of 100m/s?
The Ridge is ready whenever you are!
This ^^^, give it a bash everyone
Get used to this ... it's going to happen A LOT!My first run ended with me falling down the side