Review: A REALLY FUN TRACK :)

#1 · Review: A REALLY FUN TRACK :)

8 Feb 2006 at 6:45 PM

[Track]331611[/track]
[B]Reviewer[/B] : Dark Revenant
[B]Type[/b] : Race
[B]Version[/b] : Sunrise Exreme

I prepared myself for what terrors I would probably see when I saw a track made by a 12 year old. Wincing, I opened up the track and took a peek. It wasn't bad. It was quite a decent track once I started to look into it. This is what I went through:

Part 1:
This part is a rather nice part; a concrete area consisting of a couple right turns with a couple nicely placed boosters to make the turn more challenging.
-Improvable: Not much
-Good: Technicality
-Rating: 10/10
[IMG]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2640/firstpart7ha.jpg[/IMG]

Part 2:
After the turn is a straight way leading to two red boosters and a concrete roundabout. Unfortunatlely, that's one booster too many. The first eight times I tried this part, I smashed into a wedge or skidded to a halt. One of those red boosters would be better off yellow.
-Improvable: One less red booster
-Good: Fast
-Rating: 6/10
[IMG]http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9940/secondpart8bf.jpg[/IMG]

Part 3:
This part was tricky. It consisted of a hill of concrete with a few boosters, a smooth level-out, and a sudden end of concrete blocks, dropping the driver onto a rather tight turn on some regular road. One needs to know about the quick turn or face the consequenses. It would have been better if the turn was more obvious.
-Improvable: A sign or a smoother turn to prevent smashing into the wall
-Good: Again, fast
-Rating: 7/10
[IMG]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9712/thirdpart2ok.jpg[/IMG]

Part 4:
This part was nice. It was basically a long ramp and a few streets connected to the ramp to lead one in the right direction.
-Improvable: Faster and harder
-Good: Creative
-Rating: 9/10
[IMG]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5723/fourthpart2ev.jpg[/IMG]

Part 5:
After that roundabout, I found myself driving upwards on a small series of curves. At the end of these curves is an easy jump from the regular track blocks to the concrete track blocks.
-Improvable: Less tedious
-Good: An enjoyable jump
-Rating: 8/10
[IMG]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2194/fifthpart9jn.jpg[/IMG]

Part 6:
The final part was a line of concrete road with a couple red boosters and a loop. The loop was fine other than the fact that it didn't switch your camera view to something more practical (if you like to drive with the loose cam on by default.)
-Improvable: Media tracker
-Good: A high speed loop and finish
-Rating: 7/10 (easily could work up to 9/10 with a media tracker camera angle change)
[IMG]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2465/sixthpart2li.jpg[/IMG]

In general, this track was an OK track on world terms and a quite nice track in 12 year old terms. (I can say so mainly because I'm only 13 myself)
Creativity: 7/10 - It had some creative parts but only a little really creative parts
Technicality: 9/10 - It had some perfectly technical parts, but they were a tad too easy
Stunts: 7/10 - There were a few stunts in the game, each with their flaws and good points
Problem-Free'iness: 8/10 - The track is mostly problem-free, except for the second part, (slightly) the third part, and the lack of a neccesary media tracker on the last part.
Enjoyment Factor: 8/10 - The track is fun, but not really fun, mainly due to the other depriving factors.
Length: 9/10 - The track length is OK, but more could definitly be shortened without much trouble.
Flow: 8/10 - The track's flow would be very nice if it didn't have those "rough" areas
Media Tracker: NO GRADE - Normally, I would give a 0/10 here for no attempt at a MT, but the track was made by a mere 12 year old. I would like to cut him some slack.
Scenery: 6/10 - Again with age in mind, I looked disapprovingly at the scenery. Only a few almost randomly placed buildings on the land, nothing else. Better could have easily been done.
Overall: 7.7/10 - (7+9+7+8+8+9+8+6+0)/(10*8+0) = 8/10 This is the grade with the author's age in mind. The track would have been awarded a 7.0 or less if the author was older.

Note to the author: Try harder on your author time. I killed your author medal by 20 seconds on my FIRST try.

[B][U]Summary Info[/u][/b]
[B]Environment[/b] : Island
[B]Mood[/b] : Day
[B]Coppers[/b] : 1285
[B]Length[/b] : ~0:50.00
[B]Laps[/b] : N/A

[B][U]Media Tracker Included[/u][/b]
Intro: No
In Game: No
Outro: No

[B][U]Final Summary[/u][/b]

A decent track with a nice mix of high-speed stunts and technical wheeling. It is not as challenging as it could be, and has some shaky parts (most notably the lack of a media tracker).

It's worth my