Quick60 Series Race 01: Karnival Twist

Karnival Twist is the kick off event for The Quick60 Race Series. This short lap tournament emphasizes fun by offering a chance at a fastest lap every minute (or so). Discover the best lines, put together a perfect lap, the times will be close and you have to ride perfectly to stay in the competition. If you blow it you get another chance quickly.

The 12 year old son of the first cousin of the daughter of the sister of the wife of the vice president of terrestial commodities of Karnival is in all actuallity a pretty good motoXr but, You probably don't know his name. Anyway, he said we could use the course anytime.

The layout is a grooving rhythm roller carved into the hillside remains of an abandoned Deodorant quarry located in the Desert Fauve. Its a simple loop with beautiful rhythm sections that can be ridden many ways. The line seems obvious but the packs, pits, and jumps offer some cool surprises.

The Birds

Mother always warned me that smiling while riding was sure fire way to eat a bug. Well I never thought about smacking a condor. Have you?

Watch out.

fraser's birds have escaped and they discovered an updraft by the ridge where they will hover for hours, barely moving at all :-).
Look for them as you approach the silly jump. You may not see them at first but if you smack one you are gonna eat it.

A special thanks to fraser for the birds.

More Custom Objects

Pennants:
The custom made pennants add a playful splash of color and create a unique effect as you race beneath them. Experienece the flash as you speed by, it will remind you of the worlds liveliest street festivals. Viva Karnival.

A Kings Castle:
A brand new tent sporting a Twisted Dirt tag and Justin's TD Rider Logo. Think of it as a home away from home. These tents use more Aluminum than most but have area low poly count.

Twisted Dirt arch: Its big, bulky, stout even, and uses Aluminum tubing like its going out of style.

VW Bus: A dependable support vehicle, they can handle wild back country trails and the funkiest fuel.

Please Note: Many of the Custom Models shown in the pics will be available for download at the twisteddirt objects area.

The models take a lot of time to make and even longer to package for distribution. I apologize for delays in getting the models out for other track designers to use. I continue to prepare them for download and they will be presented as time allows.

A Twisted Dirt exclusive:

Somebody or something has been peeking...this image appears to depict the Karnival Twist layout.

Game Performance tips:
The detailed terrain, dense vegatation, and high model count may impact the games frame rate performance. Try some of the settings shown below if you need to smooth out playback on your system.

The shadows and particles seem to take up a lot of CPU power. Switch them off if the game seems to stutter.

The AI riders have a big impact on frame rate, especially when they crash. The game runs noticably smoother if you race against 4 to 6 riders rather than 10.

my beta test system:
CPU: Celeron 500
Memory: 128 Mb SDRAM
Graphics: ATI Xpert 128 16Mb PCI
Monitor: 17" Sony 200GS
Input: Saitek Cyborg Joystick 3D Gold USB

I would love to hear how the race runs on your system. Please includes details about your hardware and settings along with the fps readings. I am especially curious about performance on some of todays really hot systems, Anyone out there running a Geforce3 in Win2000 with a 1.7 and a gig of RAM?

Thanks to all the Twisted Dirt crew for supporting my track design work.

a special thanks to:

_ForzaDolar_
X_Kobra
fraser
JMS
AMA_DirtTwister
X_Racer and
MotoZack

for for test riding the track, providing ghosts, and offering comments, suggestions, and encouragement.

thanks again to fraser for the condors models.

mike_mccue