When we launched this contest last week, with the help of some very great prizes from SCEE and Evolution Studios, including an exclusive avatar, I knew it would be pretty popular. The number of entries surpassed all my expectations, though.
Over 100 of you entered, but only a handful really managed to get to grips with the handling and peculiarities of this game and this particular challenge. Early on PoolieMike took the top spot on the global leader board, and many assumed that the jig was already up. Then out of nowhere Death_in_Flamez blitzed Poolie by a huge 1.6 second margin at the very end of Friday, with a time of 31.863 seconds!
To those doubting themselves, the chase was back on, and several people started inching their way closer. Poolie improved to within half a second of Death_in_Flamez time, before Kegs11 (a mortal enemy of TSA from our MS:A battle) leapfrogged him. Late on Monday, THLNetwork, R1MJAW and AshGraham also put on a bit of a charge, but were adrift by larger margins.
Flamez wasn’t idle during all of this, trying to and finally managing to better his own time by a few hundredths of a second to consolidate his spot with a few hours to go. His final winning time was 31.829 seconds.
So congratulations are very much in order for Death_in_Flamez, who wins a £5 PSN voucher, some DLC for MS:RC and the exclusive avatar that will be his, and his alone.
He has promised a video detailing just how he pulled this feat off. Since many of you were scratching your heads as to how he managed it, keep an eye out in the forums in the next couple of days to find out.
Thanks to everyone that put themselves in the running, and I hope to see you all next time, MotorStormers!
– Don’t forget that we’ve got a few other competitions still running. There’s opportunities to win F1 2011 for PS Vita and an Xperia Play in the next few days.
AshGraham99
Congrats to DIF! Absolutely ridiculous time, not sure how much more was in it for me, hopefully your video will shed some light. This game lends itself perfectly to this sort of thing too
matthangzhou
Good stuff. I enjoy the game but am pants at it so I didn’t bother entering. Congrats on the awesome times everyone!
TSBonyman
Congrats DIF, i found the game a little bit frustrating at times but perfect for this type of competition.
R1MJAW
Well done captain, can’t wait to see the video.
In case anyone is wondering, I set my time on PS3 using the analogue stick and triggers control scheme … I never even thought about trying anything else.
FalconRedux
Nice one Death_in_Flamez! This was an excellent competition. I just broke the 36 second barrier but couldn’t do any better (playing on Vita with analogue sticks). Normally I would get the three medals on a track and then move on but this competition showed me how cool the Pitboard / Leaderboard mechanic can be. What a great game this is.
Kivi95
You don’t need to play gas with the analogue sticks on the psvita.
cnutard
I tried for about an hour but could only manage a 37 and gave up. Didn’t bother signing up, especially after R1MJAW informed me of Death_in_Flamez! Congratulations, it’s an impressive time.
justboy
Well done to all those mentioned in the article!
I was around the 38 second mark. I can’t fathom how someone could have done this 7seconds quicker though. Almost convinced they were lucky and all the cars to be over taken piled up somehow!
Looking forward to seeing the video.
GregHorrorShow
Congrats to the winner – I was well off the pace with about 39 secs!
Death_In_Flamez
Thanks guys! ^^ Hopefully vid should be done for today but cannot guarantee anything
CarBoyCam
Congratulations Kirk! Now get back practising F1 against the AI! ;) :P