Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for April 2021! Like an ugly growth, Arkive's still sticking around as this month's host!




In the MTC, your task is to build a track on a given theme. Later, all the tracks are rated and a winner is found.





Theme of the Month: Micro Machines




Build a multilap course with a RC car perspective!




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Theme Specific Rules

• The majority of the course should be driven with one or more custom cameras. They should provide an overhead perspective, as if you're controlling a RC car. Whether the camera(s) follow the car, provide a full course view, or behave otherwise is up to you!
  
• The map must be a multilap map at least 2 laps in length.


General Rules

• You may submit one track maximum
  
• Duo tracks are allowed, but each map counts as one track for each author involved
  
• MTC should be present in the track name. Example: "MiniMania {mtc}" or "mtc | rather condensed" (check that any special characters do not break in the TM or MX track name)
  
• The track should be built in the most recent version of the game
  
• All environments are allowed
  
• All titlepacks are allowed
  
• Blockmixing is allowed
  
• Envimixing is allowed
  
• Embedded items are allowed
  
• Stadium64 base is allowed
  
• TMUF cars are allowed
  
• Mods are allowed (remember to include locators!)
  
• Press Forward, Left, Right, or similar tracks are NOT allowed
  
• Courses requiring OpenPlanet are NOT allowed

If you have any questions or would like to contest a rule, feel free to ask!


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Deadlines

• Your track should be uploaded before the end of May 8th at midnight EST. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread, which will likely occur the following EST morning
  
• Tracks submitted within the deadline will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits
  
• Public voting will go from May 9th to May 16th or until the internal judging is finished, whichever occurs later
  
• Results are calculated and posted soon after public voting closes



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Prizes
Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I wasn't around then, but maybe some of you still remember him? )
The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)

How to Submit

• You MUST upload your map to this map-pack and optionally post a link to your map in this thread
  
• You can update your track within the deadline as many times as you want
  
• Submitted courses may be updated within 24 hours of submissions closing, in case of any necessary last minute changes; new courses may NOT be submitted in this time frame
  
• Updating your track after the revision deadline has passed will lead to a disqualification. You are free to update your track once the results are published

Judging: Public and Internal
We will use a mixture of 75/25 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2, and 50/50 for 3+

• Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (your score on your own map will be removed, so give it whatever you want!)
  
• Every track will be judged with marks from 0 (bad) to 10 (good). All votes greater than/equal to 7 or less than/equal to 4 require constructive feedback on why you gave it that score
  
• Note that you have to judge a stage entirely! You cannot judge only half of it. If you are not able to finish the map, your vote can still count! Please only leave that as a very last resort, and still judge the entire map fairly
  
• You must play and vote on all tracks for your votes to count
  
• You need to verify your vote by making a post here (for example: "Voted ")
  
• One best and one worst vote for each map will be ignored if more than 10 people vote
  
• The internal judging will note some detailed feedback with points based on categories (Theme [20p], Creativity [10p], Fun [10p], Detail [10p])

Good luck, and if you have any questions, please ask!

Might as well see this month's theme as an opportunity to make yet another variant of my Tunnel & Drifts map

Really like the idea of this theme!

Submissions are officially closed! All participants have 24 hours from this post to make any last minute updates to their maps! The public voting sheet should be ready sometime tomorrow.

April 2021 Public Voting Link: https://forms.gle/3gzrEybNojFyy3B29

This month there's 3 maps! Download them here.

In the voting sheet, give your score before your feedback (0 to 10, decimals are allowed). If you have comments, leave them right after your score. For example:

8.6 - A bit rough, but really creative!

• Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (your score on your own map will be removed, so give it whatever you want!)
  
• Every map will be judged with a decimal number from 0 (bad) to 10 (good). All votes greater than/equal to 7 or less than/equal to 4 require constructive feedback on why you gave it that score
  
• Note that you have to judge a stage entirely! You cannot judge only half of it. If you are not able to finish the map, your vote can still count! Please only leave that as a very last resort, and still judge the entire map fairly
  
• You need to verify your vote by making a post here (for example: "Voted ")
  
• One best and one worst vote for each map will be ignored if more than 10 people vote
  
• The overall score will be a mixture of the average public score and the average internal score
  
• The mixture will be 75/25 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2, and 50/50 for 3+
  
• You must be able to play and vote on all maps for your votes to count

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A panel of judges will also judge the maps.
This internal voting will follow the format of:
Theme (20p) | Creativity (10p) | Fun (10p) | Detail (10p)

All public voting will soft close on May 18th, 2021 at midnight EST. After that, you may still vote until the internal judges complete their voting.

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Larentz zips into first!

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• I like to give extra points for the feeling of being back in the childhood and playing a well-made 80s 2D game. - Klaus
  
• I was afraid that lagoon car would be too fast for this, but you handle it quite well with the many offroad sections. - eFFecT
  
• Not too hard and pretty fun. - skybaxrider

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plantathon swings into second!

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• Island car at these speeds is well suited for this style! - skybaxrider
  
• Camera perspective is cool and different from the others. - eFFecT
  
• Just good work. - Klaus

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Roche slips into third!

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• Fun turn combinations, getting the autodrifts feel very satisfying, I liked the challenge. - eFFecT
  
• A worthy addition to the tunnels&drifts series. - skybaxrider

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Congratulations to our winners!

Each winner gets a news showcase of their choice for placing in the top 3.

Here's the link to the full results sheet.

Thanks to all participants this month for joining in the contest, thanks to all those who publicly voted and gave their feedback.

Hey, if you're looking for more MTC action, both the TM2 and TM2020 MTCs are in full swing! I hope to see you at one (or both!) of them. Thanks again for participating!