Beyond the testing that I did, not really. I feel like it doesn't live up to the standards set by the Trenga, Trinity, and Nac's.

I did do some testing and it does seem that Acc. vs Top Speed has no effect, which is strange because in ATV1 it does make a big difference. I don't have the videos anymore. I cleared them out afterward to keep space in my PC. Not sure about the other two options because they aren't as easy to test as speed and acceleration are.

See I did go somewhere with no bumps. Every ATV reached a certain top speed during the test and that's where they capped out. It wasn't like they were still getting faster and they just reached the end. They just stopped going faster.

I did 0-50 cuz only 6 ATVs made it to 60 mph which makes me wonder how you got a top speed of 68 for the racing ATVs.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16txxkkUhnqu8KRHL0HxpEDkEvF8YDqGGlYpAXSvN2eY/edit?usp=sharing

Here is the link to the results of some testing I did. It was done at the start of lap attack on amherst. Timing was stopped on the first frame each ATV hit the toughblock at the end. All ATVs were tuned to max acceleration, tightest handling, and hardest suspension. I might run these tests again with max top speed instead.

I definitely don’t think that tuning the ATVs is a placebo effect. Just as a quick example my 16.86 lap on Prospect was set with a B6000 tuned to max acceleration. I have never gotten a sub 17 with it set to max Top Speed.

However, I do have a way to test this. At least for top speed and acceleration. I have a spreadsheet where I raced every ATV in the game in a straight line, kind of like a drag strip and documented their times, time from 0-50, their top speed, and how long it took to reach their top speed. I can run the tests again with tuning set to top speed to see how much it differs. All I know is in ATV1 the tuning does make a BIG difference so it would be weird to me that they would change that.

Also. I actually just thought of this. Do you play on NTSC or on PAL

As for freestyle, even when I was younger I never really delved into it so it's pretty dormant.

Discord is kind of just a chatroom for gamers kind of lol.

Before you commented this I actually brought up the idea of setting up a separate tab for times set without the ORT or B6000. Not sure if we will do it or not but it's definitely an idea.

The Nac had been considered the best for awhile but I have done some testing recently and found that on some tracks there are better options. For example, I feel the best ATVs to use for each Amateur Nationals tracks are as follows

Prospect: Trenga Tioga: Trenga Arlington: Nac's Rockbridge: Trenga Freeport: Nac's

But that is just from recent testing. I still may find better alternatives as this is really the first time one of us has branched off of the Nac's. How do you usually set your ATVs? I know we usually them to Tight handling and Hard suspension. I'll tune the top speed vs acceleration based of the ATV I'm using.

Yes I mentioned it in the discord that if I had to bet on it a lot of your better times would probably be in the enduro category. For some reason I don't get as much enjoyment out of the enduro tracks in this game which is weird considering enduro is my specialty in ATV1. I'm sure I could get some major improvements if I took the time to grind them but realistically I don't have the motivation to without some decent competition. To answer your question about Enduro being 5 laps for ILs there are 2 reasons for it.

1. We honestly forgot that enduro was set to 3 laps by default considering it's 5 laps in ATV1.
2. Considering all the Nationals and Supercross were 5 laps it was best for consistency purposes to make enduro 5 laps as well.

I planned on doing some Enduro championship runs coming up but I got a little sidetracked cuz I ran a bunch of ATV1 and started breaking in to the MX vs ATV series. I'll definitely come back to it at some point.

Also, I know you don't use the super ATVs cuz the times don't save but you should check out some of the times we've set with them and see how close you get. I know the 16.85 Prospect Springs lap is incredibly fast as is the time for the full race. Tioga Valley and Amherst are really fast too. I also hope that Caribou Peak is up there as I feel it's my best track but haven't had any true competition to compare it to.

I got a few questions about some things that stand out to me about some of your times. Not questioning the legitimacy just wondering about some improvements. For your 4:55 Arlington Stream, 4:58 Freeport Harbor, and 8:10 Caribou Peak, what ATV and setup did you use? I know on Arlington at least I tend to use the Nac's but have only got a sub 1 minute lap once and tend to average in the high 1:00 to low 1:01 per lap with it.

Like I said you could always join our discord even if it is just to lurk to see our thoughts about stuff here and goals we set. Plus if you ever do decide to officially submit for records you are already in the discord server for it.

PS. Thanks. I really hope that I would know what I'm doing. Lol. This was the first game I truly put a lot of time into when I was young so I guess you could call this a piece of my childhood.

In regards to championships you are allowed to restart the first race as many times as you want however if you restart any race beyond the first one you have to add whatever time you were at when you restarted to your total as they have to be done in one continuous run. Changing ATVs is allowed between races in a championship.

In regards to posting pictures I believe that is allowed although I would message NuMetalz to confirm. We also have a discord server where you can ask questions and give or receive feedback on runs.