As long as the runs are recorded from start to finish and the video is posted publicly, it's totally fine

Most of my runs are clean, this is one of the exceptions. I'll consider what you said and see if I have time to re-run it this weekend.

I could but the rules allow wallriding in standard races and it is, unfortunately, faster this way. Plus I really don't have time to re-run it.

No rw stands for no rewinds, a standard rule imposed by this site.

It's by Creed ZaDe and it's called goliath 8:25 I believe

I think the usage of a different transmission is simply an indication of the driver's skill and is not game-changing enough to impact WR times posted on this site. In reality, very little time is saved by using M/c instead of automatic, but seeing the top times on a leaderboard played with m/c exclusively may give one the impression that such a change can lead to several seconds shaved off, which is not the case. Those players are incredibly talented no matter the transmission they use but of course they prefer the more skillful and rewarding option if is available.

You can improve the run even more by doing 2 things:

1. use m/c instead of automatic
2. turn off notifications so you don't have to wait for the rewards to go away after a race

Isn't this supposed to be ALL pr the stunts? Not just the speed traps?

Sounds fun

@YUMmy_Bacon5 thanks a lot for all the directions given, I'll contact as many people as needed until the issue is solved. I also suspected @DragonQwertik for cheating in least on of his replays runs he posted and his response was that the other mods allowed it because the community didn't know that rewinds are not shown in a replay back then. However, such an argument is foolish in my opinion. Just because the overall community wasn't aware doesen't mean that you weren't, it proves nothing.

Well to put it simply, there is a glitch that can be performed in a section of the game called the Event lab, where you somehow give yourself double the usual amount lf torque and that results in the car being faster than what is normaly possible. I have no idea how to perform that glitch, I just know it exists and it involves around the Even lab section which I did not use in any of my submitted runs. I have messaged @Phineapoo about it just now without a response yet. I came and asked here in hopes that a higher ranked moderator might see and help me somehow

Yep, that's them. I talked to Dragon and, while he aknowledged the fact that the S2 runs that he rejected are legit, he did so because of "prior cheating" The X class runs were the problem. Go ahead and tell me if they look suspicious in any sort of way, I'm more than open to debate them, unlike DragonQwertik.

Well here are the links (I hope they work) https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_LOOKOUT_CIRCUIT#S2 https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_RIVIERA_SPRINT#X https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_CHIHUAHUA_CIRCUIT#X https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_COPPER_CANYON_SPRINT#X https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_DESCANSAR_DORADO_SPRINT#X https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_EMERALD_CIRCUIT#X https://www.speedrun.com/forza_horizon_5/Road_Racing_-_DUNAS_BLANCAS_SPRINT#X

The vidoes look exactly like the ones he provided, except I use kph and they use mph. The tunes I used were Goliath 8:45 by vnx Codcaos for circuits and WR 8:25 by Creed Zade for sprints. Feel free to test these tunes and compare them in order to see that I have not lied about them, like DragonQwertik believes.

No, I haven't, tho it's a great idea. Thanks for the advice. Am I supposed to just explaim him the situation in private through a message?

Hi! A few days ago I submitted a few World Record runs in the X class subcatgeories of Forza Horizon 5's Road Racing series. On most of those tracks, the #1 position is held by one of the moderators for that game, DragonQwertik. The videos I sent as proof were identical to the ones he sent, starting and ending at the exact same time, containing the same race and presenting no attempt of any kind of cheating. They were, however, shortly rejected by him with the reason of "being torque boosted" and as a result, cheating in his eyes. However, there is no evidence to suggest that I was in an Event lab where I can modify my torque in order to achieve faster times, especially considering the fact that I sent him the public tunes that I used so he can see for himself that the car acts the same for everyone. I decided to livestream my next runs. I managed to get 22 WRs in the S2 categories of the same leaderboards in a 3h 30min long livestream. But even so, the runs I sent from that livestream were rejected because of "prior cheating" which I find to be ridiculous and unacceptable. And when I asked DragonQwertik for evidence that supports my "cheating" he failed to provide any and avoided the question. I ask another moderator to look into this matter and make things right, this is absurd and I cannot believe I had to resort to writing down a forum thread in order to seek help for this. I would love to provide pictures of our private conversations or of all the runs he rejected but there is no way to attach screenshots here so I will just leave a link to the livestream I mentioned earlier: