There's something I've been thinking about for a while and I wanted to share it. Right now we are accepting screenshots as proof of a pb or a WR. Which is basically fine.
If we have a track time, the best imho would be a picture of the endscreen after the run, where the run time can be seen (the one with all three laps or the one where it's compared with the ghost). If it's a lap time it obviously has to be a shot where the lap time can be seen (a shot taken during the run or a shot of the endscreen with all three laps). these screenshots are totally fine.
what could be a little "tricky" is, when the ingame "best times" pages are submitted as proof. we have always accepted these. but I feel like we shouldn't do that anymore. or at least we should be careful with these. and here's the reason:
when running the Pro championships the car gets a speed boost when it's on last place. the boost makes the car a lot faster. so if you wait like 1 or 2 minutes at the start of a track and fall back on last place, you can basically run the last two laps with a significantly higher speed. all of this is very fun and feels great (just try it, if you didn't know it, it's awesome). but there's one thing: the lap times you get during such runs - and you can get lap records - are saved in your "best times".
here's an example:
The lap time 35.86 was gotten with the speed boost. and it can be seen on the ingame "best times" page. this means "best times" pages can be "corrupted" and aren't always reliable.
I don't know if you could really benefit from the boost on every track (I just tried Snake Island). And I'm really not someone who wants to ban or forbid things. Just wanted to point this out.
Cheers to everyone!
That's why, if this community were to ever grow, it would be video evidence or nothing. However, I don't believe for a second that anyone in this community has submitted bogus times yet.
I don't believe that either. I have no doubts about any time that has been submitted here. we're a really chill and fun community. and I don't see any trouble here.
but stuff like that has happened in other communities as they grew. so I just wanted to make sure this issue is known.
Just to state my opinion: I think video proof should proabably be mandatory. Alternatively uploading ghost files for ILs. But it's not a big issue in a small community like this. My main reason is learning from other runs. Videos are worth so much to learn from.
