Hey folks. A long, long time ago I forged a map on foundry called Fail Valley International Speedway. It was a simple oval, fun to race, but too short to make use of the Racetracks gametype.

Anyway, with Sandbox released and an entire new palette of forge features available I thought I'd have a second crack at an oval racetrack. Thus, Fail Sands Speedway was born :

My good friend Puppy was kind enough to make this short introductory video to Fail Sands International Speedway. Thanks puppy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTcohpxYRu8

Fail Sands features four right angle corners on a banked, perfectly smooth racetrack. The inside of each corner features aggressive curbing to make cutting the corner more difficult.

All eight mongooses (mongeese) spawn in their own 'pit box' with staggered spawns - meaning the person starting in first place takes the longest time to get to their goose and out onto the track. The track also features four spectator boxes accessible via a teleporter near the pits. These allow for anyone not participating in the racing to watch the action from 'camera-like' positions.

Fails Sands comes in two versions - one with the customary teleporter/grav lift arrangement at the finish line (Special version) and one without (Speed version). I personally found that the 'gate' is very detrimental to the overall feeling of speed especially on such a short map. Of course, it is up to you to decide which one to use but both will be made available for download.

Myself and everyone who I have played it with have found it to be an extremely enjoyable map to race on. It may not be difficult, technical of challenging but it's riot to play this with a full party of eight - everyone of whom thinks it is their right to lead into the first corner!

Fail Sands Stats :

Lap Length : 265 metres (approx)
Lap Time - Ungated (mongoose) : 12 seconds (approx)
Lap Time - Gated (mongoose) : 13 seconds (approx)
Suggested gametype : Racetracks
Suggested number of laps : 10 (sprint - approx 2 minutes), 50 (endurance - approx 10 minutes)
Suggested players : 1-8 (the more the merrier!)

Download Links :

Fail Sands Speed (Ungated)
Fail Sands Special (Gated)

Thanks to Puppy and Papa Cap X for a large amount of advice and assistance and thank you to the (too many to name) racers who helped me perfect it.

Go out there and race, and keep on forging!!

A very brief sidenote : I am well aware that this track is 'easy' and 'boring' in your opinion. Commenting as such in not welcome!

Thanks for checking out my map and I hope you enjoy it.

Penguin.