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Welcome to the Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for September 2024!
The MTC is a track building contest hosted by TrackmaniaExchange which challenges you to build a map with a specific theme. Later, all the tracks are rated and a winner is found.
There are no prerequisites or qualification requirements to enter; just read the theme below, hop in your editor, and submit a track before the deadline!

As summer winds down, this might be the last chance you have to get a good swim in. Might as well give the car a dip, too!

Theme: Sliptember

• The car must have wet tires for two thirds (~66%) of the map
  
• A 10% score bonus will be given if the car has wet tires for 90% of the map
  
• You can use the Openplanet plugin Dashboard to see when your tires are wet
  
• To be specific, "wet tires" refers to any time where at least one tire has at least 1% wetness

General Rules

• One entry is allowed per user. Multi-author maps count as the single entry for all authors involved
  
• "MTC" must be present in the track name as it appears on TMX. Example: "the wetness | mtc" or "[MTC] Hydroplaning!!!"
  
• All entries must be built using the latest version of the game
  
• All entries must be built specifically for this MTC
  
• Blockmixing, Offgrid mapping, and Embedded Items are allowed
  
• Texture mods are allowed
  
• Royal tracks are not allowed
  
• Stunt tracks are not allowed

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

Submitting and Deadline

• Submit your course to the MTC mappack before the deadline below
  
• Submissions may be freely updated within the submission period
  
• The earliest deadline for submissions is the end of October 5th. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread
  
• Everyone will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits to their submissions
  
• After this, you may not make any more updates until after the results are published

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 winning track will be featured on the TrackmaniaExchange front page!

Judging

• For judging, we will be using a public voting system
  
• A server will be opened for about a week that anyone can play the MTC maps on
  
• Anyone can vote by using the server's karma system
  
• More details on this will be provided in this thread once voting opens

Good luck! If you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread or in Discord! Now then, get to building!

Hey y'all
I don't want to lose my streak on MTC participation, but I really don't see myself making a wet route this month so...

I'm opening myself to help with something for co-authoring in a map that's going to be applied for this month's MTC: willing to do things other than the route (like scenery, gps, mediatrack, thumbnail, etc...). DM if interested in a collab

ForSureItsMe says:
Hey y'all
I don't want to lose my streak on MTC participation, but I really don't see myself making a wet route this month so...

I'm opening myself to help with something for co-authoring in a map that's going to be applied for this month's MTC: willing to do things other than the route (like scenery, gps, mediatrack, thumbnail, etc...). DM if interested in a collab

Aw. I wish I would have seen your post sooner (just submitted my map). I would have enjoyed the collaboration. DM me if you don't feel up to making a full map in the future--I take part in most MTCs.

ForSureItsMe says:
Hey y'all
I don't want to lose my streak on MTC participation, but I really don't see myself making a wet route this month so...

I'm opening myself to help with something for co-authoring in a map that's going to be applied for this month's MTC: willing to do things other than the route (like scenery, gps, mediatrack, thumbnail, etc...). DM if interested in a collab

Well... I did it? YIPPIE!!! 🎉

Is it just me or did Nadeo give an update to the physics between October 2-5?

I just noticed something wrong today (Oct-5) and my track may have a slight issue because of it...or I just screwed something up on it. Anyway, its submitted and I'll just have to live with it.

Submissions are closed! You've got 24 hours from this post to make any final edits

DeSterben says:
I just noticed something wrong today (Oct-5) and my track may have a slight issue because of it...or I just screwed something up on it.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were some small physics tweaks with the latest update, but I don't recall any mentioned in the update post. You've still got a little bit of time to fix your map's issue, if you need to.

You know the drill. We've got 13 maps. We need help finding out which one's the best. You can play some good maps and help us with that.
Here's how to vote:

Method 1: Room Voting
Nice and easy. Just hop into the MTC room and vote as you play!

• Go to the "MTC" room found in the TM Exchange club
  
• When you're on a map, send one of these vote messages into chat to vote:
  • -- = 1 point (bad)
    
  • - = 2 points
    
  • +- = 3 points
    
  • + = 4 points
    
  • ++ = 5 points (good)
• If you need to change your vote on a map, just send your new vote in chat. Only the most recent vote on each map is recorded
  
• The jukebox and voting are enabled, so feel free to request, extend, and skip maps

Method 2: Google Form Voting
Great if you like taking your time with the maps. This lets you give more detailed votes and even leave comments for the mappers!

• First, go to this form: https://forms.gle/xqF97J5yJYe5JZrB9
  
• For each map, give a score between 1 (bad) and 5 (good). Decimals are allowed!
  
• If you have comments, add them after your score
  
• Example: 4.2 - Fun route, but boring scenery
  
• If you don't want to vote on a map, simply don't leave a score. You can leave a comment without a score, if you wish

General Voting Info

• Voting will last for at least one week
  
• The map with the highest average rating wins!
  
• Everyone can vote! If you made a map, your vote on your own map WILL be counted (feel free to give it a ++ !)
  
• You do not need to finish a map to vote on it, but please give it your best effort!
  
• You must vote on at least half of the maps for your votes to count
  
• If you liked a map, please leave it an award
  
• If you have any feedback, please leave a comment on the map's page

MTC Hangout Session
On October 15th at 8:00 PM EDT (or 2:00 AM CEST on the 16th), join us in the MTC room as we play through all the maps! This will take around 1.5 hours, and you're free to pop in whenever and for however long you like. This is a great chance to vote on the maps, or at least try them out. I hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, start driving and get voting!

dang, i thought hangout session was tonight, but I see I was wrong. Was looking forward to this one!

alo, this was my first time entering into an MTC, not sure if results have rolled out or where I'd find them and I'm curious to see how I did

You haven't missed anything. Results will be posted here once they're done, and they'll be posted to the MX Discord server as well. Speaking of, because I forgot to announce voting in the Discord until about a week ago, the voting period will for sure keep going for another day or two. Even after that, it'll probably take until the weekend for me to actually get the results posted.