Checkline report

Update Mar 10. high-in-the-sky was moved from list IV to list III.
Last update (addition of latest revisions): May 06, 2024.

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If you can find your track in the lists I, II, III below, then I probably
think its checklines are bad to the extent there are MAJOR exploits,
intentional or not.

Please fix the checklines if you do not intend this track to be exploited like
this: https://youtu.be/Yjup6E1aORU (in case of one checkline), or in another,
not less alogical way. If you don't know how to place checklines but still
made a track from this list, check out some tutorials I guess...

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If a track is in the list IV, I still suggest you to review checklines,
as they might be skippable and laps could be lost. The reasons why a track
can end up in the list are: exactly 2 but good checklines; checklines don't
allow exploits, but can be skipped (easily or not).

So basically I was too picky and put anything I doubt in here. Tracks in this
list might be also ok (e.g. those with visible checkline indicators).

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Please put checklines in such a way that it is impossible to avoid them.
Or almost impossible. Don't rely on "players will go along the road anyway".
They can be pushed out, they can jump, they can do whatever they want.
Don't make people do one more lap only because someone pushed you out.
One checkline is never enough. Two checklines can be exploited if you put them
in a risky way.

At the same time, don't make checklines too wide, as they can be also crossed
offroad. Best way is to put a visual indicator, or, even better, a physical
object that would prevent players on the road from skipping the checkline,
while the checkline wouldn't go out of that object from the other side.

Make sure checklines are high enough, duplicate and move them up by 4 units
if needed. Make sure players cannot manipulate the driveline to rescue to
a good spot, like in Milky Five Speedway.

Don't make the track too annoying by making offroad slowing you down by 90%.
putting invisible walls everywhere and similar things.

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List I. Tracks with ZERO checklines

calm-village
holiday4way1

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List II. Tracks with one checkline

alpine-2_1
amazonian-journey
baseball-field
bebelious-circuit-1
bebelious-circuit-1_1
classic-mines
classic-subsea
classic-tollway_1
coyote-canyon_1
doing-the-dishes
easy-drive
flat-track
fort-magma-old-stk-0-8-1
grand-coastia--not-complete--
high-mountain-race-track
in-a-cave
in-a-pit-ii_1
jungle-2---land-of-the-jumps_1
lava-fields
lost-speedway
magic-cross
night-by-the-sea
old-amazon-jungle
old-blackhill-mansion
old-england3
old-fort-magma_1
old-lighthouse
old-math-class
old-mine--edit-
old-minigolf-mischief
old-scotland
old-shifting-sands
old-zen-garden_1
on-the-beach_3
random-roads
sewer
skyline
subsea-2021-upgrade
the-cube_1
the-old--old-mine
the-old-mine
the-old-west_4
tux-racer
unter-dem-meer-2021-upgrade
valley-house
what-a-mesh

Also tracks from gamebanana:

n64ws

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List III. Other tracks with major exploits

abandoned-city
adventure-track
animtrack_1
around-the-box_2
cartoon-track--error-
circuit-board
cross-race
cz45-skhaiway
eight-j
ernu--circuit
extreme-dimension
fast-valley
in-the-top-track
high-in-the-sky
kota-lava
lacer-trac
le-tour-de-l-antarctique
ljubljana
llsp03
llsp06
milky-five-speedway
mountain-village
myoldtrack
mystery-island_1
mystic-island
old-around-the-lighthouse
old-crescent-crossing
old-farm_1
old-green-hill
old-rome
old-snowmountain
old-traditional-shifting-sands
old-xr591
party-in-the-lake_1
party-night-forest
peaceful-park
racetrack
rosalyn-s-basement
rt1-ernu-circuit
rt7-new-racetrack_1
sand-land
scary-swamp
sea-race
shiny-suburbs
strandvoort
teamwork_1
teamwork_2
the-bad-island
the-dark-chaos
the-island
the-ring-of-sand
the-rock
umbilic-torus
xuniav
yes-i-m-serious
zenith-race_1

Also tracks from gamebanana:

gcnmb
n64-bowsers-castle

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List IV. Tracks where I have doubts about checklines, or they are skippable

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alternate-ice-mine
alternate-mine_2
ampfing
around-the-forest-lake
around-the-sea
art-museum
at-the-top-of-the-volcano
at-the-top-of-the-volcano_1
bbr-01
bbr-01-wood
bbr-04
bbr-04-rock-stadium
beam-runner_1
beehive--beta-
black-forest
blackhill-mansion
bonebreaker
bovine-barnyard_1
bowling
canyon-42
carnaval-del-cacao
carousel
centup-meshurion
charmey
cheat-cake
chemisay
china
city-lights
city-lights_1
clash-o-8
cocoa-temple--light-
coconut-mall
corkscrew
crickets-were-here
cube_1
dale-tunnel
dangerous-mini-plateau
demon-ravine
dirty-stunts
down-by-the-river
druid-star
dry-sand
dyson-speedway
espie
evergreen-forest
experimental-plane_1
final-gloom
forza
four-paths
frozen-drive
green-canyon
green-valley
grubby-tricks
hacienda--edit-_1
happiz-sadoor
hawkgale-motorway
imminent-cold-effects
in-the-lair-of-the-volcano
industry
interplanetary
jungle-cave
kapman-island-resort
kart-track
karwada
kristi-s-park
lake-ikeal
las-dunas-stadium
leaf-clouds
litspore-moor
llsp01_1
llsp05
lm-track
maple-overpass
maple-overpass---short
mars-park
mesa-party
mlungkermlungker
mod-circuit
narrow-woods
negative-land
noinexsu-shore
nolok-s-factory
nostalgia
old-hacienda
old-snow-peak
on-an-iceberg
original-shifting-sands
palm-coast
palm-valley
paper-arena
paradise-peaks
parking-drift
party-in-forest
pinguino-square
pipe-track
pipe-track-space-race
powder-rush
quattreo
racer_1
racetrack-remake
rainbow-in-a-prison
red-bovine-ring---south-track
roadraces
roadraces-starry-night
rock-stadium
rock-stadium-moon
rock-stadium-moon_1
rt1
rt2-sunset-speedway
rt3-pit-time
rt4-crowded-stadium
rt5-lime-windland
rt7-retro
salzfelden
sandstorm-swirl
screwscraper
scrupt
sewer-newgen
sewer-newgen-performance
shimotsuma-sweeper
slim-line-slits
smash-dark
snow-peak-rework
snow-weeks
sooth-cavern
space-cake
stadium-v
standoor-elevin
stardust-terrains
stormy-pier
subsea
subway
sunshine-speedway
supertux-canyon
supertux-island-resort
supertux-raceway
sweet-cake
syncopia---race-track
teknofest-parkur
terabite
termashein-dragester
thanato-1-aware-
the-farm
the-old-island
the-old-island_2
the-parking
timberland-dash
toy-block-raceway
tux-island
tux-island-night
tuxis-wooden-road
two-way-road
untested-place
valles-marineris
volcano-island--edit-
what-a-great-game
whip-cliff
wild_west
woodromo
wreckboor
x-treme-track
yeskindo-noormimiz
zejumio

Also tracks from gamebanana:

agb
asplain
ShroomRidge
snes_mc1

Also standard tracks:

black_forest
candela_city
cocoa_temple
cornfield_crossing
hacienda
mines
ravenbridge_mansion
snowtuxpeak
stk_enterprise
xr591

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USC tracks are deliberately excluded from the lists, as the checkline
placement is intentional. Some other WIP tracks were excluded. The lists can
have mistakes. If you are working on a track, make sure your checklines
and drivelines are ok. Thanks

— kimden, 2024-03-08