A Bobsleigh Cup of the Day with Insane Fights!

Yesterday at Trackmania's Cup of the Day, we played a bobsleigh map!
The map itself was rather easy and simple, therefore the rounds on this map were insanely tight. Especially for non-bobsleigh players it was very difficult to gain any more time after having a clean run already.
Cup of the Day (COTD) is the biggest competition in TrackMania with thousands of players each day that is getting played on the latest Track of the Day being available for everyone with a paid access to the game.
Format explanation:
-15min time attack seeding
-players will be put into divisions of 64 according to the final ranking after the seeding
-knockout mode of these 64 players in each division until 1 player wins with the following knockout repartition: 64-17 players = 4 KOs/round; 16-9 players = 2 KOs/round; 8-2 players = 1 KO/round
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[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Granady got 42.165 twice in a row in qualifying, then right after Granady got a PB, Marius drove a 42.165
Then when Granady got a 42.152, Marius got a 42.152 soon after.
Insane.

[@TheAstraios]

They generally aren’t the more exciting tracks but they are really satisfying to get right as an average player.

[@uku5840]

If most bob is either AK3 OR 4. Probably the optimal steering range is around 70% within +/-15%.
Unfortunately, for streamer-man, the steering on screen is usually at 90%+.

[@grimreefer213]

So Catzii steers 80% in almost all of the turns but Atrick just smooth steers the entries and full steers every turn and it’s pretty much identical. If you watch their records now it looks like it’s just one car driving so there’s basically no difference except for the fact you can smooth steer on controller.
I think they’re doing small tricks in the entries and exits which gains them a little bit of speed which snowballs, and just driving extremely clean lines of course. But to the non bob pros the style can feel like an rng slot machine whether you lose or gain speed

[@lukocius]

Check emlan video, 80% only after some time in 20% and 100% when enough speed is gained with 80%

[@grimreefer213]

@@lukocius Well that’s what I thought that under 380 ish speed you want to steer 80%, but Atrick is full steering every turn on this particular map and the result is the same. So I guess the moral of the story; if you’re on keyboard then do what Emlan and Catzii do, if you’re on controller or wheel then watch Atrick, he pretty quickly smooth steers up to 100%, but on keyboard your inputs will probably be slightly different.

[@Bagomaster]

This track was also a part of the EVO bob server for atleast a week before CotD

[@lukocius]

Emlan has a bob steering inputs explanation video ft Catzii
The trick is to change steering gradually, start with 20% then to 80% and only then 100%. This give much more speed. Would be interesting how optimal steering looks on wheel :)

[@Vvopat96]

Perfect steering amount depends how tight the corner is and what's the speed, I don't know how you figure it out for me it's just trial and error which was faster and steering the perfect amount perfect time at the entry and stopping at exist gains time. Like long slow corner are less than 100% or something, not 100% sure though but like very slow corners tapping ak 4 is fastest sometimes even tapping ak 3.
Catzi does exit wiggle on the run you watched, you see he does quick steer at the exit of first bob and the entry was more no slide than yours, that's were the time comes, maybe also some timing the steering better.
That sideways entry also works sometimes because you enter the fast no slide bob line quicker like you loose more time sliding in the bob itself than outside of it but I think it's rarely ideal, you wanna get them both smooth.

[@user-rz7vc8ny6v]

We all agree the stupid roller coaster beach map was ABSOLUTELY GARBAGE

[@jamesdocker4402]

Scrapies inputs showed me the way to bob

[@ibaraki_douji]

this one was a good map i manage to win div 3, so i'm happy :)

[@Giladmar]

Mhm

[@FirePlayer62]

Mhm

[@quetschmasterv.5107]

Mhm

[@mihcai]

Mhm

[@ole256]

Mhm

[@MrPlayaaah]

Mhm

[@JustSomeGoy]

I bonked the start and was out first round 😂

[@DouglasFish]

I loved this map last night