The Trackmania Shortcut That Was Hidden in Plain Sight

[@-dmm]

I swear this dude can turn a sentence into a 15 min video

[@ezecapo90]

oh man you had me laughing out loud! 😆

[@TheManaLord]

That's content creation

[@Pana_Kanel]

Ikr

[@davidlong3359]

The art of story telling : Why Wirtual routinely gets between 2 and 3 million views while having less than a millions subs.

[@lachlanmeijer8706]

is it bad thoe?

[@ReinBackline]

I love how half of these shortcuts are just "yknow, there's a clear path that can be taken but no, let's take this completely different path that requires far more skill and near luck based skill to complete it".

[@hamzasiddiqui1839]

No shit

[@averagebeetle]

I would argue you need more skill to pass through the trees at full speed than you need to perform a bug slide. Both setups are hard but after that there's more room for error in the trees shortcut

[@JustSumIdiot]

And they only save like 0.03 seconds anyway most of the time

[@dmarsub]

​@@averagebeetle agreed, wirtual didn't really show how many attempts and the level of skill people needed for this almost pixel perfect path, so many beginners will now think this was obvious.

[@Zalied]

the assumption tends to be that the higher skill trick is faster. an issue comes down to resets. if your not doing the insane trick staying on the track is faster. if your practicing the insane trick your resetting if you dont get it. So this middle ground just never felt faster so everyone constantly reset if they ever got close so no one would see the time save. Even if it did save a small bit of time the shortcut people are going for the harder clearly faster trick (in their minds) if their trick is barely faster why would this other way be. This is why in every game you see theirs 1 new tricks discovered every few years or so but not like 10 at once even though all those tricks were there day 1. (literally any speedrun, racing, mario,zelda anything) everyones too busy doing the 1 trick why complicate it. But once that one trick is done they find new tricks some very obviously right there if anyone checked. But the checkers were looking at other things

[@schizoidforjesus]

It really does baffle me how the Trackmania community can miss a fairly simple shortcut right in front of them but can at the same time discover the most elaborate bug-filled run in human history

[@jorishenger1240]

We are creative bastards (and sometimes luck and coincidence work out perfectly)

[@DemocratLibertarian]

Humans are not logic engines. In a laboratory with the finest prisms and lenses in the world, multiple microscopes and telescopes, the greatest genius in the history of the world missed a simple observation. If Isaac Newton had simply SEEN spectral lines, it would have altered world history.

[@RobertJohnson-fv7nu]

Agreed. I'll bet a lot of less experienced players who screwed up and ended in the trees discovered that there was enough space there, but didn't think anything of it - meanwhile the pros didn't even consider it because they'd never been bad enough to land there in the first place.... :)

[@AlexReynard]

I think you just answered your own question. If you're used to the mindset that new solutions require incredible complexity or perfection, it won't occur to you to think in terms of, 'How do I do it simpler?'

[@seoulstice85]

I swear, this is literally the first time I've heard of the game and I was seriously locked in. The narration was really captivating and the excitement of trying to beat each other's world records kept me interested.

[@GOTHICforLIFE1]

You should watch the rest he has. Like the world record he had on track 19 of some seasonal campaign. I discovered this guy yesterday, and i'm hooked. I tried trackmania when it was entirely new waaay back. Was fun as a kid, but holy moly what people can do with this game is insane. And Wirtual really manages to narrative this stuff to become intense and entertaining

[@ciaranconlon84]

I've been watching these videos for about 6 months now, still not inclined to play the game but love the videos. I wonder what the learning curve is like to get good enough to challenge a record and how many controllers you would smash against the wall along the way.

[@Heroicpro]

welcome to the club. Same experience with me on one of his other popular videos. Never heard of this game before that

[@michaelbarry6212]

yes

[@FurdoxArchive]

average Wirtual video

[@nathan.dunahoo]

I see peeps joking about how he can make a long vid out of a sentence, but honestly I had no idea this game existed before him. I enjoyed these videos so much I eventually started playing. That's quality content.

[@bornonthebattlefront4883]

And to be fair, the “history lesson” is necessary to build up what an accomplishment the short-cut was, explaining what everyone went through to find if, and the time it took, adds to the story Just saying “yeah they took 10 years to find this after someone tried it in the past” doesn’t explain the effort it took

[@Tomas-zc4nk]

Me too

[@gameknight.thump1]

Same

[@ThaRixer]

Crazy how such a short track can have a cut like that. Great work once again :)

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4OpZHtvj8Z7gaM finally it's here..

[@quippy1]

I love ur content

[@GeneralPurposeVehicl]

In Distance, this is an everyday level 1 skip that would get exploited on the first run. Seriously. I have entered many levels for the first time only to jump off the track moments later to reach the finish, bypassing 3 minutes of spaghetti in the process.

[@kimax8621]

vince staples profile pic or am i trippin

[@mditm6966]

what about A-0?

[@IDESTROYER236]

I don't even play Trackmania, but the way the video is edited and narrated makes it really enjoyable and understandable. Amazing as always, MufatTM.

[@Stratos4Kamikaze]

same, I never played this game but I got hooked

[@metalswifty23]

This video was riveting

[@vul-kyoul8839]

Great Job !

[@Dadusak]

Wirtual is a legend. He's gonna hit 1M subs making videos on a game that had virtually (pun intended) no KZbin presence before him.

[@Rafaelrgm]

I don't play the game, didn't even know it existed beyond a vague notion, hell, I don't even like pure racing games. And somehow still ended up watching regularly.

[@gredangeo]

@@Rafaelrgm The game would be more famous if Trackmania 2020 was on Steam though. That had limited the exposure of the game, and my only real sense of the existence of the game was due to those Press Forward tracks, and I had assumed at the time, that was all the game was. A wild level editor for crazy stunts. So I didn't really pay attention to it. It wasn't racing, like Need For Speed or Forza. It was only thanks to Virtual that I known about it in 2022 and that was still 2 years after it came out.

[@0xsergy]

@@Rafaelrgm good quality videos.

[@sutoraiku8769]

@@gredangeo Yes, precisely. I've played the game one time (because of wirtual). But open a lot of launchers sucks, i would play more if was on steam

[@Denqee7]

am i a joke to you? -riolu

[@koshkamatew]

I did manage to spot the shortcut! At the end of the video.

[@theAWPspammer]

Lmao

[@a.c.2659]

Lmfao

[@aussietyrant3896]

Lmsfao

[@BananaDude508]

lmusfao

[@why_i_game]

lmusafao

[@faheemsaiyed8094]

My man keeping the trackmania community alive with his amazing videos and research on track records. Keep up the amazing work. Love you and your videos.

[@jjen_]

incredible how active this game is nowadays. not many games get to stay in the light for this long!

[@rraaiin]

yeah this community is amazing

[@zinic53000]

Trackmania and AOE2. only 2 I can think of

[@antiktestere]

do not forget tf2, shit is immortal

[@CATTOCAT777]

@@antiktestere beat me to it, it's sad that valve forgot about it doe.

[@cncgeneral]

*Runescape has entered the chat*

[@Nature_Runes]

I've never played a Trackmania game in my entire life but i find myself watching these all the time. Its quite entertaining to watch for sure

[@francoisenouf8998]

It's all in the storytelling. It's like all these captivating documentaries about subjects you've never hear of.

[@Homerlad]

Same here, think this guys voice just brightens my day.

[@Jokervision744]

@@francoisenouf8998 I used to like the days when people didn't focus on that so much. That there were just short and fast videos. Fast sped up video that has points where you can freeze to see the details necessary to execute it yourself. Not saying anything about Wirtual's videos, they are nice.

[@patrickboyes8201]

I don’t play either and I’m in the same boat. I would like to take this light and recommend “Welyn” who plays rust. Any of his vids are purely awesome and the storytelling is unmatched

[@demonindenim]

​@@Jokervision744 I don't really understand what you're saying, if you want fast sped up videos just go to Tiktok. Besides, why would you want such a short documentary? They were never really shorter than what they are now. Personally, I love the common, shorter style KZbin format of 15-30 minute long documentaries. Sometimes I'll even go for one of those 1-2 hour long ones.

[@evanfury130]

Hefest might be my favorite recurring character in these videos. He's like the character in a sitcom where the crowd erupts into cheers and applause every time he shows up on screen. I hope he gets his own spinoff someday.

[@AMMARvx]

i dont even play trackmania but i cant forget that one video where he disappeared for like a year then came back breaking smth like 14 records at ONCE, then said “i’m not even done”, ever since then he’s my favorite character in the show!!(if anyone remembers which episode is that please let me know i forgot, also yes i said episode we running with the joke lol)

[@goodevil1242]

@@AMMARvx That was Racehans not Hefest

[@arciks11]

NORM!

[@mcdoonaldsmanager8706]

@@AMMARvx what episode was it

[@skraggle]

These breakdowns are incredibly well done and so much fun to watch. Appreciate you!

[@TurboInstynkt]

I haven't played trackmania for years, but watched the full thing - because of curiosity, your editing, voice, music! Everything fits the video perfectly!

[@JozoTm]

Unbelievable that we still find these cuts on 14 year old tracks. Surely this is the last cut that we found. *Clueless*

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4OpZHtvj8Z7gaM finally it's here..

[@zynet_eseled]

Never. Let's see how turbo can be broken. I've yet to see many videos on that one after all.

[@itisgort]

@BLU Purcha gort 🥵💦

[@kylebroflovski4092]

Unbeliavable!!!!

[@JamesSheldonUnofficial]

At yo

[@racetasclips1395]

This was a wonderful breakthrough of the history of A02-Race, simply amazing what we can acheive given time, effort & being just a little bit creative over time & cutting ideas. Edit: Thanks for 3:03 btw, you rock mate :)

[@want-diversecontent3887]

what !!!!!! hacker 13 day ago when video uploaded 2 minute

[@Aazel]

@@want-diversecontent3887 probably patreon or some paid service to have early access

[@racetasclips1395]

​@@want-diversecontent3887 Patreon access

[@alwayshasbeen]

He changed his PC 's date and time to comment on this

[@v1b3z77]

@@alwayshasbeen Would be so funny if that actually worked xD

[@schweizerkase8925]

Alyen might just be Trackmania's greatest acrobat. 4 years later I still can't believe how perfect that landing was (9:00). Great video as always

[@peacewasneveranoption4436]

12 days ago

[@Ankh_Ramses]

@@peacewasneveranoption4436 Patreon get early access

[@patrickbliss9264]

@@peacewasneveranoption4436 patreon access perhaps?

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4OpZHtvj8Z7gaM finally it's here..

[@Tr0llHunt3r]

I've never even heard of this game, let alone played it...and yet this man's ability to create a captivating story and narrate so fluidly, a game I'll never play is amazing. I find myself not only absolutely engaged, but genuinely ecstatic when new things are discovered and players feed off of each other's success to reach what used to be impossible records like this!

[@ooolol]

You stole my words

[@arthurius_3022]

The game is free you could play it anytime

[@Kaguoro]

Wirtual a true trackmania historian! I don't really know if there is content like these on other games. In depth videos, complete analysis, storytelling masterpieces. Amazing!

[@tokira1299]

Can recommend some documentaries of gbay99 on League; They might not be exactly the same, but I do believe they cater to a similar genre! There's also a video I just recalled, titled "GOD GAMERS - How A Child Prodigy Almost Rewrote Hollow Knight's Most Popular Speedrun" which might be even closer to Wirtual's speed-run // historian videos! Can recommend! Always love to see these type of masterpieces, so if anyone can recommend more... please do!

[@EliteElite]

Love these videos

[@Ishan.khanna]

You didn't even finish it yet

[@antsihoo]

Ayo. Elite wacthes wirtual?

[@funniface3190]

me need more gameplay vids (not saying the meme ones arent good)

[@LasCosasDeBrunin]

Elite here. Nice

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4OpZHtvj8Z7gaM finally it's here..

[@ziwuri]

Thank you Wirt for staying humble even with all of your success on Twitch. These documentary style videos are awesome and they're what introduced me to Trackmania. I don't know if you're making more money with these videos or by going live and playing COTD, but the latter would certainly be easier. Respect.

[@ziwuri]

@koiun dwrru This is a bot account.

[@mrcuckles9636]

I don’t play the game, I hadn’t even heard of it until KZbin recommended your video. A year later I get excited whenever I see an upload. You’re a very talented story teller mate. Perfect way to wind down and also just love the content and the grind the players put in to get records, it’s unbelievable. Please keep up the good work, much love from Bristol UK 🇬🇧

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

I found this a while ago when casually speedrunning Trackmania A02, but I ended up smashing into the trees so much that I gave up on it. A few weeks later and I find this video that basically proved I wasn't crazy for believing it was possible.

[@wolfking13]

Never played trackmania before, but have spent hours upon hours watching your videos. Great content, with fantastic research into the game, new shortcuts, the community, etc. Keep up the good work!

[@goodroyale8722]

widawy

[@Esgarpen]

TM community: This record is unbeatable. FWO members: *Is this some kind of joke I am too fast to understand?*

[@TorvaZero]

Hey wirt, is there a chance that you could do the stories behind players too? for eg, itd be cool to see how and why hefest started TM, What they were like at the start and all records he broke and more Just an idea but i think it could be cool

[@Nikolai0169]

Yeah, weve also seen Racehans pop up in a lot of these record videos, itd be nice to see the humble beginnings of these players.

[@robsonfujii461]

He could start with himself, Wirtual own beginnings.

[@9998thegrimeater]

Great idea I'd love to see that too

[@VochtigePizza]

Great idea, always fun seeing Racehans, Rollin and the gang but I always wonder if they are active in TM2020 aswell.

[@sessentanoveLIVE]

Ngl, this is a mega idea. I've been playing TM since it's beginning and I would love to see a mini series where Wirt would talk about players like racehans, hefest, rollin, plasto, simo and then maybe even have interviews with the gods of the game: eg. karjen, frost, carl jr. Or maybe talk about teams like FWO or the early times of Trackmania when you had ESWC, ESL or NC. Many fun and interesting facts out there that new players would love to know about.

[@SamuraiGuy]

9:42 This is the second time I've heard Distant Shores being played in the background of a video in the past few days. It makes me really happy that my childhood in Pixelmon is being carried on by internet historians like you and SunnyV2.

[@_FallenTurtle_]

It always fun to hear a pixelmon song randomly in a video

[@megan5869]

You're right, I thought why is it so familar and im about to do what called a "hey google. what is this music?" thing but I thought scrolling down in comment section first might be a good idea, and YES!

[@fluidcultist2591]

Pixelmon is still the best media of Pokémon for me, just makes you feel so immersed

[@jcgunther2092]

@@fluidcultist2591 agreed idk how nintendo allowed to to stay up. it was one of the most popular mods on the most popular video game. and they made nothing from it.

[@fluidcultist2591]

@@jcgunther2092 they didn't lol. They sent a cease and desist. The original mod shut down but some of the Devs thought "yeah nah fuck that" and made reforged and released everything. Which is why there are multiple versions now

[@milesmojave8223]

Quality video. Second video by this creator I've stumbled across and I enjoy his combination of passion and effort, yet calm videos that discuss a niche topic I never knew people were invested in. Bravo.

[@guillaumeboyer5473]

Those WR history of tracks are the best contents IMO, well done Wirtual.

[@PPedroFernandes]

After all these years, it feels incredibly weird to think of RaceHans hunting his first world record

[@EmilM-pb2hn]

... I don't want to be that guy, but when Wirtual said "I challenge you to see the shortcut", I thought to myself, "It couldn't be as simple as going through the gap in the trees could it?"

[@Infernogamer2000]

i thought is was that dirt ramp at the beginning but then after learning about the dirt speed well i thought that would be impossible

[@ieatcarsyum8248]

No you didn’t

[@cavanleichtman6170]

Because you didn't, he didn't?

[@aryashetty3924]

No you didn't

[@STN4D]

I don't play it so I thought you can just clip through the trees. I was half correct.

[@KaIa_V]

Wirtual expecting us to watch his video the second he posts it: *And then my viewers got this run*

[@trickygamer555]

Well you could still improve your time by going to the URL just before the video finished posting, but you tried your best.

[@ForcefighterX2]

With this skill in story telling, Wirtual may just turn out to be the best movie director of his generation.

[@noyezz3690]

you're a talented video editor, damn I'm always hooked to watch until the end, well done!

[@Sceptre1-1]

oh ryxstar

[@blakehagins3069]

Just so you know, the song starting at 9:43 was not listed anywhere in the description. It is Distant Shores (2016) - Chris Geddes, part of the Pixelmon OST.

[@swaggykarp2377]

if i saw this comment earlier it would have saved me the hassle of searching for it, ur an amazing person cus ik that u just made someone's day by telling them the name of the song

[@itheseacow7590]

do you know the song at around 5:00?

[@nhooli4145]

@@itheseacow7590 HOME - Head First

[@itheseacow7590]

@@nhooli4145 cheers, Shazam wasn't picking it up and the music in the description wasn't helping

[@xnopyt647]

How about 14:15?

[@dmarsub]

great video! I think wirtual didn't really show how difficult that new strategy is. (based on the comments) when he said "the very next day rollin got this run" that mean a lot of highly skilled players grinded this pixel perfect path for many hours.

[@ThomasWinget]

I mean...in the grand scheme of TMNF records that really isn't *that* long. I sure as fuck couldn't do it in a *thousand* hours, but everything is relative.

[@arciks11]

If high end TM player grinded it for a day it feels like it wasn't too absurd in grand scheme of things.

[@VladeM]

I have been waiting for another vid like this after watching all of them. Keep up the good work and keep grinding the game, you’re the reason I watch Trackmania!

[@dominikkochan6233]

It's like U find his channel, and U have to stay and watch all videos at once xDDD

[@VladeM]

@@dominikkochan6233 I swear man :))))

[@o0julek0o]

Every single one of the videos can be summed up like this: *"On this one trackmania track everyone thought the WR was set but actually no. So john set the WR again. And everyone thought the WR was set. But actually no. And everyone thought the WR was set. But actually no. And everyone thought the WR was set. But actually no. And everyone thought the WR was set. But actually no. And everyone thought the WR was set. But actually no. AND FINALLY the ultimate glitch where you fart on the keyboard while you complete the level, called 'fartboosting' by the players, was discovered, which cut down the time by one 69th of a second, bringing the WR time to just **4:20:00**. The end."* Fr tho, keep going, love these.

[@AyeAyeCaptainGaming]

Dude I lost your channel name a long time ago after watching one of your vids. I just got recommended this video and was so happy! Subbed this time immediately so I did not forget this time. Love your videos man, great stuff. I love the gaming community.

[@remor698]

Dangit, at the start of the video, I guessed the original two attempted shortcut routes more or less, minus the factor of a bugslide being part of the jump. The reason I didn't consider driving between the trees being a possibility was me seeing the bugslide jump. I thought, that whoever felt it necessary to incorporate a bugslide jump just to bypass the trees had to have already figured out, that there is no drivable route through those trees. It just goes to show how important it is to double check and try to rethink known theories from a blank slate standpoint.

[@kaldogorath]

Yeah, my first response was "how high do you jump?" and then either jump the side or go from the outside where you don't jump at all.

[@NabsterHax]

It's easy to get blinded by the fact the bugslide route is clearly physically shorter as the crow flies. If you're going to cut the corner, it seems like it doesn't make any sense to not cut it as completely as possible.

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

I love narrating youtubers with calm voices: You and Welyn are my two favourites

[@jarnevanbec2886]

Could not agree more. I hate all the "shouting" in explanatory videos

[@nicoheroesdx]

The fact, that there are gears in this game, that also influence your driving in a noticeable way, low-key blew my mind!

[@nukewurld]

If you only knew the half of it

[@ReVDeatH]

Imagine if they could use the gears manually in the game where you would require high-torque pulls...

[@nicoheroesdx]

@@ReVDeatH That would probably increase the amount of Skill you need for a world record tremendously. But it's an interesting thought, tho.

[@ReVDeatH]

@@nicoheroesdx But that also would create a whole new opportunity to take advantage, such as accelerating even faster than before especially when the car is climbing hills however, I do know trying to manage gears in this game would make this game at least a few times harder.

[@equalmc276]

12:00 is where the history lesson ends and the video starts.

[@fever309]

the history lesson is the video.

[@Casowsky]

Holy thank you

[@WatersmithTV]

@@fever309 not according to the title

[@triviszla1536]

Thanks

[@bornonthebattlefront4883]

You really don’t have the attention span to understand that the why is as important as the what? Geez, go watch tiktok instead, maybe stop watching videos so your attention span lasts longer then 3 minutes

[@Jeb_fry]

Wirtual is the kind of youtuber where I’d watch the same video a few times before I get bored of it

[@ChannelPineappleSon]

I can honestly say you do the best job making me interested in a game Ive played twice. I’m fully invested in most of your videos but I don’t care at all to play the game. I think that says a lot about your skill as a creator! Thank you for the content!

[@Djuncle]

Just shows the power of imagination to think outside of the box instead of walking in the footsteps of others.

[@calabiss4672]

who asked

[@Djuncle]

​@@calabiss4672 If you don't know who asked then why are you listening

[@newevil1016]

Going through depression and big life changes, from being around a lot of people and truly being alone watching your videos about track mania finally got me to realize that it doesn’t matter how many times you fail if you think it’s possible then it’s possible even if it takes you hundreds of times to finally get it correct it’s possible Thank you

[@AsvaldoAyus9419]

blah blah blah blah

[@bobtroll1153]

@@AsvaldoAyus9419 was that necessary?

[@AsvaldoAyus9419]

@@bobtroll1153 yep

[@murataruta542]

Ok bro listen to me, I don't play trackmania, nor do I even have a PC atm... But because of you now I am hooked to these damn videos :D Last time this happened was back in the days when Day9 and Husky made SC2 videos and I ended up wathcing stuff I didn play :D You have a great talent for storytelling!

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

Your history about Trackmania shortcuts, wr's, cheating type of videos, are my favorite content on the whole of KZbin

[@DarkTempz]

I’ve never seen this game nor played it, I happened to stumble across this clip & man, your content for this game is one of the best! 🙏🏻 I’m legit hooked it respect to those guys putting in the ground on A02 Race! 💪🏻

[@9034833838]

There is no info in the music list. what's the music at about 8:30 ish. One that plays for rollin's 2017 segment

[@NAM-E_music]

I don't know, but I hope my comment will put this more up in the list so chance is bigger that people will see this and reply

[@speedypopoff]

0:34 nah bro this was too smooth

[@stickbre4ker685]

i played tm as a child and recently started playing again. -> the algorithm recommended me your videos and im so speechless of this high end-nostalgy-on point videos you create :D

[@rexbk09]

15 second run, turns to a 15 minute tutorial, cute.

[@miztiku7203]

It's impressive, no reason to be hateful about it.

[@sanjeevdandin9350]

@@miztiku7203 there is a saying. "Talk is cheap, show me the thing directly." no one is hateful about it. This is being done by millions of people on KZbin for monee. People are irritated about this pattern done by major amount of greedy KZbinr.

[@sanjeevdandin9350]

@@Bigbagofgamer no where did I mention that I watched the whole video. You might be using wrong side of you brain in assuming what I did not say. C'mon use your brain and understand your pointless sad excuse of a sarcastic reply.

[@Donniec685]

@@sanjeevdandin9350 he’s not just giving us the answer, he’s telling the history and amount of dedication it took to simply be as quick as possible

[@sanjeevdandin9350]

@@Donniec685 with all due respect you watch the whole history of that video game and I will directly get to the point.

[@zalmoxis27]

It would be interesting to see a video on the journey in TM of all the great players. Racehans, Hefest, Rollin and others. Well done, Sir!

[@kaldogorath]

Not Wirtual? lol

[@M_kanpur]

Crazy how from Wirts previous videos I can recognize almost every name in this video. Racehans, Rollin, hefest, plastorex, donadigo

[@utkn]

Tried this a few times myself, but after a few hours of frustration I just deemed it impossible to get through the trees haha

[@leafster8244]

that's why you need to be a top level trackmania player

[@pewpewkachew4735]

I just find it great how you could do these vids in 2 mins but stretch it to 15+ and I still watch the whole thing. Great work.

[@tennysontableau]

Nice storytelling, Wirtual. I played the old Trackmania with a steering wheel and foot pedals. I would never attempt grinding like these racers, but Wirtual makes it a thrill to hear about these challenges.

[@soumyadarshansahooxa9094]

GranaDy

[@tozzasque]

Your dedication should be inspiring for the masses. Follow a target, a goal for so many years, for me, it's just insane, but I love to see other person have this skill, this attitude. Thanks for sharing the incredible feat your community has achieved, Wirtual 😊

[@WilliumBobCole]

Lol when you said I challenge you to figure out where the skip is, I immediately thought of the skip at 2:07, so i was a bit taken aback when you said it was discovered by "William B", next to a UK flag no less 😅

[@Sahtoovi]

I've never even heard of this game but still watched the video. Great content

[@jekylld8414]

This is crazy! Me and my friends started watching your videos about a year ago and since then play local MP on TMNF and we use that cut all the time. How cool

[@TheRealEgolord]

11:10 all you had to do was fly perfectly to the finish, CJ!

[@plasmoidtracks9834]

gotta give Chris Geddes some credit for his amazing music [Distant Shores] starting at 9:43

[@megan5869]

You're right, I thought why is it so familar and im about to do what called a "hey google. what is this music?" thing but I thought scrolling down in comment section first might be a good idea, and YES!

[@InvaderNatDT]

I remember playing this nearly a decade ago, had no idea people were still playing this.

[@dominator-tc8ik]

0:40 I'm gonna guess from the big jump directly into the finish.

[@dominator-tc8ik]

"Ring-a ding ding, baby."

[@leukota]

I have never played track mania, I never plan on playing track mania, but I watch all of your videos. You are immortalizing these stories for billions to enjoy incoming centuries.

[@chrisrondon8113]

bro your storytelling is just awesome

[@aZixTM]

stuff like this makes me ask myself what other simple stuff we've overlooked

[@renerpho]

That's one of the reasons why this game is still alive after 14 years. :)

[@Laiteux]

Dope video, really! I would however say that the "cut" video topic could become a little boring if brought up over and over, so make sure to keep it "exclusive" and it should remain fine (:

[@matterno]

I think these are the best ones 😅

[@ravnexx8354]

I think they are presented in good periods and such discoveries are rare enough that it will never be boring

[@EvilAszu]

Man, this is Legendary, it would never be boring seen those legends try their bests to prove that a cut that is apparently impossible be possible.

[@crashout1992]

I was trying that shortcuut like 12 years ago but I thought the idea was unfeasible - the gap between the trees seemed too tight for me. I was proven wrong 12 years later :v

[@leafster8244]

you should've asked the community, but better late then never :)

[@TehKazlehoff]

6:51 i keep thinking "bounce off the tree to avoid the slowdown at the end

[@thatlumberjack]

I don’t play this game, nor do I intend to start playing it, but I love the way you tell these stories. It’s so exciting to see how you build the intensity with your storytelling style and use of music. Keep up the great work!!

[@dwarvenshadesoul-7135]

I'm not a trackmania player, and i do not know if it could be faster, but is it possible to land on top of the first castle roof before the finish, using the bugslide skip, to bounce your way over the wall into the finish?

[@leafster8244]

most likely no because you dont go in a straight line, and well as wirtual said himself, more airtime lost is more time spent accelerating on the ground lost, and the extra height (after jumping on the castle) would give you more airtime, and you need to slow down

[@theziomsmedia]

i have so much respect for the trackmania community

[@420frankp]

I dont. Always looking for a shortcut outside the track. Garbage. The only reason it can happen is because theres no patch for it. Maybe stay on the track and then they would gain my respect. Anything else is pure stupid luck.

[@orange.8415]

@@420frankp most of the time the shortcuts are harder to actually get then driving the track normally

[@SWISS-1337]

I did a run that took 8 seconds, but forgot to record it.. Actually I did, but just didn't want the fame, money, glory and trackmania women? Just trust me. In all seriousness it's actually amazing how much humans can do. Crazy precision, grueling hours doing the same thing again and again, until they finally achieve a pixel perfect manoeuvre. Big props.

[@gargaduk]

It gets recorded automatically...

[@SOS1G_]

Whoosh

[@commonmancrypto1648]

@8:10 As someone who's enjoying the video but doesn't play the game, what would happen if you slowed down on the hill just enough so you wouldn't go into the air.....maybe you could make up the time because you'd be able to keep accelerating....and maybe you fling yourself into that last turn and bounce through. Worth a try I guess....I'm sure someone must have done this already.

[@xTheMouse]

Never one this game existed… didn’t know people do all this for a words faster record either…. HOWEVER… I watched the full 15 minutes like this was a life long passion of mine and I was learning something new. Great work on the video my friend!

[@kajacx]

The developers must be truly proud that people are this dedicated to mastering their game.

[@dlynchious1157]

I've only played the extremely watered down demo on ps4 5 years ago so I don't have much experience or time invested in this game (don't get me wrong even the demo was lit for being a trial) but I have watched every single one of this guy's videos on the game at least twice 😂 you don't even have to play this game to appreciate the content. Well done good sir.

[@NobuNobuSimp]

Considering that this is one of the shorter tracks in TMNF, I'm almost certain there are tonnes of undiscovered shortcuts in the game.

[@danieljackson534]

I don't know how I found this guy, but I fucking love these videos, the history, the community, it's amazing. It makes me so nostalgic (as a 28yo) about when I was a teen playing warcraft 3 in my bedroom, building maps and having that insane community feeling once I came home from school. I am scared for the current younger generation, it definitely feels as if they're missing something and I have teenage siblings that are just consumed by social media but do not strive for anything :(

[@moralester]

14:11 You were supposed to say "But then he got this run" !! A small piece of me died inside

[@ms-h7617]

Out of interest in the last shortcut why couldn't they continue to drive on and into the right side of the finish line barrier instead of flipping over the fence?

[@mplus3422]

I'm a giga fan of Starcraft and I played maybe 3 times Trackmania in my life, but its such an important documentary of the game evolution its awesome, I wish we could have something equivalent one day for Starcraft.

[@Casual_OP]

I’m sure it’s slower but my first thought would’ve been to back off the start and go around to jump the dirt at a straight line into The checkpoint by the final turn since there’s no checkpoints. But I’ve never played before so it was just a thought

[@apach007]

there is a checkpoint

[@TheGeneReyva]

I was thinking, at the start when you showed the map and said to guess, "is that possible" (cutting across the dirt on a more direct roue for the finish, imagining the trees were trees (since I knew from a video I watched in the past that the finish line is too long)) but when you got far enough into the video to see them properly I thought "nah, those trees mess it up" (because they're like those inflatable christmas trees with the massive base). Nah. They don't. There's a couple pixels worth of room. The fact these people can thread a needle like that is baffling. Mind-blowing even.

[@thekleebuss736]

I saw the singer from rage against the machine at a bike store the other day. He was naked trying to do backflips off of a floppy bike rack while yelling "MY FECAL MATTER IS FUEL FOR MY BAND!" I threw some stem caps at him and he ran away.

[@joeljohansson6097]

I followed the trail of KZbin's recommended videos, and finally, on the fourth of June 2022, I got this video.

[@fbi1307]

Ahahaha I was so sad seeing William give up, but now I bet he's in tears watching his method becoming a WR.

[@doge2845]

when some guy on youtube makes the history of a racing game world record more exciting than your history teacher teaching you WWII

[@DogInPajamaPants]

I have no idea how this is so compelling, but I was hooked the whole video

[@alexanderharris3688]

Your voice is so calm that if i need to sleep or relax i can turn on one of your videos and fall asleep 😊

[@DangOldRegularOld]

I know you probably wont see this but I got a dope Uber Bug in A-03 Race! Love the channel man!

[@jony6092]

13:50 I could be SURE you were about to say "players couldn't see the shortcut for the trees"...and am somewhat disappointed you didn't xD

[@LorandHungary]

I mean , first time i saw it , i thought to myself "Couldn't you just go between the trees?" , but after showing the shortcut , i completely forgot about that thought and didn't continue to think about it. Guess that a complex short-cut catches people's attention much easier.

[@neffets5054]

Its so cool to see someone making videos about a game i used to play with my dad when i was a little kid

[@ggkproductions1632]

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