Track: Morning Delight (Download)
Author: Shady (TMU Exchange)
Type: Race
Environment: Stadium
Length: 40 sec
Mood: Sunrise
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First Impression
Interesting, short and a combination of speed and technical. Looks good!
Track Consistency
The track is a nice combination of speed and technical. It is quite smooth, but with a few spots that only work if you drive perfectly. Rating: 4
Scenery
Morning Delight has a fair amount of scenery. It looks good, while it still allows for good online races. However, the scenery doesn’t bring much new, and could be considered average. Rating: 3.5
Originality
There is nothing original about this track. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because it is still a very good track, but it will have a negative affect on the final ratings. Rating: 2
MediaTracker
Morning Delight advertise itself by mentioning its MT work. However, it really isn’t much to go “hurray” for. The intro is extremely short and consists of basically just a view of the sky and the sun, and some graphics at the bottom of the screen presenting the track name and author.
In-game the MT work is just a camera switch through a loop, and the outro is extremely horrible – only a few camera changes, and more than half of the replay doesn’t have any MT work at all. A bad outro is worse than no outro at all.
The intro is not too horrible however (but not good either), so that saves the MediaTracker rating from a total defeat. Rating: 1.5
Summary
Quite an average track, but with a style that most people will probably enjoy. A mix of technical and speed. However, the track is also quite boring, because it doesn’t bring anything new. The MT work is horrible! The track would have been better off without any intro/outro at all.
It is also worth to mention that the track should work quite well for online racing, and the author time is quite good. It should provide a challenge or most people.
Final Rating: 3.5 (average)
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