Level editor discussion and speculation
This topic is dedicated for discussion and speculation about the level editor.
We do not have currently planned any time table of the editor launch, and it's still entirely possible that the level editor will never be released for Trials 2 SE.
However Trials 2 SE has removed many obstacles present in the original Trials 2 level editor. Trials 2 SE is able to automatically identify and load all level data packs copied to the game directory, the new server supports new levels and automatically generates new global high score tables to them and the high score and replay logic is now completely cheatproof (you cannot cheat anymore by editing levels). These were the most important limitations in original Trials 2 concerning the level editor release.
We now have our Trials 2 boards, and we could easily dedicate a subforum for the level editor. There could be a FAQ, getting started thread, help/tips thread among others to help people getting started with the level editor. And links to new levels could be posted to the boards. This is of course all speculation right now. The editor is still not ready for launch, and would require weeks of work even if we only wanted to create a unsupported launch for the hardcore mod fans.
Don't expect any editor news soon. Now all our attention is in Trials 2 SE launch, the website launch and the web shop launch. After the launch we still have lots of things to do, like spreading the demo version around the net, and trying to get gaming magazines interested in reviewing Trials 2 SE. And we don't know how much growing pains the game server is going to have either. With the current 39 levels and new levels levels launching though the automatic upgrade feature, we are sure there is enough playable content in the game for several months.
There are many developers in our team who really want to see the editor launched sometime in the future. We are hardcore gamers too, and it would be very interesting to see what kind of crazy level ideas the community brings up.
[UPDATE]
The level editor is not going to be released for Trials 2 Second Edition. It's just a too big task to bring the editor to the quality standards needed for a commercial product in the time schedule allocated for future Trials 2 patches. However we all agree that level editor is a important feature in the future of Trials series. It's very likely that the next Trials game will have a fully integrated easy to use level editor available from the day one.