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    Uplay Recommended #71

    Uplay Recommended time, riders, and we’ve got another 10 track pile of the best of the best. The Trials community continues to impress us here at Trials HQ and these drops are a testament not only to your talent, but your dedication to the game. For that, we say thanks and keep up the great work everyone. Now, on to the drop!



    BCC4: A Trials Odyssey
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: Xbox One

    A twisting turning track that will have you stampeding through ruins under the watchful eye of a cyclops. User kronenb has crafted quite an interesting hard drive line here, with a swooping camera trick that really adds to the feeling of speeding around this well-crafted environment.



    BCC4: Fureur De Poseidon
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: Xbox One

    This massive and detailed hard track comes to us from maccorenzy and features an animated world both above and below the water’s surface. The large animated Poseidon in the background is one of the more eye catching elements here, but keep your eyes on the road. There might be a surprise event mixed in!



    BCC4: Valhalla
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: Xbox One

    Crash the gates of Valhalla in this hard track by CouPaIn GoTiEr. Designed as a stunning and detailed temple, this track features a harder than average drive line framed expertly by the visual elements and soft lighting.



    BCC4: Ragnar Lodbrok
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: Xbox One

    Set in an arctic Viking encampment, this hard track by ll Katin ll feels like a desperate full throttle escape, ending at the coast in front of the nearby warships. Extremely well designed and immersive, it’s easy to find yourself repeating runs on this one just to take another look.



    Wet Night True X
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Extreme
    Original Platform: PlayStation 4

    This short but sweet technical extreme track by VEGASTRASH01 has the quality drive line, high detail and difficulty we’ve come to expect from the Trashman. Nothing like a Trials Extreme set in a lava filled sewer and this one is expertly crafted.



    Scavenger Pursuit
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Medium
    Original Platform: PlayStation 4

    It’s a Trials Apocalypse from the one and only funktastic! Set in a desert wasteland, some of the most notable moments are the ramps that come sliding into the drive line on the backs of raider dune buggies. Keep an eye out for Lady Liberty, demolished in the background.



    SKYLIGHT Concept
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: Xbox One

    This Roach only (yeah I said ROACH ONLY!!!) hard track features a drive line soaring through the sky from one floating platform to the next. The level of detail here is honestly stunning, the drive line is furiously addicting and the overall experience is one you’ll look forward to coming back to.



    Land of Fantasia [K95]
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: PlayStation 4

    Another highly detailed and vivid world, Land of Fantasia is a hard drive line set under a purple full moon. The custom camera in this one really sets it apart and makes it truly an all-around solid track by koumick95.



    Crusty Combustion
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Original Platform: PlayStation 4

    Rishaanvb is a builder who can consistently deliver solid tracks of all skill sets and this beginner track is no exception. Placing a lava soaked, dark and intense backdrop on a speed run drive line is a recipe for excellence here.



    -OF- November Rain
    Mode: Trials
    Difficulty: Hard
    Original Platform: PlayStation 4

    Peppered with custom objects, this deceptively tricky hard track built by ObsceneFreak is framed by old farm houses. Race your way through what looks like a trash collectors dump pile, up electric poles and over fishing boats to a “finish line” like no other.

    That does it for this week, riders. 10 amazing tracks you can play right now in the Uplay Recommended feed on Xbox One, PS4 & PC.

    Have you played a track you think should be Uplay Recommended? Be sure to let us know in the Uplay Recommended Nominations thread.
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    thank you guys
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    Thx for the pick RedLynx. I want to warn riders right now that my track November Rain is hard, technical and about a minute long. Most riders will play it once to check out the custom objects and never play it again. Just make sure to finish inside or at least hit the trigger inside the 5th wheel trailer to get the ending. Thx to everyone on the PS4 for the kind words and congrats to the other builders picked.
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    Is the most important thing the animations? Even if you can barely ride it? Pointless to play Fureur De Poseidon just watch a video.
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    The animations are impressive, along with decor. A step above.
    The first and most important part of any track is playability. Is the line defined or properly lit? Do custom cameras hurt the perspective enough to warrant adding? Is there replay value (subjective)?
    Custom cameras are the absolute worst...9x out of 10. Nobody is watching the animation, but focusing on the rider instead. Fit the animation to the screen shown instead or remove objects in the camera path. Custom cameras kills drive lines.
    It's worse when the decor and animations are so impressive...then it becomes a lot of work and creativity for no replay value...for me.
    My decor is sketched halfway through on Wet Night. The pipe clips the view...bad, bad, bad...haha.
    Nice line on Valhalla. Addictive challenging line.
    Good to see Funkmaster Flex back in the mix. He has quite a few solid builds that should be up. I guess Shifty gave the ok...haha
    19 months into the game and still cross platforming...impressive continual support for a $20 game. Almost unheard of. Same for the streams.
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    Hey riders,

    Thanks for the reports of performance issues on PS4. It looks like a few of the tracks from X1 were uploaded using the wrong file. We've switched them now and you should get much better performance out of these tracks.

    Thanks
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    Hey riders,

    Thanks for the reports of performance issues on PS4. It looks like a few of the tracks from X1 were uploaded using the wrong file. We've switched them now and you should get much better performance out of these tracks.

    Thanks
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    Sweet drop this week. Only played half of them so far but spent a good hour trying to platinum Crusty Combustion... ended up 0.096 seconds away or something but will likely go back for more lol... Lodbrok also had an ejoyable line. Will try the others tomorrow hopefully.
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    This Steelhorse track was pretty amazing with its evo-like driving line, very technical and demanding. You don't see lines like this too often anymore. If this builder has more tracks like this, it would be nice to see them get ported too.
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