Widowmaker very hard to Plat | Forums

[Acae_Y]

It takes almost a whole day for me to plat this new track

[FatalDragon69]

Congrats mate.....Nice one !!

I haven't had a lot of time to play on those last two tracks yet but hoping to get them done and Plat'd over this weekend sometime but they are definitely a challenge, I like all 6 of the new tracks, they're a good challenge and well constructed !!

[big_ligands]

I really like this track. It is extremely difficult to get a smooth run on. It's not so much that each obstacle itself is very difficult to get by without crashing, but they are strung together back to back over a pretty long course. Getting them ALL right in one go is the killer. Especially the last ramp with the curved back lip to the wheel obstacle right before the finish. You're all pumped from getting through the track and its easy to blow it at there at the end haha.

[Sl1mboy84_T3F]

I've found woodwork conclave very much harder to plat than widowmaker
Took me less than an hour for WM and more than 2 for WWC to plat them.
Of course both are very difficult tracks but imo WWC is much more technical, you dont have space to prepare your jumps and have to be very fast in execution.
But for widowmaker, once you know the track and every obstacle is really doable
I have plated several times WM but only two times for WWC.
Just my opinion maybe some people will think the opposite, depends of your way of playing.

[NOR-Storelumo]

This is the last one i need platinum on, and I don't even have gold time-wise. The second to last obstacle always force me to slow down. Guess i'll try more tomorrow. What is the platinum time anyway? If its below 30 i'm gonna have a hard time

[HiEverybody3]

What is the platinum time anyway? If its below 30 i'm gonna have a hard time

I have bad news for you. WWM Platinum time is 28 seconds. But it is really not an extremely tough time. Completing the track faultless without too many slow downs is basically enough.

[flooodi]

Jeah. . Plat time is very loose on WWM. .. I managed to get 23sec time already. But with one fault.

I cant clear the gap after the wheel part similar jump like in pendulum. If I make it illalla run streight to blades.
Fw times I managed to stop there and clear the blades with 0 faults. ..

What is the best technique to pass that part?

With WM. . I am just 0,6 sec from plat xD

[HiEverybody3]

I cant clear the gap after the wheel part similar jump like in pendulum. What is the best technique to pass that part?

Hard to tell.. From every 10 attempts I make only 1 or 2. What I usually try do to is make a large bunny hop and pray I don't overshoot the small platform. But it's really, really tough. Yesterday, I spent a lot of time practicing that track, and I rarely got past the steep hill. It's really tough. I also do get the feeling the hitbox for the saws is a little too big, but that may just be me.

[NOBBYHOBSON]

Do what I did, just a slow and purposeful run. Watch my ghost. I stop before the blades, the wall and the last jump over the blades.
I manage to make it in a time of 27.143 (currently 18th) and at the time didn't know what the platinum time was as I only had silver or bronze.

Edit: After reading through your post I realise I don't think I helped you in anyway in the particular part that you wanted, for me I do a sort of half bunny-hop but leaving my hand on forward for a split second longer than a press. Then the moment the front wheel touches the small platform I hold back ready to complete the bunny-hop. If you can follow this I hope it helps along with my ghost.

[dumai12]

Hard to tell.. From every 10 attempts I make only 1 or 2. What I usually try do to is make a large bunny hop and pray I don't overshoot the small platform. But it's really, really tough. Yesterday, I spent a lot of time practicing that track, and I rarely got past the steep hill. It's really tough. I also do get the feeling the hitbox for the saws is a little too big, but that may just be me.

Nah I don't think it's just you. The hit box is just a TAD too big. Many times I've hopped over it and my eyes widened in surprise that I got hit, when I clearly didn't. I think either the saws need to appear larger, or the hit box needs to be toned down. Right now I basically have to adjust in my mind what I'm actually seeing, to where the real hit box in relation to the saw actually is (if that made any sense).