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[Matty]

yeah same thing happens to me. ive actually won several goes at tracks like Inferno, The Wreck and a few others and im not too sharp at those tracks yet. people seem to love to pick the hardest tracks for some reason.

playing some of these tracks under pressure to compete is great practice i think.

*(actually i think you and i were in a game lobby together for a minute the other day Duck. not sure if we got to race each other or not though...)

[rlmergeuser]

yeah its good when it works WHEN.
kind sick of the crashing and the same repeated tracks ..
still want to use 4 in a party though and not allowed so that kind of kills it for me

[L0RDMelchett]

I love the Hardcore Trials MP, I didn't think I'd play it a lot either but I'm hooked! Had some good laughs on 4-player private races too where everyone's on the Donkey.

[rlmergeuser]

Yes, I'm loving multiplayer.

Sometimes the other racers are all beginners, so it doesn't feel like much of a challenge. Other times, I'll get a good run for my money. My best recommendation: Scorpion bike is much more consistent on most tracks (for even intermediate to good riders). Phoenix is certainly necessary for hard/extremes, but its so much easier to get "hung up" with the Phoenix bike.

Last night, we were head to head on Titan's Graveyard, and I crashed right where the rock hand comes out of the water. I thought I'd lost it, but came back when my opponent stumbled on the first jump of the tower. We were literally neck and neck all the way up the final ramps, and at the very end, I crossed the finish line a mere 0.004 seconds ahead of him!! Awesome race!

Also last night, joined a match where the choice was Inferno III vs Way of the Ninja. Wow, what a choice! The Way of the Ninja run was very close, too. Stayed very close to one other player, and we both finished under 30 faults, within about 2 seconds of each other. Victory was not mine, however

I'm still waiting for the legendary "triple GigaTrack" race. Several times I've had it come up twice in the 3 races, but never 3 times

[Elements1992]

In love with Hardcore Trials, think there needs to be more than 2 heats though, 3 would be sweet.

And i agree, i don't know why everyone always chooses the extreme track even though they can't finish it, i'd much rather some competitive people who can put up a good fight vote for it.

Like last night i was playing WOTN and miraculously i 0 faulted it in a beast time, all 3 other players were still on the 3rd obstacle, and i was so proud but i didn't feel no real accomplishment, because even if i faulted 40 times, i wouldv'e probably still won.

Rather than to think a guy was right behind me, and if i didn't 0 fault it in the time i did, i would have lost the game

[NonRedOrchid]

In love with Hardcore Trials, think there needs to be more than 2 heats though, 3 would be sweet.

And i agree, i don't know why everyone always chooses the extreme track even though they can't finish it, i'd much rather some competitive people who can put up a good fight vote for it.

Like last night i was playing WOTN and miraculously i 0 faulted it in a beast time, all 3 other players were still on the 3rd obstacle, and i was so proud but i didn't feel no real accomplishment, because even if i faulted 40 times, i wouldv'e probably still won.

Rather than to think a guy was right behind me, and if i didn't 0 fault it in the time i did, i would have lost the game

It's kind of annoying that Realistically, there's probably only a couple of hundred people out of tens of thousands who could give you or I a good race so it's nobody's fault. I'd really like to see the matchmaking improved because after hours and hours of online play I'm still encountering many people who cant get past the first obstacle of any extreme.

[L0RDMelchett]

I'd really like to see the matchmaking improved because after hours and hours of online play I'm still encountering many people who cant get past the first obstacle of any extreme.

You can improve the matchmaking by pressing the RB button when on the 'Find Race' page. It allows you to look for riders closer to your skill level at the expense of probably having to wait longer to find them between races.

I tend to win most of my races too when I play against random opponents. I also play in a private party with a few friends who have played a lot of Trials and it's way more fun if the races are pretty evenly matched and the pressure's on. If you want a little competition send me an XBL message and I'll give you a race. Same goes to anyone, I'm a pretty good rider but not top 10 or anything. I think I'm about 500th at the moment in the single player Global Leaderboard.

GT = L0RD Melchett (that's a zero in L0RD)

[Elements1992]

Sweet! I never knew that! And i'll send you a FR now I like having people from the forums on my list

EDIT: Your list is full, if you make any room could you send me a request?
GT: Elements1992

[SN00GAN5]

the four times iv tried mp it never finds anyone, just times out.ports are open but nothing

[rlmergeuser]

i do like mp, its just too glitchy though, they really need to fix it already, every other match is disconnected/undefined maps(which means you have to quit anyway).

bit shocked they still haven't fixed it.