Over the wall, where moons are eclipsed, money jingles, time ticks and brains are damaged, lies a masterpiece.

The Dark Side of the Moon.

YouTube - Dark Side of the Moon - Halo Reach Track by Zippur

Hello everyone! Today, I proudly present Dark Side of the Moon. This is my ninth track made on Forge World. I believe so far, that it is the best. I didn't want to post a track on Forge Hub until I thought I had achieved something amazing. I truly thinking that Dark Side is the map worthy to be my first on this awesome site.

So let us dive right in by me giving a brief overview of Dark Side of the Moon.

When I had finished my last race map, I looked back after running through it for the first time and thought, "Sure it was fun, but there's lots out there just like it. There was nothing epic, or unique." With this thought I decided that no matter what route you take around the map, or how high you make your jumps, you can never differentiate your map unless you add your own imagination.

Map Run-through

Much like the album by Pink Floyd, my map has an epic start. When you spawn, 10 seconds will tick by as you wait for the starting lights to appear.

The beginning jump easily flows into the next part of the section, the Volcano, but only if you can dodge the UFO's attacking above.

The Volcano sits atop Paradiso Island.

As you dodge lava pits, you come onto a rickity ledge, where huge lava balls spill down from the Volcano. Dodge these, and you will come to a cliff that leads you through another cave/tunnel.

The tunnel leads around a forerunner bridge structure that wraps around the side of the Volcano.

The track quickly descends into a cave, lit only by the dim lights above. Follow the checkpoints and the lights and you will find yourself traveling back outside, and then through a glowing forerunner tunnel. Back outside, the route travels over a bridge, and over to the Crash Site.

At the Crash Site, a downed UFO lies and waits for you to travel through it. A quick trip through the large cavern will take you into the Canyon. Two mammoth walls will guide you to the Canyon cave.

Once, again, you only direction is based off the glow of lights and two checkpoints.

Out of the cave, a giant triangle leads you up the Canyon Freeway.

Avoid the kill ball the rolls down it and you've just passed a hard part of the course.

Up on Montana cliff, lights guide the way until you come across a giant double-lane bridge, and up to the Alaska Freeway.

The Freeway prepares you for what is to come. Enjoy your last moments at high altitude before you plummet down the steep, smooth roller coaster drop.

The drop ends with a splash as you land in water, and travel through the underwater tunnel.

Continue heading down the shoreline and you be riding on water. Up through the final part of the track lies a huge teleporter structure that take you back to the start.

Lap Complete!

Anyway, I hope the track is up to the Forgehub standard, and I thank the creators of previous maps that gave me the ideas for different sections.