Welcome to the Louhipalo Raceway.

As the description suggests, the Louhipalo Racetrack is a rugged adventure through a twisted pair of tracks featuring shortcuts, varied terrain and dangerous curves. Players begin each race in the shallow water in front of both the green tunnel (1st path, to the right), and the red raceway (2nd path, to the left).

As the map was loosely designed around the paths of two interlocking dragons, the name was eventually found. Louhi-, meaning rugged and -palo meaning fire (l. Finnish), fit both the flow of the design and the aggravating feel of the map (when looking to join the 1:30 club).

The map has been painstakingly smoothed down to allow a "perfect" run ... but such a run is so hard to achieve. It's easy to explain why, but I'll let the pictures do the talking....

Louhipalo Raceway Part #1 - Green Tunnel

Louhipalo Raceway Part #2 - First Shortcut Area

Louhipalo Raceway Part #3 - 2nd Shortcut Area

Louhipalo Raceway Part #3 - And what happens when you don't slow down....

Louhipalo Raceway Part #4 - Elbow (Scarier than it looks)

Louhipalo Raceway Part #5 - The Launch into the Water

Louhipalo Raceway Part #5 - And what happens when you don't slow down....

Louhipalo Raceway Part #6 - Red Courtyard

Louhipalo Raceway Part #7 - The U-Turn

Louhipalo Raceway Part #8 - The Sky Launch

Louhipalo Raceway Part #9 - The "Make-Up Artist"

Louhipalo Raceway End Path - Coasting in for the Dub

Suggested Settings
-- Always Use With Race
-- Always Use with Mongeese
-- Works Best with 5 or 10 Laps
-- Works Best with Player Movement Restricted
-- Time Limit should allow 2 minutes per lap (i.e., 20 minutes for 10 laps).

Last, but not least, we have the:

1:30 Club
The 1:30 Club is for everyone who is able to post a lap time of 1 minutes, 30 seconds or better during any lap of any race.

Currently, only 2 players have proven they belong.

1:30 - Syniister, done on Monday, 11/28/2011
1:29 - so PRANX, done on Saturday, 12/3/2011

and our current record holder:

1:26 - TheElfPunk, done on Tuesday, 12/5/2011

Reply with the film if you think you've got it and I'll add you to the list. We're currently debating offering a prize for times of 1:20 or better, although I think it's almost impossible. The track isn't too difficult to drive, but very difficult to perfect. Brief History - the record was 1:36 during almost all of testing, and was reduced to 1:34 when the final track smoothing was performed. Both Syniister and TheElfPunk joined the club the night before the map's "official" release, and accomplished the feat within a few hours of one another. Remember that sometimes you can save time by slowing down, and that the quickest path requires momentum in very important areas.

- so PRANX
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