Nature Contest: Results In!!
Thanks for entering everyone, there were tons of great entries! The judging was difficult, but here are our final choices:
These are our averaged scores, and my commentary on your entries.
#1
The Argute ft. ItsColinGuys by
Lightningboit2 and
ItsColinGuys: 8.4
Well, I must say that this is some great detail. I absolutely love those clouds, and I'm a fan of the tiny detail you do. The mountains and rocks really attain an impressive level of three-dimensionality, but I wish the foreground was a little more developed. Because of how small your detail is, the whole track feels, well, small. Not a bad thing, but I'd be curious to see what you could do with a larger (object wise) track. My only complaint would be that because everything is on ramps, the nature sense is a little lessened. Overall, congrats guys, well done.
#2
Clouds Over Nepal Pt. 2 (NCE3) by
QuinnFederle : 8.3
So, this is my personal favorite. I just love the way it looks zoomed out. It's really majestic, and the detail is great. The ride makes me happy, too! The thing I might suggest for the future is that the track feels separate from the detail. most of the ride is just lines with little connection to the theme. I still love it, but it would be cool if you found a way to ground the lines in the track, like making them the clothes-lines for the prayer flags, or just making them ground. That would make a track like this even better.
#3
Gwydyr by Calvin
Examples : 8.1
This detail is very impressive. I love how clean the rocks are, and the trees look pretty sweet. I just, so badly, wish it was a little more goshdarn finished!! If the treetops were done, and the foreground was a little more developed, this could be a winner. (maybe a bit longer, too.) Nice!
#4
Enacted nature contest entry by
TallTexan: 7.9
Man, I'm such a fan of your detail! I love the interesting way the trees look, it's pretty unique. The ride, while smooth, is what makes me a little sad.

this track is so dependent on the ramps, which are not, of course, nature. I have nothing against a few ramps, but it would have been nice if you could have made the ride incorporate some more interesting features, like clouds, rocks, etc. The other thing, which i think i already told you,

is that it feels lonely up there in the sky. Clouds or something would'a been nice. Overall, I love this track, but wish it could have stayed to the theme a little more.
#5
freegigawat by
Cytral: 7.7
some pretty sweet rocks and a great start to a really cool track. just a little unfinished. very nice job, though.
#6
The Valley by
TuttiFruity :7.0
Wow. For someone with 8 subs, you've outdone yourself. This is quite an impressive entry. I love the mountain shading, and the rocks are very nice. Wish it was a bit longer!
#7
Midnight Wasteland by
CHuguley : 6.9
This is some pretty cool and unique ground detail. I like those jumps with the cracked tops, they're very cool! The trees and everything are very nice, but it feels very spread out to me. Nice job!
#8
Rain Forest by
BlackRainbow: 6.2
You clearly put a lot of effort into this. I would say that it's your best track so far! I love the way you did the trees, and the waterfalls, while a little sloppy, look very good.
#9
Second Nature by Narwill_2.0: 6.0
This is a really awesome black line detail! those trees and rocks are very good. I like it in general, but would be nice to have some background.
#10
nature contest entry by
IanMcMahon89: 5.8
I like the simple detail here, and the ride is fun. The detail just doesn't match up to a lot of the tracks here, and so it ranked a little lower.

#11
Abandoned (NCE) by Hockeygod: 5.3
It looks nice, but because it's such a close imitation of LightningboIt, It's not very original. I hope you do expand, and try some ideas of your own!
#12
Stranded (Nature Contest) by
MarbleRunDominoGuy: 4.7
The setting is well developed, and it's an interesting ride, but the detail could use some improvement. If you developed the foreground and background a little, this could look really awesome. Nice job!
#13
Preview by
Osiris: 4.1
Interesting caves, but it's definitely more of a WIP than a contest entry.
#14
Sizzle by Sinticrophoto: 3.9
Obviously this was just a really quick thing, but I like it. It would've been nice if you could have expanded with this detail; it look really good.
#15
Nature Contest by
WilliamTaubenheim: 2.5
Cool rocks, but very short and under-detailed.
#16
I might possibly win 18K!!!!! by
TogepiYoda: 2.2
Nice, Togepi! One of your best tracks yet! It would be nice if it had a little more detail, and clearer idea of setting.
#17
Nature Contest Entry by
Sergey7890: 1.1
Nice line detailing, but awfully short.
#18
Nature Scene Logan.Meira6: 0.4
It's just hard to tell what I'm looking at.
Unfortunately,
Inversely, your entry got deleted or something. I really liked it though!
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