New FRHD Timeline 2013-2025

Free Rider HD Timeline 2013-2025

Winner of the Best Forum Thread for 2024

Hi there! Welcome to the Official Free Rider HD Timeline run by TPlacella, the best place to review the history of FRHD, refresh your memory on certain dates, find important threads and most importantly, give access to the game's greatest events and achievements through its 10+ year existence!

This timeline replaces the outdated version by cctvcctvcctv made in 2018. This new timeline now features events from 2021-2025 when cctv's timeline stopped receiving updates. 1/4 of this timeline was done by cctv so praise him for his work in the past. My main goal here is to continue the work of others in the old timeline, fix incorrect dates, add missing information from previous years and most of all, add a wider range of comprehensive sources and information for the community's benefit!

If something is wrong or not included, don't hesitate to comment in this thread, and I will fix it. You will also be added to the contributors list to recognise your work in searching the depths of our game for date fixes or new information.
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FAQs

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How long did it take you to make this?
~200 hours over 9 months, parts of the Timeline are from cctvcctvcctv's Old Timeline.

How much of the Timeline did you do?
75% of it, cctvcctvcctv's Old Timeline was very basic, only containing featured tracks, major contests and certain events. His Timeline only had one year (2020) split into 2 parts due to 30,000 character limit, this Timeline has all but 4 years (2013, 2014, 2018 and 2025) split into 2 parts, and with 2020 + 2021 split into 3 parts.

What's difference between this and the Old Timeline?
Years 2021-2025 are populated with dates, the Old Timeline stopped being updated mid-2021. Every major game update is included in this version. A significantly larger amount of contests are provided and includes dates of every round/results which the Old Timeline didn't. A comprehensive list of significant threads added. Ghosting related dates now added, the Old Timeline had nothing about Official Featured Ghosts, Ghosting Awards, achievements etc. Trackmaking and ghosting statisitcs added for relevant dates (feature number, earning of a medal or title etc). And just overall, a wider range of important events/dates from every year.

What inspired you to make this Timeline?
I absolutely love researching stuff and learning about the history of many subjects, one of them being video games. Free Rider HD is a unique game, and it's story/progression should be told in full and depth as well as providing information for the community that they may find helpful. I wanted to make something to leave my mark on this game forever, and I feel this thread does that. The legacy of the Old Timeline should live and I strived remake it's glory but on a much wider scale.

When will you stop updating the Timeline?
Never! I'm not leaving this game anytime soon, I love this community and I want to always provide something for them, one of the things being this Timeline. I also enjoy the process of making something this big

Besides adding new things for the current year, what's next for the Timeline?
Not much. Besides moving the Timeline to a new thread where every year is in chronological order, I have completed 95% of what I set out to do from day 1 of making this Timeline. The remaining 5% involves extra trackmaking and ghosting statistics, finding dates for more siginficant events from years ago and a solution to deleted/removed featured tracks (making a thread documenting all of them and deciding the best way to add them to the Timeline). A lot of this stuff involves consulting with experienced players, VIPs and moderators. I don't intend to work on this stuff anytime soon.

Who helped you with the Timeline the most?
cctvcctvcctv for the building blocks for this Timeline from 2013-2021. Pie42 and dantexpress for half of the featured track dates. Elibloodthirst for the majority of normal dates and a lot of trackmaking information. Tubiek for helping with finicky dates/information. Totoca12 for pinning the thread. Shoutout to some of the others who helped since May 2024 (Volund, Eryp, Ness and Cerasium). Also can't forget the 60 others who have contributed to both Timelines.

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How to navigate the timeline

• Click on the year you want to search
• Press "Ctrl + F" to search for keywords/dates to find the desired information
• ((name)) at the end of entries means that person contributed to a date on the timeline (see Contributors List below)
• Click on 2013 & 2014 to follow the chronology of the years (as some years appear on different pages of the thread)
• For the exact number of featured tracks published by authors and +? from collabs, click here (might be incorrect)
• If you're interested in finding a specific forum thread, contest, Free Rider website or any other source, check out the Free Rider Game and Forums Directive below
• If you get lost, return to this post to resume your search. HAPPY SEARCHING!

2013 & 2014

2015 Part 1 2015 Part 2

2016 Part 1 2016 Part 2

2017 Part 1 2017 Part 2

2018

2019 Part 1 2019 Part 2

2020 Part 1 2020 Part 2 2020 Part 3

2021 Part 1 2021 Part 2 2021 Part 3

2022 Part 1 2022 Part 2

2023 Part 1 2023 Part 2

2024 Part 1 2024 Part 2

2025

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Free Rider HD Eras

• Early Days: Dec 5th, 2013 - Feb 5th, 2014
• Bronze Era: Feb 5th, 2014 - Dec 23rd, 2014
• Silver Era: Dec 23rd, 2014 - Dec 11th, 2015
• Golden Era: Dec 11th, 2015 - May 18th, 2017
• Dark Era/The Cold Winter: May 18th, 2017 - Sep 23rd, 2018
• New Era: Sep 23rd, 2018 - Jun 29th 2019
• The Revival: Jun 29th, 2019 - Mar 30th, 2021
• Reformative Years: Mar 30th, 2021 - Jul 7th, 2024
• The Next Generation: Jul 7th, 2024 - present

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Significant Sources
Free Rider Game and Forums Directive

External Sources
Epoch Converter
Wayback Machine
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Update History
Last major update: 30/12/2024
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Contributors List

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User | Number of entries credited with their name
Pie42 199
dantexpress 103
Elibloodthirst 69
Rayb25 39
Totoca12 24
Eryp 16
Tubiek 14
Cynic, loge_0 aka Logeton with 10
Volund 9
Madara aka Sannin, Cerasium with 8
BrandonBishop50 6
Flying_T_Rex, FIREBEATS with 4
Calculus, reaperch with 3
Sltg28, pssst, Pityboy, WyattStonhouse, Todredrob, tetrationiscool, Wolf777, Anonyymi, Coated_Badger, ShamatoZ with 2
gun, RedOrBlue, octo, Zycerak, cky199, weem, CHARREDLIZARD21, Netsik, a_drain, YourKidding, Nexus, Cryogenic, NotVeryGood, Protvod with 1

 

2015 Part 1
January
01/01 Nature Contest announced by RiderExtreme2
01/01 Remix Contest 3 Practice Round ends, Round 1 begins. Track to be remixed is Tribute to Vapaa by Mickey_Mouse_inc
03/01 2014 FRHD Awards results released by weem
03/01 Snowrider by ookami_san (leboulanger) featured, only featured track on that account and 3rd overall (3rd published) (track published 02/01/2015) ((Pie42))

04/01 Realistic Detail Tutorials released by Forlorn333
08/01 Solace by TheCrypt (Crypt) featured, their 1st featured track, a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

08/01 GG: Intro by WheelieMaker (weem), Elibloodthirst, Foundations, niclauzon, nasrani, EasternBiker and alexander featured, 3rd featured track for Elibloodthirst, 2nd for Foundations (2nd collab) and nasrani, and 1st for weem, niclauzon, EasternBiker and alexander (1st collab for Elibloodthirst, niclauzon, nasrani, EasternBiker and alexander) (track published 01/08/2014) ((Pie42))

08/01 Intrepid Journey by niclauzon featured, their 2nd featured track (1st published) (track published 09/05/2014) ((Pie42))

08/01 Distant Planet by max007x (Max007x) featured, their 4th featured track (4th published) (track published 04/01/2015) ((Pie42))

08/01 Parallel by Foundations featured, their 3rd featured track (1st published) (track published 09/05/2014) ((Pie42)

17/01 Subscribers added to FRHD ((gun))
18/01 Remix Contest 3 Round 1 ends, Round 2 begins. Track to be remixed is Imperial by MPatriot
19/01 Remix Contest 3 Round 1 results released by pssst and plasticpineapple
22/01 Pro Members can now gift coins. Announcement here
25/01 World In Ruins by Detailed featured, their 2nd featured track (1st published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

26/01 Grid size released ((WyattStonhouse))
26/01 Aquatic Adventure by ToxicmahemnMax007x (Max007x) featured, 5th featured track for Max007x (1st collab) and 1st for Toxicmahemn, a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

27/01 Hot Track Section released, similar to Trending but on a shorter time frame
29/01 Jon's Pond by brainchef featured, their 1st featured track (track published 29/01/2015) ((Pie42))

30/01 Small Update released by Eric regarding changes in Random Tracks and Top Rated Tracks
30/01 haunted mansion by anaomet featured, their 1st featured track, a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

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30/01 Eric announces that there a 5 new featured tracks and that they have become Community Classic Tracks. 11 tracks are posted in total from track ID 11096 - 11106, taking the total Community Classic Track count to 10,106 between track ID's 1001 and 11106. The game's code was changed to make the new tracks appear next to the other Community Classic Tracks by ID. According to the code from bots, all 11 posted tracks were published on the 26th of November, 2013. The true date is the 30th of January, 2015.
Gash by BINGBANGBOOM (Autoa) featured, their 1st featured track, a Community Classic Track (track published 26/11/2013) ((Pie42))

Eksisténs 1 by StigAndLDPrider (Stig and LDPrider) featured, 5th featured track for Stig (2nd collab) and 4th for LDPrider (1st collab), a Community Classic Track ((Pie42))

cc III by anaomet featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), a Community Classic Track ((Pie42))

Alone by sleepwalker featured, their 1st featured track, a Community Classic Track ((Pie42))

DeadWeight by sleepwalker featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), a Community Classic Track

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February
02/02 Vulcan Genesis by Maple featured, their 4th featured track (4th published), entry for Remix Contest 3 Round 2 (track published 01/02/2015) ((Elibloodthirst))

03/02 Caesium by cky199 featured, their 1st featured track (track published 10/05/2014)

04/02 Seventh Sea by alexander featured, their 2nd featured track (1st published), entry for Remix Contest 3 Round 2 (track published 03/02/2015) ((Elibloodthirst))

05/02 Remix Contest 3 Round 2 ends, Round 3 begins. Track to be remixed is Contest Entry by IamRider
06/02 Remix Contest 3 Round 2 results released by pssst and MPatriot
07/02 Large update compiled from other posts which includes adding a subscriber button to authors, hot tracks section and featured track icon. Some of the stuff proposed by Eric in this thread was not implemented in the game.
08/02 medevil bike ride by dropkick featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

08/02 Grid City by Autoa featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

13/02 Campaign Rewards given to those who made a Campaign Track (5000 coins and 60 days of FRHD Pro per track for each author)
23/02 Remix Contest 3 Round 3 ends, judging begins
24/02 Remix Contest 3 Round 3 results released by pssst
24/02 Shattered Dream by max007x (Max007x) featured, their 6th featured track (5th published), entry for Remix Contest 3 Round 3 (track published 22/02/2015)

24/02 ithaka by alexander featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 3 Round 3 (track published 22/02/2015)

25/02 Remix Contest 3 Overall Results announced (kinda) ((Volund))
27/02 Alice by plasticpineapple featured, their 6th featured track (3rd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013). Currently the smallest featured track by size at 30kb. ((Pie42))


March
02/03 Nature Contest ends, results here by RiderExtreme2
03/03 Rewind Contest started ((suggested and given by Todredrob))
04/03 New Editor GUI released by Char
08/03 Erase By Type released by Char
18/03 How to draw an almost perfect large circle thread released by Rey827
18/03 FRHD trials series Round 7 starts
19/03 New Editor Released and Bug Report announced by Char, testing begins for Official Authors to try out new features in the editor for possible bugs.
19/03 Which Country Do You Live In? thread created by ThreeAreFour, now replaced by dantexpress version from 2021-2022
20/03 Games Contest Announced by Lightning-Quick
22/03 Day At The Cottage by odin333 featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 26/11/2013) ((Pie42))

27/03 Water/Ocean and Nature Category Campaign Contest started by Eric
31/03 Organic by EasternBiker ft. gismo63 featured, 2nd featured track for EasternBiker (1st published) and 1st for gismo63 (track published 29/03/2015) ((Pie42))


April
01/04 FRHD trials series ends. Final results were never released. Rankings after Round 6 here
08/04 Forest Medley by pinn (Joelbmx) featured, their 1st featured track (track published 07/04/2015) ((Pie42))

09/04 BLACK MAGIC by Staple (Stig and Maple) featured, 6th featured track for Stig (3rd collab) and 5th for Maple (1st collab) (track published 07/04/2015) ((Pie42)

10/04 Rewind Contest ends, judging begins by genericusername, kingaling and THEend
11/04 Super Mario Bros. 1 (GC) by Stig featured, their 7th featured track (4th published), entry for Games Contest (track published 11/04/2015) ((Pie42))

12/04 Rewind Contest Results announced by THEend
20/04 Games Contest ends, judging begins
20/04 Aurora by Ness featured, their 7th featured track (5th published) (track published 17/04/2015) ((Pie42))

26/04 Vermilion Cliffs by CityShep featured, their 1st featured track (track published 25/04/2015) ((Pie42))

28/04 Games Contest Results announced by Komo
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2016 Part 1
January
01/01 1 Hour Challenge ends, judging begins by TiMartin1069
02/01 2015 FRHD Awards results released by weem
05/01 InterAmnia by mR..A featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 24/12/2015) ((Pie42))

06/01 1 Hour Challenge results released by TiMartin1069
06/01 Max007x becomes a Forum Moderator. Announcement here by Char
08/01 Dark Matter by max007x (Max007x) featured, their 9th featured track (8th published), entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 1 (track published 06/01/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

08/01 Rübell by THEend featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 1 (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

08/01 Sunset by pinn (Joelbmx) featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 1 (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

08/01 Citadel by GMSkittles featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 1 (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

09/01 Remix Contest 4 Round 1 ends, Round 2 begins. Track to be remixed is Blu by Maple
09/01 Remix Contest 4 Round 1 Results announced by pssst, Ness and plasticpineapple
23/01 Empire Falls by mR..A featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 2 (track published 22/01/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

23/01 The Mages Lair by Volund featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 2 (track published 20/01/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

23/01 Pipeline by CityShep featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 2 (track published 22/01/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

23/01 Alien - Exudation by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 7th featured track (6th published), entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 2 (track published 21/01/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

23/01 Abyss by max007x (Max007x) featured, their 10th featured track (9th published), entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 2 (track published 20/01/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

23/01 Remix Contest 4 Round 2 ends, Round 3 begins. Track to be remixed is Cargo Dock by MPatriot
23/01 Remix Contest 4 Round 2 Results released by pssst, Ness and Maple
29/01 FRHD World Cup 2 Announced by DblU, the Contest consists of 8 tracks and a 33, 30, 28, 27... scoring system for placements on each track.

February
01/02 How track code works thread released by Xcape
04/02 1 Hour Challenge results released by Backtwice
04/02 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 1 starts. Track by DblU
06/02 Remix Contest 4 Round 3 ends. Overall contest ends..Round 3 Results and Overall Results released by pssst
06/02 Featured ghosts thread launched by Noob (F1N) with the help of Backtwice where the best ghosts on FRHD are shared for others to beat, now replaced by the Official Featured Ghosts thread on November 1st 2016
07/02 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice and Noob here, here, here
08/02 Featured ghosts update released by Noob
11/02 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 1 ends. Round 2 starts. Track by MikeWi and posted by DblU
12/02 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
13/02 Martian by spruce featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 3 (track published 04/02/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

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Double Compound by Nitrogeneric was featured at some point after 13/02/2016 (Pie42's method says it was featured on 16/07/2017, but that date was likely reached through unfeature then re-feature, leaving the original date of feature still unknown). This was an entry for Remix Contest 4 Round 3 and Nitrogeneric's 1st featured track (track published 05/02/2016) ((Elibloodthirst))

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16/02 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
18/02 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 2 ends. Round 3 starts. Track by DblU
22/02 Psychosis by crane featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Remix Contest 3 Round 2 in 2015 (track published 30/01/2015)

22/02 Oblivions ft. Foundations by Hashplant and Foundations featured, 1st featured track for Hashplant and 4th for Foundations (3rd collab), entry for Collab Contest on Black Hat Rider (track published 12/05/2014) ((Pie42))

23/02 Woodland Meadow by TheCrypt (Crypt) featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

23/02 AquaRoute by RHINO featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

23/02 ENCIKLOPEDIA (read desc) by KONSTRUKT ft. RuanF featured, 1st featured track for both authors (track published same day it was featured) ((Pie42))

24/02 Suggest a featured track! thread created by Stig
25/02 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 3 ends. Round 4 starts. Track by Nitrogeneric and posted by DblU
27/02 MAN and MACHINE by mR..A featured, their 4th featured track (4th published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Pie42))

29/02 CO³ by pssst ft. m.m.i featured, 2nd featured track for m.m.i and 4th for pssst (3rd published) (track published 28/02/2016) ((Pie42))


March
02/03 FutureRoots Lv5 by hawnks featured, their 4th featured track (4th published), a Community Classic Track (track published 26/11/2013) ((Pie42))

03/03 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 4 ends. Round 5 starts. Track by JCRadical and posted by DblU
09/03 far from my box by nasrani featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), initially posted on Black Hat Rider for Box Contest 2014 (track published 29/11/2014) ((Pie42))

10/03 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 5 ends. Round 6 starts. Track by Todredrob and posted by DblU
10/03 Twisting Nether 2 by iTzChuckNorris featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013) ((Pie42))

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11/03 Lets Explore by WyattStonhouse featured, their 1st featured track (track published same day it was featured)
The first track to surpass track limit size in FRHD. 10,000kb in the editor and posted as 7,866kb. ((Pie42 and Elibloodthirst))

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13/03 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
16/03 First Official Contest announced by Stig ((Elibloodthirst))
16/03 Kykotsmovi Mesa by CityShep featured, their 4th featured track (3rd published) (track published 20/06/2015) ((Elibloodthirst))

17/03 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
17/03 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 6 ends. Round 7 starts. Track by Volund (codrey) and posted by DblU
19/03 AngryGroudon's Guide to Auto Making released by AngryGroudon
22/03 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
24/03 FRHD World Cup 2 Round 7 ends. Round 8 (final round) starts. Track by DblU
28/03 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
31/03 Featured ghosts update released by Backtwice
31/03 FRHD World Cup 2 ends, results released
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2017 Part 1
January
02/01 2016 FRHD Awards results released by jroles
03/01 The Verge by BowlOfFire featured, their 1st featured track (track published 26/07/2016) ((Pie42))

05/01 National Free Rider League Draft begins, with one team owner a day drafting a player before the next owner can. Draft Results thread created by RiderExtreme2 which is updated after every pick.
16/01 Ed Gein the real Leatherface by StevenLeary featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 31/01/2016) ((Pie42))

17/01 Magnus by mR..A featured, their 5th featured track (5th published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 1 (track published 16/01/2017) ((Pie42))

17/01 中國崛起 by Please_Delete (MayhemMercenary) featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 1 (track published 16/01/2017) ((Pie42))

17/01 Remix Contest 5 Round 1 ends. pinn (Joelbmx) and THEend get 2 extra days to finish their tracks.
18/01 Conflagration by pinn (Joelbmx) featured, their 4th featured track (4th published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 1 (track published same day it was featured ((Pie42))

19/01 Cilant Lîs by THEend featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 1 (track published 18/01/2017) ((Pie42))

19/01 According to InTheSavce Remix Contest 5 Round 2 started after pinn (Joelbmx) and THEend uploaded their tracks. Track to be remixed is World 3 - SMCP by Stig ft. spruce and Ness
21/01 Remix Contest 5 Round 1 Results released by Max007x, Elibloodthirst and Wave
26/01 alexander and weem are demoted from featured track moderators ((Elibloodthirst))

February
11/02 Calvin and Hobbes by spruce featured, their 5th featured track (4th published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 2 (track published same day it was featured) ((Pie42))

16/02 ridge by zwinxz featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 2 (track published 15/02/2017) ((Pie42))

16/02 National Free Rider League Draft ends
18/02 Claire's Train by pinn (Joelbmx) featured, their 5th featured track (5th published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 2 (track published same day it was featured) ((Pie42))

21/02 Raze by Please_Delete (MayhemMercenary) featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 2 (track published 20/02/2017) ((Pie42))

21/02 Remix Contest 5 Round 2 ends after Please_Delete (MayhemMercenary) posted his track
28/02 Remix Contest 5 Round 3 starts. Track to be remixed is Caesium by cky199 (only a small section of the track)

March
01/03 Alpha Nonane by Nitrogeneric featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 2 (track published 18/02/2017) ((Pie42))

05/03 National Free Rider League Match 1 starts. Track by Pancakes345
06/03 Remix Contest 5 Round 2 Results released by Max007x
07/03 National Free Rider League Match 1 ends, results released by RiderExtreme2
08/03 Due to Please_Delete (MayhemMercenary) uploading late again, he had 2 points deducted from his perfect 10 score, resulting in an 8/10. Final and fair results by InTheSavce
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08/03 Free Rider HD available on the iOS App Store (Mobile App). Announcement here
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12/03 Tartarus by Cataclysm featured, their 11th featured track (11th published) (track published 08/03/2017) ((Elibloodthirst))

12/03 National Free Rider League Match 2 starts. Track by speedy__XD
14/03 National Free Rider League Match 2 ends, results released by RiderExtreme2
14/03 1.3.10 App Store Release for Mobile App
16/03 BrandonBishop50 starts his discord server
17/03 National Free Rider League Match 3 starts. Track by CityShep
19/03 National Free Rider League Match 3 ends
20/03 Hibernia by pinn (Joelbmx) featured, their 6th featured track (6th published), entry for Remix Contest 5 Round 3 (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

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21/03 Remix Contest 5 Round 3 ends. InTheSavce released his opinion on the Round 3 placings on August 9th 2018 and stated that not all prizes would be distributed. pinn (Joelbmx) was the clear winner and received the t-shirt with pictures of all 3 of his entries. Nitrogeneric would have come 2nd as he was the only one who took part in each round with a high standard too. A far 3rd place would have been E12 as he was the other player to participate in all rounds. Final unofficial results here
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19/03 National Free Rider League Match 3 results released by RiderExtreme2
21/03 1.4.0 App Store Release for Mobile App
22/03 Box Contest 2017 Announced by weem
26/03 National Free Rider League Match 4 starts. Track by RiderExtreme2
28/03 National Free Rider League Match 4 ends

April
01/04 National Free Rider League Match 4 results released by Wave
02/04 National Free Rider League Match 5 starts. Track by TeamPhantom
03/04 1.4.1 App Store Release for Mobile App
04/04 National Free Rider League Match 5 ends, results released by RiderExtreme2
05/05 National Free Rider League Mid-Season Standings released by RiderExtreme2
06/04 Picture Box Contest announced by zeke15 which requires a minimum entry of 100 coins to participate
08/04 National Free Rider League Match 6 starts. Track by InTheSavce
10/04 National Free Rider League Match 6 ends
10/04 Elibloodthirst demoted from feature mod ((Elibloodthirst))
13/04 National Free Rider League Match 6 results released by RiderExtreme2
16/04 Picture Box Contest ends, judging by zeke15 and Todredrob begins
21/04 Picture Box Contest results released, prizes distributed among winners
22/04 National Free Rider League Match 7 starts. Track by pnguy
24/04 National Free Rider League Match 7 ends
26/04 Box Contest 2017 ends, judging begins

May
01/05 Box Contest 2017 results released by weem
02/05 Decades (OCE) by Pancakes345 featured, their 1st featured track, originally an entry for the FRHD Official Contest in 2016 (track published 29/04/2017) ((Elibloodthirst))

07/05 National Free Rider League Match 8 starts. Track by Wave
09/05 National Free Rider League Match 8 ends, results released for Match 7 and Match 8
12/05 The City of Omashu by WyattStonhouse featured, their 4th featured track (4th published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

13/05 National Free Rider League Match 9 starts. Track by Todredrob
15/05 National Free Rider League Match 9 ends
13/05 BobbyJames becomes an Administrator. Announcement here
18/05 Despedida by LucJohnson featured, their 1st featured track (track published 15/05/2017) ((Elibloodthirst))

30/05 Liked Tracks Section on player profiles released
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2018
January
01/01 Official Winter Contest ends
02/01 FRHD Awards 2017 results released by weem
03/01 Nassau by Zgolex featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 02/01/2018) ((Pie42))

05/01 Official Winter Contest Voting begins
08/01 Costa Concordia by WyattStonhouse and Elibloodthirst featured, 11th featured track for Elibloodthirst (3rd collab) and 5th for WyattStonhouse (5th published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

08/01 Ideas Poll released by Char to see what updates or features the community wants added in the future
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10/01 200 Heads and New Developer! Brett joins the FRHD Development Team. The old shop is changed with the 200 headgear from the Mobile App.
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12/01 Dislikes removed
13/01 Official Winter Contest Results announced ((Elibloodthirst))
24/01 Dislikes added back. Announcement here

February
02/02 Antigravity Powerup released
05/02 FRHD Wall of Fame 2018 started by DblU
09/02 Midnight Parkour by TallTexan featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Nighttime Contest (track published same day it was featured) ((Pie42))

14/02 Teleport Powerup released Only available for Official Authors at the time.
17/02 Addition of main game ads that appear before track loads. Skipping ads are available and appear every few tracks loaded. Ads can be dealt with by adblockers with no repercussions.
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17/02 FRHD Timeline created by cctvcctvcctv, outdated as of July 17th 2021 and now replaced by TPlacella's larger and updated version in 2024 (this timeline)
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25/02 Nighttime Detailing Contest ends, judging begins with Zycerak and QuinnFederle (Netsik)
28/02 Nightime Detailing Contest Results released

March
03/03 Vanish NTBF by WyattStonhouse featured, their 6th featured track (6th published) (track published 02/03/2018)

31/03 Norwegian Wood by Netsik (oq38476tyVBc964t) featured, their 1st featured track (track published 30/03/2018)


April
03/04 eXor by Zgolex semi-featured, their 4th featured track (4th published) (track published same day of intended feature)
06/04 eXor is fully featured now. A bug prevented the ribbon from showing, but mR..A fixed it

09/04 Truck Powerup released
10/04 Raven's Ridge by BowlOfFire featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 09/04/2018)

13/04 Daily Track is added. As of 2024 @Eyrp and Totoca12 select trending tracks or high-quality old tracks to feature on Daily Track for 7 days. 7 tracks are on the list at a time and it refreshes every 24 hours, adding and removing a track from the list rotation style. Daily tracks are determined by moderators weeks in advance sometimes as in rare cases, there have been no daily tracks.
24/04 mR..A becomes a forum mod
25/04 Official Featured Ghosts Update with 3-day featured trick ghost challenge released by mR..A
26/04 Vainishing by DbluAndMikeWi (DblU and MikeWi) featured, 4th featured track for DblU (3rd collab) and 2nd for MikeWi (2nd collab) (track published 23/04/2018)

27/04 Balloon Powerup released

May
06/05 Passe by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 12th featured track (9th published) (track published 05/05/2018)

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10/05 110+ Hours of Falling! by Ninjasparkour published, commonly referred to as the longest completable FRHD track ever made

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10/05 Blob Powerup released
20/05 New personal information options in settings, plus the ability to change account name once without the help of developers.
24/05 Old Theme released by GoodraFRHD, still a WIP
26/05 Featured Tracks Leaderboard created by BattleBro, last updated on the 23rd of June 2020. Now replaced by dantexpress' version

June
02/06 Autumnal by Netsik (oq38476tyVBc964t) featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 31/05/2018) ((Elibloodthirst))

12/06 FRHD Wall of Fame 2018 posted by DblU

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16/06 VIP Title introduced by Stig. The first 3 VIPs are Stig, Maple and lolz666
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16/06 New Smilies by Max007x
17/06 New Smilies "Secretcat" was added in this update but it no longer appears on posts/messages as of 2024
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18/06 New Trophies added by Stig, some removed. Featured track medals were added too, awarded to those who met the requirements. Announcement here
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19/06 One week OC #1: Teleporter & Anti-Gravity announced (commonly known as Powerup Contest)
28/06 Powerup Contest ends, judging begins.
29/06 Picture Box Contest Announced by zeke15
29/06 Juding ends for Powerup Contest, results published. Additional details eg. further placements, prizes etc. may be found here and here ((Elibloodthirst))

July
01/07 Powerup Contest results shown on the main page of the forums
02/07 escape! by alexander featured, their 9th featured track (5th published), entry for Powerup Contest (track published 26/06/2018) alexander earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks

11/07 Picture Box Contest ends, judging begins from Volund, Eryp, Todredrob and zeke15
12/07 The Battle Of Little Bighorn by StevenLeary featured, their 5th featured track (5th published) (track published same day it was featured) StevenLeary earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks ((Elibloodthirst))

19/07 Picture Box Contest Results released
22/07 Waterworld by JerryAxi featured, their 1st featured track (track published same day it was featured) JerryAxi earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

24/07 Many Vertical Line Segments by tetrationiscool published and is biggest track so far uploaded at 9766kb ((Elibloodthirst))

30/07 100 Jumps Official Contest started by Char
31/07 Crystal Version by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 13th featured track (10th published) (track published 30/07/2018) ((Elibloodthirst))


August
08/08 100 Jumps Official Contest ends
10/08 Free Rider Jumps Released for Facebook. The Facebook Messenger version of the game is now unavailable. TPlacella discovered this in 2024. The independent website is still up but the leaderboard no longer works.
11/08 100 Jumps Official Contest results released. The code made by speedy__XD was used to make Free Rider Jumps ((Elibloodthirst))
24/08 Calculus releases Custom Cosmetics

September
20/09 Free Rider Jumps released as an independent site
23/09 Remix Contest 7 Start - Best Duo announced by Phase where participants can collab with a partner!
24/09 Remix Contest 7 Practice Round starts. Track to be remixed is Clinched Butte by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst)
26/09 Free Rider Top 100 released, contributed to by Netsik, Elibloodthirst, Cynic, Sannin and Chaos-Fallen
27/09 Halloween Campaign started by pssst. The idea didn't follow through.
28/09 Discord tab added to forums, redirects to Str1p3s's discord server, started a few days earlier.
30/09 Str1p3s gives Phase ownership of the server, who then swiftly deletes it. A new one is started up by Stig
30/09 Remix Contest 7 Practice Round ends
30/09 Remix Contest 7 Round 1 starts. Track to be remixed is Vorago by Rhodium

October
02/10 Halloween Contest started by Char
02/10 Halloween Contest banner put up
07/10 Planet Free Rider by BowlOfFire featured, their 4th featured track (4th published) (track published 06/10/2018)

20/10 Remix Contest 7 Round 1 ends. Judging begins
22/10 Remix Contest 7 Round 1 Results released by Phase, Max007x and Ishu
22/10 Vulcan by Maple featured, their 9th featured track (8th published) (track published same day it was featured)

23/10 Burial Chambers by Maple featured, their 10th featured track (9th published) (track published 22/10/2018)

23/10 Halloween Contest ends
25/10 Remix Contest 7 Round 2 starts. Track to be remixed is Waterworld by JerryAxi
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25/10 Halloween Contest results released. Due to placing first in the Halloween Contest, Elibloodthirst is awarded the VIP title, the 4th person to earn the title. ((Elibloodthirst))
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25/10 Fear by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 14th featured track (11th published), entry for Halloween Contest 2018 (track published 21/10/2018) ((Elibloodthirst))


November
04/11 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by mR..A
10/11 "Holiday In The Big City" Official Winter Contest starts
18/11 Daily Track removed from the homepage
16/11 Remix Contest 7 Round Two ends
22/11 Daily Track added back
23/11 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by mR..A
25/11 Remix Contest 7 Round 2 Results released (kinda)
27/11 Remix Contest 7 Round 3 starts. Partners can pick any track they want to remix.
27/11 Forum Game [Guess The Track] started by Netsik

December
04/12 CraigMoon releases the largest track so far, at 9768k ((tetrationiscool))

06/12 Ocean: Isles ft. Nefarious by Netsik ft. Nefarious featured, 3rd featured track for Netsik (3rd published) and 1st for Nefarious (track published 05/12/2018)

07/12 FRHD Awards 2018 Announced by weem
12/12 Hover ads are now transparent
20/12 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by mR..A
20/12 Remix Contest 7 Round 3 ends Contest fell through and no results were ever published by Phase
24/12 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by mR..A
30/12 Winterfreuden by zwinxz featured, their 6th featured track (4th published), entry for Official Winter Contest 2018 (track published 29/12/2018) ((Elibloodthirst))

31/12 "Holiday In The Big City" Official Winter Contest ends, judging begins

 

2019 Part 1
January
02/01 FRHD Awards 2018 results announced by weem ((Elibloodthirst))
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03/01 Official Winter Contest results released. Due to placing 1st in the Official Winter Contest, zwinxz achieves VIP status, the 5th person to earn the title. ((Elibloodthirst and Volund))
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04/01 Witchmist by Maple featured, their 11th featured track (10th published) (track published 25/10/2014). Maple earns Legendary Trackmaker Medal for publishing 10 featured tracks ((Pie42))

04/01 The Second Empire ft. Stig by mR..A and Stig featured, 14th featured track for Stig (4th collab) and 7th for mR..A (7th published) (track published 04/08/2016) ((Pie42))

15/01 Free Rider World Cup 3 announced - hosted by Totoca12
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19/01 Stig releases and features Super Mario Bros. FRHD, the long-awaited Mario Campaign Collab with contributions from alexander, Max007x, Ness and Maple. It's the 15th featured track for Stig (11th published), 14th for Max007x (3rd collab), 12th for Maple (2nd collab), 11th for Ness (5th collab) and 10th for alexander (5th collab). The original 8 SMCP Levels are hidden from Stig's profile, alexander loses 2 featured collaborations (now 3 collabs), and Ness and spruce lose 1 (Ness goes to 4 collabs and spruce 1). Stig goes down to 8 published featured tracks. ((Tubiek))

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28/01 SinnedTragedy (long time 3rd on the overall points leaderboard) changed his username to degausser, and he also added a gravatar. ((tetrationiscool))
28/01 GorillaChips by StevenLeary featured, their 6th featured track (6th published) (track published 24/01/2019)

29/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by mR..A
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31/01 A New Campaign!! Comprised of only one track, Stig 's renowned Super Mario Bros. FRHD This would turn out to be the last official game update FRHD would receive.
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February
02/02 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 1 starts. Track by Netsik
04/02 Five Rooms Sequel - Community Collab started by mR..A, collab eventually falls through
09/02 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 1 ends, current rankings released by Totoca12. Round 2 starts. Track by Totoca12 and crazywizard_13 (adversitas)
16/02 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 2 ends, current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12. Round 3 starts. Track by Nexus ((Nexus))
24/02 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 3 ends, current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12
25/02 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 4 starts. Track by demimondance

March
04/03 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 4 ends, current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12. Round 5 starts. Track by epochemu
11/03 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 5 ends, current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12
16/03 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 6 starts. Track by Pie42
19/03 Totoca12 and Whisk become featured ghost moderators. mR..A steps down from his role. Announcement here ((Totoca12))
20/03 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
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21/03 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12. Anonyymi reaches 20 featured ghosts (all being fast ghosts), the first person to reach both marks ((Cerasium))
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24/03 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 6 ends, current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12
25/03 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 7 starts. Track by Holystone (Rayb25)
26/03 Official Featured Ghosts update released by Totoca12, update days will now be announced with added notice
30/03 Official Featured Ghosts update released by Totoca12

April
01/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 7 ends, current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12
02/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 8 starts. Track by Totoca12 and tetrationiscool
08/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 8 ends
09/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 9 starts. Track by crazywizard_13. Round 8 current rankings and commentary released by Totoca12 (adversitas)
10/04 Official Featured Ghosts updates here and here released by Totoca12
16/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 9 ends
17/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 9 current results and commentary released by Totoca12
18/04 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
19/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 Round 10 starts. Track by ShadowArk - FINAL ROUND
25/04 Raspberry Jam by Figured featured, their 1st featured track (track published 24/04/2019). Figured earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

28/04 Free Rider World Cup 3 ends, final rankings and commentary released. Additional information, including critique and commentary from the host of the contest, may be found here
28/04 The original timeline by cctvcctvcctv gets split up into separate posts per year, having previously been one giant block as the first post of the thread, due to the limit of 30,000 characters being reached. Announcement here

May
09/05 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
11/05 1000 Jumps Challenge Community Collab started by RidingForever, collab eventually falls through
31/05 The Ellie Badge ft. Doodlenut by Figured and Doodlenut featured, 2nd featured track for Figured (2nd published) and 1st for Doodlenut (track published same day it was featured)


June
05/06 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
09/06 Desperation by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 15th featured track (12th published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Elibloodthirst))

12/06 Negative Space by mR..A featured, their 8th featured track (8th published) (track published same day it was featured)

18/06 Ghosting Battle Contest announced by Sannin (Madara) with help from adversitas (crazywizard_13)
20/06 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
24/06 Due to a porn spam on the official discord server, cctvcctvcctv becomes the first chat moderator (Note: admins existed before this, such as Stig and Max007x, a new subordinate role was created called "chat moderator" by Max007x and given to cctvcctvcctv at this date)
25/06 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 1 starts. Track by Madara
26/06 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
28/06 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 1 ends, Round 2 starts. Track by Figured and posted by Madara
29/06 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12

July
01/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 2 ends, Round 3 starts. Track by mR..A and posted by Madara
02/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
04/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 3 ends, Round 4 starts. Track by Madara and weem
06/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
07/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 4 ends, Round 5 starts. Track by Madara and Figured
08/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
09/07 Free Rider top 100 made by Elibloodthirst with help from Madara and Totoca12 Last updated in 2022 in certain sections.
10/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 5 ends, Round 6 starts. Track by adversitas and matt_trazy
13/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 6 ends, Round 7 starts. Track by Madara
16/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 7 ends, Round 8 starts. Track by Madara and Coated_Badger
17/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
19/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 8 ends
20/07 Ghosting Battle Contest Round 9 starts. Track by tetrationiscool
23/07 Ghosting Battle Contest ends, results released and coins distributed by Madara
25/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
30/07 Circle of Life by Figured featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 27/07/2019)


August
02/08 Kano Mining Company ft. max by zwinxz and max007x (Max007x) featured, 15th featured track for Max007x (4th collab) and 7th for zwinxz (5th published) (track published 01/08/2019). zwinxz earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks

05/08 Official Featured Ghosts Update Part 1 and Part 2 released by Totoca12
13/08 Str1p3s becomes the second chat moderator on the official discord server
14/08 crazywizard_13 (adversitas) becomes a featured ghost moderator after Whisk leaves the team.
14/08 Chat moderator is given admin permissions by Max007x, allowing Str1p3s to update the official discord, adding numerous new channels and roles.
14/08 Atlantean Ruins ft. Doodlenut by Holystone (Rayb25) and Doodlenut featured, 2nd featured track for Doodlenut (2nd collab) and 1st for Rayb25 (track published same day it was featured). Rayb25 earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Rayb25))

15/08 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
18/08 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
19/08 Mesozoic by Doodlenut featured, their 3rd featured track (1st published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Rayb25))

20/08 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
21/08 Lascaux by rationalities and Figured featured, 4th featured track for Figured (1st collab) and 1st for rationalities (track published 20/08/2019). rationalities earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Rayb25))

30/08 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12

September
02/09 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
03/09 Teleport powerup made accessible to everyone (previously only Official Authors could use the feature, resulting in a massive influx of noobs begging admins for OA upon release) ((Rayb25))
03/09 crazywizard_13 (adversitas) becomes official staff, appears on the staff page of the member's tab
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2020 Part 1
January
01/01 Series 4, Issue 1 of the FRHD Community Newspaper released
02/01 Image for Galleries subforum created
06/01 Remix Contest 8 Round 3 ends, judging begins
07/01 Speedy's Racing Series Round 1 ends. Round 2 starts
07/01 dwagonbweath by churro (mudkip) featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 8 Round 3 (track published 05/01/2020) ((Rayb25))

07/01 Gravitic Flux by Nitrogeneric featured, their 4th featured track (3rd published), entry for Remix Contest 8 Round 3 (track published 05/01/2020) ((Rayb25))

07/01 Remix Contest 8 Round 3 results Announced by pssst, Elibloodthirst and mR..A
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07/01 Final Rankings for Remix Contest 8 Announced. More detailed information may be found here and here. Netsik is awarded VIP after winning Remix Contest 8, the 9th person to earn the title. ((Volund))
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09/01 VIPs given ability to create a custom title under their username. Announcement here
10/01 BrandonBishop50 promoted to Guide
10/01 Totoca12 and Eryp promoted to Ghost Moderator title
12/01 Synapse (AndrewVaughn3) earns Recognised Ghoster for reaching 5 featured ghosts
12/01 Speedy's Racing Series Round 3 starts early
13/01 Speedy's Racing Series Round 2 ends
14/01 Skeleton Sea by spruce featured, their 7th featured track (6th published) (track published 12/01/2020) ((Rayb25 and Anonyymi))

16/01 beyond all bounds by zwinxz featured, their 11th featured track (9th published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Rayb25))

17/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
19/01 Custom Heads Concept created by Calculus
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20/01 mR..A becomes VIP for contributions to the game, the 10th person to earn the title.
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20/01 Speedy's Racing Series Round 3 ends. Round 4 starts
22/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
26/01 Free Rider World Cup 4 announced by Totoca12 with help from Eryp, BrandonBishop50 and Odala ((BrandonBishop50))
27/01 Speedy's Racing Series Round 4 ends
28/01 Calculus demoted from guide
28/01 Environ by Fluffysmack featured, their 1st featured track (track published 27/01/2020). Fluffysmack earns Recognisde Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Rayb25))

30/01 Speedy's Racing Series Round 5 starts. No end date was announced and final results weren't released. Rankings after Round 4 here
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30/01 Anonyymi reaches 50 featured fast ghosts, the first person to do so ((Cerasium))
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31/01 Series 4, Issue 2 of the FRHD Community Newspaper released

February
04/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Calendar created
11/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Elimination Round starts. Track by BrandonBishop50 & Totoca12 ((BrandonBishop50 and Totoca12))
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12/02 tetrationiscool, long time 1st place holder on the points leaderboard, is passed by HATEYOU ((Rayb25))
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16/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Qualifier Round ends. Group Stage Match 1 announced by Totoca12 ((BrandonBishop50))
17/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 1 starts. Track by Eryp ((BrandonBishop50 and Totoca12))
19/02 Tears by Eryp featured, their 4th featured track (3rd published), track for Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Round 1 (track published 17/02/2020)

20/02 BrandonBishop50 creates a thread about the scenario HackerAlert caused in September of 2019, asking for his Zenblade account to be banned permanently ((Sltg28))
20/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 1 ends ((BrandonBishop50))
21/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 1 commentary released by Totoca12
21/02 HackerAlert's alt account HackerAlertIsMad is banned, the Zenblade and HackerAlert2 accounts don't receive bans
22/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 2 starts. Track by Odala & Totoca12 ((BrandonBishop50 and Totoca12))
22/02 Elite Author Title added to forums, not yet to game. Given to people with 3+ features. VIP title is also given to people with 5+ features, having previously only been given out at rare intervals, or as a contest prize. At this time 20 people were eligible for Elite Author title ((icattallthedark16))
24/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 2 ends ((Totoca12))
25/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 3 starts. Track by BrandonBishop50 & Calculus ((Totoca12))
28/02 The FreeRider Discord Bot, developed by Calculus, starts up on the official discord server ((Calculus))
30/02 Free Rider World Cup 4 Group Stage Match 3 ends, results released by BrandonBishop50

March
01/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Round of 16 starts. Track by Eryp ((Totoca12))
04/03 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Eryp. tetrationiscool earns Pro Ghoster Medal for reaching 10 featured ghosts.
04/03 Elite Author title on forums changes colour from yellow to purple ((icattallthedark16))
04/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Round of 16 ends ((Totoca12))
05/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Quarterfinals starts. Track by Totoca12 ((Totoca12))
06/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Round of 16 commentary released by Totoca12
08/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Quarterfinals ends ((Totoca12))
09/03 Calculus promoted to guide once more ((Calculus))
09/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Semifinals starts. Track by BrandonBishop50 ft. Pie42, Exylies and more ((Totoca12))
10/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Quarterfinals commentary released by Totoca12
12/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Semifinals ends ((Totoca12))
13/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Loser Bracket Semifinals starts. Track by Totoca12 ((Totoca12))
14/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Finals commentary released by Totoca12
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15-16/03 The biggest wave of hacking in FRHD history occurs. Accounts named NotZenblade, NotChar, howaboutno, NotZenblade3383, 2OOOOO+Points and TrumpNeverDies (including countless more) start to hack people's accounts, abuse game rules and hack leaderboards, getting 0.03, 0.00 and FALSE times on thousands of tracks for hundreds of thousands of points. 8957 of the same "TrumpNeverDies is king" tracks are published all at once somehow on accounts with names such as KingTrump[number], KING[number] and RAPPERJACK[number], some accounts even contained multiple of these tracks instead of one such as NotChar. The tracks are between track ID 696409 and 705365. These tracks would be exploited in the future for grinding points, being only 1.07 seconds long and all in a row. Threads are made here, here, here and here about the whole situation. It is revealed that the hacker had Zenblade's source code for hacks before he deleted it on the 20th of September 2019 and the hacker had access/made other scripts to hack in the ways they did.
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16/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Loser Bracket Semifinals ends ((Totoca12))
17/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Loser Bracket Finals starts. Track by Coated_Badger ((Totoca12))
17/03 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12 about condensing main post on the thread and updating stats sheet
20/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Loser Bracket Finals ends ((Totoca12))
21/03 Level Four: Parkour by Levels featured, their 1st featured track (track published 13/03/2020). Levels earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track. ((Rayb25))

21/03 The Sanctuary by DunderMifflin featured, their 1st featured track (track published 20/03/2020). DunderMifflin earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track. Due to DunderMifflin not having Official Author at the time, he couldn't post the whole track over 1,000kb (the published track was 953kb). Since the track he published got featured, he never released the bigger version. ((Rayb25))

21/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Championship Finals starts. Track by Exylies. Championship Finals commentary released by Totoca12 ((Totoca12))
22/03 Infiltration ft Rationalities by Figured ft. rationalities featured, 6th featured track for Figured (5th published) and 5th for rationalities (2nd collab) (track published 21/03/2020). Figured earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks ((Pie42))

24/03 Free Rider World Cup 4 Championship Finals ends, final results released by BrandonBishop50 ((Totoca12))
25/03 Mariana by Coated_Badger ft. rationalities and Fluffysmack featured, 6th featured track for rationalities (3rd collab), and 2nd for both Coated_Badger (1st published) and Fluffysmack (1st collab) (track published 24/03/2020). Coated_Badger earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

25/03 Free Rider World Cup 4: Final placements announced
27/03 Free Rider World Cup 4: Final thoughts + prizes announced
29/03 Free Rider Lite extension by Calculus released, still receiving updates in 2024.

April
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03/04 Criteria for VIP title reversed from 5+ feats back to contest winner/staff decision based on work and status in the community. VIP titles were stripped from those who originally got the title from the 5+ feat system. Ness, alexander and Cataclysm become VIPs, the 11th, 12th and 13th to earn the title respectively. spruce is also awarded VIP for winning the FRHD Official Contest in 2016, becoming the 14th person to earn the title. ((Volund))
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03/04 Box Contest started by weem
04/04 Main Banner on forums changed to advertise weem's box contest
04/04 Series 4, Issue 3 of FRHD Community Newspaper released
07/04 UTAH by StevenLeary featured, their 7th featured track (7th published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Sannin))

08/04 Polygon's Mod released
11/04 Official Featured Ghost Update posted by Eryp. Ninjasparkour earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts.
12/04 Char releases a small change where you need to verify your email before being able to publish a track, done to prevent track spamming/hacking. Comment here from Hoodman63
13/04 Bisram by Cynic featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Picture Box Contest in 2018 (track published 10/07/2018). Cynic earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Cynic))

15/04 Encased by Fluffysmack featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), entry for Box Contest 2020 (track published 12/04/2020) ((Sannin))

15/04 The Underground Factory by Polygon featured, their 1st featured track (track published 30/08/2015). Polygon earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((icattallthedark16))

23/04 Earth Day 2020 by P0PC0RN (Popcorn070) featured, their 1st featured track (track published 22/04/2020). Popcorn070 earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Anonyymi))

24/04 Calypso by zwinxz featured, their 12th featured track (10th published), entry for Box Contest 2020 (track published 23/04/2020). zwinxz earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for publishing 10 featured tracks ((Sannin))

24/04 The End by Netsik featured, their 5th featured track (5th published), entry for Box Contest 2020 (track published 23/04/2020). Netsik earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks ((Sannin))

24/04 Inca by Cynic featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Box Contest 2020 (track published 23/04/2020) ((icattallthedark16))

24/04 Octopus's Garden by mR..A featured, their 11th featured track (11th published), entry for Box Contest 2020 (track published 23/04/2020) ((Cynic))

24/04 2020 Box Contest ends, judging begins
26/04 2020 Box Contest results released. More info may be found here, here, here and here
27/04 Tutorial - 3D Rock Sculpting released by mR..A
28/04 Char releases a proof of concept video illustrating "timeline scrubbing", a feature that was likely going to be implemented in future that enablde ghosters to rewind to a previous point in their ghost, essentially the same as putting a checkpoint at every frame ((Rayb25))
28/04 Free Rider World Cup 4 "Regular Prizes" given.
29/04 Free Rider World Cup 4 "Bonus Prizes" given.
29/04 Calculus earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts

 

2020 Part 2
May
01/05 Like Scraper Script released by cctvcctvcctv ((Rayb25))
01/05 Input Display Mod released by Pie42 ((Cynic))
01/05 jaktetocake's Community Classic Track "CONTEST ENTRY" is unfeatured and presumably removed or hidden from the database along with a few of his other tracks. jaketocake himself is banned from forums. ((Eryp,Rayb25 and cky199))
02/05 Better Races Mod released by Pie42 ((Cynic))
03/05 Free Rider Dark Extension released by Calculus
03/05 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Eryp. Zycerak earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for reaching 20 featured ghosts, the 4th person to earn the medal.
03/05 BrandonBishop50 reaches out to recruit people to the FRHD News Team. It ends up being the last official entry for the Community Newspaper
05/05 Free Rider Tools released by Calculus ((Calculus))
08/05 Editor Tools posted by Calculus compiling some editor scripts he has made
08/05 Forum Admins (Stig, Max007x, mR..A) get powers to delete ghosts, ban people, change usernames/email addresses of users, and give out pro. Mini announcement here
09/05 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12. RedOrBlue earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for reaching 20 featured ghosts, the 5th person to earn the medal.
16/05 Transition Contest started by Elibloodthirst ((Elibloodthirst))
16/05 clandestine by rationalities and Figured featured, 7th featured track for both authors (4th published for rationalities and 2nd collab for Figured) (track published same day it was featured) ((Rayb25))

23/05 Clandestine II ft Ration by Figured and rationalities featured, 8th featured track for both authors (6th published by Figured and 4th collab for rationalities) (track published same day it was featured) ((Rayb25))

26/05 FRHD API created by isekeb
27/05 Mammoth (Revival) by mR..A featured, their 12th featured track (12th published) (track published 26/05/2020) ((Cynic))

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29/05 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12. mR..A reaches 20 featured trickghosts, the first person to do so ((Cerasium))
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30/05 Cynic calls out vegetables and Alex-P for fps slowing and using TAS. Comment here. vegetables admits to cheating and Alex-P says he will stop using it.

June
05/06 Chronos by NewHola featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Transition Contest (track published same day it was featured). NewHola earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Cynic and Rayb25))

11/06 Polygon's Mod, gets a chrome extension along with other cool features
13/06 Desperation Part II by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) ft. Stig and Cynic featured, 16 for Elibloodthirst (13th published), 13th for Stig (5th collab) and 3rd for Cynic (1st collab) (track published same day it was featured) ((icattallthedark16, Rayb25 and Cynic))

14/06 Oblivion II ft. Nitrogeneric by TeamPhantom and Nitrogeneric featured, 6th featured track for Nitrogeneric (3rd collab) and 2nd for TeamPhantom (2nd published) (track published same day it was featured) ((Cynic and Rayb25))

14/06 Level Four: Parkour by Levels unfeatured ((Cynic and Rayb25))
15/06 Subterranean Sky Palace by Coated_Badger featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), entry for Transition Contest (track published 12/06/2020). Coated_Badger earns Elite Author Title for publishing/participating in 3 featured tracks ((Flying_T_Rex and Rayb25))

18/06 mR..A adds medals for Transition Contest
18/06 pssst releases History of Free Rider HD Part 1
19/06 pssst releases History of Free Rider HD Part 2
19/06 Transition Contest ends, judging begins
20/06 Transition Contest results released
20/06 pssst releases History of Free Rider HD Part 3
20/06 Collector (Alex-P) proves he no longer tases with video proof
20/06 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 announced by Madara
21/06 isekeb's Mod released by isekeb, a collection of other mods that adds unique features to the Free Rider Website
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21/06 This Can't Be Real Life 2020 Community Collab by mR..A and others featured. 18th featured track for Max007x (6th collab), 13th for mR..A (13th published) and zwinxz (3rd collab), 6th for Netsik (1st collab), 5th for Eryp (2nd collab), DblU (4th collab) and Zgolex (1st collab and 5th overall due to one being removed), 4th for Coated_Badger (2nd collab), 3rd for TeamPhantom (1st collab) and mudkip (1st collab), 2nd for NewHola, cky199 and Polygon (1st collab for all three), and 1st for OdysseusSupreme, G-raffe, loge_0, Apocolypse, BrendanMagill and LabibZaydandy (track published 20/06/2020). BrendanMagill, OdysseusSupreme, G-raffe, loge_0, Apocolypse and LabibZaydandy earn Recognized Trackmaker Medal for their contributions, and Zgolex earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing/contributing to 5 featured tracks. Thread here ((icattallthedark16))

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22/06 sleep paralysis by churro (mudkip) featured, their 4th featured track (3rd published) (track published 18/06/2020) ((Flying_T_Rex))

24/06 pssst releases History of Free Rider HD Part 4

July
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01/07 RedOrBlue discovers a ghost by clockwe2 on his track Difficult that allows him to go back through a teleport and gain extra time for the helicopter powerup when pressing "enter" to go back to a checkpoint. An interaction like this has never been seen before, requiring precision when just picking up the powerup and going back to the checkpoint. The discovery is coined "the vehicle glitch".
04/07 Heli Tech by Coated_Badger posted, putting the new vehicle glitch to the test on a new track. It is also discovered that you can get infinite time on a vehicle powerup with the same method clockwe2 used but you don't need a teleport and just a checkpoint. This version of the glitch is much harder to pull off and is almost frame perfect.

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08/07 Notnser, corgis_r_cute, and PrestonII get removed from the forum likes leaderboard through deletion of several pages worth of their profile comments due to like spamming. PrestonII creates a thread about it. ((Rayb25))
09/07 Zycerak loses 1500 likes ((weem))
10/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12. BrendanMagill earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts.
12/07 FRHD Wall of Fame 2020 started by DblU
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13/07 Canvas Rider clone Black Hat Rider has finally been shut down and is no longer a registered domain ((Flying_T_Rex))
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13/07 cctvcctvcctv loses ~5k likes and 14 pages worth of profile posts, weem also loses a few, Cynic loses 3-4k likes ((Cynic))
13/07 2 new trophies created, 3000 messages worth 50 points, 3:1 worth 31 points ((Rayb25))
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13/07 isekeb creates Ghost Hax Mod, allowing players to see a player's ghost data on a track.
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15/07 Discord Weekly Challenges start
16/07 Time Warp (ft. Wyattstonhouse. by TallTexan and WyattStonhouse featured, 7th featured track for WyattStonhouse (1st collab) and 3rd for TallTexan (3rd published) (track published 15/07/2020). TallTexan earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((Logeton))

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18/07 Calculus releases Black Hat Rider 2, a long-running project to revive the original BHR. A login system is added with Username: Guest and Password: pass for anyone who wants to access the game. Calculus also implemented the BHR editor and FRHD tracks to make the experience as good as possible.
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18/07 FRHD Mixtape Vol. 1 - Community Collab/Semi-contest started by pssst
20/07 2020 Ghosting Collab, a community collab hosted by Eryp released (full list of contributors here) ((Rayb25))

31/07 Every ghost featured on tafr's (Pie42) TAS Ghost Showcase is deleted by Stig
31/07 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12. TuttiFruity earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts.

August
05/08 Small Mod Collection posted by isekeb
06/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 1 starts. Track by Madara, Rayb25 and NewHola ((Madara))
09/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 1 ends, commentary here and here by Madara and CHARREDLIZARD21. Round 2 starts. Track by Apocolypse and posted by Madara
10/08 Tundra by Eryp, spruce, Netsik and Ishu featured, 8th featured track for spruce (3rd collab), 7th for Netsik (2nd collab), 6th for Eryp (4th published) and 3rd for Ishu (2nd collab) (track published 09/08/2020) ((Logeton))

11/08 Hydra by Coated_Badger ft. Rayb25 featured, 5th featured track for Coated_Badger (3rd published) and 2nd for Rayb25 (1st collab) (track published same day it was featured) ((Rayb25))

11/08 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
12/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 2 ends, commentary here and here by Madara and CHARREDLIZARD21. Round 3 starts. Track by isekeb and posted by Madara
15/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 3 ends, commentary released by CHARREDLIZARD21. Round 4 starts. Track by mR..A and posted by Madara
18/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 4 ends, commentary here and here by Madara and CHARREDLIZARD21. Round 5 starts. Track by RedOrBlue and posted by Madara
21/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 5 ends, commentary here and here by Madara and CHARREDLIZARD21. Round 6 starts. Track by TeamPhantom and posted by Madara
25/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 6 ends, commentary released by Madara. Round 7 starts. Track by Madara and Coated_Badger
27/08 Tropisms by mtt2 (Ishu) and xwinx featured, 4th featured track for both authors (2nd published for Ishu) (track published 26/08/2020)

28/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 7 ends. Round 8 starts. Track by OdysseusSupreme and posted by Madara
28/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 6 and Round 7 commentary released by CHARREDLIZARD21
31/08 Ghosting Battle Contest 2 Round 8 ends. Round 9 starts. Track by Madara, mudkip and isekeb
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2021 Part 1
January
03/01 Remix Contest 9 Round 2 Results released by Elibloodthirst and Max007x
03/01 Murmur by zwinxz featured, their 15th featured track (12th published), entry for Remix Contest 9 Round 2 (track published 27/12/2020) ((Eryp))

05/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12. Cerulean earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts.
06/01 Free Rider World Cup 5 announced by Totoca12 with help from Eryp, Madara and BrandonBishop50 ((RAPPERJACK))
07/01 deletedfeatclassics account created by loge_0 (Logeton) which includes featured tracks that are deleted, not visible on the database and other cool tracks not seen by the community
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07/01 XQC (Félix Lengyel), the largest Twitch streamer in the world, plays FRHD for 10 minutes on stream in front of 70,000 viewers. He tries to make a track in the editor before failing to complete Axis 28 by RadiumRC. Vod here (now unviewable). Watch shorter videos posted by Ness here and here
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10/01 December 2020 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
12/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 released by Totoca12 with the introduction of "other" ghost category. spruce earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts. Cerulean earns Pro Ghoster Medal for reaching 10 featured ghosts. Stevie.T becomes the first person to hold a featured ghost in the 4 main categories at the same time.
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13/01 Official Featured Ghost List split into 2 posts with criteria and stats moving to post 3
14/01 Xverse earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 feature ghosts. Also sets the record for the fastest time from 0 to 5 featured ghosts in just 1 day.
15/01 Cerulean earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for reaching 20 featured ghosts, the 6th person to do so. He breaks 2 records, taking only 9 days to go from Recognised to Legendary Ghoster Medal, and 2 days to go from Pro to Legendary Ghoster Medal.
15/01 Euler's Expanse by Figured featured, their 9th featured track (7th published), entry for Remix Contest 9 Round 3 (track published 12/01/2021) ((Elibloodthirst))

16/01 Xverse earns Pro Ghoster Medal for reaching 10 featured ghosts. He breaks 2 more records, taking only 3 days to reach Pro Ghoster Medal since the first featured ghost, and only taking 2 days to go from Recognised to Pro Ghoster Medal.
16/01 New Member Information created by Unadvertised, a simple guide to forums, thread is eventually pinned
18/01 Riffraff by zwinxz featured, their 16th featured track (13th published), entry for Remix Contest 9 Round 3 (track published 17/01/2021) ((a_drain))

19/01 Remix Contest 9 Round 3 ends
24/01 Free Rider World Cup 5 Qualifiers Stage starts. Track by Apocolypse
27/01 Free Rider World Cup 5 Qualifiers Stage ends, results and commentary released by Totoca12
25/01 Remix Contest 9 Round 3 Results released by Elibloodthirst
26/01 Which Country Do You Live in? thread created by dantexpress, an updated version of ThreeAreFour's thread last updated 13/09/17. The current thread by dante was last updated 21/11/22
28/01 Free Rider World Cup 5 Group Stage Match 1 starts. Track by spruce and posted by Eryp ((Eryp))
30/01 Remix Contest 9 Overall Results released
31/01 Free Rider World Cup 5 Group Stage Match 1 ends, results released by Totoca12. Group Stage Match 2 starts with groups announced. Track by isekeb

February
01/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Group Stage Match 1 commentary released by Totoca12
03/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Group Stage Match 2 ends, results released by Totoca12. Group Stage Match 3 announced and started. Track by Totoca12
04/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Group Stage Match 2 commentary released by Totoca12
06/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Group Stage Match 3 ends, results and commentary released by Totoca12. Round of 16 starts with matchchups announced. Track by SCrane and Apocolypse
07/02 Auto Thread created by a_drain, a guide to auto making
09/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Round of 16 ends, results released by Totoca12. Quarterfinals start 3 hours before the end of Round of 16, matchups announced. Track by Elibloodthirst
10/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Round of 16 commentary released by Totoca12
11/02 Medals added and given to winners of the Ghosting Battle Contest
12/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Quarterfinals ends, results and commentary released by Totoca12. Semifinals start with matchups announced. Track by Exylies
12/02 Official Ranked Ghosting Idea Launched by Coated_Badger, the most unique and complex ghosting contest ever announced, later managed by Totoca12, Madara and Eryp ((Coated_Badger))
15/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Semifinals ends, results and commentary released by Totoca12. Losers Championship Semifinals start with matchups announced. Track by Holystone (Rayb25)
17/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Losers Championship Semifinals ends, results and commentary released by Totoca12. Losers Championship Finals starts with matchup announced. Track by OdysseusSupreme
18/02 January 2021 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
19/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Losers Championship Finals ends, results released by Totoca12. Championship Finals starts with matchups announced. Track by SilentFinger, Fluffysmack, Apocolypse and loge_0 (Logeton)
19/02 2021 Box Contest, hosted by weem, starts ((dantexpress))
20/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 Championship Finals commentary released by Totoca12
22/02 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Totoca12
23/02 Official Featured Ghosts Stats moved onto a spreadsheet
23/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 ends ((dantexpress and Totoca12))
24/02 Free Rider World Cup 5 final commentary and results released by Totoca12 here and here
24/02 Born To Explore by SilentFinger, Fluffysmack, Apocolypse and Logeton featured, 5th featured track for Fluffysmack (2nd collab), 2nd for Apocolypse (2nd collab) and loge_0 (2nd collab), and 1st for SilentFinger (1st published), track for Free Rider World Cup 5 Championship Finals (track published 19/02/2021). SilentFinger earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal. ((dantexpress))

24/02 Dynasty I by Zgolex featured, their 6th featured track (5th published) (track published 23/02/2021) ((dantexpress))

27/02 Free Rider World Cup Coin Prizes and Bonus Coin Prizes released by Totoca12

March
05/03 February 2021 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
06/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 1 starts. Track by Coated_Badger ((Coated_Badger))
07/03 The Beneath by DunderMifflin featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 04/03/2021) ((Eryp))

09/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 1 ends, results released by Coated_Badger
10/03 ShamatoZ reaches 100,000 points, the 4th person to do so ((ShamatoZ))
12/03 名誉を与える by Fluffysmack featured, their 6th featured track (4th published), entry for 2021 Box Contest (track published 11/03/2021) Fluffysmack earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing/contributing to 5 featured tracks ((Eryp))

13/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 2 starts. Track by Maple
15/03 Wave Memorial by Coated_Badger featured, their 7th featured track (5th published), entry for 2021 Box Contest (track published 12/03/2021) ((Elibloodthirst))

15/03 Retreat by dantexpress featured, their 1st featured track, entry for 2021 Box Contest (track published 12/03/2021) dantexpress earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((Elibloodthirst))

15/03 Nineteen Twelve by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 18th featured track (15th published), entry for 2021 Box Contest (track published 13/03/2021) ((Elibloodthirst))

16/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 2 ends, results released by Coated_Badger
17/03 Dynasty: Interlude by Zgolex featured, their 7th featured track (5th published), entry for 2021 Box Contest (track published 16/03/2021) ((Elibloodthirst))

19/03 Intrappolato by Holystone (Rayb25) featured, their 4th featured track (3rd published), entry for 2021 Box Contest (track published 18/03/2021) ((Elibloodthirst))

19/03 Xverse earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for reaching 20 featured ghosts, the 7th person to do so. He is the fastest known person to do it since their first featured ghost, only taking him 65 days.
20/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 3 starts. Track by Madara
20/03 2021 Box Contest ends, judging begins with Eryp, Zycerak and weem ((Eryp))
21/03 2021 Box Contest Results Released
23/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 3 ends, results released by Totoca12. Challenge request feature announced
27/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 4 starts. Track by Autoa
30/03 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 4 ends, results released by Totoca12
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30/03 Char returns to the forums after a four-month absence and announces that Eryp and Totoca12 have now received full mod and admin powers (previously only had forum powers, now also have database powers). Char also announces he is leaving KANO; thus, a new chapter in FRHD begins.
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April
02/04 ChrisRobey reaches 100,000 points, the 5th person to do so ((Adrenalize))
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03/04 Many people on the forums seem to have acquired the title of Forum Moderator, plus the associated powers. Not much happens, besides hotman7777 banning Zycerak, who then gets banned himself by Eryp. After about 45 minutes, Eryp and Totoca12 sorted the situation out.
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03/04 Totoca12 announces NotVeryGood and Madara as the new featured ghost mods. Announcement here ((Madara))
03/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 5 - Bonus Round starts (double points). Track by Totoca12 and Madara
04/04 Pie42 devises a method to extract the date at which a track has been featured and, in most cases, returns an accurate result. Previously only the time at which the track was published was generally known to be calculable accurately.
06/04 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Madara
06/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 5 ends, results released by Totoca12
07/04 Cerulean passes Anonyymi for most featured ghosts with 43
07/04 DrChill earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts
09/04 March 2021 Ghosting Awards announced by NotVeryGood
09/04 dantexpress creates an updated version of BattleBro's Featured Tracks Leaderboard
10/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 6 starts. Track by JerryAxi
11/04 Splinter by EasternBiker featured on BHRtracks archive account run by Eryp, their 3rd featured track (2nd published) (track published 05/12/2019) ((Eryp))

13/04 pinn codes a multi-user collab site, where people can collectively draw on tracks on the same page on the same canvas. The project is still yet to be finished as of 2024.
13/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 6 ends, results released by Totoca12
17/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 7 starts. Track by Netsik. The Scoring System is changed to ELO for easier understanding of ranks.
20/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 7 ends, results released by Totoca12
24/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 8 - Bonus Round starts (Blind Double Points). Track by Totoca12
24/04 Official Featured Ghosts Update released by Madara
25/04 Cerulean reaches 50 featured ghosts and passes Anonyymi's all-time record of 52 featured ghosts with 53
27/04 Official Ranked Ghosting Week 8 ends, results released by Totoca12
28/04 Forum rules update to account for online dating on Free Rider HD ((Eryp))
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2022 Part 1
January
01/01 Project Wilderness by lolz666 featured, their 12th featured track (11th published) (track published 31/12/2021) ((dantexpress))

01/01 Symantec provides a video of him getting a featured ghost to prove his legitamacy further
02/01 RubeGoldberger mentions the use of an input display, tick counter, visible inputs and the possibility to livestream as he is not convinced of Symantec's ghosting
02/01 2021 Free Rider HD Awards recipients released with help from Nitrogeneric ((dantexpress))
04/01 Official Ranked Ghosting Coin Prizes and ORG End of Season Tournament Coin Prizes released by Totoca12
04/01 December 2021 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
05/01 Forums is down for a day
06/01 Official Ranked Ghosting Bonus Coin Prizes released by Totoca12
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09/01 Cerasium reaches 100 featured ghosts, the first person to ever do so
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09/01 Remix Contest 10 Round 1 starts, Practice Round ends. Track to be remixed is mundane by rationalities (dantexpress))
15/01 Coated_Badger shares the FRHD Iceberg he made over a year ago on forums
18/01 Chromium ft. zwinxz by cky199 ft. zwinxz featured, 17th featured track for zwinxz (4th collab) and 3rd for cky199 (2nd published) (track published 24/07/2016)

21/01 Neptune's Wave by dantexpress featured, their 4th featured track (4th published), entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 1 (track published 19/01/2022) ((dantexpress))

21/01 Symantec surpasses Cerasium for most featured fast ghosts with 69 and overall featured ghosts with 79
24/01 Remix Contest 10 Round 1 ends, Round 2 starts. Track to be remixed is Calamity by Maple ((dantexpress))
24/01 Jettyside by RadiumRC featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 1 (track published 21/01/2022) ((dantexpress))

24/01 Vah Medoh by G-raffe featured, their 2nd featured track (1st published), entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 1 (track published 22/01/2022) ((dantexpress))

24/01 dreamt of ///// GONZALO by Chaos-Fallen featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 1 (track published 23/01/2022) ((dantexpress))

26/01 Remix Contest 10 Round 1 Results released by Eryp, rationalities and zwinxz
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29/01 Symantec reaches 100 featured ghosts, the second person after Cerasium to do so
30/01 Symantec surpasses Cerasium's all-time record of most featured ghosts, getting 101. RadiumRC surpasses Cerasium for most auto cut featured ghosts, getting 14. Comment about both here
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February
01/02 Covid-19 Dreamin' by Albatross featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 31/01/2022) ((dantexpress))

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04/02 Calculus reopens Black Hat Rider to the whole community, a revolutionary moment in ensuring the legendary game created by haxzerz lives on in Free Rider's long history. The access key for Sign Up is "2008". The game isn't fully polished and has many features which don't work. Unlike previous attempts to restore BHR, Calculus seems to have most of the game working but players can no longer draw and make tracks.
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04/02 January 2022 Ghosting Awards released by Totoca12
04/02 Symantec surpasses Cerasium's all-time featured fast ghost record, getting 87, hope in the ghosting community starts to fade
05/02 The Monolith by RadiumRC featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 2 (track published 04/02/2022). RadiumRC earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

06/02 Behemoth by G-raffe featured, their 3rd featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 2 (track published 05/02/2022). G-raffe earns Elite Author Title for publishing/contributing to 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

07/02 Remix Contest 10 Round 2 ends Overall Contest ends, judging begins with Eryp, Maple and zwinxz
10/02 2021 Yearly Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
12/02 Sidewalk earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for reaching 20 featured ghosts, the 12th person to do so.
13/02 Remix Contest 10 Round 2 and Overall Contest results released ((dantexpress))
13/02 FRHD SPEEDRUN.COM PAGE thread made by Volund to promote the game on speedrun.com so more people submit runs, make it more mainstream and suggest additions to the page.
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18/02 Symantec flawlesses Rotate III with video proof. Totoca12 cannot believe what has happened, claiming it to be the greatest FRHD ghost of all-time. Ghost Data confirms the ghost is legit. RubeGoldberger again questions Symantec's legitimacy, asking for handcam footage now when he ghosts.
19/02 Symantec says he doesn't have a phone and can turn his microphone on so people can hear him press spacebar next time he streams ghosting a track. Comment here. Later that day, he beats tafr's (Pie42's) TAS Ghost on Rotate III (Pie42's ghost is now deleted). dantexpress spreads his concern for Symantec's wellbeing and the future of the FRHD Ghosting scene.
21/02 Symantec flawlesses bolaside II, a track even harder than Rotate III. Cerulean admits "it's over". Symantec posts his 4 "wow" ghosts here
22/02 Symantec makes another godly ghost, this time on Dry Shampoo
25/02 Symantec completes a track dedicated to TAS Ghosters, send this to someone you hate created by tafr (Pie42), absolutely unbelievable.
27/02 Symantec continues his unrivalled ghosting dominance by improving his ghosts on Rotate III and bolaside II. Chaos-Fallen gives his perspective on the whole Symantec situation. RubeGoldberger adds to the conversation as well, refering to ghost data
27/02 Pie42 brings up various reasons how the methods Symantec uses to ghost can be manipulated and how everyone can't see what he is really doing when streaming his ghosts.
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27/02 our downfall by braw featured, their 1st featured track (track published 26/02/2022). braw earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((dantexpress))


March
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01/03 Cerulean admits to believing Symantec doesn't cheat
03/03 Big Official Feature Ghosts Update Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 released by Totoca12. In summary, Madara, NotVeryGood and Eryp all leave Ghost Moderating Team as RadiumRC comes in, all previous suggestions from people are reviewed (along with Symantec's individually) and the possibility of removing some featured ghosts. All of Symantec's ghosts will be put under review and all his new featured suggested ghosts will be put in Unverified Featured Ghosts category.
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03/03 Maszynka do mielenia mięsa by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 22nd featured track (19th published), late entry for Remix Contest 10 Round 2 (track published 02/03/2022) ((dantexpress))

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05/03 Symantec admits to cheating his ghosts on send this to someone you hate and bolaside II in the Official Featured Ghosts thread, he requests all his featured ghosts to be deleted. He says he broke his fingers and Volund raises the question whether his other ghosts are legit and if this is some way to escape the allegations but still seem as unparralled in ghosting as he is instead of a fully-fledged cheater.
06/03 Totoca12 creates a post of the whole situation, moving all of Symantec's featured ghosts into the unverified category and suspending him from all ghosting-related awards, threads and contests on forums. Considering Symantec cheated previously on his Alex-P and that he was doing stuff even TAS ghosts couldn't do, it is clear that Symantec cheated more ghosts than he admits.
06/03 Sidewalk is the first person to provide handcam footage when ghosting to get a featured ghost
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06/03 Calculus finds a way to see the exact date when your FRHD account was made. Source here
07/03 Calculus creates a way to see total playtime in FRHD using nodejs. Source here
08/03 Stig loses his moderator powers ((dantexpress))
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10/03 Symantec refuses to provide additional proof on the legitimacy of his ghosts as he simply wants the situation to move on and all 178 of his featured ghosts to be deleted. All previous features return to their original owners or are reviewed by ghosting moderators. Message from Totoca12 here
11/03 February 2022 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
13/03 forum growth 2013-2016 posted by RadiumRC
14/03 Symantec shows handcam footage of himself ghosting tracks
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14/03 Updates Regarding Username/Email Changes announced by Totoca12
19/03 Ninja & GLSL's Trial Generator created by GLSL
24/03 Egway beats unspoken on Contest Entry by wolfram, the oldest normal official featured ghost, lasting a whopping 5 years, 6 months, 4 weeks and 1 day! Comment here
27/03 Calculus releases Quick Login script, allowing players to log into their accounts without entering their password
28/03 Calculus creates a script that allows players to export and import ghosts midghost, only replays the ghost and can't be used for cheating

April
01/04 Egway earns Recognised Ghoster Medal for reaching 5 featured ghosts
08/04 March 2022 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
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15/04 Official Featured Ghosts Update Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 released by Totoca12. In summary, Bike Switch Glitch for featured ghosts go into "Other" ghost category, all previous ghost suggestions are reviewed and all the featured ghosts Symantec stole are reinstated to their previous owners.
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2023 Part 1
January
07/01 Pokejoust by dantexpress featured, their 5th featured track (5th published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published 06/01/2023). dantexpress earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

09/01 Green Version by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 24th featured track (21st published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published same day it was featured) ((dantexpress))

09/01 The Last Tale of Yggdrasil by Drndemi featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published same day it was featured). Drndemi earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

10/01 Balloon Challenge thread created by pssst, a place where people can send screenshots of reaching obscure places on tracks and challenging people to "pop the balloon" there
13/01 Remix Contest 11 announced by weem
13/01 Concorde by SilentFinger featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 12/01/2023). SilentFinger earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

15/01 Eclipse by G-raffe featured, their 4th featured track (3rd published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published 14/01/2023) ((dantexpress))

17/01 Not So Friendly Rivalry by Coated_Badger featured, their 9th featured track (7th published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published same day it was featured) ((dantexpress))

17/01 Lucario V by churro (mudkip) featured, their 6th featured track (5th published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published same day it was featured). mudkip earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

18/01 Gurkinn's Alakazam by Rayb25 (Holystone) featured, their 5th featured track (4th published), entry for Pokémon Card Contest (track published 17/01/2023). Rayb25 earns Top Trackmaker Medal for contributing/publishing 5 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

20/01 Remix Contest 11 Round 1 starts. Track to be remixed is 名誉を与える by Fluffysmack
22/01 Not So Friendly Rivalry by Coated_Badger unfeatured. According to Maple, he was drunk when he featured the track. ((dantexpress))
23/01 Pokémon Card Contest ends
22/01 Cerasium beats his all-time record for most featured fast ghosts held, extending it to 87
25/01 December 2022 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
26/01 Many players who participated in certain collabs are given a +1, making some eligible for Trackmaking Medals and Titles
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28/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 released by Totoca12 Cerasium reaches 100 featured ghosts and 100 featured fast ghosts, the first person to reach both marks ((Cerasium))
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28/01 Gallery of a Rotting Mind by malishya featured, their 1st featured track (track published 27/01/2023). malishya earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((dantexpress))

30/01 Dry Grove Sanctuary by Maple featured, their 14th featured track (12th published) (track published 29/01/2023) ((dantexpress))


February
03/02 Pokémon Card Contest Results Announced here and here. Award winners announced here
04/02 Xenom earns Pro Ghoster Medal for reaching 10 featured ghosts
07/02 The Messenger by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 25th featured track (22nd published), entry for Remix Contest 11 Round 1 (track published same day it was featured) ((dantexpress))

08/02 Opulignum mk2 by Albatross featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 03/02/2023). Albatross earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

09/02 Well by loge_0 featured, their 4th featured track (1st published), entry for Remix Contest 11 Round 1 (track published 08/02/2023) ((dantexpress))

09/02 Dead Animal Juice by dantexpress featured, their 6th featured track (6th published), entry for Remix Contest 11 Round 1 (track published 08/02/2023) ((dantexpress))

10/02 January 2023 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
11/02 Remix Contest 11 Round 1 ends, Round 2 starts. Track to be remixed is Tears by Eryp
14/02 Remix Contest 11 Round 1 results released by weem and pssst
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17/02 archivist account is created by Ness, uploading some of the earliest, most influential and most exclusive tracks from the Free Rider Series. Ness uploads the first Free Rider track by Pete, first published on the 18th of February 2007 on the original Free Rider or FRDB. "If it weren't for this track, we wouldn't be here now" TPlacella 2024

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18/02 Feedback from featuring discussions thread is made by Ness to publicise feedback and voting for feature-worthy tracks given by VIP trackmakers
18/02 CONTEST ENTRY by jaketocake unhidden from the database and refeatured, a Community Classic Track (track published 19/11/2013)

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19/02 Free Rider archives created by Ness, documenting the early history of the original game including some of the oldest tracks ever published online.
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22/02 2020 Ghosting Collab by Eryp and others featured, 9th featured track for Eryp (6th published), Netsik (3rd collab) and Coated_Badger (3rd collab), 8th for Nitrogeneric (5th collab), 7th for mudkip (2nd collab) and DblU (5th collab), 5th for Ishu (3rd collab) and loge_0 (4th collab), 4th for OdysseusSupreme (3rd collab), weem (2nd collab) and Zycerak (2nd collab), and 1st for Ultraviolet, Madara, FunBunOne, Anonyymi, Totoca12, Calculus, RedOrBlue, Exylies, Wolf777, Pie42, Slayed, FOIL and Odala. Those who got their first featured track earn Recognised Ghoster Medal (track published 20/07/2020) Thread here ((dantexpress))

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23/02 FR2DB by Maxime posted by Ness on archivist account, the first track published on FR2DB in December of 2007.

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23/02 La boîte de Pandore by Skijumping featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 09/02/2023) ((dantexpress))

26/02 rayb's guide to making trees and rocks released by Rayb25
27/02 Demi-goddess, Demi-diety by malishya featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 20/02/2023) ((dantexpress))

27/02 NotVeryGood resumes role as a Ghost Moderator. Announcement here by Totoca12

March
01/03 VIP Ghoster Title suggested by Totoca12 and Eryp with a poll set up to name the title
02/03 Kelp Me I'm Drowining by dantexpress featured, their 7th featured track (7th published), entry for Remix Contest 11 Round 2 (track published 22/02/2023) ((dantexpress))

04/03 Remix Contest 11 Round 2 ends
07/03 Remix Contest 11 Round 3 starts. Track to be remixed is Kano Mining Company ft. max by zwinxz and Max007x
07/03 Questionable Social Contructs by deadrising2 (Elibloodthirst) featured, their 26th featured track (23rd published), entry for Remix Contest 11 Round 2 (track published 27/02/2023) ((dantexpress))

13/03 The Ultracave by loge_0 featured, their 6th featured track (2nd published), entry for Remix Contest 11 Round 2 (track published 04/03/2023) ((dantexpress))

13/03 Path to Paradise -Not Finished by DunderMifflin featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 22/12/2020). DunderMifflin earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

15/03 Remix Contest 11 Round 2 results released by weem
19/03 February 2023 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
21/03 Uniior earns Pro Ghoster Medal for reaching 10 featured ghosts
21/03 The Scientist by Chaos-Fallen featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published) (track published 16/05/2021). Chaos-Fallen earns Elite Author Title for publishing 3 featured tracks ((dantexpress))

23/03 Tutorial - Grid Ride Creation created by mR..A
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29/03 Remix Contest 11 Round 3 ends. No results have been posted by weem and Coated_Badger (Round 3 judge) for Round 3 and the overall contest
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31/03 Freerider top 100 (2023) made by Elibloodthirst with help from Ness and Volund The most comprehensive author and trackmaking lists ever made.
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April
09/04 SLD Dirt Factory 2020 by goofyinc featured, their 1st featured track (track published 16/09/2020). goofyinc earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((dantexpress))

15/04 March 2023 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
16/04 Solar System by Seasnails published, inspired by If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel website and dubbed the longest helicopter track ever made

19/04 Desert Bus by ShamatoZ published, the longest known straight line track ever made

20/04 Xenom earns Legendary Ghoster Medal for reaching 20 featured ghosts, the 13th person to ever do so (since ShamatoZ's medal was stripped)
25/04 Remix Contest 11 Bonus Round announced where players get to remix one of their own tracks with a chance to win extra prizes
28/04 when white flowers bloomed ~ by bladee (MyrraWolf) featured, their 1st featured track (track published 24/04/2023). MyrraWolf earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track ((dantexpress))


May
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03/05 Ness releases Dream Machine track editor with major help from Calculus. The editor allows players to paste custom objects onto a track with many other tools similar to Calculus' Editor Tools. Quoting pssst "Only a matter of time before the fill tool is made."
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2024 Part 1
January
07/01 Xenom surpasses Cerasium for most featured ghosts, reaching 93
09/01 Story of the Artist by alexander featured, their 10th featured track (7th published) (track published 08/01/2024) ((dantexpress))

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10-12/01 Official Featured Ghosts Update Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 released by Totoca12. Official Featured Ghost List reaches 500 featured ghosts. Xenom reaches 100 featured ghosts, the second person to ever do so behind Cerasium and he also beats Cerasium's all-time record for most featured ghosts, reaching 109, beating the previous record of 108. As well, Xenom surpasses Cerasium's all-time featured fast ghost record, reaching 91, beating the previous record of 90.
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17/01 December 2023 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
20/01 All featured ghosts on the Official Featured Ghosts thread for players are listed in alphabetical order, making it impossible to understand the chronology of when player's got a featured ghost but made it easier to navigate ghosts. Announcement here by Totoca12

February
01/02 Official Winter Contest 2023 ends for a second time.
07/02 The Bark by Wellebelly featured, their 1st featured track (track published 31/01/2024). Wellebelly earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

08/02 deffered by rationalities ft. Zgolex, THEend and Figured featured, 11th featured track for rationalities (6th published), 10th for Figured (3rd collab), 8th for Zgolex (2nd collab) and 4th for THEend (1st collab) (track published 01/02/2024)

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12/02 rationalities becomes VIP (VIP Title is given for someone who has published/contributed to 10 featured tracks but this is rationalities' 11th feature, meaning moderators counted collaborations incorrectly and that rationalities actually earned VIP from NOSTALGIA or time's atrophy) CityShep is also awarded VIP for contributions to the game. They become the 16th and 17th person to earn the title respectively. Announcement here ((Volund))
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24/02 January 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
24/02 FRHD Wall of Honour 2024-2025 posted by TPlacella, proposing a way to recognise the greatest FRHD players to ever play the game. The idea of this thread has now been separated into a regular Wall of Fame 2024 by Volund for current players and a future project recognising the greatest ghosters in FRHD History by TPlacella.

March
06/03 NotVeryGood shares his Community Classic Domination: A Project where he aims to track his leaderboard placement on Community Classic Tracks whilst recording deleted track IDs or uncompleted tracks from Track ID 1001 to 11106
16/03 Vita by Crypt ft. BowlOfFire featured, 5th featured track for BowlOfFire (1st collab) and 4th for Crypt (3rd published) (track published 07/03/2024). BowlOfFire earns Top Trackmaker Medal for contributing/publishing 5 featured tracks.

18/03 Miniature Circle Contest 2024 Announced by Elibloodthirst
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20/03 freerider.app created by Ness, adding features from FRHD onto a website with fun games and unique elements as well.
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23/03 FRHD All-Time Top 100 Ghosters List 2023 released by Totoca12. This year's list was made by Totoca12, Xenom, Anonyymi, Eryp, Sidewalk, Cerulean, Cerasium, Calculus, NotVeryGood and Cork. Part 1 (#76-100) and Part 2 (#51-75)
25/03 FRHD All-Time Top 100 Ghosters List 2023: Part 3 (#26-50)
28/03 FRHD All-Time Top 100 Ghosters List 2023: Part 4 (#11-25), Part 5 (#6-10) and Part 6 (#1-5)
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28/03 Bay of Biscay by nasrani featured, their 5th featured track (4th published) (track published 20/03/2024)

29/03 Cerasium beats Xenom again for most featured fast ghosts, climbing back to 100
31/03 February 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12

April
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06/04 Cerasium claws back to reclaim crown for most featured ghosts, beating Xenom to now reach 106 featured ghosts
07/04 Cerasium beats his own all-time record for most featured ghosts and featured fast ghosts, reaching 103 and 109 respectively.
08/04 March 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
09/04 Cerasium beats Xenom's all-time record for most featured ghosts, reaching 114, beating the previous record of 113
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12/04 Ramps + Portals NTBF by post2henry featured, their 1st featured track (track published 04/04/2024). post2henry earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

12/04 Pie42 recreates isekeb's Ghost Hax Mod and it now fully works
15/04 Miniature Circle Contest 2024 ends, judging by Xenom and Elibloodthirst begins
17/04 Elite Author - Featured Track Voting and Feedback concept created by Volund
22/04 Miniature Circle Contest 2024 Results released. Tie between weem and Ness. Totoca12 gives his feedback to separate the two and Ness is announced as the winner.
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30/04 piski (erikeriksson2001/Klrill/Kzabrikov) passes 100k points, the 7th player to ever do so.
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May
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01/05 FRHD Timeline 2013-2024 created by TPlacella, replacing cctvcctvcctv's Old Version. Totoca12 unpins the Old Version and pins the New Version on the 8th of May.
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01/05 Multi-Box Contest Announced by weem
06/05 April 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
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09/05 Ness announces that CityShep (Thomas Cypress Elwood Mayberry), an incredibly talented and well-known community member, sadly passed away aged 23. A thread is made to share memories, tributes and pay respects to a legend of the Free Rider Series and a popular individual online. CityShep was last seen on March 29th 2022 on Free Rider Forums. The staff add the "Memoriam" role to CityShep's account.
Rest in peace Cypress...
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12/05 Rapperjack Lore created by Sltg28, outlining the iconic history associated with popular FRHD Member FIREBEATS
17/05 CityShep Charity Stream-athon proposed by Volund to raise money for CityShep's (Thomas Cypress Elwood Mayberry's) GoFundMe whilst playing games as a community, ghosting tracks and remixing Retreat by CityShep. The event is to be hosted on the Free Rider HD Discord Server.

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21/05 After 5 months, the Official Winter Contest 2023 Results are posted by Totoca12 with help from Ness, Calculus and Eryp. After much deliberation from moderators and VIPs, loge_0 is awarded the VIP title for winning the contest as that was one of the promised prizes for the winner, the 18th person to earn the title. ((Volund))
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23/05 Double Blacks by nasrani featured, their 6th featured track (5th published) (track published 16/05/2024). nasrani earns Top Trackmaker Medal for publishing 5 featured tracks


June
07/06 May 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
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07/06 CityShep Charity Stream-athon begins with a Kahoot by TPlacella and various games like Scribbl.io, Gartic Phone and Scrabble
08/06 Day 2 of CityShep Charity Stream-athon with Cerasium ghosting Rotate III and Sidewalk plus TPlacella ghosting some of CityShep's tracks. More community games are hosted too and Volund with the help of others continue to work on the Retreat remix.
09/06 Day 3 of CityShep Charity Stream-athon with chess games hosted by Volund and Cerasium ghosting Rotate IV
10/06 CityShep Charity Stream-athon ends, raising $645 for CityShep's family. Retreat remix is still a work in progress. Announcement here
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12/06 Mint Sauce by Autoa featured, their 3rd featured track (3rd published), a Community Classic Track (track published 26/11/2013) ((Tubiek))


July
06/07 Weem's Dream by nasrani featured, their 7th featured track (6th published), entry for Multi-Box Contest (track published 29/06/2024)

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07/07 track editor 1.1 is released on freerider.app by Ness and Pie42 with help and features made by Char, Polygon, Calculus and pinn. It is the most complete and accessible track editor ever made for the Free Rider Series. The editor includes features from other editors, mods and new tools to make trackmaking a lot more fun and easier! Quite possibly the greatest update seen in recent years.
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08/07 The Less I Know The Better by Sltg28 featured, their 1st featured track, a late entry for Remix Contest 11 Bonus Round in 2023 (track published 01/07/2024). Sltg28 earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

11/07 June 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
14/07 Gibraltar II by waddleshoes ft. goatosaur and Embers featured, 2nd featured track for goatosaur (1st collab) and 1st for waddleshoes and Embers (track published 06/07/2024). waddleshoes earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

14/07 Landslide by Flying_T_Rex featured, their 1st featured track, entry for Multi-Box Contest (track published 07/07/2024). Flying_T_Rex earns Recognised Trackmaker Medal for publishing 1 featured track

23/07 Fever Dream by moinotchubb featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 16/07/2024)

24/07 Free Rider Mod Manager is released by Calculus on Chrome Web Store as the first Beta Version, allowing players to manage mods and scripts in-game without using other extensions, tools or other tabs, therefore being less laborious.

August
03/08 Fortress Vader by TeamPhantom featured, their 5th featured track (4th published), entry for Remix Contest 9 Round 2 (track published 27/12/2020) ((Tubiek))

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14/08 FRHD Teams started by Ness and Volund, players can join one of 4 teams: Helicopter, Truck, Balloon and Blob. Those who specify which team they want to join get a forum banner with the powerup colour and name. The FRHD Teams Page was added to Community Challenges and Contests with chats for each team.
15/08 FRHD - Teams - INFO! posted by Ness, outlining how the Contest is seasonal with various points up for grabs through ghosting and trackmaking achievements plus Community Contests and significant actions. Prizes and medals are promised to be given out at the end of the season for those who participated and earned points for their team. FRHD Teams tab is bookmarked on forums, displaying the points leaderboard. Team Captains are named:
Helicopter: Cerasium, Truck: Eryp, Balloon: Rayb25, Blob: Pie42
In this period before the Contest officially starts on September 1st, teams are welcome to strategize, come up with unofficial team names and create Discord Servers for better communication.
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16/08 July 2024 Ghosting Awards announced by Totoca12
16/08 New Smilies added by Totoca12 announcement here

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17/08 Team Powerups information posted by Ness for the FRHD Teams Contest about what each powerup does to certain members, a player's team, or another team, all regarding team points and trading members. Scoring slightly changed for certain categories.
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22/08 Totoca12 makes a post on the Official Featured Ghosts Thread regarding Duper cheating some of his ghosts. Duper failed to provide evidence to disapprove claims and avoided talking to Moderators when questioned about the situation. He was also found admitting to cheating from alternate sources and since the issue has been raised, he has disappeared from the game. Due to this, Duper receives a forum ban, is removed from Ghosting Awards and FRHD Top 100 All-Time Ghosters List, and all 3 of his featured ghosts are deleted, 2 going back to previous owners and 1 being put up for suggestion.
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27/08 How the Community Classic Tracks are Organized - A Small Research Project created by NotVeryGood investigating patterns in the Community Classic Tracks, how they are organized and relating to their original Canvas Rider versions from track ID 1001 to 11106
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27/08 TEAM DUATHLON CONTEST announced by Volund, the first joint trackmaking and ghosting contest in FRHD history. The First FRHD Teams Contest which allows all 4 four teams to form multiple 5-man-squads to make and ghost tracks to earn points
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28/08 SLD 3200 Subscriber Special by goofyinc featured, their 2nd featured track (2nd published) (track published 21/08/2024)

29/08 6900 hexagons by Protvod and FieryBowser published, dubbed the longest blob track ever made

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should be pinned imo
also u missed the termite's nest by fried, that was featured on october 17 2022
also also another feature -> unfeature u could include is the last flight of the ezh170 by teamphantom, got featured on june 1 2016 then unfeatured on june 3

 

It will ask t12 about it once I get to present day with dates given by Dante and yourself. Also I didn’t miss anything as I have a heavy list of things to add on the first post. Haven’t had time to finish it off to 2024, been busy.

 

Doing gods work I see Tplacella

 

You bet, just about 80-85% done now.
Also, Totoca12 mind looking at this, please? I have updated all relevant events and dates of featured tracks up to 2024 whilst adding many missed dates like contests, missing features, certain game/forum updates, important threads and other stuff whilst adding additional information when necessary. Formatting is mostly the same and over half of the timeline is by the work of cctvcctvcctv and other contributors but this timeline is much superior to the previous one even with the years from 2013-2021 with me filling in the gaps of missed dates, adding more background context and even fixing dates (with the help of Tubiek).
Could you please pin this thread and maybe unpin the old one? I've spent a week of almost nonstop work on this and there is still more to go. I'm determined to make this timeline complete with every significant event that's happened in FRHD history whilst adding much more detail on certain dates. Could you also add 'List' prefix? Thanks.

 

Any worth mention of the great cheesecake badges/

 

I'd prefer to manage my new thread. Not many people use or have commented on the original timeline thread anymore. If this thread is advertised or pinned it will receive attention and there will be increased activity.

I also can't be bothered to copy and paste everything and fix formatting on the original thread. I have also referenced the original timeline as a source and in the timeline for Pie's post about all the community classic tracks featured initially so I'd rather keep both timelines separate for those reasons.

I will set up links to each year as well even if 2013-2024 is all in a row. Once 2025 happens I will make that post and link it from the first post in the thread. In short, I'd like to have this thread pinned. I'm still acknowledging the same contributors from the original timeline too. I just think it's about time we update the timeline and move it to a new and improved thread.

I also fixed the thing about ghosting legend and mR..A, good pick up, I'm usually thorough and correct in my explanations/commentary but that was slightly wrong/made no sense.