The History of Trackmania's Most Shortcut Track 

I like how Eror didn't even bother to make his run look legit. "Just crash into the wall with no speed loss, surely nobody will question it" lmao

pablogd *sets normal world record* FWO: "we're paying people to beat this guy but you must use a shortcut" pablogd: "MY RECORD! Also, thanks for the money."

The best parts of this video are when all the cars go flying at once. It redeems my soul to watch those cars fly as a team.

I had an experience with Pablogd about 7 months ago. I was in a random lobby competing for times on a track I forget the name of, and Pablogd joined out of nowhere. Most didn’t even notice him. Not until he set the course record and left some time after that. The entire server was PROPERLY shook. The man is a legend.

Raizo: does insanely difficult skip, beating another skip WR after thousands upon thousands of cumulative skip attempts from the community Video: still has 15 minutes left

Bro these videos are better than most documentaries

"He knew that there was a little time to be saved" so he proceeded to spend dozens of hours trying to save 0.1 seconds you people are insane and I love you.

This video is the definition of "it was impossible... *until it WASNT!"*

finally another documentary with wirtual's iconic documentary voice

Everyone: This is practically impossible. There is 0,000001% chance to pull it off. Trancmania players: So you're telling me there's a chance.......

There's actually a physics explanation to why airbraking works - it's done quite frequently in bmx racing; basically though braking transfers the rotational inertia from your spinning wheels into your frame, effectively making your wheel stop moving, and your frame continuing to do so. So if your wheel is attached to your frame, the vehicle has no choice but to rotate on that axis (which happens to be forward). This causes you to be able to stop pulling your nose up, and pull it down mid air. It's also for the opposite reason that acceleration midair causes the opposite rotation as braking It's a really cool real world thing that a lot of people don't realize exists irl

Trackmania has always had a special place in my heart. It was true, back then in the early 2000's there was no Epic game studio, Humble Bundle, Ubisoft... game stores where they would randomly give a game free every month. It was extremely rare to get a game completely free without a catch. As a kid that had to pay for his own games, finding a game free like trackmania was amazing, and the fact that I can play against other players online was even more awesome.

New favorite Wirtual vid. Totally unbiased

Normal racing games: drive very precisely to compete Trackmania: yeet yourself into the finish

Pablogd have to be one of my favorite players in the world right now. Because he is so determined of this game and very heavy skilled.

31:43 Now thats what I call a perfect synced beat drop

what i like with these documentaries is that they're standalone - in many cases, shortcut runs exploit bugs like nosebugs, uberbugs, etc, and wirtual always explain what the bug consists in - you don't need prior knowledge to understand the bug enough to understand the runs, and that's beautiful

I can imagine the absolute grin on the faces of all these players, realizing "wait, this might be it... this... no way... Yes? YES? YEEEEES! WOOOOOOO"

This video is an embodiment of “you miss a 100% of the shots you don’t take” The dedication in these guys are ridiculous but inspiring

These videos are a work of art on themselves, every time you said "...got this run" I was on the verge of my seat :) The background music is incredibly well picked too, a shame I can't find the one from this video on the list below? If someone has it, please let me know! Thanks again for your work

Man I really hope you’re proud of what you do Never in my life did I think I’d be captivated by an arcade racing game but here I am. I’ve never played this game; nor do I really care for racing in general; but your explanations make me feel like I’m a vet of this game & your presentation keeps me watching more. Be proud man, you’re awesome

99% of viewers: *knows everything about trackmania and it’s history* Also 99% of viewers: *never played it before*

I just wanted to leave a huge compliment. Back in Nations Forever I was just a casual player who loved to drive against friends online. A few weeks ago I came across the new Trackmania and watched some streams, mostly the AT Challenge. Now I was looking for fun videos to watch regarding this game and found your Channel and Videos. I have huge respect for you now. I watched the "Deep Fear" Video and others, tbh, I watched 3 hours of videos now and every single minute was a blast. Your storytelling, quality, and absolute maniac effort and dedication are inspiring. I mean you played that deep fear map for 15 hours - I can't even imagine how exhausting it had to be to drive that insane map while entertaining your chat etc. So huge respect and thanks for the stunning content you provide! I know, I know, nobody my respect doesn't mean anything since I'm just a stranger on the internet writing a comment on RU-vid :D. Anyway, I'm looking forward to spending even more time with the amazing videos you created. Keep the fantastic work up! Cheers :)

I love how no matter how many years go by, there is documentation on these legends that will never disappear from history. Forged forever in time.

All of these cuts & records were the result of passionate dedication and creativity...! thank you to Wirtual awesomely spotlighting all things unbiased :)

26:35 I can only imagine the initial freakout when he finally did the jump.....and landed upside down a few inches away

Your story telling is so good. You're going to explode out of gaming focused content within a year or two. You're able to draw and keep peoples attention on subjects they aren't familiar with or already invested in in some way.

As someone who hasn't played TM in a long time, I audibly gasped when I saw Ors' uberbug run. You can tell that it's the result of years of understanding the game's physics engine.

At 15:50 I was *really* expecting Hefest to get this run.

24:18 but.... Can you run a Wirtual Machine 🤔

Being a Korean Trackmania player myself, huge respect for Twince and Hardtack!

WOW! I've never heard of you, this game, or any of these players. Your video was So good, you made the story compelling.. SO WELL DONE! truly a great job of making the subject approachable, not getting into the weeds, using great edits and gameplay to help a novice be able to watch and see what was going on, and _GET_ it... well done!

"And on the 3rd day of the project, perhaps surprisingly, it was Pablogd, who got this run" Oh boy here we go

2:05 wirtual : "the map is only left turn and jumps" 2:04 the car : * take a right turn *

I think this videos are so enticing even though many of the ppl who watch them dont play the game because, first, its a pretty simple game, its just racing, anyone can understand it, but i think we love learning about this will and commitment, its sort of heartwarming to see how far we as humans can go not only at an individual level but as a community too. This is not just a world record run, its the history of thousands of attemps by a lot of ppl to push the limit, to go further.

I've never played TM in my life, doubt I ever will but I found Wirtual by accident and now can't stop watching his videos and have subbed on twitch too!

My jaw hit the floor when the Ors Uberbug was shown for the first time. What a genius

Track Mania is turning into: “Find the Uber bug”. After seeing some of the runs people have done, and the ever so crazy TAS; Track Mania has gone from arcade racer to flight sim. I bet with enough time and patience players could find a way to Uber bug on most if not all of the tracks to finish them. It might not be faster, but I certainly find it entertaining.

your editing is just... brilliant. with each of these slowmos i feel like i'm entering some sort of dreamscape, it's surreal and amazing

It must feel sooo good to see your car floating directly towards the finish line. Such a rush as it all develops slowly in front of you. I can't think of any speed run/world record situations that develop quite like that.

The king is back 👑

Half an hour Trackmania history lesson. Just what i needed today

These videos are so damn good man. Thank you! Such wholesome content. Found you by accident few weeks back, and since then I've spent way too much time in RU-vid :D Got me to download TMNF for the first time since forever, and now Im loving it again. Keep up the great work!

Your videos are such a wonderful love letter to this gaming community. I've never played Trackmania or even tried speedrunning anything, but videos like yours really communicate the passion behind these players in a beautiful way. Truly incredible work!

Man that uberbug by Ors had me popping off. This video is incredible. Stunning job once again. You're a huge inspiration!

An airbreak is somewhat of a realistic behavior just that it works exactly the opposite of how it does in reality. Motocrossers use that in every jump. It´s the conservation of angular momentum. The rotational energy stored in the spinning wheels is transfered to the whole bike when you break. So break = tilt forward. Reving up the engine however tilts the bike in the other direction.

Fantastic video as usual. Love the timeline of the discovery of shortcuts, the attempts and completions of said shortcuts, and the presentation of the track as a whole.

People: "Wow, this airship run surely was a one in a million shot :)" Raizo: "I'll fckn do it again."

Hell yes, the wait is finally over! Edit: One of your best yet! And the length more than makes up for the long wait :D

"he got this run" **jazz starts playing** the best recipe for a good wirtual video

Bro you do such a great job on each of your videos by telling us year by year the history of of any records and with the clips it is fire

I never played track mania but I've watched several of your videos, and man u do a great job. I understand everything and u don't add unnecessary info. Idk why I watch 30min vids on games I've never played but u got me hooked!

As awesome as all the shortcuts were, and how optimised the track has become, I genuinely think Eror’s wallride is the fastest method. If someone gets that one in a million miracle launch, they’ll never get beaten.

Twince is so unlucky, sat turtled in the finish for like 2 seconds

Dude.... You're videos are incredible. I was just looking up my usual gamer videos like always, and in between the videos i watch, one of the videos from you got recommended. I remembered my time with TM for win XP, and then TM nations forever. So i watched it. But what made me follow you, was you're Style of telling Stories. You always tell a great story of adventure and a certain Goal. It's great. And you're voice is perfect for the job. Please keep up the good work. I am a new born fan of you're storys 🎉👌

For the past days, i gave been watching Wirtual videos about trackmania records, shortcuts, insane attempts and the game in general. And I'm in complete awe! All the history and genius thought behind such plays are almost unimanginable to me, this has to be one of the most brilliant speedrunning community i have seen! Thx Wirtual for presenting it at the best way possible.

These videos fuel me

im expecting to one day see a full series of "how (all levels) was broken"

Dude I'm on a spree watching these documentaries and I've even never played trackmania. Also one thing that drives me crazy is how I can recognize most of the iconic music tracks you use and how tastefully you use them. This is quality stuff, thank you.

I love how the music syncs with the clips. Great job wirtual

Damn just yesterday lemmino posted a banger of a video and now wirtual ! The Sweden vs Norway battle still lives on here on RU-vid

I’ve never played track mania but I once saw a video on LSD where people were jumping from floor to ceiling in an insane labyrinth of a track. The game is so fast paced and cool to watch. THEN add in your amazing commentary and content, I can’t stop watching your channel.

I love the sax piece you tend to use for the climax of the videos. It's so nostalgic and beautiful.

I remember watching Nino's video with the cut attempts, and pablo's WR. I forgot about the track and did not know its name, but you making this video has brought back some nostalgia for me.

As someone that has spent several thousand hours playing tmnf, I love seeing others whom have never played trackmania enjoy your content too.

I don't even play the game, but still watch Wirtual's content because it entertains me, and I'm glad that I clicked on this video. Because what Ors did truely amazed me, even though I'm not part of the Tm community. What a legend, and what a good video Wirtual

At first I thought it was a 10 min video. Got 6 minutes in and saw the time. Thought yeah probably will not finish this. But this was surprisingly intresting to watch and somewhat satisfying as well. Really well made!

"On (date), (name) got this run" is one of the greatest attention catchers i've ever heard. You really made some unique and amazingly captivating storytelling videos i've ever seen, based on a "basic" video game there'll ever be. The information and added context and evidence are so satisfying.

It’s weird to hear him say “Raizo got this run” instead of “Hefest got this run”

It's unbelievable to imagine that thousands of people have grinded this map for over 14 years. That's commitment!

This was one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen on RU-vid. Subscribed.

Man these vids poped out of nowhere and i couldnt be more glad. It brings back memories and seeing these players comepete and do impossible possible is just awesome 😂

Forget history I'm stunned by watching these players determination. Salute and a thumps up to you for making such incredible videos.

for the people who set these records this must be such a nice feeling to have their "story" and achievements written in stone with these videos fomr wirtual tho

Wow this some herculean efforts by these racers and the music you use just makes it feel even more special, great work on these videos mate top notch thank you.

Twince turtle-waddling swaggeringly into fwo was delightful. Awesome video-found you late but catching up.

pretty proud of the Slovak guy who did the nino’s shortcut (41:45), its nice to see someone from the same country

3:02 me: *giggling in french to Pticon knowing it's a slang for smartass or lildouche*

I saw this video when it was released and found the feeling of watching it simply amazing Here I am 2 years later watching it again. Nothing new to see, but the storytelling is so good. Definitely one of the best Wirtuals videos

The balloon shortcut is for my money unlegitimate because this structure wasn't there in the original track. And I think Twice shortcut remains the best, as there can be the bug finish to pull in

In my opinion my favorite words by this legend are, "____ got this run"

Ayyyy I've never thought I'd see the Korean, my own country's flag flying on a Wirtual's video, at least before 2022! Thank you for the documentation and congratulations to Twince for the feat :D EDIT: and also to Hardtack! :O

Ors : Dad, can i get ice cream? Dad : when F1 cars fly. Ors : 28:49

I don’t even play track mania, yet this is some of the most interesting and fascinating speed run history ever Thank You for making these super-fun videos :D

The dedication of TM community makes me celebrate and feel joy ever time I see one of these documentaries and I have not and never will play this game. Thank you for recording the exploits of your beautiful family of gamers Wirtual!

I very rarely do a jaw drop reaction to videos. But 28:19 it made me do it, amazing video, history, determination by players, and so much more. A great inspiration too for many people to challenge what seems impossible. And thank you Wirtual for documenting this, in your own way and style!

What I like most about these runs is that it brings people from all corners of the world together, sharing every bit of detail in order to improve the record, no matter who improves it. It's a kind of selflessness you don't find in many competitive (e-)sports.

Thank you for making this. I discovered trackmania through your channel and am considering buying it because you made it look so cool. But I needed an explanation of each game, thank you!

everything in this video is absolutely insane, can't even imagine the amount of work it took to create this

This is the story of Wirual, doing a superb video.

I never played Trackmania. But I Still I get hooked into your videos with your way of storytelling. Good job man.

I can’t believe how addicted I am to videos on a game I haven’t even or can’t play. The time you guys have spent on all of these short cuts is amazing. Maybe one day I’ll get another computer and give it a go.

I love these videos. Never played trakmania, but your breakdowns on tracks and W/R are amazing

I love how some of the players have ridiculous name, some of your french fans probably laughed at the guy named "Pticon"

Your videos are amazing. I’ve never played this game and I have no desires to do so (don’t even own a windows computer), but I watch almost all your videos. You’re great at what you’re doing here. Keep it up.

you are my new favorite "last video then i go to sleep" youtuber

man Eror was so subtle with his cheating, he almost got away with it

15:50 I saw the spanish skin, I thought "it's pablogd." 15:55 I burst out laughing

Just stumbled across these videos as an old SM player. These are amazing! The presentation of the old replays are top notch.

Bruh i dont even play this game but was invested in your narration. Props man, you are a professional.