The Strangest Cheated Trackmania Record 

So, if we know anything about Trackmania community, someone will soon beat his cheated record with a legit noseboost and professional racing lines.

"And then hefest got this run.....back on the leaderboards" lol good job

Damn Hefest getting world records even without driving! The man is unstoppable.

Would have been literal gold if hefest actually beat this cheated run with a legit noseboost of his own

I was there. We all went insane when the record was achieved. But when we found out what happened, it was sad, but also controversial, and I’m glad you’re bringing this to light.

Skycrafter achieved his goal: Getting a world record Except that it's the any% world record of getting cancelled in Trackmania

9:16 "An entirely new computer bug, one that has just occurred after thousands of plays, happening only in this particular world record run, using a trick no-one has ever done RTS, localized entirely in your kitchen?!" "...Yes!" "May I see it?" "No."

Jesus christ the speedrun community in Trackmania has a lot of integrity and sherlockian detective work to flish out the cheaters. Greatly appreciated!

"Forgot he had Cheat Engine attached" That sounds familiar...Oh yeah! When dream got a record and forgot he had game altering mods loaded.

Damn, as a tool assister i have known skycrafter for 3/4th of a year, and i really thought he was legit and i really wanted him to be, but if something looks too good to be true it often is. Good video as always

The most forced yet well received "And then... Hefest got this run" yet

I think its important to remember that there is nothing wrong with not having the passion and dedication to spend 200+ hours grinding a single track, let alone a 30 second track. Like... to most people that would be mind numbing. I can't imagine what it would be like. Some people really just need to understand that even if they think they want it more than everyone else, the people who want it the most are willing to put in those 200, 300, 500+ hours into a single track. And its a disgrace to those dedicated individuals to try and fake that.

Wirtual really had to say "and then Hefest got this run" Edit: Why on earth did this get so many likes? Take them back this comment doesn't deserve them! Edit 2: Why am I still getting notifications of people liking this?! Stop it, get some help

Always the most entertaining, calming, anxiety releasing part of my day

It's kinda crazy how after such a big cheating scandal people still try to cheat as if nothing would happen and when they get caught they STILL reject all the accusations as if they would easily get away with it. Really just cannot trust anyone these days.

Frankly, the worst thing I learned from this is the fact that the replays I saved where I accidentally did a funny front flip before the finish won't ever get accepted to the leaderboards. 😔

can we all appreciate how much donadigo has done for the TM community, this guy is a true legend.

So did he admit to cheating in the end or did he just disappear once the community found out it was quite certainly cheated

I never heard of this game until I saw one of your videos. I like how you mentioned and explain other tech, might try this game

The part where you talk about the dedication of the actual trackmania wr contenders and showing all those flying cars rly gave me goosebumbs, great storytelling once again!

The community is so interesting. I don't play TM but I get the passion in a niche culture. I will never understand the cheating though, because you have to live with the fact you never did it :(

It really feels they should put in a few more hours to foolproof their work. He could have spent a lot of time TASing a lot of near misses and a mix of good and bad attempts. If you say you have 125 hours of tries, create 125 hours of tries, all on TAS if your skill is not enough. Then play them all back to back and save all replays. You would have a mix of attempts and only have CE attached to trackmania which you can explain away. Reading all the above things I wrote, I worry for myself :(

I love how Hefest is always there to reclaim the glory and integrity of the game after the cheaters get caught.

We need new category called "How did I cheat?" You cheat world record, others try to figure out how. Only thing you are NOT allowed to do is to do actual non-cheated run yourself. TAS, Splishing, Slowmotion all are allowed. You lose if people find out how you cheated. Ofc people should start by copying the old world record and boasting it as their best time. The whole point of this joke is to improve our tools to detect cheating. We don't know if someone is currently cheating in a way we could findout if only there were tools for it ;) How quickly it would be seen if I took 3 top player's world record inputs and edited them together so it seemed seamless? I mean if you are just holding W I can swap between any player and continue other's inputs and by adjusting how long/short I make the one button press I can adjust the driving lines and so on :D Having people come up ways to cheat and have community know the run is cheated and then to try find out how would be interesting idea for helping to improve the tools to see cheaters.

16:04 "And then Hefest got this run" beautiful summary

Absolutely stunning video. It's shocking to me that some established runners will do anything to get recognition when the things they've already achieved, legit, are amazing enough as it is. What a shame.

Wirtual always with the classic soundtracks. The man loves using the Sly Cooper theme and now the Mass Effect planet selection music. I love this man

"and then hefest got this run..." my heart dropped cause i thought he hit a noseboost just to stick it home

it's strange how much you can learn about life from a car racing videogame

I love this trackmania stuff it's amazing how do they do this there literally god's now in trackmania and racing

I don't play trackmania, but I'm honestly baffled by the high level of integrity, dedication and technical skills this community has. This is true sportsmanship and it is beautiful to see. Congratulations to all of you who play this game so passionately!

I am grinding for my first regional top 5 this season and this is what I needed, thank you for this video Wirt.

What a shame. After all the things that happened. I'm only afraid that at some point in the future there might be somebody who has the knowledge and determination to produce a cheated/fake run in a way that makes it impossible to detect.

There's something so majestic about watching all those cars flying through the air in slow-mo.

I srsly nearly choked on my dinner at the end when Wirtual said those famous words.... ... and then Hefest got this run... back at the top of the Leaderboard. Genius scripting. Well played, Sir. Give the fans what they want!

7:59 Wait, wait. Does that mean that Donadigo's patch actively scans for open processes on your computer and/or files not related to Trackmania and saves that data into replays??? I am not an expert in cybersecurity, but that behavior seems... worrying, to say the least.

Taking a page out of Karl Jobst's book, I see. Mass effect soundtrack :D How do these people magically have all sorts of technical problems when asked for replays and such? It's hilarious.

14:50 i agree but you missed something. The absolute insanity of a tm player continuously playing through those failed attempts over and over and over again for tens to hundreds to thousands of hours just to get a new world record. And the mental fortitude it takes to not break every electronic in your house in the process.

Great video Wirtual, do you ever fear that explaining what someone did wrong in their attempt at cheating is laying a blueprint for those in the future that will 'check every box' to make an iilligetmate run look as real as possible? (Previous saved records where it was close etc)

"And then, Hefest got th-" The Trackmania community: *Alright, we get it!*

9:52 honestly just having cheat engine attached or having messed with the memmory discredits the run IMO. Even if he were to have done a real run. Just like it isnt accepted when you dont play with comp patch these should be common sense to disqualify.

1 man, 1 dream, 18000 failed attempts + 1 which costed him his TM career

Your story telling is amazing. I haven't played track mania in like a decade, and you're making me want to pick it up again.

Congrats on 800k!!🎉🍾🔥

What a fanstatic video. I love how you make these, thanks Wirtual

"And then Hefest got this run".. he embraced the meme

I think it would be cool for you to invite Donadigo to your stream for a sort of director's commentary with you about the video. The dude seems like a magician when it comes to trackmania and would be super interesting to hear him get into more detail.

What I learned on my 250 hour journey in TM, is that you improve very quickly just by playing more. I struggled sometimes to even qualify for COTD to hitting 1844 as my best placing at around 100 hours of play. After that point I didn't improve much because people were driving much better, better lines, knowing to how to deal properly with all the surfaces, knowing how to break, slide etc etc. After 250 hours I haven't been getting any better placings. My runs do look better, I've learned some small things here and there. My point is that at a certain point in TM you need many 100s if not 1000s of hours to get a little bit better. For me TM is one of the hardest games i've ever played because even if I get super good I'm still going to be 1000s of hours practice behind the REALLY good players. Good example of this is COTD Div 1, you can make 1 bad turn and lose, I would call that very unforgiven and having a high skill requirement. So being a player that grinds and are able to take world records in TM, it's going to take 1000s of hours of experience to do so and you will get pretty fucking good at the game. So watching a guy that has almost the same lines as a beginner scrub like me, suddenly take a WR from a guy that has 1000s of hours in the same game and was a name I knew about long before I even started to watch TM, is already beyond sus.

Why..... why do I love this channel? I could count the number of minutes spent playing track mania on one hand. Sign of a good content creator I guess

I honestly admire your spirit for competition and for this game, and i love that you speak of the greatest TM players like you aren't one of them :D

Excellent storytelling. I know absolutely nothing about this game, but you kept me hooked throughout

I have never played trackmania and yet your videos still interest me enough to watch almost all of them so you are clearly doing a great job if you can get someone hooked on a game they can't play!

You can auto attach a process in CE by adding the exe name in the settings, in short, someone that uses CE a lot would not manually attach the process.

Would be interesting if you covered actual disproven or fabricated cheating suspicions that ended careers unfairly or high level players who have survived more than one scandal by proving their legitimacy. That's a side of speedrunning that gets almost no coverage but I feel it's an important counterbalance to the current wide coverage of disgraced players.

the mass effect theme instantly gives me goosebumps

I don’t even play this game, but I swear, your videos are absolutely riveting. Once I get started, I will 100% of the time watch the entire thing. Good stuff as always. 🔥🔥🔥

Quality video, love everything you make

"And than Hefest got this run..." "...again"

Congrats on 800k! :)

I love watching these Trackmania video's, especially the awesome sound track and the cinematics, it's just stunning.

It's unbelievable to me how all this players manage to be this bad at cheating...

yep, dedication and self-belief are 2 important factors for legit WR hunting also patience is needed :) did grind daily for 4-5h back in my tmuf bay prime !

Dude I LOVE your videos. I've never played trackmania but your vids are so interesting and get me super hyped.

Bro, i've never played this game before but i watch every single one of your wideos with such a curiosity that is crazy Keep it up, you are doing great work

Your videos inspired me playing trackmania. Thanks for videos :D

i cannot hide my happiness from hearing the line, just the right speed and tone, its perfect

Ok side note. I love that you are using the Mass Effect Noveria Soundtrack. 😭😭😭 Favorite series to date

I just watch your videos because of your editing and story narration. I have never played track mania before but still enjoy your videos.

Man I have fallen in love with this game because of you

Wirty back with another banger bois!!!

I love your Trackmania docu's Wirtual and this one is amazing too, but I still think you should branch out because you have such a gift at this format, I think your channel would become *huge* if you'd be covering more games!

You just had to say it... Great video, as always, waiting for more trackmania stories to come :D

Its amazing to me how well equipped and critical this community is as opposed to CSgo where there's cheating on the competitive level but anyone who ridicules and notes it is dismissed, slandered, and no additional tools, recordings, and input recordings are provided to disprove claims of foul play... The noseboost that'd be near impossible to get in these 0.2-0.3 seconds due to crazy inputs in minimal time happen on the CSgo 'pro' arena daily with claims its totally legit lol, and it persists for decades without being shot down, so, idk if i'd say cheaters will be caught in the end, many games and people seem to get away with it all the time, sadly

What I would do for weekly Wirtual uploads..

Dude I don't even play Trackmania but your storytelling is sooooooo good I kept watching your videos!

the nose boost looks neat and it seams like something fun to pull off (even if you end up going AWAY from the goal) i have always been a sucker for chance based things that have nothing to gain but a neat story and nothing to loose than time

HE SAID THE LINE! WHAT A GOOD END

Damn Wirtual, back at it again with the upload

The music you used starting 2:06 was an absolutely beautiful song. I completely forgot what you said and had to go back lmao Name is Stationary Sign - The Forgotten Rusty Carousel for anyone else taken aback by how great it was :)

I love these regular uploads wirtual

Hello there

LETS GO! New wirtual video, the best content creator our there imo, we all know we are going to enjoy this

I love these videos, we need more! keep up the good work.

I swear, if I had the time i'd love to try and go for a record. I love trying difficult things over and over in the games I play, even if it's a game i've never played or don't particularly like. Every time I watch one of your videos I tell myself to boot up TM and go for it, but I can just never find the time. One of these days I'm gonna try it. And I know it sounds stupid to others reading this, but one thing I really want to do, is come out of nowhere with no history and grind unnoticed to just decimate something and shock everyone. To make them think it was a fluke or somehow cheated, just to make every unlisted achievement public and surprise everyone. And I have done similar things before with a few records in other games, just not for something as difficult and beloved as TM, and so I usually delete them or keep them unlisted. Man, I swear something about Wirtual videos just really gets me. Maybe it's the passion and love for the game? I'm not sure myself. But just like my dumbass is, i'm sure you'll probably inspire a future WR holder and I just wanna say thanks in advance if it ever happens. Even if it never comes to fruition, you got me interested in something I could've easily gone my whole life never knowing. I only wish I knew there were dedicated communities like this sooner, rather than spending over a decade and a half breaking games and challenging myself out of boredom, and doing incredible things no one would ever know, and having luck that should never realistically happen to a person. I never knew a world this competitive existed until I was already a struggling adult, but better late than never I suppose.

And then Hefest got THIS run... back on the leaderboards. LMAO

I can't believe that I watch every single of your videos without even playing the game. It's just too entertaining and every story is well told. :D

This kinda makes me wanna join a TM discord to watch these convos happen in real time

i got into trackmania because of you, its very fun, but the new one has a giant paywall :-:

Cheating in trackmania? No way

0:10 The Galaxy Map Theme makes everything sound so perfect....

I still love the fact that wirtual uses the mass effect galaxy map theme for his videos ❤️

If there are no replays of a world-record attempt, then it should not count by default. Thats like attempting a Guiness World Record by saying "Hey I did---" without any proof or referee. Game Replays are like Referees and check if the attempt is valid. Without replays, the attempt is not valid by default. Thats my personal take.

He had to squeeze in the hefest line 😂🔥🔥

du e faktisk den beste redigeraren ej he sett når de kjeme til sanne type videoa :-)

I don't play the game much and woul-d never be able to do a nosebug or whatever this is, but your videos are incredible, thanks! there's something about tem that's sooting to watch

So did anyone try if changing your PC's time and then having an automated and an manually saved replay lead to different dates/times? I guess they would still both be the same, but it still could be interesting if that's not the case. Time and date is a horrible thing with PCs.

Someone said to me, "Why is this guy going out of his way to bash these players" .. I almost didn't know what to say. This is what deters cheaters. Cheaters should be exposed to the fullest and the people that take the time to highlight it and call it out for the bullshit it is, are what keep the integrity of a game. Not done in bad taste, just calling it for what it is. Always a like from me Wirt.

Loved this documentary!! Keep them up!

I don't even play track mania, I think I tried it once but for some reason I enjoy your videos so much man keep it up

He just stole the whole hype that a real hunter would have if he has done it. Don't cheat for fame, as Wirtual said, reality isn't that far. (+ I was one of the first to get a REAL human done noseboost, and even in my map built for it, I only got 2 or 3 attempts in almost 150h of playing)