2011 UPDATE - I finally got my last platinum medal from the Big Thrills DLC, so I now have 141/141!

The YouTube playlist link below has been updated to include the new tracks and tournaments!

/Malachyte

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Greetings Trials Community!

I purchased Trials HD back in January, and was immediately hooked on the game. It didn't take long before I set myself the very challenging goal of acquiring all 95 Platinum Medals (That includes all tracks, skill games, and tournaments). I also decided that I was going to record all of it, which was fairly simple for the tracks and skill games, but required recording every run on the tournaments since they don't offer replays!

I'm proud to announce that only a few days ago I got my 95th and final Platinum Medal on The Midnight Club, so here's a link to a YouTube playlist containing videos for all 95 Platinum Medals in Trials HD:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 8EE0E0B160

The videos are all also posted on my own site:

http://malachyte.net/hobbies_games_console.html

The advantage of watching them here is that I included "Marathon" videos - One for all 95 (Over 2.5 hours long!), as well as ones for each difficulty, one for all the Skill Games, and one for all the Tournaments.

I should note that all but one of these runs was my first time ever getting Platinum in the given level/skill game/tournament. Therefore there is definitely room for improvement on a lot of these, however for the sake of completing my "95/95" goal sooner rather than later, I always simply moved on to the next track after getting Platinum, whether it took 2 tries or 2,000 tries. I may or may not go back and revisit some of them at a later time, although now that I've finally completed my goal I'm much more interested in thoroughly exploring the world of user created tracks (creating my own as well as playing tracks created by others).

"All but one of these runs was my first time ever getting Platinum" - Why?

I had an amazing fluke run on "Inside The Ball", my 2nd time ever playing it. This was before I had even completed an extreme track, so I couldn't even tell that it was a Platinum run at the time... Unfortunately I was not in the top 5000 so I had to go back and do it again for the replay - comically I only beat my old record by a tiny bit, so the run is almost the same.

Finally, I should note that besides exploring user-created tracks and creating my own, I do eventually plan to come back and work on 0-faulting The Midnight Club, and don't worry, I will be recording every attempt.

Thanks to RedLynx for creating such an amazing game!

BTW, can someone tell me what the platinum requirement for the *original version* of the Ultimate Endurance Tournament was, just out of curiosity? I purchased the Big Pack DLC at the same time as the game and didn't learn until later that this tournament had been modified to be much easier.

/Malachyte

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wow..

im very impressed.

first of all i must say i feel gutted when i read you find the race tracks fairly simple, im working my ass of to complete the extreme platinums

and you recorded it all, and labeled it in a great way.

ill def look into you collection!

sick job man
, props

Allow me to clarify! I did not mean that I found the race tracks simple, I meant that recording them was simple because whether I was top 5000 or not I could simply turn my recorder on and press X to watch the replay immediately after getting Platinum. There are no replays for Tournaments so I had to record every attempt, which was a major pain in the ass - "World Championship" took me weeks! ( I actually had a harder time with that than any other Platinum in the game, including The Midnight Club ).

As far as the individual tracks, I found Goin' Up and Diabolic to be the hardest to get platinum on (Very ironic that I 0-faulted both of these on my Platinum run of The Midnight Club... [Of course I made up for it by getting THREE faults in a row on Inferno II ]), and I definitely didn't mean to imply that they were simple! In fact, all the Extreme tracks, as well as tracks like King of the Hill, Isabelle, and Prison Break were all quite challenging.

That being said, I much preferred the challenge of completing very technical tracks with 0 faults with time not being much of an issue over completing easy tracks very quickly. I found that getting Platinum on all the Beginner and Easy tracks was very tedious and frustrating, even though I spent much more time on the Hard and Extreme tracks.

Anyway, thanks again for subscribing to me on YouTube! My first Trials fan... Yay!!

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hehe ok i see

ill look some more on your runs later tonite, see if i can pick up some tips

im currently gettign Inferno undwer wraps, i get to the last two obstacles almost every run, so i thk ill get it tonite. (knocks on wood) then i only got Going up and Diabolo left too.. =/

heres the old ultimate endurance track list someone posted in a different thread.



having king of the hill as #23 must have really sucked for the guys who were on the verge of getting it (i wasn't even close to being good enough to get the old UE 0 faulted before the patch)

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Platinums: 94/95

My best scores:
#25: The Midnight Club Tournament
#26: Original high jump, using the micro donkey
#40: Global +DLC
#61: Global -DLC

badlands on the micro donkey: complete!

Thanks for the track list!

Wow, you're very right - why would they put King of the Hill so late in the tournament? The main reason that World Championship was the hardest Platinum for me was that track - I made it to that track with 0 faults countless times before making it. Interesting that every Hard track included in the old Ultimate Endurance is also in World Championship...

Obviously 0-faulting the old version of Ultimate Endurance was required for the achievement, and I'm assuming that it was also required for Platinum, since The Midnight Club is still the only Platinum in the game that does not require 0-faulting. It this true that you were also required to 0-fault for the old 24-track version of the tournament? Also, what was the time cutoff for Platinum?

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To make it difficult. If everybody can get it it's not that special ya know.



You had to get 0 to get achievement but you could get a achievement and not get platinum. Guy at the bottom of the 0 fault list took 24 minutes to get it. I'm not sure what the plat cut off time was.

Out of curiosity what rank are you with just platinums and not going back to improve time or distance? What's your best rank out of all your tracks?

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That's a very interesting question! I figured if I was researching this data I might as well be thorough and document my ranks and times on all the tracks before I go and improve any of them. I've highlighted my best rank in each difficulty, and since fewer people have played the DLC I've also highlighted my top non-DLC rank in each difficulty [Incl. Skill Games and Tournaments], otherwise my best rank would always be on a DLC track/Skill Game/Tournament.

Global Rankings:

Global Ranking + DLC - 74 (16182572)
Global Ranking - 126 (9371199)

Beginner:

01: Middle Name: Danger - 29536 (0:15.383)
02: Hello World! - 28183 (0:24.601)
03: The Breakdown - 25487 (0:18.198)
04: The Big Ride - 24765 (0:25.195)
05: Basic Bumps - 11736 (0:22.479)
06: Groundhog Begins - 2865 (0:20.752)

Easy:

01: Building Blocks - 7651 (0:24.259)
02: Easy Wheeling - 2223 (0:22.656)
03: Logsplosive - 5500 (0:22.181)
04: Upwardly Mobile - 2795 (0:27.453)
05: Mother Of All Jumps - 40954 (0:27.510)
06: Smooth Jumps - 793 (0:39.209)

Medium:

01: Where's The Ground? - 15097 (0:57.319)
02: Let's Get Physical - 28238 (0:33.395)
03: Container Rush - 1695 (0:27.870)
04: Dreamscape - 4158 (0:40.073)
05: Stock Market - 8553 (0:32.936)
06: Tired Hill - 10641 (0:33.755)
07: Groundhog Returns - 2299 (0:20.581)
08: Trippin' The Plywood - 6946 (0:32.967)
09: Rock'n'Drop - 21877 (0:41.818)
10: Under Ground - 4797 (0:56.668)
11: Jolly Jumper - 4381 (0:38.005)
12: Workshop Of Secrets - 2401 (0:38.348)
13: Where's The Sky? - 6935 (0:57.561)
14: Dangerous Ride - 13045 (0:49.871)
15: Pro Speedway - 1484 (0:37.390)
16: Speed Trap - 800 (0:40.646)
17: Epic Jumps - 2950 (1:02.981)
18: 1 Bit Trip - 3129 (1:29.943)
19: Condemned Complex - 4221 (0:38.398)
20: Space Station - 2461 (1:01.623)
21: Final Flashback - 2024 (0:39.678)
22: Fantastic! - 3252 (0:43.943)
23: Pipe Network - 5104 (0:44.380)

Hard:

01: The Rise And Fall - 2926 (0:34.309)
02: Dynamic Range - 2693 (1:17.916)
03: Technique - 2435 (0:41.533)
04: Concrete Dreams - 1581 (0:52.206)
05: Unfair Bombardment - 353 (0:32.257)
06: Trials/Tribulations - 3221 (0:38.785)
07: Classic - 2307 (1:11.710)
08: King Of The Hill - 2176 (1:04.501)
09: Wheels Of Misfortune - 1281 (0:44.795)
10: Smelting Hazard - 290 (0:37.113)
11: Junkyard - 397 (0:54.015)
12: Big Rig Drilling - 3210 (0:44.348)
13: Skyway - 869 (0:36.617)
14: Smoke And Mirrors - 254 (0:38.067)
15: Donkey Business - 259 (1:06.056)
16: Isabelle - 801 (0:42.575)
17: Prison Break - 433 (0:56.900)

Extreme:

01: Brown Boxes - 1629 (0:59.094)
02: Goin' Up - 423 (1:32.158)
03: Groundhog Forever - 1021 (0:50.371)
04: Inferno II - 763 (1:22.328)
05: Greatest Hits - 487 (1:34.608)
06: Diabolic - 238 (1:37.863)

Skill Games:

01: Inside The Ball - 6610 (220.45 m)
02: Pinball Pit - 2622 (218.83 m)
03: Ski Jump - 21313 (184.27 m)
04: Extreme Skiing - 36094 (263.62 m)
05: Ring Of Fire - 3239 (45 rings)
06: The Burning Eye - 451 (58 rings)
07: Delivery - 37465 (266.87 m)
08: The 2nd Package - 5228 (215.36 m)
09: Down The Stairs - 104534 (114 bones)
10: Pain! Again! - 13786 (110 bones)
11: In Flames - 8408 (286.14 m)
12: Run Of Doom - 834 (388.73 m)
13: Target Hunt - 1208 (53 targets)
14: Paddle Wizard - 478 (52 targets)
15: Hill Climb - 1067 (108.34 m)
16: Mountain Climb - 3433 (100.42 m)
17: Outside The Ball - 479 (338.13 m)
18: Down The Mines - 304 (242.54 m)
19: Infernal Pinball - 5024 (103.71 m)
20: Flugtag - 18028 (163.62 m)
21: Flip Hunter - 1425 (30 flips)
22: Turbo Flip - 149 (36 flips)
23: Loose Screw! - 748 (275.00 m)
24: Extreme Torque - 451 (231.44 m)

Tournaments:

01: Backyard Cup - 6316 (1:14.480)
02: National Bike Cup - 1893 (1:35.947)
03: Regional Bike Cup - 3991 (2:02.661)
04: Masters' League - 384 (3:20.161)
05: World Cup - 194 (4:10.595)
06: World Championship - 75 (8:44.768)
07: Underground Cup - 140 (4:03.144)
08: Ultimate Endurance - 127 (10:03.265)
09: Proving Grounds - 143 (4:25.435)
10: Professional League - 74 (3:36.162)
11: Technique And Skill - 134 (4:14.398)
12: Ultimate League - 30 (4:06.441)
13: The Midnight Club - 43 (6 faults, 9:21.362)

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Very, very impressive! Also a valuable documentation trail, especially the platinum runs on each of the tournaments (since there are no replays on tournament runs).

I also found it very interesting that your score on many tracks is in 10,000 place or higher, and your cumulative score is still in the top 100! I think one of the most significant pieces of that is the Platinum score on each of the tournaments, that is very difficult to do, and grants a score of 190,000+ for each.

If you decide to change your focus, and try to improve your overall score and leaderboard rank, I'd encourage you to check out the spreadsheet linked in my SIG--if you enter all your scores, it should tell you what tracks/tournaments/skill games have the most potential for score improvement.

One of my own personal goals is to have a top 5000 run on each track, so that I can replay each one from the leaderboard. My spreadsheet also helps you track this.

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Global Ranking: 850
Global + DLC: 615

Perfect. That is exactly the data I was looking for. Thanks Jorma! I understand why you felt like you had to change the tournament for all the players out there who were unable to get the achievement, but I would have loved the challenge of the original version. Maybe you can re-release it under a different name (other than "Ultimate Endurance") with the next DLC pack?



Thank you! Yes, that's exactly why I wanted to record all of the tournaments - to give players an idea of the consistent ways to do things, rather than the fast ways. Also I don't think anyone has ever recorded a 0-fault run of The Midnight Club, so I'd love to do that eventually!



Yes, I've seen the spreadsheet on trialshd.net. I will definitely use it if I decide to change my focus.

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Great work Malachyte!
I have the same goal like you and I am working on it from time to time.

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100% Completion

Nice! How many Platinum Medals do you have so far?

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Trials HD: 142/141 Platinums! | 0-Faulted Ninja Tracks!

Personal: My Music | My Mountain Bike Videos

wow nice job mate. you managed in 3 or 4 months what i've failed to manage in 8 months lol!

i'm going for World Champ platinum right now. been trying properly for a good 2 weeks. though not playing the game every night admittedly. but was glad to read it was the hardest platinum in your opinion, cos it certainly feels like it!

you should definitely go through again and improve your times now i reckon, you'll rocket even more up the rankings.

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Nice job malachyte. I am also trying to get 95/95 in platinum medals. I'm currently at 60/95 I have platinum medals on all beginner/easy/medium difficulties with all but Isabelle and prison break from the hard difficulty. 5 platinums are in skill games. 4 in tournaments. The rest are all gold. I've seen your isabelle video but do you have any tips for the part on diabolic where you have to go up the 3 different ramps then over the wall to the check point? I have 0 faults when I get their but 11 or so when I get past it .

Hey Malachyte, just checked out your music. Really impressive! 'Canopy of Sound' is very uplifting.

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79/79 Platinums!

Awesome, I'm glad you like it. I'm actually releasing my 4 Malachyte tracks as an EP on UAF (Underground Alien Factory) Records soon! Check them out if you're into Goa Trance: http://www.uafrecords.tk/

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Personal: My Music | My Mountain Bike Videos

Bump for Big Thrills update! 141/141!!!

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Trials HD: 142/141 Platinums! | 0-Faulted Ninja Tracks!

Personal: My Music | My Mountain Bike Videos