A Singleplayer version of Gelocity Stage 2 but with a couple of changes.
This map is not a puzzle but a race track covered with orange speed gel.
Like in the first Gelocity Time Trial your task is to reach the finish line in a limited time.
You will probably need a few laps until you know all tricks - so give it at least a second try!

Feel free to post your best times!
For the fastest of you I have added a scoreboard to the map. If you are good enough and want to be listed there, you have to post the following things:
- your name
- fastest lap
- a link to a youtube video or a *.dem demo file to prove your lap time
I will update the scoreboard maybe one time every month.

Please note that this map is really large. That is why it takes a while to download it.

Gelocity Coop-maps:
Gelocity 1
Gelocity Stage 2
Gelocity Stage 3

Feel free to donate if you like my maps and you want to support me.

http://bit.ly/19URszq

Special thanks to DrFauli for playtesting.

Click here to download Gelocity Time Trial - Track 2

Click here to download Gelocity Time Trial - Track 2

Bwahah, this is awesome - all the little tweaks for singleplayer really made it fun solo

I've been playing for a few hours now though, and found a few nice shortcuts, but I'm still losing 4-6 seconds on the first checkpoint and can't figure out where (DrFauli gave me times but not pointers, haha). Even if I pre-place some portls, then fling up and run back to the start with the exit portals in place. Arrrrgh! Must.. find.. shortcut!

(Doublepost so Raidix gets the notification).

So uhm, I discovered that holding the strafe key actually slows you down cough... after that I didn't have the energy to try much harder Bwahaha.

Anyway, 1:12:43 - I'll go for that extra half second another time

SLVVWE6Wb9g

sicklebrick wrote:
(Doublepost so Raidix gets the notification).

So uhm, I discovered that holding the strafe key actually slows you down cough... after that I didn't have the energy to try much harder Bwahaha.

Anyway, 1:12:43 - I'll go for that extra half second another time

SLVVWE6Wb9g

Dat skill...I can only get 1:26:00.
Music note: Yay! Right Side of the Bed by Atreyu!

Heh, just practice on a flat bit - if you're not strafing you can gain a bunch of speed in the corners PortalCombat can do 1:10 I think though.. I have a long way till there :S

Only managed to get a timing of 1:24:00++, couldn't get cake
Here's my lap:
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5/5. Excellent.
Thanks for mapping!
Cheers!

Thanks for uploading, guys!
@sicklebrick: You are really close to 1:12.
You slowed down a little at 0:57 and try to shoot the portal at the left panel at 0:27 and you will make it.

Heh, cheers for the tips - I'll have to figure out the backwards portal at 0:57 then >.<
I'll beat DrFauli one day!

sicklebrick wrote:
I'll beat DrFauli one day!

I doubt that will ever happen, dude.
But keep on trying!

Record to beat: 01:10.55

But hey, you found the shortcut which Radix was not thinking of, but I did. Nice!
... and congratz to really good music taste - love it - have it, listening to it all the time

Jesus man >.<
And you're definitely not gel strafing?

sicklebrick wrote:
Jesus man >.<
And you're definitely not gel strafing?

Raidix wanted me to test the map to see which times are possible
and that means I have to avoid using any glitches, cheats or other
things "a normal player" would not use.

I just kept playing the map over and over again and improved every corner
and after maybe 100+ laps I got my time down to 01:10.72, then 01:10.68
... some laps later 01:10.57 and finally 01:10.55 (which I got 3 times)

Heheh... you're not going to believe this!
pj_noM-iOwc

sicklebrick wrote:
Heheh... you're not going to believe this!

hahahahaha
awesome man!!

Great how you got the exact same time and cant believe it yourself...
But I have to say: You are loosing a alot of time at some places... you could still
get faster and get below 01:10.00 ... AND I don't use these "circle jumps" at all.
(You are hopping the whole track, altough its not a b-hop, its still faster - I Don't use that either)

Mmh yeah, I was trying to stop myself circle jumping... it's quite automatic, but the thing is you gain speed briefly every time you turn while moving, and if you jump at the same time you keep the speed untill you land. So for example, every time you cut a corner you gain speed. After years of portalling it was hard to make it not look like a bhop >.< Anyway, I've played too much - I'll beat you another time! Also, vid?

sicklebrick wrote:
Mmh yeah, I was trying to stop myself circle jumping... it's quite automatic, but the thing is you gain speed briefly every time you turn while moving, and if you jump at the same time you keep the speed untill you land. So for example, every time you cut a corner you gain speed. After years of portalling it was hard to make it not look like a bhop >.< Anyway, I've played too much - I'll beat you another time!

Yeah, I know its difficult to NOT use all these things, the portal game engine allows to do.
When I was trying to improve my times, I also did some circle jumps "by accident"...

sicklebrick wrote:
Also, vid?

Haha, if I would have recorded all of my tries, my harddisk would be full right now.
1920x1200x60 FPS uncompressed AVI recorded with Fraps, where 1 min = 4,1 GB...
I just used the demo recording of portal, so Raidix can see what I tried and what to improve.
(You cant play the demo, because you dont have the test map =/ ...)

Try to beat my time, and maybe I gonna try to beat yours then - with a video!

Lol man, you could fraps the demo at half res or less, or dump the frames to .jpgs =)