DannyMackey

You can now embed Challonge Tournaments into your posts. To do so, click the Challonge icon in the editor bar: In the pop-up, paste the link to your Challonge Tournament: Make sure there is no trailing / at the end of your link! GOOD: https://challonge.com/TMBTF2020 BAD: https://challonge.com/TMBTF2020/ The Challonge Tournament will now be embeded in your post!

Update: Redid FBS & FBS-NEO S1 event wins, added FBS NEO S1 & S2 final standings rankings, added FBS-NEO S2 event wins Added RORMJL S6, RORSPS S6, XMT S3, RORMJL S6 Q2 (In Progress) Added RORMJL S6 Preseason Dayton as RORMJL S5 Q2 To Do: Add ROR-MTP S3 after season finishes Congratulations to @Block and @Brandon Adam for moving into second all time in wins (81). They are the first people to move into second since I started tracking wins in 2014. For reference here's the Top 15 from the time (9/9/2014): Mark Colineri - 85 Danny Mackey - 34 Ryan McCauley - 24 Dylan Bernier - 21 Josh Rhodes - 20 Johan Seminario - 16 Chadwick Deerfoot - 15 Matt Wilkinson - 15 Aaron Lurie - 14 Eric Myers - 14 Julio Vellon Jr. - 14 Andrew Sheets - 13 Michael DesRoches - 13 Devin Doss - 11 Tim Smith - 11 Fun Fact: Brandon Adam earned 81 wins in less than 2 years while Mark Colineri took about 3 years to reach 85 wins. Next update: 2025

Do you have a material applied to that jump? The default material is usually darker than no material if I remember.

After V4 was released in September 2012, nearly a decade ago, we are excited to announce we are working on and will be releasing a brand new version of monster trucks to Sim-Monsters, SMV5. There are many aspects to what to expect, how we got here, and what will change because of V5 and this post will go over some of these points. We will be using this topic to discuss and update the progress of V5. What have we been using until now? Since September 2012, we have been using what is known as SMV4. Originally released with over 100 trucks, it has grown with the collective creative ability of this community into the content being released today. Over 1500 trucks and packs have been uploaded to the website since the release of SMV4. However, the issue with these trucks stems all the way back to the first monster trucks made for Rigs of Rods. Even before SMV4 was released, the same underlying node/beam has served as a structure for each version of the trucks. Dating back to 2010, the original node/beam, built by Box5Diesel from the Rigs of Rods community, has had issues and flaws that hold the trucks back from being more realistic. The most glaring issues is the scale and proportions of the trucks and their handling. Due to limitations in knowledge and a lack of resources, the trucks have remained roughly 11% oversized. The proportions of the truck are also an issue as the chassis and axles are far larger than they should be, but the wheels are close to an accurate size. This impacts how the trucks handle and also forces them to behave in an unrealistic manner. The weight is nearly double the actual weight of a monster truck and the engine creates so much power that the trucks can clear any stadium floor in half the effort of a real truck. Compounded with ridiculous crashes and bounces due to the extra mass and inertia, you have monster trucks that are an exaggerated version of their real life counterparts. What could be done to fix this? Over the years, attempts have been made to improve the physics of SMV4, but all have failed either to catch on or fix the core underlying issues. New engine and suspension settings have pushed innovation further, but the issues stemming from the node/beam have left these fixes as band-aids to a larger wound. The best way to fix this issue is to start from scratch. This was first attempted with the NAMT Truck Settings. Using a node/beam built off of the original Box5Diesel design with needed improvements, more accurate weights, and new engine and suspension settings. However, yet again these trucks too would not catch on. The most notable reasons include the suspension settings that were poor to drive with and the weight and engine settings combining to make the trucks feel more akin to RC trucks changing direction midair from rapid steering. Adding to that, the scale and proportions of the truck remained as inaccurate as they were with SMV4, also impacting the handling of the trucks. Since the release of the NAMT Truck Settings, the goal for the next attempt was to solve all the issues with SMV4 and the NAMT Truck Settings. With anything less than meeting these goals to be considered another failure. What is SMV5? As implied by the name, SMV5 is the successor to SMV4. Starting development in January 2021, the node/beam and physics settings have been carefully crafted and tuned to create the most realistic monster truck experience available. The first point of concern was dealing with the scaling and proportions. This time, a correctly scaled CRD chassis model was able to be used and for the first time, the node/beam was made to fit the actual dimensions of a monster truck. From there, months went into updating, changing, and refining the node/beam and physics until a stable, realistic monster truck was found. In that time, a collection of new, high quality models were produced to make SMV5 not only the most accurately handling monster truck, but the best looking one as well. From here, the team of content creators brought in to work on SMV5 crafted new bodies and replica paints to build the first release of SMV5. How will SMV5 be released? SMV5 will be released across a number of smaller releases and updates across the next year. The purpose of breaking SMV5 across multiple reasons is two fold. We want you all to get to have SMV5 now, but we also want to take the time to continue crafting the most realistic monster trucks we can. The first release will consist of ~20 CRD monster trucks. This release is just the beginning with more CRD trucks planned in a later update along with more chassis variants in future updates. Over the next year we will continue this process of releasing new chassis along with trucks to go with them. We will also continue to improve bodies and other props which may lead to updates of already released trucks/parts in SMV5. During this time we will slowly allow members of the community to contribute and create their own trucks for SMV5, just how it works with SMV4. However, as we intend on putting the most effort possible in creating these new chassis for SMV5, we will not be allowing others to upload their own attempts at these trucks until we release our own. I understand some may balk at this idea as it goes against how SMV4 has worked where anyone at any time can upload their truck for download to Sim-Monsters. I want to make this absolutely clear, we are committed to producing these trucks to the best of our ability in a reasonable time frame. This is not a project I plan or want to drag out any longer than is absolutely needed. When will SMV5 be complete? With the plan to release updates for new chassis types and trucks for SMV5 over the next year or so, we plan on providing the majority of chassis running across multiple teams in the industry currently. Once we have released enough chassis variants to cover most running trucks, we will consider SMV5 to be complete. After this time we may add more one-off chassis designs and new trucks, but we would expect the community to continue their work building and releasing trucks of their own. Our goal is to provide enough chassis variants that SMV5 can replace SMV4. What does this mean for SMV4? A result of SMV5 being released through a series of smaller updates is that SMV5 won’t be in a “completed” state for nearly a year after it is first released. This leads to what happens with SMV4. As the site transitioned between versions of the trucks in the past, it has been the case that old versions of the trucks were removed to make way for the new ones. This will be no different with SMV4. In short, we will remove SMV4 content from the website once SMV5 reaches a “completed” state. This will be a bit different compared to when the site transitioned from SMV3 to SMV4 obviously. SMV4 has lasted almost a decade and is responsible for more trucks that have been uploaded to Sim-Monsters than all the previous versions combined most likely. However we do intend on moving forward, and the best way to move forward is to commit to SMV5. What does this mean for leagues? Until SMV4 is removed from the website, leagues may choose to host their events using SMV4 or SMV5. Obviously more SMV4 trucks are available, which may sway the decision for the time being. We will not be forcing any leagues to switch to SMV5 so long as SMV4 is on the website. However, once SMV4 is removed from the website, all leagues must make the switch to SMV5. Exceptions can be made for leagues that are mid-season when SMV4 is removed. Furthermore, a more defined site wide ruleset for SMV5 truck use in leagues will be produced to create a level playing field for everyone competing on the website. Leagues will have to adopt these rule changes and more details for this and anti-cheat changes will be coming soon. What does this mean for tracks? Track making on Sim-Monsters has progressed tremendously from the heyday of concrete and SketchUp tracks. One of these changes has been using actual measurements when creating venue models rather than relying on the number of truck lengths that might fit to determine the dimensions of a venue. As venues and tracks have been made in the past to fit the scale of the trucks being driven on them, you may notice that some older tracks will feel larger with SMV5. This is one of the unintentional side effects of making these trucks to an accurate size. Going forward, venues should be made with a focus on measurements over eye-balling estimates based on truck size whenever possible. However, we will still be sure to provide a reference truck model that can be used to build tracks with. Also, while I plan on updating the Testmobile vehicles, in the meantime, track makers should scale their Testmobile vehicles by 90% to work better with SMV5. TLDR: V5 is happening. The trucks are made to scale with a new node/beam, accurate handling, and new high quality models and textures We will be releasing V5 across multiple smaller updates with new chassis and trucks being included in each update. Props, textures, and possibly handling may change across updates. V4 will be removed from Sim-Monsters once V5 is fully released All leagues must migrate to V5 once V5 is fully released. For now here is the first trailer we released and some screenshots of the truck in-game: We will continue to update this thread with news and teasers about V5.

Welcome to the first ever Sim-Monsters Fantasy Monster Jam League. This is a fantasy sports league for the upcoming first quarter of Monster Jam in 2022. Similar to other fantasy sports leagues for football or baseball, we will have people draft a team of drivers and the points their drivers earn will go towards each person’s season total. Everyone can add, drop, or trade drivers to improve their team throughout the season. Whoever earns the most points after the season ends will be crowned champion. SIGN-UPS OPEN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26TH @ 7:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM CST MINIMUM 12 SPOTS / MAXIMUM 24 SPOTS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE DRAFT NIGHT IS SUNDAY, JANUARY 2ND @ 7:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM CST Sign-Up Format: Username or Name: Team Name (Optional): Rule Book: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1prMD0ZpwZBWHL_WfmnVKm9gzI5QyVL8EOW--pR9T-qk/edit?usp=sharing

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ After 14 weeks of screenshots and 41 selected submissions, it is time to determine who had Screenshot of the Year! Rules: Voting is open until Saturday, December 25th @ 11:59 PM est / 10:59 PM cst Everyone can pick up to 10 of their favorite screenshots The Top 5 will be revealed every day on the Instagram page starting Monday, December 27th until the winner of Screenshot of the Year is revealed on New Years Eve LINK TO THE VOTE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ysNaXxmXWoPfjqMKq--ntU3KY7YkL5U834lAfk5q8zs

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #14! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. Its that time of year, so let's have some festive screenshots! Good luck and have fun! THEME: Post any festive, holiday screenshots. Use any released content from Sim-Monsters or Rigs of Rods. [PHOTOSHOPS AND EDITS ARE ALLOWED] DEADLINE: Saturday, December 11th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, December 12th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO: THIS IS THE LAST SCREENSHOT OF THE WEEK FOR THE REST OF 2021! NEXT WEEK WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING SCREENSHOT OF THE YEAR!

Update: Added results for RORSPS, XMT, FBS, KOTH, RORMJL S5 Q2 (to date), FBS-NEO S2 (to date) Listed RORMJL S5 Q2 and FBS-NEO S2 on League/Series Lists with ranks earned for points results Next update when I stop procrastinating.

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #13! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. It's time for another Free For All. You can submit any cool screenshots you may have. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Free for all. Post any screenshot you want. DEADLINE: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

Always love getting to see custom track designs. Having an eye for track design will go a long way while you continue to improve your modeling abilities.

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #12! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. This week we are focusing on independent tracks and trucks, so no Monster Jam anything. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Independent trucks and tracks DEADLINE: Saturday, November 27th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

You should consider updating to the latest version of Rigs of Rods. Content on Sim-Monsters is made for it, its supported, and shouldn't have as many issues. https://www.rigsofrods.org/download https://docs.rigsofrods.org/gameplay/installing-the-game/ https://docs.rigsofrods.org/gameplay/installing-content/ (Also, your image isn't loading)

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #11! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. For this week, let's post screenshots only using custom trucks. There are no track restrictions. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Custom trucks on any track DEADLINE: Saturday, November 20th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

I have been expanding on the RII chat commands that I set up for my servers. With the latest Rigs of Rods update, they added the ability to create windows with their scripting system, so I went and made a window that allows you to RII anyone that is in a truck on the server. In order for it to work, it depends on scripts that I have running on the server as well as scripts being loaded on the terrain. Also, when you join the server, arcade controls are also disabled. Right now, the window updates every 3 seconds hence why it appears to be slow to update, but that was just for testing. It is in a working state right now, but requires a script to be added to any terrain you want to be able to use it on. There is a proposed feature for Rigs of Rods that would allow scripts to be loaded separately from terrains, which would allow this script to be saved in its own zip one time. Also I have set up a script trigger that sends an anti-cheat check whenever you get into a truck you have not been in before while on my server. This does not require any scripts on the user side, so it will be available to anyone using my servers immediately. I have more planned for the anti-cheat in the future. I am looking to get a web app set up for all leagues to manage their own RoR server and have their own unique truck files for the anti-cheat.

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #10! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. This will mark the 10th week of Screenshot of the Week and how better to celebrate than to have some screenshots from the last decade of monster trucks. Submit a screenshot of a replica truck and track from 2010-2019. Good luck and have fun! THEME: 2010-2019 Replica Trucks on 2010-2019 Replica Tracks DEADLINE: Saturday, November 13th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, November 14th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #9! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. Let's put together some screenshots of historical moments in monster truck history. Recreate a great moment and submit it to be featured next week. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Historic Moments. Replicate some event in monster truck history. DEADLINE: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #8! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. With Halloween just around the corner, this week is all about spooky screenshots. To add to the holiday spirit, you may photoshop screenshots and use shaders (Reshade) if you want. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Halloween. (Photoshop and Reshade allowed) DEADLINE: Saturday, October 30th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

I was thinking about hosting a fantasy league for Monster Jam Q1 next year and wanted to see how many people would be interested. Here is how I was planning on hosting it: Each person drafts 1 driver from each tour (5 total) If enough people participate, drivers can be drafted multiple times (probably 3 max) Any replacement driver(s) that run during the season will count for the original driver Every weekend (Friday-Monday) will count as a week of the fantasy season (18 weeks total) All points earned from that weekend count towards your season total You can trade/add/drop drivers each week up until Friday Whoever has the most points at the end of the season is the champion Maybe a prize for the Top 3? Let me know if you have any ideas or thoughts.

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #7! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. We saw a great number of submissions last week, so let's have another Free For All. You can submit any cool screenshots you may have. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Free for all. Post any screenshot you want. DEADLINE: Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, October 24th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #6! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. Let's take a break from a theme and have a free for all. Post whatever cool screenshots you have! Good luck and have fun! THEME: Free for all. Post any screenshot you want. DEADLINE: Saturday, October 16th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, October 17th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #5! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. Sim-Monsters has more than just monster trucks, we have Monster Jam Speedsters too. So for this week, let's show off some of the Speedsters we have in some cool screenshots. Good luck and have fun! THEME: Speedsters on any track DEADLINE: Saturday, October 9th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, October 10th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO:

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #4! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. With the first event of XMT happening last week, we are going to be looking for indy action on XMT West Lebanon. Good luck and have fun! THEME: XMT Week 1 trucks on XMT Week 1 Track (See Content Links for correct trucks) DEADLINE: Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO: Update to Rules: Submissions with background trucks should only include download links to foreground trucks. CONTENT LINKS:

https://www.instagram.com/simmonsters/ Welcome to Screenshot of the Week #3! Welcome back to another Screenshot of the Week. This time around we are going to go back to the 2000's. Get a nice screenshot of any replica truck from 2000-2009 on any replica track from 2000-2009. Good luck and have fun! THEME: 2000-2009 Replica Trucks on 2000-2009 Replica Tracks DEADLINE: Friday, September 24th, 2021 @ 11:59 PM EST WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Sunday, September 26th, 2021 on the Sim-Monsters Instagram page RULES AND INFO: Update to Rules: Submissions with background trucks should only include download links to foreground trucks.

You need to use trucks and tracks that have been uploaded to Sim-Monsters. You did not include an image with your post.