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There has been a big number of tournaments, special events and other forms of competition throughout the years. As soon as the Internet became common in most of the world, the concept of a Stunts online competition quickly spawned. Arguably the first recorded online tournament was [[Stunts Grand Prix]], starting in August 1997. Since then, many others formed separately and gradually began to meet one another. [[ZakStunts]] has been the longest standing one and with its formation came the [[Stunts Forum]] and the [[stunts.hu]] domain some time after, which unified most of the efforts as regards online Stunts. | There has been a big number of tournaments, special events and other forms of competition throughout the years. As soon as the Internet became common in most of the world, the concept of a Stunts online competition quickly spawned. Arguably the first recorded online tournament was [[Stunts Grand Prix]], starting in August 1997. Since then, many others formed separately and gradually began to meet one another. [[ZakStunts]] has been the longest standing one and with its formation came the [[Stunts Forum]] and the [[stunts.hu]] domain some time after, which unified most of the efforts as regards online Stunts. | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 15 December 2023
Here are the important dates of the Stunts history.
Timeline
1990
- 05 Oct. : Stunts 1.0 for PC is finalized, published by Brøderbund.
- 13 Dec. : 4D Sports Driving 1.1 (first version) for PC is finalized, published by Mindscape.
1991
- 12 Feb. : Stunts 1.1 for PC is finalized, published by Brøderbund.
- 25 Feb. : 4D Sports Driving 1.1 (second version) for PC is finalized, published by Mindscape.
- end of 1991 : Distinctive Software is bought by Electronic Arts to become E.A. Canada.
1992
- 10 Jan. : 4D Sports Driving 1.2 for Amiga is finalized.
This version is published by Mindscape even if Distinctive Software is now part of Electronic Arts due to arragements signed before E.A. acquisition. Game is often considered published by both Mindscape and E.A.
1993
- 18 Jan. : 4D Driving 1.0 for FM Towns is finalized, published by Electronic Arts.
- date to be confirmed : 4D Driving 1.0 for PC-9801 is finalized, published by Electronic Arts.
1994
to be completed
1995
to be completed
1996
to be completed
1997
Beginning of Stunts Grand Prix competition.
to be completed
1998
Beginning of Death Man's Contest competition.
Beginning of Kalpen Competition.
to be completed
1999
to be completed
2000
to be completed
2001
February 22th: Start of Stunts Message Center, the message board administrated by Neil McRae.
March 1st: Beginning of ZakStunts competition.
June 1st: World Masters Championship Stunts announcement by Roy Wiegerinck.
September 2nd: Neil McRae starts a competition.
to be completed
2002
February: Beginning of the Stunts Forum.
Beginning of France Stunts Championship competition.
Beginning of HOTU Stunts competition.
Beginning of ISA competition.
Beginning of Stunts LOL competition.
Test race of UnskilledStunts.
to be completed
2003
February 19th : Release date of Melange XGT-88 custom car.
July 15th : Beginning of 4D Stunts League competition.
Beginning of IRC competition.
Beginning of Unskilled Stunts Championship competition.
Beginning of IMSA Cup special event competition.
Beginning of WRC Stunts special event competition.
Hungarian Stunts Meeting hosted by Zak McKracken.
to be completed
2004
Beginning of World Stunts Championship competition.
First World Stunts Meeting in Budapest.
to be completed
2005
Second World Stunts Meeting in Aarhus.
to be completed
2006
Beginning of Stunts Drivers Races competition.
Third World Stunts Meeting in Budapest.
to be completed
2007
Beginning of International Stunts Master special event competition.
Beginning of UnskilledStunts League special event competition.
to be completed
2008
- 1 Jan. : Creation of this Stunts Wiki
- 4 Jan. : Beginning of JACStunts competition.
- 31 Jan. : Registration of the stunts.hu domain.
- 17 Mar. : First release of stunpack uncompressing tool by dstien.
- 20 Mar. : Beginning of Feel The Thrill competition.
- 18 Apr. : First version of stressed released by dstien.
- 17 May : Beginning of Stunts Olympic Games special event.
- 18 Aug: mini World Stunts Meeting in Budapest
- 2 Nov : Initial beta of Ford Ranger, the first car with a fully custom 3D model, released by cody.
to be completed
2009
- 3 Aug. : Beginning of The Southern Cross Stunts Trophy.
- 1 Oct. : Start of ZCT100, the hundredth ZakStunts race.
- 19 Oct. : First successful combining of game executables in a single file done by clvn.
- 1 Nov : Relaunch of World Master Championship Stunts.
to be completed
2012
- 14 Oct. : the first individual LeStunts endurance race
to be completed
2013
- 10 Feb. : First successful attempt of running a replay using external tools, performed by dstien.
to be completed
2014
- 1 Dec. : Beginning of Christmas Cup special event competition.
to be completed
2015
- 7 Mar. : Castunts 2.0 (later to be known as Bliss) is first released
to be completed
2016
- 5 Oct. : Bliss 2.4.4 beta is released, using the name Bliss for the first time
- 15 Oct. : Approx. beginning of the Race For Immortality
- 9 Dec. : Approx. official opening of the Race For Kicks tournament
to be completed
2020
- 10 Dec. : First versions of CarWorks and Dash Manager (v0.1) are released and published in the forum
to be completed
2021
- 18 May : Version 1.0 of CarWorks is released, with new code and incorporating Dash Manager
to be completed
Tournaments
There has been a big number of tournaments, special events and other forms of competition throughout the years. As soon as the Internet became common in most of the world, the concept of a Stunts online competition quickly spawned. Arguably the first recorded online tournament was Stunts Grand Prix, starting in August 1997. Since then, many others formed separately and gradually began to meet one another. ZakStunts has been the longest standing one and with its formation came the Stunts Forum and the stunts.hu domain some time after, which unified most of the efforts as regards online Stunts.
As of May 2023, four asynchronous competitions are running: ZakStunts, Race For Kicks, Custom Car Championship and Stunts No Time-Travel. In addition to them, live races are being held regularly and are pretty active.
Yearly Champions
Here is a list of champions of all official Stunts tournaments over the history. Note that only competitions that had a champion officially declared by the managers are included.
* - revised results after removing ghosts from the USx events' scoreboards.
