Stage guide · Mars Cup round 3
Stage 3 — The Eight
Stage 3 is the figure-8 sculpted into the UE5 landscape — two bowls sharing a waist, on the same heightmap as The Opener and Crosscut, a different crop. Drive the south lobe, through the crossing, around the north lobe, and finish back on the waist.
2.5 kmTerrain span
1.4 kmRoute length
Author par
1:29 Gold par
1:54 Silver par
2:38 Bronze par
How it drives
A circuit, not a point-to-point. The Eight is a valley: stay on the floor, use the walls as banks, and don't climb the east rim of the north bowl. Gates face the loop — if you cut across a lobe you miss the stage.
Pace notes
South lobe first. Keep it on the floor — the west wall is the one that bites.
The waist is flat and fast. That is the crossing: commit straight through onto the north lobe.
The north bowl's east side is a wall. Stay inside it or you climb out of the 8.