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Comment by ekrietlow

If youre like me and came here looking for when we'd get to do this awesome set of races, we're out to 15AUG and running through 29AUG if Wowhead's timer is correct above the screenshot section.

Comment by YodasEvilTwin

See https://www.wowhead.com/news/kalimdor-grand-prix-complete-dragonriding-races-in-kalimdor-in-patch-10-1-5-333185

Comment by Kronatan

according to calendar it must be already here. But I dont see any npc :/

Comment by glassleo

You can get the intro quest The Kalimdor Cup's Introduction from Lord Andestrasz who is next to the Rostrum of Transformation (where you customize your Dragonriding mounts) in Valdrakken.

/way #2112 27.1 47 Lord Andestrasz

Next to him is the event vendor, Maztha, who sells items that cost Riders of Azeroth Badges which you can earn during the event:

50 — Windborne Velocidrake: Teal Scales
25 — Winding Slitherdrake: Curved Nose Horn
25 — Winding Slitherdrake: Blonde Hair
20 — Drake Racer's Shoulderpads
20 — Drake Racer's Helmet
20 — Drake Racer's Handwraps
20 — Drake Racer's Jersey
20 — Drake Racer's Belt
20 — Drake Racer's Leggings
20 — Drake Racer's Boots

You will need a total of 240 badges if you want to buy everything.

There are 16 locations with 3 races each and you can earn up to a 3 badges per race if you complete them with a Gold rating. There have been a lot more of these events datamined for other continents and they all seem to use the same currency, so I wouldn't feel too stressed out about trying to buy everything from the event vendor this time.

If you want the title from Kalimdor Racing Completionist: Gold you will need to complete all 48 Kalidmor Cup races with a Gold rating.

Comment by Kronatan

not so hard as expected. Around 3.5 hours for everything. Silithus was a pain. Overall here is 3-4 annoying races. Others mustnt be a problem if you done previous races achieves for gold.
Major tact for most races (except 1k needles and similar) - dont hard push at start. And try to get 4+ vigors. So when you starting to push it must be enough to finish race w/o slowing speed. Require some practice but after that u'll beat most races from 1st try.

Comment by xLunacyx

If you want to spam your guild with 3 sets of bronze, silver, and gold achievements for funsies, plus kalimdor racer (10 in total) in the shortest amount of time, do Barrens; Great Divide last. It's the shortest race at around 30 seconds and easy to first-try gold.

Comment by psilosd

As you cannot mount on your dragon outside of the races I have not found a way to take advantage of the Bronze Timelock This also makes flying from one race to the next feel extra slow. I am really enjoying flying thru the old content tho.

Comment by Fildrong

Coords for all races, north to south :

Winterspring : 68.8 68.1
Hyjal : 56.7 27.9 and 21.9 54.2
Felwood : 58.2 10.8
Ashenvale : 37.0 30.6
Azshara : 67.2 26.2
Durotar : 56.9 62.8
Southern Barrens : 41.4 13.0 and 42.8 93.1
Thousand Needles : 66.7 86.8 and 09.7 17.3
Desolace : 28.1 63.2
Feralas : 64.1 55.4
Un'Goro : 53.3 93.1
Silithus : 39.5 84.2
Uldum : 55.8 44.2

With zone IDs for fast copypaste :

/way #83 68.8 68.1
/way #198 56.7 27.9
/way #198 21.9 54.2
/way #77 58.2 10.8
/way #63 37.0 30.6
/way #76 67.2 26.2
/way #1 56.9 62.8
/way #199 41.4 13.0
/way #199 42.8 93.1
/way #64 09.7 17.3
/way #65 66.7 86.8
/way #66 28.1 63.2
/way #69 64.1 55.4
/way #78 53.3 93.1
/way #81 39.5 84.2
/way #1527 55.8 44.2

GLHF some are tough

Comment by awol2shae

TomTom waypoints for Paste:

/way Winterspring 68.8 68.1
/way Mount Hyjal 56.7 27.9
/way Mount Hyjal 21.9 54.2
/way Felwood 58.2 10.8
/way Ashenvale 37.0 30.6
/way Azshara 67.2 26.2
/way Durotar 56.9 62.8
/way Southern Barrens 41.4 13.0
/way Southern Barrens 42.8 93.1
/way Thousand Needles 09.7 17.3
/way Stonetalon Mountains 66.7 86.8
/way Desolace 28.1 63.2
/way Feralas 64.1 55.4
/way Un'Goro 53.3 93.1
/way Silithus 39.5 84.2
/way Uldum:Kalimdor 55.8 44.2

Comment by Zarasz

Lord Andestrasz does NOT show up on the map nor can you find him in valdrakken by searching wowhead. He is mentioned in the calender event but not his location. I had to come to the comments here to find his location at the dragon transformation thingy. I havent started a race and Im already frustrated.

Comment by Thirsan

All races location with zoneId :

/way #83 68.8 68.1
/way #198 56.7 27.9
/way #198 21.9 54.2
/way #77 58.2 10.8
/way #63 37.0 30.6
/way #76 67.2 26.2
/way #1 56.9 62.8
/way #199 41.4 13.0
/way #199 42.8 93.1
/way #64 09.7 17.3
/way #65 66.7 86.8
/way #66 28.1 63.2
/way #69 64.1 55.4
/way #78 53.3 93.1
/way #81 39.5 84.2
/way #1527 55.8 44.2

Thanks to awol2shae and Fildrong

Comment by Zandjil

Updated waypoints for TomTom (easy to add using Paste).
Corrected wrong zone and added the race names:
The Uldum one requires you to be in the Cataclysm version. You can find Zidormi at /way Uldum:1527 55.9 35.1 Zidormi
/way Winterspring 68.8 68.1 Winter Wander
/way Mount Hyjal 56.7 27.9 Nordrassil Spiral
/way Mount Hyjal 21.9 54.2 Hyjal Hotfoot
/way Felwood 58.2 10.8 Felwood Flyover
/way Ashenvale 37.0 30.6 Ashenvale Ambit
/way Azshara 67.2 26.2 Rocketway Ride
/way Durotar 56.9 62.8 Durotar Tour
/way Southern Barrens 41.4 13.0 Great Devide Dive
/way Southern Barrens 42.8 93.1 Razorfen Roundabout
/way Thousand Needles 09.7 17.3 Thousand Needles Thread
/way Stonetalon Mountains 66.7 86.8 Webwinder Weave
/way Desolace 28.1 63.2 Desolace Drift
/way Feralas 64.1 55.4 Feralas Ruins
/way Un'Goro 53.3 93.1 Un'Goro Crater Circuit
/way Silithus 39.5 84.2 Ahn'Qiraj Circuit
/way Uldum:Kalimdor 55.8 42.1 Uldum Tour

Comment by karmaneffect

is anyone even getting gold? i keep getting the timer saying im .1- .7 off but never exactly good enough.

Comment by wereowl

Import a WA like: https://wago.io/dmui-dragonriding
this will help you visualize your speed

Try to maintain a speed of 1000%+, without running out of vigor, or just barely. Don't just spam your button, you can delay it a bit, and pace out your surges

The biggest secret, however, is skyward ascent. After installing the WA i realized that it's much faster than just rushing forward, upwards of 1400%. Use it as much as the track allows.

Comment by Spilledstars

If you're like me and miserable at this and will never get Silver or Gold because your hands are not the hands of a well practiced Blizz developer......

Regardless of my own angry writing on a couple of the races, you can at least manage Bronze on (3x of 16 races) for 48 coins, plus 10 from the quest giver Lord Andestrasz in Valdrakken. 58 points. This gets you barely enough to get EITHER teal scales for the slim-chicken (Ohn'ahran plains dragon) OR (both of: hair and an oversized rhino horn) for the Zaralek drake.

It'd only get you 2 of the transmog pieces though I suppose if you're even worse at it than I am you could pick the races that like you best and do just enough to get 20 points each on enough alts.

Comment by Flanell

I did it with inky black potion. Lots of fun and extra challenge, esp. in Felwood where I coudnt tell what hit me in the face. Cant see the obstacles, only the rings, vigor bubbles and lava blobs. It reduces visual clutter and let you focus on the rings.

Comment by Solloby

After completing all of the races, I have to say that overall this was fun.
But quite a few of the Advanced/Reversed races were really overtuned, the timers were very tight.
Some I couldn't do without using the Skyward Ascent camera flick trick for a speed boost even in spots I didn't need to gain height.

If anyone is struggling to complete these, I have a few tips for players who aren't as used to dragon racing:

Use your mouse to aim.
Only use buttons 1 (Surge Forward) and 2 (Skyward Ascent). Button 3 is never a good use of vigor.
Windborne Velocidrake (the green one) is smaller than a lot of the other drakes, so you may find it clips branches less.
You need most of the Dragon Riding talents unlocked, so if you haven't done that yet, you may not be able to achieve Gold.
The races in the north of the continent seem to be easier than the south as a general rule.
You don't need to go through the centre of the rings, just clip the edges to optimise your run.
The way you move your camera affects Skyward Ascent. Practice using SA to get big speed boosts, as that is key to getting easy Golds.

Comment by LurkerPatrol

Created a video of me getting gold in all of the advanced and reverse races in the Kalimdor cup: https://youtu.be/hMDSimQuwgY
Edit: I tried to add commentary as a secondary audio track to the main video but it wouldn't allow me, so I had to upload a completely new version with commentary here: https://youtu.be/aGUosCNZ_70 (still uploading at the time of this edit)

Timestamps included in the video description and on the scrubber.

Some of the advanced and reverse races are simple like barrens and nordrassil, however a lot of them are challenging and require navigating obstacles like crazy and timing your Surge Forward and correctly utilizing your Skyward Ascent

I cut out all of the failures, and in total it was 168 GB of video footage, condensed into a 13 GB, 45 minute long video.

Some tips:

Always try to Surge Forward to keep the speed up
If your next checkpoint is upwards, use skyward ascent instead of surge forward, it gives you more speed for longer
Look out for the smallest of obstacles, be it a statue, a tree branch, a stone cap for a monument, they will all completely halt your momentum
You don't need to hit the dead center of each ring, you can actually just clip the tops and this is CRUCIAL for avoiding obstacles that will arrest your momentum.
Do a reverse race immediately after getting gold on advanced. You already know the layout and you can kinda reverse the course in your head and think about how to tackle tough parts of the race.
There is a stopwatch icon in your quest bar when you start a race, if you know you messed up, you can click on that and it will bring you back to the beginning and you can start over
Some races have floating red orbs or whirlpools in lieu of or in addition to world obstacles, avoid these.
I never used Whirling Surge, it costs too much vigor for a minor speed increase that could be better spent or spared for other spells.

Side note: in the above video you might see that desolace reverse uses a different drake than the others, this is because I originally lost the footage of me doing desolace in reverse and decided that in order to maintain uniformity I would do the race over again, while I was stitching together the footage. In the time I finished getting gold on everything, I did the questline to get the winding slitherdrake, which is why you're seeing it there. You don't need this drake for that race, it does not matter which drake you use, it does not change the outcome.

Also, here's a video of me doing the normal races if you're having difficulty with those for some reason: https://youtu.be/SYvsapYcH7c

Comment by Bathrezz

If you're struggling to get gold in races you may need to consider rerolling a fresh60 on a server with better latency. I play as OCE on NA servers and getting my main these achieves is atrocious with 180-200ms. I finally rerolled on an OCE server with 23-26ms and most of these hard races (except for Aq20 and Ungoro) have been rather easy with a very few repeats.
Edit: I've come to retract my comment. I have since gone back and played on my US main with 170ms and have achieved gold in advance and reverse courses, it is possible. My best advice is to get the Dragon Riding addon and to practice practice.

Comment by jeykama

If you are having problems dragonracing in general, especially with these Kalimdor races designed to screw you over due to obstacles and random tree limbs...

1) Do it in 1st person camera. It helps. A lot. I kept ramming into trees panic-turning because of the huge dragon blindspot.
2) Try not to do the forested areas at night. You'll just keep ramming into trees.
3) Learn how to do the Skyward Ascent wiggle technique. This is actually how you get Gold rating.

Comment by wowitsnic

While not .xx accurate it fits on 1 macro:

/way #83 68 68
/way #198 56 27
/way #198 21 54
/way #77 58 10
/way #63 37 30
/way #76 67 26
/way #1 56 62
/way #199 41 13
/way #199 42 93
/way #64 09 17
/way #65 66 86
/way #66 28 63
/way #69 64 55
/way #78 53 93
/way #81 39 84
/way #1527 55 44

Credit to the others, I just took out the numbers after the decimal point

Comment by Nathasil

I struggled on Uldum reverse a LOT. 20-30 tries with even the best of them still 2 seconds short of Gold. The Trick was simple in the end but maybe you are like me and this will help you: Don't burn your charges on the 2 parts of the track that go down naturally. Conserve and use them in the end to speed through the horizontal part. Got Gold within 2 attempts after realising this admittedly pretty obvious tactic.

Comment by HaseoThePKK

Do you really have to use whatever random dragon they assign you? Using the highland drakes fat ass trying to dodge some of these trees is pure unfun.

Comment by Kretyn

Is this ever coming back? Pretty lame that it's a timed event if it's not coming back for those that missed it or didn't realize that it would go away after the event

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