The world’s worst cheater is German – and now he’s caused another scandal

A once celebrated Trackmania star was exposed as a cheater. Under a new identity, he created a network of fake accounts – and deceived the community again for years.

Imagine someone investing years of their life, thousands of hours of hard work, perfecting every move, every decision, every strategy – not to become a real professional player, but to deceive the whole world. They create multiple fake identities, program their own cheats, build a network of fake accounts, and fight tooth and nail to steal virtual glory.

This is exactly what happened in the Trackmania community.

A German player, once celebrated as one of the greatest talents, manipulated the entire competitive scene of the game – and not just once. After he was exposed as a cheater, he disappeared. But as the popular Trackmania YouTuber Wirtual now reveals, there is evidence that the cheater has secretly returned, under a new identity, with a new plan. And this time, his cheating could be even more insidious than before.

Flashback: the first scandal

A few years ago, the German Trackmania player Riolu was a celebrated star in the scene. A German player who seemingly managed the impossible: he broke one world record after another, dominated several Trackmania versions at the same time and made even the best drivers in the world look old.

62 of 65 world records in Trackmania 2: Canyon? No problem for Riolu. Complete domination in Trackmania Turbo with 200 of 200 official records? Also ticked off. His fans adored him, his opponents despaired – he was well on his way to becoming one of the greatest Trackmania players of all time. In the end, Riolu held a whopping 2,800 world records at the same time.

But in 2021, everything came to light: An in-depth analysis of the replay files brought to light what many had previously found hard to imagine: the prodigy Riolu had cheated. And he did so using a sophisticated method in which he reduced the speed of his game by 40 to 60 percent.

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This was not initially recognizable in the replay files – until a new tool was developed that could visualize the players’ steering movements. Suddenly it was clear: his inputs were inhumanly precise, sometimes even impossible to execute.

When the evidence was presented, Riolu initially denied everything. He spoke of a witch hunt, accused his critics of blackmail, and tried to play down the scandal. But the facts were overwhelming. The former superstar was exposed as a cheater, his records were erased, his reputation was ruined. Eventually, he withdrew from public view – seemingly for good. But as it turns out, he had very different plans in reality.

Returning under a false identity

For years, nothing was heard from Riolu. While the Trackmania community tried to restore the broken rankings with honest records, the former star seemed to have disappeared from the scene. But in 2024, a new name emerged that quickly caused a stir: Eddy Reising

Eddy seemed to come out of nowhere – and at an impressive speed. Within a few days, he had placed himself among the best players in Trackmania 2: Lagoon, cracked the top 10 of the worldwide leaderboards multiple times and even set a few world records.

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Scepticism spread throughout the community. Who was this mysterious newcomer who was able to keep up with the best Trackmania players in the world right from the start? Sure, there are natural talents – but playing a Trackmania title for the first time and immediately setting world-class times? More than suspicious.

But Eddy wanted to dispel any doubts: He joined several Discord servers of the Trackmania community, chatted with other players and told them about himself. According to his own statement, he lived in Kazakhstan, had been playing Trackmania for a long time, but not competitively – until now.

However, things got strange when it came to his past. He provided little specific information, his answers were vague, and above all, he avoided speaking in the voice chat. His microphone was always muted so as not to disturb his wife, he claimed.

The skeptics didn’t let up. The longer Eddy was active, the more inconsistencies emerged – and slowly an incredible theory took shape: Was Eddy really Riolu?

The evidence: Is Eddy really Riolu?

What initially sounded like a conspiracy theory quickly turned out to be a frighteningly well-founded suspicion. Bit by bit, community members gathered evidence suggesting that Eddy Reising might in fact be nothing more than a new identity for Riolu. And the deeper they dug, the clearer the pattern became.

1. The account connections

A crucial clue was the Trackmania accounts that Eddy used. His account name (not to be confused with the display name) was known as pwnz0r_22 – a name that was not particularly conspicuous in the community, but which became explosive on closer inspection. This is because pwnz0r_22 had been linked to a smurf account belonging to Riolu in the past.

Additionally, it turned out that shortly after his appearance, Eddy used some accounts that matched those that became active shortly after Riolu’s disappearance in 2021 – including the mysterious 92Bob account, which suddenly began breaking world records after Riolu’s exposure.

Wirtual has covered the full story of 92Bob in a separate video:

2. The hardware data

Among other things, Trackmania stores the input device used in replay files – a kind of digital fingerprint. Eddy played with a gamepad from Bigben Interactive, a manufacturer that is not exactly widespread in the Trackmania scene.

Now that wouldn’t be conclusive proof – but here’s where it gets tricky:

• The company had since changed its name, but Eddy’s saved replay files still showed the old manufacturer ID – the same one that appeared in Riolu’s replays back then.
• Riolu had used exactly this controller in the past.
• In old social media posts, Riolu had proudly announced that his esports team had a sponsorship deal with Bigben and that the device was provided to him.

3. The way he plays the game & activity

Another piece of evidence that was hard to deny: Eddy’s driving style was an almost perfect match for Riolu’s. His line choice, his technique – all of it strikingly reminiscent of the former Trackmania pro. Players who closely follow the best drivers on the scene were quickly sure: this couldn’t be a coincidence.

But it got even crazier: time and again, situations arose in which Eddy activated in a suspiciously precise way when certain Riolu accounts were inactive – and vice versa.Whenever Eddy was playing, Riolu was offline and vice versa. The community started analyzing timestamps and found that the activity patterns fit together like a puzzle over years.

4. The Toxic Defense

As further evidence of Eddy’s true identity, Wirtual cites his behavior towards criticism. In forums and on Discord, he aggressively defended himself against anyone who even hinted that he might have something to do with Riolu. Interestingly, new accounts also repeatedly appeared that defended Eddie in discussions – and in doing so used exactly the same wording that Riolu once used when he defended himself against the fraud allegations.

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Even stranger: Several of these accounts had already left comments on Riolu’s old videos under a different name in the past. Some had even explicitly agitated against Riolu’s critics – just as Eddie was doing now.