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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 641 =-

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Previous’ week Winners are:Lead:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (90)
- Beginner Bonus: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (85)
- Intermediate: @Vodka (96.95)
- Intermediate Bonus: @rosefog (94)
- Advanced: @Rodman (97.25)
- Masterclass: @veggs95 (94.77)
- Masterclass Bonus: @veggs95 (93.7)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Beginner Bonus: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (87)
- Intermediate: @rosefog (95)
- Intermediate Bonus: @rosefog (94)
- Advanced: @Daz40 (97.54)
- Masterclass: @veggs95 (96.09)
- Masterclass Bonus: @veggs95 (97.4)

Bass:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Beginner Bonus: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @MaltaSoron (98)
- Intermediate Bonus: @Vodka (98)
- Advanced: @Daz40 (99.55)
- Masterclass: @rosefog (99.21)

Congrats to all winners. Well done!
This week’s songs are:
Lead Path:
Beginner: Kendrick Lamar - luther (5^) (E Standard) selected by drand
Beginner Bonus: Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us (2.5) (E Standard) selected by drand
Intermediate: Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) (4) (E Standard) selected by drand
Intermediate Bonus: The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (5.5^) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Advanced: Shakira - Whenever, Wherever (5.5) (E Standard) selected by drand
Advanced Bonus: Lynyrd Skynyrd - On The Hunt (7) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Masterclass: Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime (8) (E Standard) selected by drand
God of Guitar: Galneryus - Voice In Sadness (9) (Eb Standard) selected by @Mikson [Week 1 of 2]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Kendrick Lamar - luther (2.5) (E Standard) selected by drand *MOSTLY EMPTY; PLAY BEG BONUS INSTEAD*
Beginner Bonus: Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (2.5) (E Standard) selected by Daz40 *LEAD*
Intermediate: Shakira - Whenever, Wherever (4.5) (E Standard) selected by drand
Intermediate Bonus: The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (4) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Advanced: Lynyrd Skynyrd - On The Hunt (6) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Masterclass: Galneryus - Voice In Sadness (8.5) (Eb Standard) selected by Mikson

Bass Path:
Beginner: Kendrick Lamar - luther (3*) (E Standard) selected by drand
Beginner Bonus: The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (3*) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Intermediate: Shakira - Whenever, Wherever (4) (B Standard) selected by drand
Intermediate Bonus: Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight (4) (E Standard) selected by drand
Advanced: Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime (6) (E Standard) selected by drand
Advanced Bonus: Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) (6) (E Standard) selected by drand
Masterclass: Stevie Wonder - Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing (8.5) (E Standard) selected by @lowender

(N) - difficulty rating
(N*) - highest difficulty rating for the class (promotion to higher class possible)
(N^) - difficulty rating higher than the highest for the class (promotion possible)

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Yikes

@drand ... Wait a sec, no 😈 🐇?

I tried the new versions

I wrote earlier that this was 6, but in the new version arpeggios have been removed and now it's a beginner level 😆 I'd give this version 3 at most.

Improvement, but in the new version it is harder to achieve a high score due to fewer notes overall, and the most difficult part is the same.

I played this again. This might be a 4.5, but a 5 is fine too. I can't achieve a high score here because of the small number of notes and many are tricky.

@drand I know it's not easy to control this when CDLCs are updated after the start of the week, which can sometimes significantly impact their difficulty rating 😉 But as it stands, Save Your Tears should definitely be a Beginner bonus (3), and luther should be an Intermediate bonus (5).

Rhythm - I've already played the updated versions!

I played this yesterday and I've forgotten the details, but I think it was just chords - 3/3.5.

3.5

@drand You're underestimating this. A bit easier than Lead, but still a bit of a tricky notes. I'd give this a 4.

4

Old screenshoot.

I played this some time ago but my score indicates that this is not that difficult and rated at 7, I think.

Whatever

A bit more...

On 2/1/2026 at 2:53 PM, Mikson said:

I used to listen to a lot of Coldplay and remember playing the CDLC of this song, but that one was from the early days of Rocksmith and required a capo, if I remember correctly. I didn't even know @cacahuate51 later made a new one! This version sounds really cool and has good quality, but I think it's hard to get a high score playing that repetitive riff.

yea... i got time today so i tried updating it . but now that its up i did play the other version that was on the site and to my surprise it did seem better than the one i had made? which is odd cause i remember spending lots of time on it... but i guess i mustve spent time ruining it 😅.

I will say the newer version should be better than my old version (hopefully), although not as much as i would've hoped. Still not happy with the rhythm guitar part because it sounds like he has a delay on it (so i know i overtabbed some notes before) and that just confuses me when tabbing so yeah...i hope no one tries to 100% that cause its definatley got issues, but should be mildly better.

kids play it better than i ☠️

noticed he alternates all of the notes instead of pulling off which yea i was considering changing in the tab cause sometimes I feel rocksmith is picky detecting ho pos

not so many notes there ... gotta play that tight

so sloppy

waaay better - hello caca ;)

that´s ok

Improvement

I went back to playing Galneryus

Well, I would give this 8.5 but 9 is also ok, but then the song Galneryus - Vetelgyus which we played quite recently with 8.5 rating should also be 9, because was even a little more difficult, so I think it can be raised in the sheet.

There's no way Rhythm is 8.5, as @Rodman confirmed. 7.5 for me, but it would be good if @cacahuate51 or other participants could give their ratings and let's average it out!

I had to RR that thin sliver part...

I wish everyone the weekend on the sunny beaches of California

Bass

This song haunts me, it's rated too low in all paths 🤣

Ok, the early parts are easy, but towards the end, things start to get crazy, like that 0.5-second sick jump.

Overall 4.5

Much easier 2/2.5

Also easy 3/3.5

Rather easy and repeatable but there is one passage on the E and D strings so 4.

For me this is a similar level to a beginner song, so 4.5.

6 is ok. I tried to play this correctly with the Slap & Pop technique, so I made some mistakes.

8

Ok for me

I always miss the same notes 🙄