KekX says:
Please notice the new rule for checkpoints: Please put at least one respawnable CP into your part. Every CP you set up must be respawnable.
Space says:
damn, those scenery blocks don't allow me to make drift to the right instead of the finish... forbidden to remove, right?
... says:
4. You can modify landscape if necessary, but you must not change the driving experience of a previous stage.
marti says:
It doesn't really matter where you place the cp, right?
broadsword says:marti says:
It doesn't really matter where you place the cp, right?
Not within the rules, but naturally, a badly placed checkpoint might lower your score with the judges, as it might lower their opinion of your stage.
I'd recommend you to consider how tmjonas had his checkpoints just before the slide turn and the final drop, in other words before the two spots where a new driver could be caught by surprise and crash. A great example of well-thought checkpoint placement.