And Green shells won't be any faster, since they have to bounce off of something first and "fire and it homes back at you" will be far easier, and faster, than "bounce off a wall at the precise angle to hit you".
Ok, new topic. Way back in February I was working on a new method for doing the 1st lap in Luigi Raceway. Here it is. I can't quite seem to find a way to build up enough speed to mylestyle over the sandy hill; however, if I held AB and kept speed brake spinning, I may be able to maintain more momentum after landing and build enough speed to get over the gray wall.
The jetpack is awesome! How exactly is it executed though? I mean how does dash turn sideways and fly through the wall like that?
Do you have any estimate on how long a full run would be?
I'm 98% sure that you can shave 1.5 or 2 full seconds off the time, though. It's been a long time since I played deathrace (best is about a 45 second time, not tool-assisted), but I'm almost completely sure that if you fall off the course and accelerate to your death ASAP the clock stops as soon as you die, saving a little time because the clock is no longer running while waiting for all the enemies to finish dying and the game to declare you a winner. Just by quickly watching the vid and pausing, it looks like at about 6.8 seconds you have all 29 stars and are very near an open edge.
JKT and I discussed about the 360 degree spin strategy, which would theoretically achieve 5-6 seconds. Want to give it a try Xenos?
Sorry, I wasn't asking the right question. Why was it necessary to use a spin attack at the end to catch someone behind you? Shouldn't you be killing every car as you pass it? Mind you, I don't know that it's worth a slightly faster time if you have to give up the announcer's lines. :)
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Does the trick have anything to do with the honking? It looks like you get a little bit of an extra boost. It seemed like you took the angle a little wide on the second or third lap when coming up to the pair of missile and boost balloons. Was this faster?
I must however point out that doing a 100% run is incredibly boring. Why not aim for beating Wizpig as fast as possible? I think that'd be much more entertaining than watching all levels three times over.
My only concern is the end of the 2nd lap, at the "bump". You get a smaller bump but you get more bananas. IIRC, after 10 bananas, there is no more speed gain. Therefore, it might have been a better choice to get a bigger bump (thus keeping your speed for a longer time) instead.
It looked much cleaner than your first version did. Was the 3.8 seconds primarily from gathering the golden balloons outside of the courses or was it from the first track?
I'd recommend doing the same thing and submitting a faster, better, more entertaining version 2; it will have a much better reception. Getting memory addresses shouldn't be too hard with L-Spiro's MHS (I'd recommend speed, x/y/z pixel positions, etc.)