Submission #5255: jmosx36's SNES Top Gear 3000 in 2:05:09.40

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
baseline
(Submitted: Top Gear 3000 (U) [!].smc USA)
BizHawk 1.9.4
451306
60.0988138974405
4000
Unknown
Submitted by jmosx36 on 10/13/2016 2:36 AM
Submission Comments
a year and a half making this TAS
4000 rerecords
02:05:09.441
secret bonus B is a secret
secret bonus A is finishing with nitrous activated
secret bonus C is not crashing any opponent
secret bonus D is not crashing any obstacle
secret bonus E is not off the track

Samsara: Judging.
Samsara: There are noticeable issues with menuing all throughout the run and weird tradeoffs made for no particular reason. The game also appears to be trivial from what I've tested: Apart from going offroad or slamming into other cars/obstacles, nothing else you do seems to decrease your speed, making it easy to "optimize" each race by just steering occasionally. The upgrade "route" seems weird too, though I'm not sure if that's because said upgrades aren't able to be bought sooner or if it's actually just poor planning.
While there are some thoughtful steps taken to decrease the overall time, I.E intentionally disqualifying for secret bonuses, the other flaws are just too numerous to overlook. Rejecting.
Quick edit: If there IS anything to optimize, I doubt 4000 re-records are enough to have tested everything. For comparison: I used 1000 in my test file without even finishing the first lap of the first race.
Last Edited by adelikat on 10/19/2023 1:04 AM
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