I've been contacting CrazyGameNerd on Youtube some time ago and talked about TASing F-Zero GX. I can't use savestates but after learning how to snake and some other
techniques, I decided to make some test TASes. CGN said he can use savestates, so maybe he's going to make some amazing videos in the future.
For now, enjoy what we've done so far.
Note that all videos use snaking in such a frame-precise manner, it's hardly recognizable as snaking anymore (the direction is changed every other frame).
Chapter 5 [29''416] [Very hard] (mugg1991)
First TAS. Highly improvable by using MT (Momentum Throttle) wisely when going to the sides.
Chapter 2 [31''772] [Very hard] (mugg1991)
I messed up two shiftboosts and bumped into a wall, otherwise a good run.
Chapter 2 [32''258] [Normal] (CrazyGameNerd)
Just for testing.
Chapter 3 [52''221] [Very hard] (mugg1991)
Chapter 2 [25''919] [Hard] (CrazyGameNerd)
This is the best TAS of Chapter 2 so far and the first TAS of this game to use savestates. No shiftboosts were used, but CGN says speed can go up to 12,000 km/h when at 5,500 km/h (for 1 frame). So I'm wondering if it is possible to keep this speed or even building it up more.
To be honest, I think that F-Zero GX videos will look a lot better when fully optimized. You can probably keep speed very high above 5000 km/h I'd think, but I'd like to get involved and find some TAS-based tricks for now. We're going to run the remaining chapters.