Just my observations from my play throughs and watching others' vids. I run ePSXe 2.0. What I have noticed from watching Becks' and Brando's Easy Any% runs is that their games run faster e.g. from start to freezer room they save about 3 secs even though we have the same strat and runs to that point were pretty mirrored. The difference between Becks' RTA and IGT was 3 mins whereas it is always about 2 mins 20 for me.

However, I did a run earlier today which had almost perfect RNG and barring getting stuck in the magnum room which cost me about 15 secs had a pretty seamless run and still only got 37:44 which equalled my PB. IMO I don't think I lost any more time than Becks and Brando on their runs which makes me think ePSXe has a slower IGT than psxjin (which I think they are running). Also, from watching mrmaximus' run I am 100% that I cannot save the 27 secs between our runs with my current setup. However, as I am a new runner this may be more to do with my setup on ePSXe.

Anyway sorry for the brain dump, make of it what you will, just thought I would give me observations :) I am happy to use any emulator but think it makes sense for us to use the fastest one as if we go for a slower one we may never have a chance to beat PBs.

Hi all, me again.

Bit of a noob question but there seem to be conflicting answers on this when I search.

I know what you need to do to get an S Rank (can't be done on Easy so not sure why there is a category for that) but I am confused as to what you need to get the rocket launcher.

Some sources say that you just need to get an S Rank whereas others say you need to collect all weapons then get an S Rank.

Any help given to this new runner much appreciated! :)

Thanks Zenix, I've just got the JP version so will see how much faster it is tomorrow. I see you improved your time so even more of a challenge!

Thanks Furry, good to know. Obviously that is the only reason I haven't beaten the record yet ;)

Hi all

I just started running this game and have done a few runs on NG Easy. Just wondering if there are any differences between the JP version (Biohazard) and the PAL/US version (RE)? I have not noticed any significant differences when playing through and comparing to the runs on here, however, everyone seems to be using the JP version and wondered if there was a reason why?

Thanks!

Great thanks for all the replies guys, time to keep plugging away at it!

Hi all, I am new to speedrunning and just submitted my first (crappy) run for Resident Evil: Survivor.

I was wondering, is there a general rule of thumb as to when to and when not to submit a run. For example, the run I submitted puts me 3rd on the leaderboard. I would not waste the mods' time by submitting a run which had a time improvement but would not move me up the leaderboard.

Are there any other unwritten rules to not waste the mods' time or to speed up the whole process?

Thanks!