Pennsylvania, USAI cleaned up the rules a bit. There are 2 notable changes.
- The new version available on the MD minis that lacks the Ferrari symbol will not be allowed. I suspect there are minor differences in the IGT, the turning, and/or the RNG. We have seen this issue in the arcade version when comparing MAME to nearly identical console versions. For example the Saturn and Cannonball versions turn more tightly than the original which allows for less deceleration on large turns. Very minor for casual play, but a significant problem for high level players separated by only a fraction of a second.
- Standard 4:3x runs and Hyper 4:1x runs will be highly scrutinized. These times require significant effort to achieve and the current runners with these times have demonstrated that effort by streaming attempts and/or including webcams. It seems only fair for future high level runners to meet these standards.
Thanks!
Individual level categories exist for the game. I don't know why. I suspect they were set up that way in the begining but never used. The recent layout change has made level categories more prominent and some recently submitted runs accidentally (I assume) were set to level categories. To avoid confusion I will remove them.
I was told Cannonball was not acceptable because it is "not an arcade port". Is anyone able to expand on that? It seems demonstrably false. We know exactly who ported it. They left extensive documentation in a public forum format and have made the source code freely available. It requires the original arcade assets to function because it pulls all the sprites and other elements from the original roms.
I would like to use Cannonball because after extensive research it seems to be the closest port to the original when played in "original mode". Is there an advantage that Cannonball original mode provides a runner over the original arcade version or other ports? The Saturn port has Extra Easy traffic which is not available in the arcade version and provides a significant advantage when speed running the game. If that's not an issue I don't understand why using Cannonball in original mode is not acceptable.
Unless there is some advantage to Cannonball that I'm unaware of I would request adding a rule that says something like "If using Cannonball show "Set Original Mode" at the start of the run". A lot of hard work went into creating this freely available easy to install port of OutRun arcade and I think it would be a shame to ban it without good cause. Thanks!
I've added Normal and Pro difficulty categories and removed Easy, Hard and Super difficulties from the list of choices. Checking all runs including obsolete runs I found no runs submitted using those difficulties.
I've added the categories in the interest of expanding the game a little further from the previous Standard/Hyper system.
