Since I seen some new additions to the board I'll make a short tips and tricks post. Most of these you probably know already, but here it goes anyway.

• Timer slows down while in the air. So make as much jumps as possible. It's often worth it even if you're not at full speed like the first jump in Stage 1, 186 Km/h.

• Mash the throttle to extend the jumps. Use a combination of speed and rhythm and try to make the jump as long as possible. It's called "Hovering". I someone make a TAS and figure out the perfect button pressings the WR will drop drastically.

• Play with a keyboard. It's easier to keep speed and rhythm will your index finger than with your thumb. If you play on OG have the controller in your knee and mash with the index finger.

• Play PAL 50Hz, will make the mashing more consistent.

• Slow down at the end of stages. Try to finish just before the red timer flips. That will give you a time of XX"01 instead of XX"99. It's called an "Inversion". It's a mistake in the programming that we exploit. I'll try to aim at XX"10-15 to have some marginal. If it the timer flips you lose time instead. For details look at a post by @The8bitbeast .

• To get a competitive time you'll need to buy the engine on Stage 3-10. We called this a "Full Engine". This is the most annoying part of the game. I'll get it like 1/6 of the runs which means that most of the run dies. Hope for 16 points after the first two stages (you can make it on 15 as well). Please make a TAS that manipulate the NPC spawns!

In short: If you mastering Hovering, Inversions get lucky with a Full Engine you'll crush your own PB and maybe the WR as well.

But remember that the results ar insignificant and what really counts is competing. There is no victor or loser in this test of endurance 😅

/Nimn

I’m interested in the restricted single level category. I have a purple action mark after my time. What should I change to remove it? I also not sure what to change to get the white one. I’m currently on default settings.

Also. Is there something else in the settings that I should change to maximise speed and performance?

I forgot if we're running Revision A or B. Can someone enlighten me? Both were allowed but one of them was the default, iirc.

Also: Since the stages are shuffled, can we add a revision check box in the submission menu?

Hi,

What about removing the Gear Gacha Category? It was 14 years since the last submission and it's complicates the board in vain. There are a lot of activity in the Arcade Version at the moment and I think it's better to keep it as simple as possible.

Hi there, I have hurt one of my hands and can't perform in the games I usually run. So I have two questions.

1. Is there an easy way to browse 1-handed categories on speedrun.com or do I have to check games one by one until I find a game that suits me?

2. Please give me some suggestions of 1-handed games/categories! (That wasn't really a question:D)

If you have run this game for a while you might’ve seen that you sometimes get strange time saves with identical driving. I’ve been clueless about the cause but @Jfred might’ve solved it. T The theory follows:

If you continue playing without hard resets between the runs the time save starts to appear. So as long as you reset between the runs witch the rules states, they shouldn’t appear.

If you get a time save even with resets (for example a 57” 03 in the first stage instead of 57” 68) then the theory might be wrong. In that case, please write in the post!

Otherwise we’re good to go and can keep the IGT witch is the best option IMO.

Cheers!

I wanna record gameplay for Sega Master System to my MacBook while playing on my CRT TV. What capture card do I need? And do I need some additional stuff? Running on Pal.