Sardinia, ItalyRESOURCES UPDATE So after I saw a post asking the download link for the game since there was none in resources, I've decided to put some useful stuff in the Resources. This stuff includes the legal download for the Hack, SHA1 Checksums for the base ROM of Mario Kart DS (which you have to get by your own self as sharing ROMs and copyrighted material in general is illegal) and some other HD recording resources. Hopefully they will help!
LEADERBOARDS RE-ORGANIZATION I have cleaned up the leaderboards and changed the categories so that...
- If you break the SC rules, your run will only be in the SC category (former PRB category).
- If you break the PRB rules, your run will only be in the PRB category (former Non-SC category).
- If you don't break any rule, your run will only be in the Non-PRB category.
Reason for this is that runs which fall into the Non-PRB category should be submitted 3 times so that they can appear in all the categories. This is very, very uncomfortable and annoying to do, and it also is a pain for us to verify that the submissions are all the same. As such, I've simply decided that it's better to do this instead. The only disadvantage is that some PRB runs might end up being slower than the same player's Non-PRB run, because maybe they were bad at the time they did their PRB run and now they are a lot stronger but don't want to play in PRB anymore. Hopefully there won't be too many cases of this.
That works, though I don't think Speedrun.com allows linking copyrighted material (considering it's illegal to share ROMs, even if patched). However I have added a patch for the game, which can be legally shared, in resources. Sorry if I was late but better late than never, I suppose.
The Discord server of the MKDS community offers a service which can send your submissions Discord too, in case you can't solve the issue. But yeah, good luck solving it out as the site is very old and has its problems due to that.
there has been a very long discussion about this, in short:
Pros of D-Pad:
- Very easy to learn.
- Easy to be consistent (not failing Mini-Turbos).
- Most used between the 2.
- Very slightly more precise.
Pros of C-Pad:
- A lot faster for making Mini-Turbos.
- Cold hands aren't a problem with C-Pad, unlike for D-Pad.
I'd always go with D-Pad no matter what the console is, as it allows you to get good very quickly. In GP Speedruns I find it a must since it would be the best to not fail any Mini-Turbo, and C-Pad is risky on that. C-Pad has the advantage of being fast, meaning that you will be able to PRB with difficult karts like ROB-BLS right after you get used to it.
As Cros said, it's more of a personal choice. One of the best players in the world uses C-Pad, Wazz who is between the best 150 uses C-Pad, all the rest uses D-Pad. As you can see, you can be very good with it, Taiga uses it and broke incredibly difficult World Records. So just choose whatever you want and have fun with it! You can always try both too, much like I occasionally do.
Sorry for late response, but no you can't (yet, at least). You can only use the 0.2 Version of the game.
just wait for bitter to start posting videos mirrored too, not just sidways 😏
That is going to take a while since no one really speedruns Grand Prix mode. But I'll try participating in breaking this, lol.
