Sorry for the delay, I've been super busy. Let me chime in.

I made the categories this way as to be similar to other racing games where fastest laps are usually the main attraction.

If you look at FM7, no one played it as it seems to me like no one cares its Cup categories. People only ran the main 1 minute category, which is sad.

This format seems to be more appealing to me and other runners as well.

Since FM was reset with the new 2023 iteration, I thought it's a good idea to recenter focus on fastests laps as well.

I could add Cup Events of top of it too, but I'm personally against removing fastests laps categories.

To be noted, 2 years after its release, there was still no leaderboard for this game, so I decided to create one and change the format to make it more appealing, as it seemed to me that the old format wasn't appreciated by many people.

Solitaire is random. I have no shame admitting it took me probably about 50 attempts to try and beat it once and my seeds were never the same. It took me way longer than I thought it would. There's a ton of seeds. No idea how many though. But I'd say probably more than 100. That's what it seemed to me anyways.

Great idea @RadManFromMars ! I didn't even think about that !

Hello @DBcade !

Myself, @JFred99 and @RadManFromMars have runs to submit for Shanghai SMS.

Could you make one of us co-mod or open a category where we the rule is to choose "Start Solitaire" then "Make a New Pattern" please?

Thank you!

My run:

JFred99's run (current WR):

RadManFromMars' run (2nd place):

FYI, I've placed a Support Ticket with SRC and F1 Pole Position 64 has now been added to the Formula One Series at https://www.speedrun.com/series/f1 :)

You got it! As soon as you submit a run I'll gladly make you co-mod.

@petaQ if you submit a new run, please show the status bar of BizHawk, like @Oreb7 did for his.

Many thanks!

FYI: As from 2/1/2025, TAS-compatible emulator (BizHawk, Emulicious, …) have to display the status bar to demonstrate that no movie is being played. Recommended emulators are RetroArch with GenesisPlusGX and FreezeSMS.

FYI, I became moderator today and added the category! Enjoy!

Moderator was not active. I took over and added miliseconds :-)

@RadManFromMars Timer rules have now been added, thank you for letting us know!

@Dspray06 , some of your times on the leaderboard are incorrect.

Texas is showing 24s 024ms but it's in fact 24s 240ms.

Kansas is showing 24s 024ms but it's in fact 24s 960ms.

If you could edit and correct, that'd be awesome!

Many thanks!

Time here is 24.960 not 24.024.

This IGT is incorrect. It's 24s 240ms, not 024ms.

@JoePulito I know a hard reset isn’t shown before this one but the run isn’t the most competitive. Personally, I’d accept it and put a note to show a reset if there’s an improvement later. Your decision though.

Beginner run in 15'19" by @8BitBoyUK:

Hello @Dspray06 ,

Could you put in a ticket to add this game to the series page? https://www.speedrun.com/series/indycar

That'd be awesome.

I’ll also be running this game soon, FYI.

Thank you!

MS Marceau.

Hey gang!

This game has been re-released on Sony Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch. That'd be awesome if you could add them as platforms, same as for the NES leaderboard.

Thanks folks!

MS Marceau.

I made this for anyone interested in running Beginner:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Hey guys! FYI, this game is part of the #MasterSystemChallenge this week. You might get an influx of runs for the "beginner" category. :-)

https://x.com/8BitBoyUK/status/1870372537361678515