So I'm guessing I already know what the answer will be but if you were to use cheats to beat the games (I don't mean a game code to skip levels) then could you still do a run and it be counted in some regard?

I'm guessing not but considering how hard Die Hard 2 & 3 are compared to the original I'm guessing this is a straight no but feel free to tell me something different.

Good question, I would be open to suggestions but for me it would probably be when you complete the Sebring Endurance event.

Any suggestions would be welcome though :)

So I think this probably goes without saying but after doing a few runs recently with the DNF skip on the Challenge mode it's fair to say this brings the category time down a lot, however considering it's limited to the PS1 version only what should we do?

1. Allow the skip and let it sit with the other times.
2. Seperate the Challenge Mode Speedrun up into PC/PS1
3. Don't allow the DNF skip to be used at all.

Unfortunately that game is completely different to this one, the physics and whole style of the game is different.

The category has now been made and can be run if you wish.

So recently after doing some testing with DuckStation and finding settings which are as accurate as I can get them to XEBRA here are the settings which should be set for a emulator run using DuckStation:

Console Settings:

• CPU Clock Speed Control Disabled.
• Read Speedup: None (Double Speed)
• Use Read Thread (Asynchronous) Unchecked

Emulation Settings:

• Runahead: Disabled
• Emulation Speed: 100% [60 FPS (NTSC) / 50FPS (PAL)]

Display Settings:

• Show OSD Messages Checked (if a savestate is used, we'll know)
• VSync Unchecked

Enhancement Settings:

• Force NTSC Timings (60hz-on-PAL) Unchecked (PAL speed should be PAL speed and not adjusted by the emulator)

You can check the current date of your version via the General Settings in the Automatic Updater section (2021-01-11), and then post that in your description.

Did you find out how to do this in the end?

Are you using SilentPatch for the game? (We have it in the resources section for the game if you need it)

What operating system are you playing the game on?

Just as a heads up, there is a treasure island out in the keys somewhere where you can make 1m in about 4 mins maybe less so does that count as a strat? 🤔

The following emulators are allowed for runs of this game:

• DuckStation (See the forum post for settings)
• XEBRA
• Mednafen

Any other emulators outside of these will not be allowed.

Here are the settings which should be set for a emulator run using DuckStation:

Console Settings:

• CPU Clock Speed Control Disabled.
• Read Speedup: 2x (Quad Speed)
• Seek Speedup: 2x
• Use Read Thread (Asynchronous) Unchecked

Emulation Settings:

• Runahead: Disabled
• Emulation Speed: 100% [60 FPS (NTSC) / 50FPS (PAL)]

Display Settings:

• Show OSD Messages Checked (if a savestate is used, we'll know)
• VSync Unchecked

Enhancement Settings:

• Force NTSC Timings (60hz-on-PAL) Unchecked (PAL speed should be PAL speed and not adjusted by the emulator)

You can check the current date of your version via the General Settings in the Automatic Updater section (2021-01-11), and then post that in your description.

Not to bring up a old topic but it'd be worth removing the Any% category inside the Any% category and just have PS2/Xbox as sub variables that way it clears up the leaderboard a bit better.

So I've got a route created for this game, I used this route when I did my Any% run recently. The route is as follows:

• Choose Cobalt SS

1. Taz - Races 2 & 3 Only
2. Ender - All Races
3. Nick F - All Races
4. Big Lou - All Races

Buy Subaru Impreza WRX STI (3000 pts)

5. Zoe - All Races
6. Sol - All Races apart from 2
7. Izzy - All Races apart from 2 then buy Transmission and Chassis upgrades
8. BBB - All Races apart from 6 (Go back to Sol and do Exchange District Circuit)

Buy Lamboghini Gallardo (7000 pts) and Transmission 1 upgrade

9. Earl - All Races apart from 1 (Go back to Izzy and do South Central Time Trial)
10. Sassy - All Races apart from 2 and 5 (Go back to BBB and Earl and do Lap Knockout races)
11. Webster - All Races apart from 2 (Go back to Sassy and do Downtown Expressway Lap Knockout race)

Buy Chassis and Brake upgrades

12. Orca - All Races

Buy Lotus Elise and all possible upgrades

13. Terry - All Races apart from 1 (Go back to Webster and do South Central Lap Knockout race) the buy Turbo 2 upgrade for Elise
14. Murff - All Races then buy Engine 2 upgrade for Elise
15. Razor - All Races

I got mine from MyAbandonWare and with that it contains a No-CD patch/exe file that allows the game to run just fine

Easiest way would be to contact the SRC team via the form, I forget where it is and they should be able to help you :)

Where did you get the game from if you don't mind me asking?

It might be a issue with your PS2's laser if the disk isn't badly scratched, the only other option would be to play on a normal disk speed and do a run that way unfortunately. After this I've no other ideas to help with the situation sorry :/

As someone who hasn't ran this game for too long and seeing the framerate issues first hand I can definitely say that RTA should be the way to go with IGT being there for authenticities sake. So I'm in agreement with you here.

Honestly this category is pointless now given how many skips and things there are in the runs now. I'd just submit a run and if it has got cuts in it then it's got cuts otherwise don't worry about it.

Simple reason why emulators are banned is due to inaccuracy of Xbox 360 emulation and also we would rather the runs be done on real hardware. Sorry.