My pal @BurntRL spoke with me around a month ago about discussion in @Mashun 's chat of an "Under the Bridge" speedrun category in which a player starts a new game and flies under all 14 designated bridges as fast as possible. Credit to them and those in Mashun's chat for giving me the idea.
I tried this a handful of times and really started having fun with the run. It's like Sweatshirt but you get to fly the helicopter for longer and maneuvering skill is important. My best time after 3 or 4 completed runs is 5:24 (Loadless) and I think a sub-5 time is possible. I'd love to see what others can do here. Try it out, I think anyone would enjoy this high-intensity, quick run. Sweatshirt enjoyers most especially. Here's my best time:
Forgot to mention: I thought timing should stop once the Trophy blip disappears after the runner has flown under the final Bridge. In the route I take which has me fly under the final Bridge seconds after I fly under Bridge 13, there's no indication that I've gotten all 14, no dialogue box that shows 0 Bridges Left. I'm not sure what it looks like to fly under Bridge 14 and complete the achievement enough time after Bridge 13 for the "1 Bridge Left" notification to disappear. Still, as far as I can tell, the route I'm using is fastest, and even if someone flies a different route so the "1 Bridge Left" notification disappears before they fly under the Final Bridge, I think stopping the time once the final Blip disappears should keep it even across the board.
Also, the video I linked in my initial post was a couple seconds too short and didn't capture the end of timing, so I've edited it with a correctly timed Highlight.
Under the bridge challenges also work in EFLC. How would we present the category on the leaderboards across the 3 titles?
@cazpersky why do you think a collectibles category belongs to category extensions?
I guess one could say that sweatshirt or bridges don't add percentage, but it's kinda arbitrary criteria.
If it doesn't add %, I don't think it should be on the main leaderboard.
That's not really a criteria. Stunt Jumps don't add percentage in SA, but it belongs on the main board
Lottery Ticket also adds % in CW, on the meme-board. Y'all should go over this again 😂
Edit: Also Lions Of Fo
I do agree with this. If it isn’t adding percentage it shouldn’t be on main board. I hadn’t thought of that.
I remember many years ago viewing the beginning of a highlighted run which started just as the previous attempt was coming to a semi-disastrous close. Sometimes a VOD like this was accompanied by a remark signaling frustration or lost hope which, I suppose, the runner felt was a bit of amusing juxta