Hello. I'm a new runner at GTA III, and I need help on getting better at the game. Chivu93 is my inspiration for GTA III, and I'm amazed at his skills. He managed to save 2 minutes in his WR speedrun, and ofcourse, I was impressed. I want to be a good as he is/a high-level player(even though it's hard for me to catch up to him. No different from KZFREW and Mhmd_FVC in Vice City). Your best advice will definitely be appreciated. Thanks.
Just do runs, Chivu himself needed months of practice and like a year of doing runs to get to his level of skill, and he is exceptionally talented.
So yeah, play the game, learn the route, all the strats, practice them until you can get them consistently. There are some strats that are pretty tough to pull off when you start running the game, but don't let them deceive you, they aren't really hard either. Just keep practicing.
Watch streams, watch how people do things, but you have to develop your own playstyle obviously, you can't just copy Chivu's skill.
If you need help because you get stuck on some strat/don't understand something, post in these forums or go to the channel #gta on speedrunslive.com and ask for help there, people are always happy to help.
@blacklev His playstyle? What are the playstyles in GTA? Maybe I haven't found out my own just yet...
They way you despawn traffic, your preferred camera angle, how you take corners, the lines you take, stuff like that. You will need your own references for certain missions (SAM shot, Mike Lips drop (which is now deprecated), duping timing, rampagestarting setups, wakagashira shot, etc..) as well.
When you start running the game you will see that you just can't copy these things because different setups work for different people. Part of the challenge when you are a beginner is to figure out how to do things the way it works for you. Other people's setups are helpful but you need to develop your own sometimes.
But don't worry about that, it will come as you gain experience.
you can also signup for the GTA3 tournament starting on jan 22nd http://bombch.us/Bwts the format will be more or less the same as the VC tournament and it might motivate you to practice full runs
What blacklev says. It is very useful to actually know what you are doing and why it works like that, rather than just following some steps in order to pull off a trick.
