Hi there! I’m completely new to speed running and I wanted to try out this game on the ps version. But I’m not sure what you guys mean by in game time or how to find it. The game doesn’t start timing you until the race starts right? So how does it know the timing when picking a new course? Like the time it takes for you to pick the new course I mean. Let me know if you can help thanks!
In-game time is the actual time it takes you to complete the race (race time). Your race time is displayed on the "race results" screen after you complete the race. I see why you're confused. The Level 1's for the Full-game Leaderboard used to be manually timed. They were switched to in-game time last year (i believe) , but the rules still have some manual rules in them.
Full-game Leaderboard Level 1's -- Add all five in-game times (at the race results screen) together for your total.
Full-game Leaderboard Career Mode -- Manually timed. Check the rules for exact start and stop points.
Level Leaderboard -- In-game time.
Thank you so much for your help! I also see the career section to be empty. That means nobody has done a run for that yet? Let me know and I can try and do that!
No problem, man. Yea, no one has submitted for Career Mode. All 5 levels is a pretty hardcore first attempt. Hey, if you're up to it, go get it!
One more question I have for you is Am I allowed to take a couple seconds to take a photo of my race time after each race? I don’t want to have to wait till my stream ends, the rewatch it to gather the times. Let me know if I can thanks!
You can do it, but the clock is ticking, so you'd be costing yourself time. You should blast through the screens to the next race as quickly as possible. So yea, you'd have to go through your stream afterwards. I think it's worth it. Why sacrifice seconds unnecessarily?
Wait I’m very confused haha. I thought the level one thrash mode speedrun was in IGT? I’m dumb I should’ve specified. That question was not for career mode
Oh. Yea, the last thing you mentioned was career mode. For Level 1, I don't think a few seconds to snap a pic of your time would be an issue. Just don't leave the game sitting after a race and eat a 12 course meal...lol
Ok cool lmaoo. I promise this is my last question hahaha. Let’s say I’m streaming and I fail my first race. Since we are not allowed to pause. Do I have to turn off my PlayStation and restart everything? Or can I keep playing that 1st race until I get it, then keep on going? Or do I have to quit out of thrash mode and go back in? Let me know!
Keep playing the first race until you get one you're satisfied with, then continue on. If the rest of the races go good, you can edit the video to start at the race select screen, where you're choosing The City.
Practice up on all of the races beforehand, learning where the traffic will be. You don't want to get a few nice races done, then be caught off guard by a car that ruins your run. The traffic follows the same pattern each race, providing your speed is the same. If you slow up a bit, you'll notice different traffic patterns. But it's Level 1, so you can pretty much go full throttle through every race, if you're careful.
You can read the rules if you go to the Leaderboard and press 'View Rules'.
Also Important: the switch to using IGT was to avoid the impact of loading times and not to grant you free breaks. So continue on to the next level with haste. Else we need to think of some other timing method if this turns out not to work. Remember this is a speedrun board, so complete your run as quickly as possible. ;)
