I was looking for places to share high-scores for games like Ikaruga (as well as best track / lap times for racing games like Forza).

For whatever reason, this doesn't seem to be as popular as speedrunning, but if someone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate that.

I'm not sure which version of Ikaruga you're talking about but Twin Galaxies has a leaderboard for the GameCube version. There's also a Xbox 360 leaderboard but it's empty at this point.

As for Forza, go to Twin Galaxies and search for "Forza", there are multiple leaderboards for various Forza games.

@Laika_the_Spacedog is there something like TG but without the need for your personal info? I don't wanna put out my real info online :p

https://cyberscore.me.uk/game/66

Twin Galaxies requires your legal name??? What??? 😅

@Laika_the_Spacedog they need a lot of ur personal info for some reason. I can get why, but I'm not a fan.

I reckon it's from when speedrunning was much more of a formal sort of thing.

Could be, but it still kinda sucks. Is there no alternatives?

cyberscore is more popular, is better, and also doesn't have controversy

@Merl_ thanks! Just signed up for that :)

Thanks, I'll check those out

video-games-records.com is also an option

Twin Galaxies is pretty cool if you're willing to go through the worlds most strict proof system (I do not say that sarcastically)

what is twin galaxies proof system, and if it's so strict how are there so many cheaters?

@Merl_ they used to have real-life referees verify your stuff and there were so many cheaters because those cheaters used to own the website for YEARS and abused that fact to submit cheated times and deny legit ones.

Do you still have to have a referee verify your time?

https://www.video-games-records.com/en/

[QUOTE=Merl_] what is twin galaxies proof system, and if it's so strict how are there so many cheaters? [/QUOTE]

TG does not have a cheater problem. Or well, all the cheaters it has are from years ago under the previous site owner. Despite what YouTube wants you to think cheating on TG is pretty hard. For proof you need to record your attempt, show your console on camera, show your controller actually affecting the gameplay on screen, show the cables connecting your console to the screen, show you inserting the game disc, etc.

All of my submissions have been rejected for inadequate proof.

Yep TG is insanely accurate with their record keeping these days. New ownership has done that site well to a fault almost sometimes. I love the site and frequent it often, but I've never had one accepted there either. I like to run jp version of GQII but they won't accept any regions other than NTSC-U/C on top of all the other restrictions. So as a north american site, they expect you to play the north american version with english text, plus all the other reqs @1 pointed out.

Edit: Autocorrects