Is this glitch allowed in runs?
7 years ago
Wales

In the PC version you can hold left and right together to gain massive speed in the sections where you're supposed to rotate the analogue stick. I'm assuming this isn't used in runs because it means you have to use the keyboard to play (so you have 8-directional movement). If I were to learn the game with keyboard, would this be allowed? I don't see why not, but I don't want to force other runners to use keyboard by doing it, so it's probably best if it's banned in my opinion. But at the same time, it should be allowed because it's just a glitch.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
California, USA

Blast_kun will need to make a decision on this. Does this depend on whether the version is NTSC or PAL?

Open to people's opinions, I don't exactly see the need of this "glitch" to be banned, since: Playing with the keyboard makes, in my opinion, the game harder to speedrun, since Air Drift sometimes requires a "precise" XY Axis that you can only get from playing with the controller and even if you edits the controller settings for the PC version you can't play with the keyboard and controller at the same time, something that have been brought up it's about "custom controller" that allows pressing left and right at the same time, but, I don't know anyone and don't have mentioned controller to test it.

TLDR:If you think saving some time (probably 1-2 seconds per "rotation sections") and having a hard time for air drift skips and "slow turning" because you are playing with keyboard, go for it.

But like I said, anyone it's invited to suggest about this, but, myself don't see the need banning this since there is already "some differences" with the console build and the pc build

Wales

I agree with blast_kun, I think if a player wants to use keyboard they should do it. I'm using controller by the way, I tried keyboard and it makes such a negative difference that it's really not worth it.