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New York, USA

No clue. I didn't even know there was a PC version of this game until I looked it up on Wikipedia the other day. I don't think I've ever seen anyone play it either.

New York, USA

You should totally run Twisted Metal 2. I've been dying for another run to watch since they made me moderator.

New York, USA

I didn't see any runs on the boards when I got here. There were two submitted that I had to look at. One was an Axel run that looked ok but I ended up changing all the categories around. Another was a co-op run but I couldn't find the video. I just put a run of TM2 on Easy up that someone can probably beat if they want to.

Connecticut, USA

I had no idea there was a PC port either. Couldn't really find much that wasn't sketchy or actually legit. If someone manages to find a good copy I'd be willing to run both.

People used to play the PC version online a lot, using programs like Kali or Tunngle on mid 2000's But I don't know if such online communities still exist.

For one player I still preffer the psx version.

Norway

I'm considering to speedrun this game as I have played it since I was a kid. But I notice that loading times and the game itself is much faster in the videos I see of the records. Getting from the character select screen to being able to starting the first level takes about 17-18 seconds for me, while it takes roughly 10 seconds in the videoes I see posted here. There doesn't seem to be a difference between the runs made on PS2 and emulator. I'm playing on a PS2 Fat in PAL myself. Are you guys playing on a PS2 Slim or something?

New York, USA

When I played Twisted Metal 2, I did it using the ePSXe emulator. I can't speak for the other guys. For the most part, we accept all runs and haven't done a ton of research into loading times between differences. Think there's work to be done there?

Florida, USA

Could possibly be because of a pal console. Pretty sure they run at a lower framerate, but I could be wrong. Also, with having the PS2, did you boot into fast disc read speed? It helps with load times on some PS1 games.

Norway

No idea if there are differences between the submitted runs in loading time, but there might be. I had no idea about the fast disc read speed-option. Tried it, and it lowered the time from 17-18 seconds to about 12. So there's still two seconds longer loading times for me than for the runs I've seen here. This seems to be because of the difference between PAL and NTSC, which supposedly is around 20% (source: https://speedrunwiki.com/NTSC). As the site points out, this results in an advantage because there's more time to react, which, in a game like TM2 could be influential. I'm now considering doing this via an emulator instead. Any tips for a device to connect a PS2 controller to a PC/Mac?

Florida, USA

I don't have a specific one to suggest, but any random one you find on Amazon/EBay should do the trick. They're all more or less the same.

Norway

Ordered and received, but I'm having some trouble with it though. What kind of setup do you guys use for playing on an emulator? Which software and so on?

Florida, USA

For any of my controllers I use a program called Xpadder. It's not free, but it's pretty useful. I'm sure there are easier to use programs out there, but I like it a lot. For emulating PS1, I use Bizhawk.

Norway

I might try that. Currently I'm using OpenEmu, but the software has trouble recognising controllers connected through an adapter, so I might switch. What about the split timer?

Thanks so much for answering all my questions btw. I probably should've opened a new thread, though.

Florida, USA

I use LiveSplit. My favorite split program by far.

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