Ractrot came up with the idea of using a sniper rifle, that you buy during shakedown, same time as grenades, to snipe the first collectors from extreme distance. Then he made the idea even better. When you start CtC, do NOT move, just crouch, zoom in to the max, and aim at this spot: https://imgur.com/h9h5X4k Look at the spot where the sniper aiming reticule circle intersects the horizontal line on the left side. Spam shoot at this spot (keep aiming, double tap F1 between shots) until the collector marker disappears from the map, proceed normally. My best attempt so far was 5s faster than this video by MH:

So, while we're talking about changing some stuff up in VC, I always think about this when I see runs starting with disco lights. SA enforced swimming resets, and it's clear PW duping leaves things messed up even after a new game, we don't know the extent of all the changes, so why not nip this issue in the bud as well? Old runs would of course be unaffected. Opinions?

Since I've been doing a bit of 7 assets now, I wanna gauge interest, and throw out some routing ideas. My route right now is pretty much a glue job between current any% and the old route, with very few differences. I take the Washington mall call before Phenom Penh, skip all calls during Vercetti mansion missions, do PP after Bar Brawl. I still make the PW replay after Sir Yes Sir, but use it to warp to PW after SSA. During PW2 I make the clothes replay I use during CP, but other than that, the route post Copland is identical to old any%.

Saw Ractrot doing the Chase with a clothes replay and drive to the wall. Vegeto and I then decided to try it with the wall behind the BF, since that allows you to take the better route and it works really well. Video by Vegeto:

I didn't think running VC off an SSD or HDD makes a difference, but a bit of timing done by Ractrot and Vegeto suggests it does. Now, I don't have an SSD, so I tried Ramdisk (google it, you can get a free version). The problem is, steam version of VC doesn't let you just copy and paste the game directory, the game won't start. So what you do is, make a Ramdisk, copy the game folder to it, rename the VC folder in steamapps/common, start cmd, navigate to your steamapps/common dir, and type in "mklink /J "Grand Theft Auto Vice City" (your Ramdisk drive letter):"Grand Theft Auto Vice City"". This will let you start the game as normal from steam, but it will be loaded completely into RAM. Usually the loading screens are almost instantaneous, but one thing I had trouble with is remote buying Printworks. The loading screen that popped up every time I hit F3 was long and it was messing with my timing. After doing it from Ramdisk, I can get the remote buy pretty much instantly.

Yea, my highlight just kept processing for about 3 or 4 hours, so I cancelled it and tried making the highlight again, we'll see if it actually finishes now, so the link I posted in my submission is now invalid. I'll post the link to the VOD here, or however the one who verifies my run would like it.

So how does the route look now? After Copland, fly to Boatyard, jump out the normal way and run to Printworks? Taking calls in between missions sounds like a good idea too, like the Cortez call before Rub Out, Kent Paul after Shakedown, Avery while running to Printworks. Correct me if I'm wrong, haven't looked into the route with the dupe glitch yet.

Here's a slo mo gif gaeldemarseille made: http://gfycat.com/AbsoluteSmallAmericanriverotter

Hey all, I wrote up a quick FAQ for the more prominent strats/tricks/glitches in any% that we usually get questions about. Link it in your stream titles or channel descriptions if you want and tell me if I missed something or explained something poorly. FAQ: http://pastebin.com/MWnjBEu6