New category?
7 years ago
Illinois, USA

I've been doing a lot of time attack and was wondering if maybe we could add a category for it. What I've been doing is time attack on a 100% file with whatever character I want to use (mainly Super Sonic because the times you can get are amazing), what I believe it would be is Resort Island-Radiant Emerald in Time Attack mode, we could have a normal and reverse category for this because both of those things are very different, while the 100% and any% (no OoB) runs are pretty fun, I think the challenge of beating your time and yourself without having to worry about being a character like Knuckles or having to get the chaos emeralds is the most fun way to run the game. So far I've been able to get some pretty great times because of being able to play Super Sonic in this (I just did a test run and my final RTA time across all tracks was 8:41 (from first pressing Time Attack to crossing the finish line of Radiant Emerald). I think this would be a good category to include because of the amount of fun it is to run, also even with me being a not so good runner I got 8:41 from my first real run of this, which means it's quicker than 100% and with optimization can potentially be quicker than the any% GP runs). Another great thing about this run is runners could Netplay VS. mode on Dolphin to have more practice with the run and get to see other runners play the game. If you would like I could also record a run of this (with my horrible quality webcam because I don't have a good computer, but it should be watchable). If any other runner would like to comment on why this category would be good/bad to have please do so, I would love to hear your input on this. If anyone has questions about this just comment them and I'll make sure I reply. Right after this I'm going to work on the rough draft for a rule set (not starting at Time Attack press because that adds ten seconds to the run and that's always gonna make someone mad (me)). If anyone else would try this run to make sure it works too that would be great, I mainly thought of it as an excuse to do an entire run with Super Sonic, and I hope others think that's a fun idea too.

(Sorry about the bad formatting and long-ness of this post, it's midnight and I have problems knowing when to stop typing, if anyone wants me to clean it up a bit I can do that tomorrow, hopefully this is readable enough)

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Wales

I think this is a great idea, I'd sure love to run it. Lots of games have a category where you run through a time attack-style mode with the best character in the game, and I think it would work well with Sonic R. Playing as Super Sonic is so much fun in this game and it always seemed weird to me that there was no category for best IL times, which this could serve as. Also, if this becomes a thing, timing should start on selection of Resort Island (or whatever starting course chosen) and end on crossing the finish line of the last course.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Wales

So I just did a few practice runs, here are some general lap times (very unoptimised) Note that I counted menu times as 26 seconds each

Normal Mode (seconds): RI: 14 RC: 25 RR: 18 RF: 24 RE: 44 Runs should be around 7:59 (including menus)

Reverse Mode (seconds): RI: 15 RC: 28 RR: 19 RF: 30 RE: 45 Runs should be around 8:35 (including menus)

Georgia, USA

For anyone interested in doing an RTA run with this format, this will likely be one of the "SRL specific categories" for this game. That, or you could keep it confined to a personal YT channel or Twitch page. If you are interested in ILs, check out http://www.soniccenter.org/ as it is a site specifically designed for IL time posts and leaderboards.

The problem with this ultimately comes down to the universal rules across this board (and many others) where you must start a run with a new file. If there was a way to start a "New Game +" file in this particular game, I would consider making a category for Any% NG+ or 100% NG+. The fact is that the game must be completed 100% in order to unlock Super Sonic, and I feel that any run category that does not start with a new file doesn't belong on this particular board, as these are the current "official" RTA boards for Sonic R.

If you are interested in this enough, you are more than welcome to make a misc category post on the forum and compile all those runs in a Google Document, or spreadsheet. My opinion on the matter remains that it will not be considered an official category, and at most, it may be a considered a miscellaneous category. I speak on behalf of just myself. Other moderators will probably post on here as well, so I won't count their opinions out.

Illinois, USA

I actually really like this. I'll set up a Google Drive document when it's not 3AM.

Victoria, Australia

Once I get a gamecube and Sonic R I'll start doing speedruns with really bad characters like Robotnick and Amy. Cause I was also thinking of a category for each character for 100% completion.

Madrid, Spain

And why not do it with characters that do not have to unlock? With the universal rule of new file It would be fun with amy XD