Hey, 1'02"03 and 12"22 are definitely some nice times! I remember about 3-4 weeks after I entered the site, I had done 1'02"26 and 12"30 I think there without jumps, and I considered those times as some of my best back then.
Personally, I don't use a boost at the 1st turn, no matter if it is with or without jump, for a 5-lap or F-lap attempt. Some players like Stanley Jeram used a boost there, while some did not, and I wouldn't be sure which one is the fastest really. I felt a boost didn't fit into that turn very well and that just taking it very tight was faster, but really both must be about the same, or maybe taking the turn tight become more advantageous once you feel comfortable enough to take the turn tight as hell every time, but I don't know for sure.

By the way Chris, could you post your new times to yahoogroups (supermariokart@yahoogroups.com) instead of posting them (I think) to Sami's personal adress? In the next weeks/few months to come, I will be updating the time's database excel file that Sami will soon be using to update the site (if you're not familiar, more details about that can be found on end of July's site's updates, August 24th site's update and on the e-mails that were posted to yahoogroups around August 18th to August 23th), and posting the times to yahoogroups will make my job easier to update the times through the database as they get posted, instead of going through your site's profile each update to make sure which ones are new and which are not. (just right now I'm having some trouble because Sami made a mistake at copying your BC2 times into your profile, because they cannot be 1'31 / 17"

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-Thanks.