well after a long time of thinking ive decided to make a TAS run of this game, just to see how much i can beat every world record by, before i begin creating this run i will need vids of all the tracks in this game because its been such a long time since ive played this game because this game was stolen from me about 2 years ago one track im really looking forward to TAS is sky garden as its my favourite stage and i already have the DS world records for SG

i plan to only TAS the Super Circuit tracks in Time trial mode because im not going to bother going through 150cc mode to unlock the snes tracks so anyone wanna make an opinion before i decide to TAS this game?

Peronally, I would like to you use whatever glitches available.
I feel a TAS is suitable for this kind of perfection. Playing it to achieve the times many of us strive to accomplish in TT feels a bit mundane and redundant for being a TAS, in my opinion. I'd rather see you totally abuse the consistency and accuracy the emulators should rather effortlessly lend to your playing as you destroy the game, and show just about how full of glitches and shortcuts it is. (There are quie a few, all of which would be interesting to see demonstrated after one another.)
I prefer TASs that are spectacular demonstrations, both in that they are entertaining to watch and in that they showcase what no one would ever be able to do. In the case of SCs they might not always go hand-in-hand, but I would be excited to see the total times, and then just for kicks compare them to the CPU presets. (I know they are intended as a form of inspiration rather than a hint of what's possible, but still.)

Good Luck!

Andreas

btw, which program do you plan to use?
I'm not sure that slowmotion is available in any GBA emulators, so you could take advantage only by using savestates.

There's a version of VBA edited by Nitsuja with all the tools needed to make a TAS.  There's a link to it on the nesvideos forum.

yaz wrote on 02/16/06 at 11:06:32:


Are they online?  If so, can you post a link to them?

Yazzo is talking about Hirano/BlastHornet/Mander (it's the same guy) videos.
They are controversial, just search the topics regarding Hirano in this board.
Some of them are faster than the accepted (by japaneses too) WR (e.g. Peach Circuit).
Some other are slower than the WR because new strat are discovered (e.g. BC2).
He drives both SC and non SC (i mean with lap/lakitu glitches and w/o glitches) and he plays using ticking where is needed.
No fast lap is played by him.
You can see some fast lap video (real not TAS) on Kartseven site
http://kartseven.free.fr/videosmksc.html

and on mine
http://www.unbelsito.com/index.htm


I will upload the Hirano file this night (it takes a lot of time to upload such big file).
It's an archive of over 337Mb (i'd like that someone host it, because is too big for my cheap domain).
They are good videos because the image quality and because you can see many strats (both SC and non SC).

I will edit this post when the file will be ready to download.


EDIT:
Upload done:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j0zi4m

Note: "The file will be available for a limited time only"

sometimes, you have to do each course for hours just to get a good time, and nothing says your TAS run will be better than a real run.  you have to be good enough to know what makes a fast corner and boost.

duffjr wrote on 02/18/06 at 11:42:21:


This is the reasoning behind my support for a SC/glitch run.

Andreas

Nice work,  Luca!

11 seconds is a hefty margin on PC. I wonder how much it would amount to on RiRo, BP and RaRo, for instance.  

Andreas