Yep I play without sound most of the time as the music really pisses me off these days. I did manage a pr though 59"50.

BC3 PAL

Lap 1- 19"08
Lap 2- 19"48
Lap 3- 19"15
Lap 4- 18"96
Lap 5- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

GV1: 12.25, 12.10, 12.12, FUUUUUUUUUU

I hate this course so much. This was the third run today that I've failed on the fourth and final jump, I don't remember the splits of the others but they definitely weren't this good. I actually almost didn't get to see these; in the midst of throwing my controller and ripping the headphones out of the TV, I didn't confirm that I wanted to give up. So I don't get to watch a replay, but from what I remember these laps were nothing special. The first lap ties my opener PR and is good as my flap, so maybe I have some potential there too. Earlier today I drove an opener that felt amazing but I instinctively quit after failing the PJ lap 2 so we'll never know.

I've been collecting PJ data over my last few sessions here, and after a couple hundred attempts my success rate is about 23% or 1 in 4ish. I'm 3 for 11 on finishing 3rd laps and 0 for 3 on finishing 4th laps...if we're not counting the 4/5 I crashed on the final lap last year

Hopefully once I finish a 4/5 it will be a solid run outside of the jumps, unlike my last two 3/5 PRs. I'm not asking for a 1:01, just a low 1:02 that gets me into Legend territory.

It's not everyday that I can post about a failed 5lap in this topic and yet be quite proud of the result at the same time.  
You know the expression... "A bird in the hand..."

The topic may be "5-lap professional crashers" but I guess that was a good example of a f-lap professional crasher.
At least you didn't crash on the final turn of a 5lap. Then you'd really feel like punching 634 kiddies.  

Obviously a lot of crashes on BC2 tonight for me as well but never that particular one that you had! I assume this too is a PAL-only crash.

I know it's become a bit of a Harvey cliche now, but... I haven't eaten in a while.  

CI2 PAL NBT- 1'11"08

14"14
13"52
14"16
13"70
15"56

Despite the bad mud lake boost in lap 3, I was on pace for a possible 1'08"xx. And you know what happened in lap 5? After releasing the boost into the lake, the Kart jumped all by itself, ending the boost in the middle of the lake. I think my R button stuck. I spilled a little Fanta Grape on my controller last night, but I cleaned most of it out today (it was messing up my d-pad to the point where I couldn't press Down) and was able to get 5lap and flap PRs here just before this happened.

Folks, be really careful if you want to drink sodas while playing video games.

EDIT: Another 1'08" fail

14"66
13"61
13"59
13"58
16"91
1'12"35

Man, talk about good middle splits (despite the opener), in this particular race the first boost failed to deploy at the start of lap 5 (to go through the gap)

EDIT: This one was ruined in the 4th lap.

14"06
13"52
13"97
14"44
13"69
1'09"68

Came out of the lake at a crawl in lap 4. I still can't really control how good the lake boosts are. I actually thought I had a flap PR in lap 2; I'm not very good at judging my speed.

DP3 PAL Non-NBT

16"77
16"66
16"43
16"40
SPLASH

I don't think I was quite on CR pace anyway </sour grapes>

You're getting the hang of it, I guess a 1'09" is on the way, among the legends!

How many frames does it take to charge a MT in PAL vs NTSC?

MC1 pal 12"19, 11"74, 11"83, 11"68, failed boost (13"75)

Last lap is usually around 11"70 for me so would have been a 59"1x  

^It will be difficult, but I have the splits to get the sub just not the consistency at the moment.

edit: case in point 59"42 with laps of 12"23, 11"72, 11"94, 11"90, 11"63.
My best lap1 today has been 12"15, best middle 11"65, I can't remember my best last lap time today (possibly 11"62).

It's not a true professional 5-lap crash unless the crash is in the final lap.  

BC1:

17.75
17.49
17.47
17.55
17.69  

Still 1.27.95.. (.10 off WR)