Hi

You might know me from mkdd, where I'm about to enter the top20 pretty soon. It could be skill, it could be much practise, but it surely has something to do with the Crazy Dutch PR Smash Virus.

I tried mksc many times before, but it never took long, because I never got the hang of the driving engine. Last week, I gave it another try and somehow I started beating the staff times pretty easily (you guys can probably finish the course 10 times and still be quicker than the staff times, but hey, Im new ). I'm still practising without drifting, because mksc is so totally different from mkdd. So I'm just starting with the basics.

Can you guys help me out a bit on how mksc works? I've got the following questions (and possibly more):
1) where can I find all rules about SC versus non-SC?
2) what is the fastest kart and why (I could also watch some vids, but I'm lazy) . I'm currently using Toad practising steering, because it has the most stars in the category speed, however I remember that I've seen a vid with Bowser a while ago (not sure if it was mksc).
3) what are good tracks to start your career?
4) why are all total times so different?
5) where can I find the best vids? or who has the best vids?
6) what are the proof rules of this game?
7) do you guys think I can become the best Dutchie on mksc? Or is Enzio too good?

I will try to get the extra courses soon, and I will try to submit a decent timeset very soon.

MKDD still has highest priority, but mksc is also fun (during vacation for example). Never thought I was ever going to say this, lol.

Welcome hmm, lots of questions Marc. And yes I know you from MKDD, I watch progress on all the ladders very keenly, so I know about everyone who tries MKSC

To answer sequentially...

1) Um... not sure, since the site doesn't operate on SC times, just non-SC. Someone who specialises in SC times like Vincent Zee could help you better there, I'm sure.
2) Fastest kart is Bowser. Toad makes for a good beginner, but unless your name is Kiyotaka Umeki or Shota Hirano, Bowser is best. The 'speed' rating actually should mean "acceleration", with 'weight' meaning "top speed"... its confusing.
3) Hm, same as any other game really... Practice your technique on the first, most basic track (Peach Circuit) and just work your way through acclimatising (since 40 tracks is a lot to learn). For drifting and blue boosting, Mario Circuit has a nice wide hairpin to learn, with a straight so you can practice 'carrying' blue boosts onto later places.
4) I don't understand exactly what you mean here; do you mean, why all the time totals of players are so spread out? It's just generally because the high number of tracks, varied SCs and techs and generally the variance in effort from some players makes the gaps quite wide.
5) We had a youtube account for vids on nearly every track, but it got unstickied   not sure where it is, though Pierre, Luca, Fried, Cole, Flemmer etc. all have top videos on their accounts.
6) Proof... well you wouldn't have to worry about proof until you maybe break top 20 (or set a top 10 or 5 time), just a camera recording of your replay should do. Mine are quite blurry but are still accepted, so as long as quality isn't atrocious you should be fine.
7) Of course! Enzio is a very good player, but I've seen your skills at MKDD and I think you could do just as well if you put the effort in. Thats the crux really: putting time into every track, not just 30 or 35, can be a key difference in this game.

Hm, someone else could probably answer better lol.

Well its faster on lap 2, but really for now you can flap on lap 1 or if a 3/5-lap run has gone astray, since its only about 0.15 difference.

I've a bit of problems with the MT-system in mksc.

I've found out that you can make a MT if the corner is long enough and that you trigger the MT faster when you hold R after a turn, but it's still very random to me now. I see some guys cutting through grass by unleashing a MT at the right moment, but I don't have any control over it yet.

Any help?

Hmm, who invented all this stuff? Thanks for the tips.

BTW I've send times for the retro cups. Most of them are first tries and 1-shroomers :p.

Aron Langerak wrote on 06/07/07 at 12:33:54:


Fuck.

Hey I only got the game yesterday, there's absolutely no need to be worried about me for a while yet lol.  

I started out nice though, I spent yesterday and today unlocking all the Cups and stuff; I wanted to get it done before I started any time trial. I must say the game felt very nice to me right away, SMK-like, but with a twist.  

Once I got the GP tasks out of the way I started time trialling on one of my favourite SMK tracks, Retro Rainbow Road   (which is thankfully thwomp free in this game) and got a Dutch Record in the first race I finished!  
Of course I crashed quite a lot of runs before that, so I already had practice to sharpen my racing line before I finished my first crashless race. Nice way to start MKSC though, only 79 PR's to go before my full set...

maybe i should return to smk if everyone plays mksc  

@Karel: is your rrr 5lap a top10 time?

it was just a joke to start playing smk instead of playing mksc
but yes, i'll come back to smk later.
it's a very nice time for the first finished race  

btw: you could play mksc when you are at the uni  

It was enough that Sebastian joined, but Karel as well?

If there is a God, then God save us  

Hey, don't create too much anticipation lol.   I achieved next to nothing in MKSC yet. The GODs of this game are Pierre and Sebastian, credits to the people that earned it.    

Rofl, I tied Alencar again!   RRR flap 12"60, Dutch Record.  

I found flapping a bit harder, because I have to get used to how the mushrooms affect your cornering. It's tricky and challenging to master. In my case it boiled down to just trying to prevent a crash.