Hi I thought of this idea which might be fun and educational! With the recent spark in activity in MKDD I figured I might as well see if I can get more people (re)interested with a new idea.

Do you ever get that weird feeling when driving a lap or watching a video where you feel like the lap was smooth/good/no big mistakes but the time is disappointing? I will try to analyze a video of (preferably) a subtop player where the subtle timelosses lie. Please send me a video that meets (most of) the following criteria:

- Race looks better than the time (for example you only see about 1 second worth of mistakes on a mushroom bridge 3lap where the time is 1'19'7 and you're wondering where the other ~0.5 second went)
- Video is of reasonable quality (videos with skipping frames or really ugly picture quality are often too messy for in-depth analysis)
- Please ask the person who got the time if he's ok with it being reviewed.
- Time/skill level of video doesn't matter too much, but would prefer at least Titan level times. The quicker the time the fewer mistakes, so the more subtle/less basic but also harder to understand the analysis will be.

Disclaimer: I haven't played MKDD in freaking ages, however I always felt I was a better player in theory than in practice. This might help some players who struggle to get up the ranks to fix some of the things they're consistently doing wrong.

(I do have some videos in mind in case nobody has good examples)

If this picks up and people enjoy it (and I enjoy it) I might do more than one, but let's just give it a try for now Post your submissions here, and please include a downloadable link so I can edit the video etc.

I prefer the original files for better quality (a download of a compressed file which will then be edited and compressed again etc is less than ideal) but thanks for that

I forget who you are (sorry been ages and I forget which nickname is who ) Great point on submitting your own videos where you're unsure how to get your time down further. Feel free to submit any old videos you might have if they're prs. Btw if there's a lot of interest I might review more than 1 video anyways

Ah yeah wasn't sure if you were Scott Abbey or Matt Tanzer  

Anyway video quality isn't a huge issue as long as everything is smooth and it's clear what's going on

Hehe I'll definately ask you if I have problems when I'm at titan level...if I'll ever reach that level

That video seems like a great example, it seemingly looks very good but is still almost 2 seconds off wr. I don't think your a tech looks very bad at all and I doubt that's where most of the time is lost

Would like some more submissions though!

Well, what about all the wide turns xD Come on, that one is not that hard :p

yeah send some videos now, i can help out too i can see my own mistakes pretty easy.. but it really depends on which course it is though.

like DDJ, i think i drive really good and still i get a crappy time.. i don't know how much time i spend on it i never get better than 33.2, only once when i got my pr 33.141 haha

well this is a good topic to help players out..

Chris: you make your mts way to fast after eachother... i guess thats the problem. and as i can see its 60hz so you need to be faster with spamming ur mts too

Man, starting and pausing is hard, analyzing a game where so many subtleties happen so quickly! Not sure how useful this is but if I do more it should only get better/more organized.

Here you go:

Haha man thank you Vince !

Well, now that i got a new Camera (just buyed it today) i can record some new MCR runs, without missed MTs or other "big" mistakes . But anyway, a real tip was the part after the piranha plants (the curve), i never noticed that i started this MT to early

By the way, do you also accept 50hz videos? (cuz i switched to 50hz)

Great video Vincent! Excellent!