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Re: Dreamcast Live Competition #19 - Metropolis Street Racer

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rjay63 wrote:Quite a few plays tonight. A sub 32 is *technically* possible for me but as there's no room for error, I'll be playing forever to get it :lol:
:lol: I'm rooting for ya rjay! I know I'm not even gonna get close to that!
rjay63 wrote: Speaking of which, it seems the fastest car for this track is..........the LAWNMOWER! Managed a sub 29 second time with it; things got the acceleration of an F1 car!
Haha! That's one souped up lawnmower! How do you unlock that by the way? Would a completed game save have it?
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Re: Dreamcast Live Competition #19 - Metropolis Street Racer

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The video might help, rjay. Haven't had a chance to play last couple days. But I always felt I wasn't doing the hairpin very well. Your technique there looks better. So we'll see.

And thanks, pcwzrd, for the "kudos"... ( :oops: )
Also, you're exactly right about how this game is addicting. It's precisely that "one more lap" mentality that gets me every time. :)

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Re: Dreamcast Live Competition #19 - Metropolis Street Racer

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Only .007 seconds off from the second achievement! :cry:

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Re: Dreamcast Live Competition #19 - Metropolis Street Racer

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pcwzrd13:

The lawnmower should be contained in any save file that has all cars unlocked. Its handling is extremely twitchy so I recommend laying off the gas. Don't even bother with racing lines - just keeping it on the road is challenging enough.

Have to say its rather deflating when you spend so much time learning a car and course so you can obtain record times.....and then along comes a lawnmower and gets the top spot with ease! :lol:
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Re: Dreamcast Live Competition #19 - Metropolis Street Racer

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rjay63 wrote: The lawnmower should be contained in any save file that has all cars unlocked.
Nice! I'm gonna have to try that out.
rjay63 wrote: Have to say its rather deflating when you spend so much time learning a car and course so you can obtain record times.....and then along comes a lawnmower and gets the top spot with ease! :lol:
:lol: They had quite the sense of humor to make the lawnmower the fastest vehicle in the game!
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I shaved another second off my time. So if I keep improving by a second a day I should be able to get a time of 29 seconds or less by the end of the competition ;) .

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Re: Dreamcast Live Competition #19 - Metropolis Street Racer

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Nice improvement there, wzrd.

Had some frustrating sessions, but last night was better.
No change. Just closed the gap a little... 32.593
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I thought before that I my biggest problem was the hairpin... But now I'm thinking it's really the left-right bit before the hairpin. I can't do it without downshifting to 2nd. :(

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Well, it looks like 34.173 is going to be my final time. I can't seem to do any better than that. I might give it one more try before the competition ends but we'll see. I'm quite happy with my improvement anyway.
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Well hell. Not sure if I'll be able to give it another go...So in that case, I want the record to show that I came this->|| close to beating you, rjay! :lol: 32.216
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That left-right bit around the 1st checkpoint is again my downfall. I did manage to get it right in a couple subsequent attempts, pulling significantly ahead of this 32.2 ghost, only to mess up later in the lap. :roll: So I'm certain sub 32 is doable. If only we could fuse our ghosts... :P

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Looks like it's gonna be a photo finish folks! :shock:
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