Competition #3 - Hydro Thunder (Ended)

[pcwzrd13]

How FRICKIN stupid am i?? I forgot to bloody save my high score this morning!! GODDAMMIT!!!!

Nevermind though lol............................. I just beat it again

note I actually saved it this time!!

lol, yeah, I've done that before too. Maybe because we're so used to having games auto-save nowadays. I updated your score on the site.

[DCUltrapro]

so if I wanted to record a video from my Dreamcast how do you actually do that? aside from standing a camera in front of it, I mean how do you guys do those direct video records from the console ?

[pcwzrd13]

so if I wanted to record a video from my Dreamcast how do you actually do that? aside from standing a camera in front of it, I mean how do you guys do those direct video records from the console ?

You need to get yourself a video capture card.

One of these:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... rd&x=0&y=0

You can get either an internal (PCI) or external (USB). I wouldn't recommend the the cheapo one though (EasyCap). It's a pain to set up and doesn't have very good quality. Maybe the Diamond (top one) or the Mygica would be good.

This is the one I have but it requires you to buy an add-on for AV capture:
http://www.amazon.com/Avertv-Hybrid-Vol ... 512&sr=8-2

It's main function is to receive Over-The-Air HDTV.

[DCUltrapro]

ok so hang on, on top of that don't I need a graphics card in my pc that handles video input?

[pcwzrd13]

ok so hang on, on top of that don't I need a graphics card in my pc that handles video input?

As long as you have a fairly modern computer you should be fine. What type of graphics card do you have?

[DCUltrapro]

its about the highest spec agp card I could get for my desktop, 512mb onboard ram, dvi etc, not sure about much else without doing a lot of research lol

[pcwzrd13]

its about the highest spec agp card I could get for my desktop, 512mb onboard ram, dvi etc, not sure about much else without doing a lot of research lol

Yeah, I'm sure you'd be fine as long as you're not capturing HD video (which the DC is not).

[DCUltrapro]

Hey guys, so I realised the other day that I may have a slight unfair advantage over some of you when playing this game as I've been playing it for about 13 years and pretty much know it inside out. So I just posted this little video giving my 3 best tips for getting a really good time, I was feeling nice and sportsman-like lol and thought I'd give you all a headsup on some of the best techniques that you can should learn, much like the ones you can do on Crazy Taxi for example. enjoy!

1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHLGh7oqCI[/youtube]

2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxdke0blK3k[/youtube]

[pcwzrd13]

Well, I've mastered all the "Pro-Tips" in your video, DCUltrapro. Here is my new time (1:44.58):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QVqYp9Q9S4[/youtube]

Not quite as good as yours though. I did however find something out that you didn't mention in your video. You shouldn't grab every boost right away because if your boost meter is already full, grabbing another boost is a waste. As you can see in my video, I intentionally skip some of them.

[pcwzrd13]

Weird, don't know why the double post. Mods, please delete this post. Thanks