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I have been stuck on Year 5 since I was 14.

14! I'm going to be 36 next month and I'm still chopping away at the same save!

You need to get a better controller, after change my otiginal DC controller for the new Striker DC Pro, the game became way more easy.

I got to year 7 and then stuck it's been a 28 some year grind for me too. I know some forum member on here has completed the whole thing. The game is deceptively difficult.

SolidSonicTH wrote:I have been stuck on Year 5 since I was 14.

14! I'm going to be 36 next month and I'm still chopping away at the same save!

Same situation... But I'm 37 . Sometimes in years I tried to beat year 5 but for me it's impossible. It's way too hard , and after trying 6 or 7 times it makes me wanna destroy the pad and Dreamcast. I have to try striker DC pad

Never knew it was considered that hard..I finished all 10 years in like a few weeks when I first attempted it a few years ago. With the standard DC pad of course.

A few years were annoying, but didn't feel on the level of impossible. I probably had a harder time with some levels in Moho.

I just recently got really into the game and ended up beating the entire 10 year championship. I want to say years 7 and 10 are by far the hardest, but I may be misremembering. The rest of them are still difficult but feel doable once you get a handle on the tracks.

I'm not sure exactly how much the tweaking of the car stats matter - I ended up really only adjusting the gear ratios (how fast or slow the car accelerates, which either increases or decreases top speed) and the suspension (slightly softer for gravel/snow and slightly harder for tarmac). One other tip is that the game defaults in tires for you based on the track, and these are sometimes completely incorrect. I forget which one I swapped, but doing so consistently made my times faster by several seconds (I think it's what defaults in for gravel tracks).

There is also a code that you can input at the main menu to lock the game to either 30fps or 60fps. I found that once I locked it to 30 (with full detail intact), the game became more playable and enjoyable:

30fps: Press Up, A, Down (x2), Left, Right, B(x2), Up at the title screen. (A tone confirms correct entry.)
60fps: Press Up, A, Down (x2), Left, Right, B(x2), Up at the title screen. (A tone confirms correct entry.)

SolidSonicTH wrote:I have been stuck on Year 5 since I was 14.

14! I'm going to be 36 next month and I'm still chopping away at the same save!

Every once in a while I try to outdo year 5, but I always fail. I want to smash my pad and Dreamcast after attempting that a few of times. The striker DC pad is a must-try.