B1 16"82

https://youtu.be/u3Zq9ON-wlc

SUCK IT TBK...no homo or bad feelings

Nice comeback! Why the need to call that horrible? You really suck for that kind of drivel, hope it will bite you in the ass one day To me that's a great time. My 83 used different strats, mainly the ending.

 Im gonna grind it more tomorrow...also why am I not surprised that you did a different ending lel

also the ONE time I was happy with a time it was the 87, and you saw how it went

Congratulations on the recent WRs Faizer! Some very impressive runs

 Thanks, right now Im gonna try to focus on getting in the Top 10 (maybe hopefully pass the Welshman...that's my goal right now)

Im still looking for some more WW possible laps where I can use my GPL experience 

Championship flap - 15"57

Super technical flap that was killing my thumb even on GBA SP. This took a lot of tries and I'm taking my hat off to Etorre! This is the first time I've ever held this WR and also the only one missing that I never had before (out of all laps). Some months ago this could've meant only having to go for P3 flap for the clean sweep but that dream is dead now P3 would've been another nightmare as well.

I've got the replay saved, so will post the video soon.

Edit:

added the video, thanks to Ben for recording it for me! And thanks Kev, but I'll pass on the 5-Lap

Congratulations!

I was waiting for this. I kept watching your lap time drop. Nice WR. Now go on and improve your 5lap champ time.

Championship flap - 15"56

A small step and a giant leap at once! Short summary of the lap: Not as tight of a first corner though the jump was great. The ice section was executed well for what's possible on console, though you probably could fluke into something better here. The last corner is more reminiscent of a great 1-boost lap ending, so with boost this part should be done more aggresively.

I've been questioing my boost strat now as you can clearly see that right after the jump my boost runs out and speed dips to 579 for a brief moment before the dash plate. That's gotta be a minor time loss so it might be better to switch the boost pattern around. Worth noting: Ettore got his 15"58 with 2 boosts so 4 is really not needed probably.

This lap could potentially go lower of course, but it's quite a struggle as ice drifts are definitely needed now.

Lap set on 2020-11-09

Congrates again!

Thanks again Kev... hate to be spammy about this particular lap but I was finally blessed with a great one:

Championship flap - 15"53

A near perfect lap where everything came together beautifully. This was really worth the pain with a result like that! I've got some spare motivation left for WW... maybe someday

Lap set on 2020-11-11

2 more laps after all this confusion...

K4 - 18"22 (session)

B4 - 19"44 (session)

Both laps had new records in early december, then I discovered that glitch in emulation on the Flash Cart and decided to not release them like that. Unfortunately that glitch was apparent in all of my records since the 2020 comeback, including K2. It didn't immediately catch my eye (wish it did) but once I knew it was there, it didn't sit right with me to have not properly emulated runs as WR's so I've decided to nullify them. I've also deleted those WR posts in here, kept all the dates though for future WR history purposes as the records themselves were all legit of course.

Anyway, I've decided to at least put work into these 2 laps again and was able to polish them up a bit more. K4 was ridiculously frustrating. This run shows the best viable console strat in a very satisfying run and yet it's still 0"30 behind the TAS! That is to be expected though with so many ice sections, some of them (especially the jump) are just uncontrollably hard. B4 was easier though I've realised an interesting thing here: The combined boost time of 16,8 seconds is not enough to cover the whole lap, so it's very important to space out your boosts. I guess that's nothing new but I've noticed a big variance in my laps and that had to do with just that: If you go really fast, you're getting closer to that unreachable point of not losing any boost speed. That of course is not possible, but it makes a small difference. It feels like you get an extra reward for going fast, by also staying a tad longer in that higher speed range. It's just a strange effect I've noticed that explains why you can easily fall back into 19"5x/6x laps while your driving wasn't that bad. On the other hand, if you get a really tight lap all around, you can observe the opposite effect (that laps are suddenly faster than expected). 19"39 is definitely doable here as the first few corners weren't that great.

Also: As a new form of proof it's good to also upload the time attack sessions, which I've done for these 2.

Very good Tim, strong times! Some time ago i tried to use jdt on B4 flap, i was not sure that it can improve the time, but the idea is to hit the wall just before the dashplate and then re-take the control of the jv while it is on the mud, not too late or you lose velocity, but the jdt is very powerful, so you can let the speed go down under 540 i think.. Maybe you can try:)

I tried it again today Etorre... this might be TAS-only

Alright, let's end 2020 with one more WR:

K1 flap - 18"11 (session)

Me and this track get along very well I remember in 2011 when Ben first WW'd this track... that was such a turnoff. Now this feels like one of the best laps to play! The ending to this run was even sicker than the 14, you can't even see the line anymore yet I'm not crashing before it.

B3 flap - 17"15 (session)

Not the best apex after 3rd boost, otherwise really good. I've also improved B4 to a 43 though this was from last year still as it was supposed to be a WIP.

P4 flap - 18"73 (session)

About as good as it gets for me! The first big drift could be a little tighter but everything that follows after is quite excellent. The second last drift is my specialty, always scraping by pixel tight around that very last apex.

I've also worked more on B1 and K2 flaps, was able to exactly tie my old times. K2 was quite difficult actually, took a lot of attempts. I've kinda messed up the last boost in there, typical accidental early boost on the massive DS d-pad. It's a good lap otherwise, 09 is no joke on this course.

I was working towards a certain goal with all these repeated efforts:

6'27"99

My new lap total. Whatever that's actually worth, stupid number games. It's nice to look at though and gives me some peace of mind

Congratulations! Solid work on the world records!

Yeah, seeing those numbers - 6'27"99 - is a thing of beauty.

I have a special request. Q1, sub 15 seconds.

Q1 is up to BPA

P1 flap - 19"27 (Session)

feels weird to have improved this, wasn't really meant to be but here it is