Pole Position and how to get better

[johnmcallister]

Practice makes better.   Learning how to qualify faster helps with later in the race.
 Watch this video, first turn hype at 244 and no skidding.  Michael said he has never seen it before so teaching a master something new is so rewarding.

[mrvaya]

Interesting article: https://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/2070/the-live-threat-the-difference-between-score-chasing-and-tournament-play/14

[johnmcallister]

Found a new trick on the qualifying lap.   Reset the game and allow the game to progress through play until it comes back to the track map and then start a game.  It doesn't always work yet, maybe do to how you drive at a certain spot after the first turn.

[johnmcallister]

Yeah trick works every time through the first turn and hairpin but then after they sometimes get back into the right lane but not this time.

55.03 qualifying lap, this is the 3rd or 4th time I've had this time, had a 55.02 once.  I'm gonna get a sub 55 eventually.

[johnmcallister]

Oooh look at what I did

[bestcellar]

Equals 67210?!?!

[mrvaya]

Those are some really badass lap times John.

That trick doesnt seem to work on mame. Is it supposed to be consistent by starting from the 2nd map screen?

[johnmcallister]

Yeah trying to get better qualifying lap times has helped me improve the real race laps by getting to the inside more often and for longer periods. 

Hmmm can't get trick to work anymore, must have been a fluke. 

[mrvaya]

Ok. Had a new 64k PB-game with a single crash in one of the hairpins tonight. Also had a PB qualifying lap of 55.48. Getting better.
Been testing the Namco og Atari version and really dont believe there is a difference in gameplay. However the patterns can normally be activated in the aforemensioned ways BUT once in a blue moon that same way is activating a different pattern. Still not sure what trickers it.

[mrvaya]

Those points is really . On arcade I can only find finishing points (before bonus points) of 54,010 with 10 "mystery points" like in Richies run.

Those mystery points in Mame however is by far not as standard as saying 70 points per lap. Look at the points given in my first crashless run of today on wolfmame 1.99:

Final score 65,000.

[mrvaya]

oh and I passed 3 less cars in this pb run than in my last much slower finish with a crash in it...

[Verminator]

Upped my high score to 64,410 this week... I still have a tendency to oversteer when avoiding cars in the turns and sometimes skid in the first turn. I just need to clean a few things up and should hopefully get into the 65s soon.

[Verminator]

Scored 63,500 tonight... which included one crash! (Actually had five or so games between 63,200 and 63,500 tonight with one crash... I guess I play tight then relax after I f-up a game with a crash.)

[mrvaya]

Go Verminator, sir!

[bestcellar]

Finally got 66k by the skin of my teeth a couple weeks ago. Very consistently getting 65.5-65.6. Only gotten 65.8 once and 66.0 once so far. Hey John, with BOTA coming up will we see multiple 66s in that tourney for the first time ever?