TrickStyle - USA race 1 - 0:58.27

And this is what race 1 looks and sounds like when I don't convert to WMV, and when the recorder doesn't drop entire frequency bands. Oh, and I don't give up a 60-second head start to the opponents either, but that's not something to be concerned with.

The first bail here is intentional: boosting off of that ramp leads to the fastest speeds you'll get in any race, and you can overshoot the track by a huge distance as it veers left and have to hover back over the pond a long way. The absolute best thing that can happen there is I bounce off the tree and shoot into the next corner perfectly, but I'll take a straight down rejection, especially since there's a boost pad right there to get back up to speed.

The second bail isn't planned but I don't care either way: if I make a crash landing on the ramp, then I start the next S curve with an inside line and pick up a boost pad. Otherwise I get to keep more momentum down the straight, but that making having to steer outside on the next turn and you can't get the boost that way. Either one seems like a wash.

And then there's a third bail on the long straight that's completely irrelevant. It doesn't matter how I land there, I'm just going to bounce off the track and cross the finish line in midair anyway.

When you give the racers here a minute head start, they're so slow that even the fastest one takes almost 2 minutes to finish (and everyone else would have timed out if the time limit actually ran down in that video). On the other hand, if the player racer decides to be less like Chaclon and more like Usain Bolt, the rest of the field magically seems to get a lot more motivated. Of course they still can't come close to a 58, but then what were you expecting?

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• trickstyle
• dreamcast
• speedrun

[iheartlovebleach]

I remember this game when I was a kid! I bought it back in 2000 used! It was one of the best nights of my life, and when i heard this song, it just LOST IT, it was amazing! It reminded me of the song in Toonami's SailorMoon S commercial. This brings back soooo many memories for me!! Great video

Five Stars ~

[jointbuttz]

this is adrenelin junkie-richard beddow

[failymcfail]

I want this song so bad, but it's not on any soundtrack and it wasn't released on their website back in '99 when they were promoting the game (still have those mp3s since I'm such a packrat, heh). Good times.

[KnuxSonic8]

Hey, SM. I didn't know you had this great game? Nice.

I have such fond memories of this. I rented this many years back not expecting much out of it but it was really captivating. I ended up buying a used copy but it got so many scratches it became unplayable. I guess I have to hope this comes to the VC before I'll be able to experience this great game again. :)

[laserbam]

woah, nice