F-Zero - Mute City 1 in 1'58''17 (former TAS Record)

F-Zero's most popular track, Mute City 1, time-attacked in 1'58''17.

Lap times:
1. 25''41
2. 23''19
3. 23''21
4. 23''17
5. 23''19

Performed by myself in April 23rd, 2005.


Note:
This is a tool-assisted demonstraton. More info at http://TASvideos.org

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• F-Zero
• SNES
• Mute
• City
• MC1
• practice
• mode
• time
• attack
• 1'58''17
• TAS
• record
• Saturn

[ryuhi987]

even watching this video i feel that the time has been modded. i have seen legendary's video, and he makes no mistakes, and doesnt lose speed on any turns like in this video, yet this one is faster. something doesnt seem right to me.

[SaturnTAS]

Don't worry, the video is not modified in any way. The speed loss comes from hitting the electric rails, but for that you can cut the corners better, and therefore have a shorter driving line. This makes up for the slight speed losses, and sometimes saves even more time in the end.

[G37xSwat]

It's a really good record. =) But I have one question to you: why did you use the ramp at the beginning (in the first lap)? Didn't it cost time? I saw that you didn't do that in the other four rounds, that's why I'm a little bit wondering about it.

Thanks in advance for answering my question. :)

[SaturnTAS]

IIRC, using the ramp is slightly slower, but there is an exception in the first round, because it was exactly in the way of the optimal driving-line that is required to take the next corner sharper in order to catch that tiny sand-free shortcut, that is unavoidable to use if you don't have the booster. Avoiding the ramp would require to make a slight detour to get back to that line again, which in my tests turned out to be same fast in the end. So I decided to use it for entertainment's sake.

[creaothceann]

I just noticed that you're using frame blending and 4:3 stretching. Nice! :)

[SaturnTAS]

Yeah, I actually do that for all the recent videos. :-)

[i8246i]

"tool-assisted demonstraton"

translated: I cheated like a bitch.

[typsyty]

yo i beat this record, check my videos!

[Psyblader501]

What means TAS? Tool-assisted... Does it means that this race is made by a computer and not human???

[boynovo]

@noxvet It always is.

[noxvet]

The CPU was probably programmed like that to keep you on your toes?

[rex4]

noticed

[rex4]

you're right, I just never notice it.

[FusionNinjin]

yea, i tested a bit in game it seem if you let enemy past you he will drive around and overlap you by as many rounds as you let him, so obviusly its not a cheat player ship has that you can warp up to computer if hes leading.. unless i havent tested all keys where i can warp up to a computer driver if i get left tad behind... i suspect the game is broken