mr_me Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 7:23 course 3 Intellivision hardware 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 1 minute ago, mr_me said: 7:23 course 3 Intellivision hardware Whoa, nice one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Managed to shave a few seconds off. Still can't beat track 3. Don't want to "blame the controller", but emulating Intellivision and using a PS3 controller just doesn't compare to original hardware. This is one of those games that I think really doesn't translate. To stay humble, I probably wouldn't be too great if I did own the cart ? 3:52 Track 1 Red Car Edited April 18, 2020 by fakecortex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 2 hours ago, fakecortex said: Managed to shave a few seconds off. Still can't beat track 3. Don't want to "blame the controller", but emulating Intellivision and using a PS3 controller just doesn't compare to original hardware. This is one of those games that I think really doesn't translate. To stay humble, I probably wouldn't be too great if I did own the cart ? 3:52 Track 1 Red Car Definitely not a good game for analog control, you really need tiny taps for steering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Definitely not a good game for analog control, you really need tiny taps for steering I use the d-pad, but seeing as how the manual mentions "gradual" and "hard" turns, I don't think it's translating properly ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I've posted some decent times with an 8-way dpad. It actually makes it easier to do hard turns without risking oversteering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Lol, tiny taps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 1 hour ago, mr_me said: I've posted some decent times with an 8-way dpad. It actually makes it easier to do hard turns without risking oversteering. For a d-pad like on the ps3, do you have success pressing two buttons at once to register as "in between"? I don't know how much better I'd actually be using an Intv controller, but at least then I'd feel like I'm playing the way it was meant to, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Dpads have diagonals so I have three position for left turns and three positions for right turns. The left-down and right-down diagonal positions might be used the most. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I find the 16 directions of original controller to be helpful. Can't say for certain, but pretty sure I use the ESE and WSW positions quite a bit and that extra bit of fidelity before the SE/SW positions helps slide without oversteering as often. Definitely a great example of a game designed to use the disc well and no real modern day controller equivalent that lets me be as precise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Course 1 - 3:14 (Red car) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Course 3 green car. I may try to get under 8 minutes,but if I cant this is the best I can post!? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Has anyone ever tried the original steering on the original ROM of this game? I wanted to see if there was an option to try it on my old Intellivision Lives CD-ROM, but I can’t find the CD. Just curious if I could possibly control the car better than I do now - which isn’t that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 8 hours ago, gezkc said: Course 1 - 3:14 (Red car) You should celebrate with ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ace24 said: Has anyone ever tried the original steering on the original ROM of this game? I wanted to see if there was an option to try it on my old Intellivision Lives CD-ROM, but I can’t find the CD. Just curious if I could possibly control the car better than I do now - which isn’t that great. Yes. It's not on the lives cd but it's in some collections at archive.org [not in the set I was thinking of so not sure]. I consider it broken and unplayable. It's very hard to find the spot for hard turns because it keeps moving. I don't think it's the original steering method but the programmer added it at the request of others before release. Edited April 19, 2020 by mr_me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, mr_me said: Yes. It's not on the lives cd but it's in some collections at archive.org [not in the set I was thinking of so not sure]. I consider it broken and unplayable. It's very hard to find the spot for hard turns because it keeps moving. I don't think it's the original steering method but the programmer added it at the request of others before release. Did you guys try the Easter egg code from intvfunhouse? It sounds like you might be able to toggle back and forth from the title screen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 The 1-6-9 cludge only works at startup. You can't toggle back and forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 I think these all the scores so far... AUTO RACING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME ... 12:00AM EST (HIGH SCORES) Course 1 1. Biffman 3:06 (Blue car) 2. JacobZu7zu7 3:14 (Red car) 2. gezkc 3:14 (Red car) 2. cparsley 3:14 (Red car) 5. mr_me 3:15 (Red Car) 5. gezkc 3:15 (Red Car) 7. wolfy62 3:17 (Red Car) 8. Ace24 3:21 (Red Car) 9. cmadruga 3:24 (Red car) 10. Intelligentleman 3:30 (Red Car) 11. ed1475 3:37 (Red Car) 12. Player One 3:50 (Red Car) 13. fakecortex 3:52 (Red Car) Course 3 1. gezkc 7:03 (Red Car) 2. mr_me 7:23 (Red Car) 3. cparsely 7:38 (Red Car) 4. JacobZu7zu7 7:39 (Green Car) 5. ed1475 7:40 (Red Car) 6. Ace 24 7:41 (Red car) 7. JasonlikesINTV 8:05 (Red Car) 8. cmadruga 8:06 (Red Car) 9. wolfy62 8:11 (Green Car) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) I finally beat 8 minutes on course 3, With the red car. That was my target goal,woo hoo!?? And then I got the 7:44 course 3,red car!? Edited April 19, 2020 by wolfy62 Spelling error 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I just played a bunch more, and simply can't beat my score, or so it seems. I think I'm hanging it up, although I may give it one more shot before bed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Course 3,red car. I am pretty proud of myself right now! ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: I think these all the scores so far... AUTO RACING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME ... 12:00AM EST (HIGH SCORES) Course 1 1. Biffman 3:06 (Blue car) 2. JacobZu7zu7 3:14 (Red car) 2. gezkc 3:14 (Red car) 2. cparsley 3:14 (Red car) 5. mr_me 3:15 (Red Car) 5. gezkc 3:15 (Red Car) 7. wolfy62 3:17 (Red Car) 8. Ace24 3:21 (Red Car) 9. cmadruga 3:24 (Red car) 10. Intelligentleman 3:30 (Red Car) 11. ed1475 3:37 (Red Car) 12. Player One 3:50 (Red Car) 13. fakecortex 3:52 (Red Car) Course 3 1. gezkc 7:03 (Red Car) 2. mr_me 7:23 (Red Car) 3. cparsely 7:38 (Red Car) 4. JacobZu7zu7 7:39 (Green Car) 5. ed1475 7:40 (Red Car) 6. Ace 24 7:41 (Red car) 7. JasonlikesINTV 8:05 (Red Car) 8. cmadruga 8:06 (Red Car) 9. wolfy62 8:11 (Green Car) I had a 7:07 on course 3 in the red car a few pages back @gezkc I tried a couple of times today to top you in course 3, but no can do. Hell of a time you had there! ? Will add your 7:07 post, had another update just now, but it got erased while i was almost done... browser did that thing with a tab opens a new browser window and the old one I was updating is gone entirely... ? Edited April 20, 2020 by JacobZu7zu7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 16 minutes ago, wolfy62 said: Course 3,red car. I am pretty proud of myself right now! ? Fantastic improvement, congrats!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I guess this will be it for me. I’m getting to like course 3. It’s just so hard to do 5 laps in a row without making a significant mistake. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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