Game:

Destruction Derby (1995)

Duration: 40:57

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Played in DOSBox-staging v0.75 (max cycles).

Certainly a blast from my past, this game is still tons of fun after *checks calendar* 25 years?!? I don't know which other versions support the analog stick, but it feels so much better to me than d-pad controls. Maybe I could get used to d-pad someday, but it doesn't seem very compelling.

However, this version does have some odd quirks, including points scoring being sometimes questionable and collision *completely* failing occasionally. Don't know if any of this stuff happens in the PS1 version, but overall this one seems pretty stable (yeah it may have crashed on me once, but surely that was MY fault).

Wreckin' Racing definitely feels like the most interesting category. Stock Car Racing seems more challenging and surely a more stable category. Wreckin' is really fun though, so no problem sticking with this one for now.

Should be able to improve this run by more than a few minutes. Still plenty of room for improvement in performance. Being able to score more points in a single event is critical to overcoming the game's randomness. Not sure about an overall time goal, but sub-35 is very possible in the short-term.


CATEGORY SUMMARY

In Wreckin' Racing mode, you score points mostly by spinning or knocking out the competition. You get double points if the other racer is in 1st place at the time, so headhunting can be lucrative. You get bonus points for finishing in the top 3. But also, you can quit an event at any time and keep the points you scored thus far.

Events are simulated to completion if you drop out early. You can drop out of as many events in a season as you like, but you need to outscore the other 3 racers in your division overall in order to advance. It's difficult to tell if you have enough points to win the season, so you usually score as much as you can (as fast as you can), drop out and hope it's enough.

It does seems like the other racers score less on average when you drop out early, but points tend to vary quite a bit. You can try targeting the other racers in your division if you do race, but otherwise it's not all that controllable. Pretty much RNG hell.


RUN STATS

D4-2 - 56 points (DNF), 2m18s
D4-BOWL - 42 points, 3m21s
D4 RESULT: 98 points, 6m45s

D3-2 - 36 points (DNF), 4m00s
D3-4 - 68 points (1st), 3m26s
D3 RESULT: 104 points, 8m30s

D2-2 - 42 points (1st), 4m08s
D2-4 - 30 points (1st), 3m07s
D2-BOWL - 66 points, 3m06s
D2 RESULT: 138 points, 11m10s

D1-2 - 48 points (6th), 4m12s
D1-4 - 50 points (1st), 3m15s
D1-BOWL - 64 points, 4m24s
D1 RESULT: 162 points, 12m39s


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