[TAS] Cruis'n World Arcade (1/3) El Diablo in 21:41.54
37Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Cruis'n World Arcade (1/3) El Diablo in 21:41.54
GOAL:
-Complete the game as quickly as possible
-Try to beat the times on Twin Galaxies at:
https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/cruisn-world/arcade
https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/Cruisn-world-rev-l23/mame
-The first thing you learn while playing this game is that you never need to brake or release the gas pedal. All curves can be taken at full speed, but you lose speed when sliding.
-I did not see any advantage in choosing the manual transmission
-I did 3 TAS of this game improving my times in each one. I decided to post all three, not just the last one, because I think there's something fun to look at in all of them.
-1 - El Diablo in 21:41.54 This video
-2 - Humvee in 21:11.27 https://youtu.be/5_mN4Ry-5e0
-3 - Road King in 20:52.36 https://youtu.be/VHbRSziEePk
-As my main goal is to achieve the best possible time, I didn't mind not finishing first. To finish first, you have to be a little lucky. The first cars must be involved in an accident, otherwise the chances of finishing first are very slim.
===Special moves:
==Horn
-While racing, press Start to honk the horn. The Humvee will fire its machine gun instead (but without causing damage to anyone).
==Wheelie
-To do a Wheelie , double-tap the gas pedal. You will accelerate a little faster for a short time if you are not close to your maximum speed. I did some testing and it's useful when accelerating at the start of a stage. (I used it on the 3rd video) This gave me a few more mph (less than 10) for the same distance.
-To jump over a slower moving car or one coming at you, pull a wheelie right before you hit it. If you do it right you should still be pulling a wheelie when you hit the car you are jumping over and will not crash.
==Ride on Two Wheels
-Double-tap the gas (Wheelie) while turning a corner.
==Jumbo Flip (1 second bonus)
-When you are going up a hill, do a wheelie at the top. The car will do a Back Flip.
-And one second per backflip will be subtracted from your time at the end.
==??? see video 2 or 3
===Comments:
-In this first TAS, I am learning the game and I hope to spot things that I will be able to improve in the next TAS.
-For this first video I selected the El Diablo car because I wanted a car that sticks to the road.
-I tried to do a 'Jumbo Flip' at every opportunity, on every jump, to get 1 second bonus as many times as possible.
-Australia: I wasn't able to jump at all the places I should have, mainly because of the traffic.
-Australia: even with 5 jumps, my time is much slower than the best time on Twin Galaxies. (1:17.45 vs 1:08.99) I'm starting to think there's something I don't know about. It is surely not the difference of 3 mph with the fastest car that explains this significant gap.
-Egypt: Again, my time is much slower than Twin Galaxies. (1:34.21 vs. 1:27.60). I think there are more places I could have jumped.
-Germany: I was 2 seconds slower than the time on Twin Galaxies.
-Italy: Once again, I was 2 seconds slower. I'm not sure what I could improve. At least I finished first this time, thanks to the others who had an accident.
-France: Again, 2 seconds slower.
-Mexico: Many other jumping opportunities are available, I should have done more.
===Notable Moments:
-0:10 I used the view buttons to select another car and change its color. Hold view 1 or 2 for a selection of 8 more cars. Press View 3 to change color.
-0:39 Instead of colliding with another car, you can jump over it with minimal loss of speed by performing a Wheelie. This is preferable to a collision with another car.
-1:50 Turn the corner on two wheels (double-tap the accelerator when turning a corner)
-11:10 The game seems to have problems detecting collisions between cars on stairs. But I wouldn't recommend doing this in a real game since I tried it several times and it didn't always work.
-27:01 I did a Wheelie so as not to slow down too much due to an inevitable collision
===Shortcuts:
-Hawaii 0:51
-China 6:30 and 6:59
-New York 25:12 and 25:19
-I have found 2 more shortcuts not shown here, see my other videos
-In conclusion I am far from beating all the times posted on Twin Galaxies. There's probably a trick I don't know about (As you'll see in video 2).
-Everything I did in these TAS is achievable by a human with a little luck (or not just a little?). I didn't use any special tricks or cheats, just precision driving.
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0:00 Intro
0:15 1-Hawaii
2:21 2-Japan
4:13 3-Australia
6:00 4-China
7:57 5-Africa
9:54 6-Egypt
11:51 7-Moscow
13:51 8-Germany
15:51 9-Italy
18:00 10-France
20:03 11-England
22:01 12-Mexico
24:06 13-New York
26:05 14-Florida
27:55 Ending and Credits
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