Kierio04 | CTGP Tracks Done Backwards - Aquania 1x Respawn (5/218) [OUTDATED] @Kierio04 | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
THIS VIDEO IS OUTDATED - PLEASE SEE A BETTER VERSION OF THIS VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/g6X8Os_7d4U

In this video, I drive a full lap of the custom track Aquania backwards using all 3 mushrooms available in time trials. Because this doesn't actually require any of the mushrooms, I don't use them. In order for a track to count as being completed backwards, you must start in lap 1 and travel through all of lap 0 backwards, finishing by reaching lap -1. We will be going through the tracks of the CTGP 1.03-1112 update alphabetically, and returning to any past tracks if breakthroughs are made that change the statistics of the progression of the challenge (more on this later in the description).

Here, there is 1 respawn that is mandatory to complete the track backwards, that can be done with any amount of mushrooms. The respawns is as follows:
Respawn #1: to get to the beginning of the cannon

Playlist of these videos: youtube.com/watch?v=xn5oUUeubCc&list=PLbnjjnFG8yVTXfNn9_cRdo2Mx3l_9mHrv

Backstory: This is a series I had originally planned to collaborate solely with Charlie on, however, since starting the project, Jellopuff helped out with the 2nd track, and Charlie stopped doing MKWii TASing, so a lot has changed. I have some more people helping me with this, but videos will be more central to my channel since it's way easier for people to understand the progression of the challenge if the progress updates are consistent with the previous ones (the titles and descriptions, the rules of the challenge, the explanations made, etc.). That being said, the only reason for the delay on uploading progress on these is down to my motivation to record them, and since you're reading this, it means I got the motivation to record this specific one. I have 8 more tracks already done that just need to be recorded and edited (Charlie and I started in April and have been putting it off a LOT).

What I do in the video is fairly self-explanatory. I simply drive off the edge of the end of the track, respawn before the cannon, and then drive backwards until I reach the beginning of the lap again. As there's not really ever going to be any lead towards cutting the respawn at the start, this is likely as far as this track will ever go.

There are a few statistics and various versions of this challenge that I will keep track of that allow for a better understanding of what's going on. Below is a list of all of them:
1. Completing the track backwards with the minimum number of respawns, where you have access to a certain amount of mushrooms (a = Infinite, b = 3, c = 2, d = 1, e = 0)
2. Completing the track backwards with the minimum number of respawns, then minimising the number of mushrooms from there
3. Completing the track backwards with the minimum number of mushrooms, regardless of respawn count

Aquania has the following statistics to offer:
1a. 1 Respawn
1b. 1 Respawn
1c. 1 Respawn
1d. 1 Respawn
1e. 1 Respawn
2. 0 Mushrooms
3. 0 Mushrooms