BlazeMSX | [MKWii TAS] Desert Castle Raceway - 2:46.221 (New Shortcut) @MalleoSquirrelX | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isn't designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT: 2:56.317 by Abhilash
This one wasn't easy to make. If the constant barrage of sub-frame movement wasn't already bad enough, I had to complicate things even further by discovering this bizarre truck bounce shortcut, which I first should explain, since it's probably extremely confusing to anyone who wasn't already aware of this strange property that the Moonview Highway vehicles have. For whatever reason, hitting the very tops of these trucks or cars doesn't stun the character, but instead allows you to bounce off it, reminiscent of a mushroom pad.
On lap 1, a truck is in the practically perfect position to do the shortcut optimally, but things became much more complicated by lap 2, requiring me to test out different shroomspots in order to match the pace of a useable truck cycle. In the end, I found that the fastest method was to save my 2 remaining shrooms for the shortcut, since the closest truck in this cycle was on the next lane over, meaning that 1 shroom couldn't give me enough speed or airtime. One of the more frustrating aspects of this run is the fact that I was slightly pace-locked by the truck position on lap 2, meaning that I had to intentionally lose a bit of time right before the shortcut by hopping over the boost panel, but it also allowed me to take the cut much tighter. Disaster was narrowly averted by being in the right position to just barely miss hitting the blue car upon landing. This shortcut should be RTA viable, especially considering how early in the run it is, but I don't think it'll be easy.
Music: Touhou Youyou Kengeki Musou: The Fairy's Adventurous Tale - Stage 1 Theme
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isn't designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT: 2:56.317 by Abhilash
This one wasn't easy to make. If the constant barrage of sub-frame movement wasn't already bad enough, I had to complicate things even further by discovering this bizarre truck bounce shortcut, which I first should explain, since it's probably extremely confusing to anyone who wasn't already aware of this strange property that the Moonview Highway vehicles have. For whatever reason, hitting the very tops of these trucks or cars doesn't stun the character, but instead allows you to bounce off it, reminiscent of a mushroom pad.
On lap 1, a truck is in the practically perfect position to do the shortcut optimally, but things became much more complicated by lap 2, requiring me to test out different shroomspots in order to match the pace of a useable truck cycle. In the end, I found that the fastest method was to save my 2 remaining shrooms for the shortcut, since the closest truck in this cycle was on the next lane over, meaning that 1 shroom couldn't give me enough speed or airtime. One of the more frustrating aspects of this run is the fact that I was slightly pace-locked by the truck position on lap 2, meaning that I had to intentionally lose a bit of time right before the shortcut by hopping over the boost panel, but it also allowed me to take the cut much tighter. Disaster was narrowly averted by being in the right position to just barely miss hitting the blue car upon landing. This shortcut should be RTA viable, especially considering how early in the run it is, but I don't think it'll be easy.
Music: Touhou Youyou Kengeki Musou: The Fairy's Adventurous Tale - Stage 1 Theme
![[MKWii TAS] Desert Castle Raceway - 2:46.221 (New Shortcut)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DSEgiE7WdTU/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Desert Castle Raceway - 2:46.221 (New Shortcut)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT: 2:56.317 by Abhilash
This one wasnt easy to make. If the constant barrage of sub-frame movement wasnt already bad enough, I had to complicate things even further by discovering this bizarre truck bounce shortcut, which I first should explain, since its probably extremely confusing to anyone who wasnt already aware of this strange property that the Moonview Highway vehicles have. For whatever reason, hitting the very tops of these trucks or cars doesnt stun the character, but instead allows you to bounce off it, reminiscent of a mushroom pad.
On lap 1, a truck is in the practically perfect position to do the shortcut optimally, but things became much more complicated by lap 2, requiring me to test out different shroomspots in order to match the pace of a useable truck cycle. In the end, I found that the fastest method was to save my 2 remaining shrooms for the shortcut, since the closest truck in this cycle was on the next lane over, meaning that 1 shroom couldnt give me enough speed or airtime. One of the more frustrating aspects of this run is the fact that I was slightly pace-locked by the truck position on lap 2, meaning that I had to intentionally lose a bit of time right before the shortcut by hopping over the boost panel, but it also allowed me to take the cut much tighter. Disaster was narrowly averted by being in the right position to just barely miss hitting the blue car upon landing. This shortcut should be RTA viable, especially considering how early in the run it is, but I dont think itll be easy.
Music: Touhou Youyou Kengeki Musou: The Fairys Adventurous Tale - Stage 1 Theme")
![[MKWii TAS] Volcanic Valley - 2:15.845](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Exd8-16ntHM/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Volcanic Valley - 2:15.845
Real-time BKT is 2:23.765 by Abhilash
This track has a very unique layout, with the course looping back around and sending players to drive earlier parts of the course backwards. This allowed for a few additional tricks by driving off of the backwards-facing ramps, of which a few are possibly RTA viable.
The spiral skip also provided a few seconds of time save. You need to trigger a key checkpoint halfway down the spiral in order for the lap to count, which is why I needed to land further to the right. Although it involves two precise clips, I imagine that this shortcut can also be performed RTA.
Music: Sonic 3D (Saturn) - Volcano Valley Zone Act 2")
![[MKW TAS] DS Tick Tock Clock - 1:40.252](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FUJjME_YAR8/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] DS Tick Tock Clock - 1:40.252
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT is 1:42.989 by David (-2.737 cut) https://www.chadsoft.co.uk/time-trials/rkgd/64/7C/59A39D8D1D19202504D59636C05CF673ADC8.html
I made this run last year, so theres definitely a few things I could do better - particularly the start boost alignment - but theres really no point in not posting it, since I doubt Ill ever try to improve on it. Ive also realized that I tend to TAS original CTs more often for whatever reason, so hopefully Ill get around to doing more retro tracks, since they generally play much differently to the tracks made specifically for MKW.
Music: SSH - Heavy Rain")
![[MKW TAS] Lunar Spaceway - 2:51.895](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QVBmL5syOy0/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Lunar Spaceway - 2:51.895
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Former TAS BKT: 2:57.871 by pfmp721 (-5.976 cut) https://youtu.be/fk8rc5P-z08
Real Time BKT: 3:01.496 by Emil https://youtu.be/Cf3XhTYBDZw
Huge shoutout to Ejay for recording this! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6IvK60jAvowbyeDnu0Ybw
Lunar Spaceway is a track Ive been interested in TASing for a while. It was an absolutely revolutionary track for when it was released, and I had attempted to do this a few times over the past 6 years or so, but I always abandoned it because of how difficult the course is to optimize. I finally decided to give it a shot again, and I was able to finish the full 3lap. This run is still improvable, since I later found my zipper-to-supergrind section on lap 1 was quite slow, but Im very happy with how this turned out in general.
I honestly dont know why this shroomspot wasnt used earlier, since its basically the only significant offroad cut on the track, although its a little precise.
Music: Toms Story - VL Raza
tomsstory.bandcamp.com")
![[MKW TAS] Castle of Time (No Glitch) - 3:01.420](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R9DCbapJY9A/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Castle of Time (No Glitch) - 3:01.420
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Thanks to Ejay for recording! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6IvK60jAvowbyeDnu0Ybw
Real-time BKT is 3:13.264 by Justin
Driving onto the power item only route blocked by thwomps is a bit more precise than it might look, although I imagine there are more RTA-friendly versions of this skip that could be used. Clipping off of the sides of thwomps is actually pretty easy, so I could see that being used. The following turn involving riding along the seam and cutting off the corner is also really precise because of bean corners, but I dont think this strat is worth going for in RTA, since it doesnt save that much time. The most significant shortcut is the next section of the track, since its so simple I cant believe it isnt used already. For some reason, the invisible wall that prevents you from just driving off the bridge and skipping the spiral turn doesnt actually extend to the back sides, so all you need to do is land on the seam between the road and the invisible wall, then drive back to hit the key checkpoint to get a lap count. This isnt precise at all, although the lack of texture on the invisible wall makes it slightly harder.
In case anyone is wondering, since this run passes through every key checkpoint on the track and doesnt exploit the checkpoint 0 bug, this is categorically a no-ultra shortcut run, regardless of how broken these shortcuts might be. Its completely up to the TT community as for whether or not these strats should be allowed in the no-glitch category or if a new one should be made altogether in something similar to the GV rock hop category.
Music: Yoshitaka Mihara - Burning Love")
![[MKWii TAS] SNES Ghost Valley 2 - 49.185 (0-3-0 Strat)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SeqrDwMbMlY/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] SNES Ghost Valley 2 - 49.185 (0-3-0 Strat)
To answer the inevitable question: I didnt expect this shroom strategy would be faster (all I wanted to do was make a run using it)
Ive wanted to do a 3lap run using the FLAP strat for a really long time, and Im really happy with how it turned out. The second to last turn on this track is very tricky. If you compare all three laps together, you can see I take completely different lines every time around. This is due to the unique angles I ended up approaching the turn at. This shroomspot I used is probably around .5-.6 slower than the normal strat, so its no surprise I didnt beat Danis run in the process. The second lap is the fastest TAS FLAP time on GV2, but it can easily be taken lower if I were to be given the same advantage as Estaloy did in his run (better alignment for the glitch, all of the bricks fallen down.) About the wheelie trigger on the yellow ramp... I discovered that technique earlier today by complete accident, and was too lazy to improve it on the second lap (it only saves a small amount of time). I got by driving off of the ramp very briefly to the right, before switching directions. The trick ended up being so low that an animation barely appeared. Ill eventually do a normal TAS here, but I think Im going to try to make an exclusively lap 1 TAS on Misty Ruins - reason being I think that track is totally in deserving of a proper run there.
Music - Bossfight - Flirt Flirt Oh It Hurts")
![[MKW TAS] Dry Dry Ruins - 1:46.655 (Kart)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZwR0mhjhIhM/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Dry Dry Ruins - 1:46.655 (Kart)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Former TAS BKT: 1:50.783 by TASPlasma (-4.128 cut)
Real Time BKT: 1:54.144 by Jak (-7.489 cut)
Dry Dry Ruins is now yet another track where the kart TAS beats the RTA bike WR, which was something I wasnt even sure was possible until I had finished lap 2, so this is incredibly satisfying. The triple pillar trick requires a pretty precise setup in order to save time, so I didnt figure out it was faster until I had already started lap 3, but thats not too big of a deal. Dry Bowser is pretty overpowered here, and I cant imagine there being too many tracks where Funky Kong is even optimal for karts anymore, since the miniturbo stat advantage seems to far outweigh the speed advantage, at least under most circumstances.
Music: Akira Wada - The Interloper")
![[MKW TAS] GCN Mushroom City - 1:22.653](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_yIgrvz5a1Q/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] GCN Mushroom City - 1:22.653
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT is 1:25.483 by Doge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du3k4LZYnzs
Previous TAS BKT is 1:24.074 by nindiddeh (-1.421 cut) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pWK6K_mzk0
I created the lap 1 for this run over 2 months ago, but kept it on the back burner until I decided I wanted to complete the 3 lap. Unlike a lot of MKDD tracks, I think that Mushroom City actually ports over to MKW pretty well, and the several low trick ramps gave ample opportunity to shave seconds off of the RTA, despite the course being relatively simple overall. Probably the biggest flaw with this run is on the shroom lap 1, since I didnt figure out you could approach the final straight with an angle that allowed you to skip the entire dirt patch near the finish line. This caused me to shroom much earlier entering lap 2, meaning that my wheelie dropped earlier than what would be ideal, losing a little bit of time. Other than that, I think this run is pretty consistent. Probably the funniest thing about this run are the lowtricks off of the small speed bumps on the first and last turns, which most players apparently didnt even know existed, since the current BKT at the time of writing this description still doesnt use them, despite the fact that they save time even if you dont get a low trick. I only found out that they were trickable because of the instant finish code, since the CPU player is programmed to trick automatically on any ramp.
Music: Jun Miyake - I Knew I Was")
![[MKW TAS] DS Desert Hills - 1:37.572 (Kart)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_yhQBX2rA9A/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] DS Desert Hills - 1:37.572 (Kart)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real time BKT is 1:39.108 by Ando (-1.536 cut) https://youtu.be/IGio0bhFjvc
This run is pretty old now, but better late than never I guess? I added a few extra miniturbos and rapid fire hopped up the trick hill to do what is possibly the first kart super grind, but this run is otherwise similar to the RTA kart WR and just makes use of tighter lines and frame perfect snaking. Andos driving here is really good already, so his ghost was very helpful in figuring out the optimal lines.
I figured out how to get lower shortcuts on lap 2 and 3, so I saved a small amount of time over lap 1, but the biggest time save would definitely come from the triple trick strat, which I only discovered when I was already on lap 3. The closest comparison I can think of is the Daisy Circuit stairdive due to it sending you both lower and further forward than the standard double trick, only its far more precise.
Also, before anyone asks, I did do some testing with Funky Kong, but there were just too many miniturbos for his speed advantage to save time. Dry Bowser is used in many other kart categories, so this isnt too unusual. DwainiumB has a really interesting video visualizing the miniturbo stat advantage: https://youtu.be/af5C2TtHrt8
Ive made a few other kart TASes over the past year or so that I still need to get around to uploading, although most were made to get acclimated to kart physics and arent very optimized. It just takes a while to make these videos, so youll probably need to wait a bit for me to get them all uploaded.
Music: The Perfect Sports - Cue
https://soundcloud.com/theperfectsports")
