Drew Weatherton | [TAS] Mario Kart 64 - Royal Raceway Shroomless Double Cut @weatherton | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 2 hours ago
Made this on 6/5/2021. Didn't upload for some reason but figured I'd share. It may be faster to go over this whole section shroomless (TAS). As long as you get a few bounces and get 4x null tires (from height) while coming up on the top of the hill.
Made this on 6/5/2021. Didn't upload for some reason but figured I'd share. It may be faster to go over this whole section shroomless (TAS). As long as you get a few bounces and get 4x null tires (from height) while coming up on the top of the hill.
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - Royal Raceway Shroomless Double Cut](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VwcybOe1ppA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - Royal Raceway Shroomless Double Cut
Made this on 6/5/2021. Didnt upload for some reason but figured Id share. It may be faster to go over this whole section shroomless (TAS). As long as you get a few bounces and get 4x null tires (from height) while coming up on the top of the hill.")
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - LR 2X Null Tire Demo](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wzjg8J0ZMcM/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - LR 2X Null Tire Demo
This is a quick demo showing that it is beneficial to get a second tire set to null and then taking a different angle back to the road. This demo loses probably ~2 frames due to poor execution of the first wall hit (you can see my mushroom ran out before I hit the wall).
Racing against Dan Burbanks world record 3-lap time (he played on PAL at 15777 but Im playing it back on NTSC which comes in at 13794). Dans run had a good wall hit mystery boost and did hit the wall a second time but I confirmed it did not get a second tire set to null. Getting the front left tire set to null is pretty simple to do by just bumping into the wall. Getting the back left tire is much more difficult and seems to require good timing and angle toward an open corner. The open corner here is pretty close to 180 degrees so its hard to get close enough with the back tire without getting pushed away by the adjacent walls.
Its possible to get the front left tire set to null without hitting the wall. With that, it seems this should be even faster - perhaps substantially so.
For more on null tires, check out: https://youtu.be/ni9HMUYTU_Q")
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 Banshee Boardwalk 150cc GP; Lap 1 (Left in Bat House)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X1fvBojGiNc/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 Banshee Boardwalk 150cc GP; Lap 1 (Left in Bat House)
Speedrunners always go to the right in the bat house, heck theres even a large red arrow telling you to do that. I worked really hard to take a smooth path going left and the result is within about a frame of going to the right. Unfortunately its still slower though. For this reason plus the fact that I need to finish this lap further ahead of Bowser, Im redoing parts of this level right now (and will be going to the right in the bat house). Still, I wanted to share this frantic run with you :)")
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - DKJP SC Flap 1.58 (2-Player GP)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XT76AV5CpTE/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - DKJP SC Flap 1.58 (2-Player GP)
This time abuses frame-perfect 2-player pausing. Details are explained in the video Bismuth, Forest and I collaborated on: https://youtu.be/-SuHSCkLD54")
![[TAS] NEW Shortcut Mario Kart 64 - Luigi Raceway Time Trials in ????](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YkpRI0l7rJE/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] NEW Shortcut Mario Kart 64 - Luigi Raceway Time Trials in ????
This video shows a new shortcut strategy on Luigi Raceway. The Japanese version still has hit detection on the grass above the tunnel and that is required for the fast lap strategy shown at the end (in other versions you would lose and regain your lap doing this). All other versions are missing the grass hit detection so dropping to the tunnel is necessary on those versions. If you use the Japanese version to reverse onto the grass, Lakitu will put you in the tunnel which is still faster than driving around the first corner but is slower than the other two strategies shown here.
I initially thought it would be possible to turn while going over the road and fall back into the tunnel, but this did not seem to be possible. In desperation I ended up trying to tumble, bounce and reverse beyond the line. It seemed a bit crazy but, hey, it was worth a shot. And, it turned out it worked. When I showed this to Forest64 he noted that this could probably be used on the Japenese version for a very quick lap, similar to what he had done on Royal Raceway off the back of the stands. With some effort it proved to be possible. We think it is likely that, with an optimal bounce and placement, we could do this multiple times. Subsequent laps with this strat (on the same bounce) would be about 01 seconds. We think the optimal 3-lap strategy would be to turn around on lap 1 and do multiple lapskips in a single bounce.")
![[TAS] N64 Mario Kart 64 by weatherton in 20:33.32 (5K, Final Published Encode)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZBNgbJ5hXtQ/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] N64 Mario Kart 64 by weatherton in 20:33.32 (5K, Final Published Encode)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see http://tasvideos.org/3243M.html
A run 7 years in making, this Mario Kart 64 TAS features weatherton completing all 4 Grand Prix Cups in under 21 minutes. Due to the nature of the game, knowledge of the internal code allows for heavy RNG manipulation, getting even the most unlikely items. This and the incredible movement precision are used to create crazy shortcuts, often completing laps in mere seconds.
The submission text contains highly detailed information about the strategies of every track, the RNG manipulation and a lot of other information about the run.
You can watch the complete run being played back on a console (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfcLIzYQSpM) .
At AGDQ 2014, the Mushroom Cup of this run was being presented (https://youtu.be/Uep1H_NvZS0?t=11m18s) on console, and at AGDQ 2016 the Star Cup was presented (https://youtu.be/pj7RE2DcRgc?t=1m59s) .
In-Game Time: 1109.89
RTA Timing: 1805.38
TAS Timing: 2033.32
Note: TAS timing is from power-on through the last input required to initiate the credits and resets are not done until the gold trophy is actually saved. Real Time Attack (RTA) timing is from selecting Mushroom Cup through finishing Rainbow Road and resets are done immediately after finishing the fourth race. This results in a 2.5 minute difference in timing.
Follow me at https://www.twitch.tv/weatherton")
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - Rainbow Road - SC Flap 1339](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZyLpJm78Wu4/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - Rainbow Road - SC Flap 1339
This was pretty simple to do, just drive straight at the line and jump into a hard spin. I tried quite a bit to save one more frame but I wasnt able to do it as although I could get over the wall, I couldnt turn enough before doing so to trigger the lap skip. I also tried doing this input at various times (i.e. 130, 200, 300) but got 1339 consistently.")
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - YV Flap 358 (150cc GP Mode)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Gizu_QgJ3c/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 - YV Flap 358 (150cc GP Mode)
Forest64 and I have discussed this shortcut as being theoretically possible since last year. We looked closely at the level geometry with micro500 and understood the constraints. Basically, youre exiting the 1000 unit radius sphere surrounding the finish line and then hitting the wall high enough up so that youre behind the line but also hit at an angle that is back toward the line (which requires you to be quite high up on the wall). I decided to go to GP mode to prove its possible. To do this, I got a star and timed it to run out near the wall so that I could use a mushroom during the large bounce. Looking back at my speed, Im confident the star wasnt actually necessary as while Id had sometimes hit the wall at ~8.2 units per frame, this particular hit was only 7.44 units per frame... a speed that may even be possible in *gasp* time trials.
This would be used on lap 3 of a GP TAS to avoid having to wait for Lakitu.")
![[TAS] Mario Kart 64 360 Ground Jump (Luigi Raceway)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/apxtBeHx6Xc/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Mario Kart 64 360 Ground Jump (Luigi Raceway)
Just for fun.")
