I've recently started playing this game and now got my first 1CC with a time of 0:31:59 (the timing of this game could be up for discussion, so give or take a few seconds). www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgKf59N3UU
My current procurement strategy goes like this:
- After race 1, buy the red motor
- After race 2, buy the skinny tires
- After race 4, buy the silver motor
- After race 8, buy the scoopers tires (the best tires)
- After race 21, buy the mega motor (the best motor)
I'm currently not seeing a lot of potential room for improvement with the purchases, so I don't expect this to change much (or at all).
It usually takes a few tries before I get an attempt started because of fairly strict money requirements to buy the silver motor. Then I need to worry about the letters to get a new car. I'd like to get the first upgrade after race 9 (the case in the video above), but ideally this is done already after race 7 (or even race 6). It's so rare to get an early upgrade, that I'm not sure I'll be able to get it once I get a run I'm otherwise happy with though. The second upgrade is hopefully achieved by the end of race 14 (race 13 in the video above). If I don't get the car upgraded by race 14 or 15, it often becomes a bit tricky to collect the last letter(s), since the game seems to mostly throw out the late letters (I etc), which are unlikely to be needed at that point.
Finally, I've put down the information I have gathered about speedrunning this game in the knowledge base and will try to keep it updated:
https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/R.C._Pro-Am_II
My current procurement strategy goes like this:
- After race 1, buy the red motor
- After race 2, buy the skinny tires
- After race 4, buy the silver motor
- After race 8, buy the scoopers tires (the best tires)
- After race 21, buy the mega motor (the best motor)
I'm currently not seeing a lot of potential room for improvement with the purchases, so I don't expect this to change much (or at all).
It usually takes a few tries before I get an attempt started because of fairly strict money requirements to buy the silver motor. Then I need to worry about the letters to get a new car. I'd like to get the first upgrade after race 9 (the case in the video above), but ideally this is done already after race 7 (or even race 6). It's so rare to get an early upgrade, that I'm not sure I'll be able to get it once I get a run I'm otherwise happy with though. The second upgrade is hopefully achieved by the end of race 14 (race 13 in the video above). If I don't get the car upgraded by race 14 or 15, it often becomes a bit tricky to collect the last letter(s), since the game seems to mostly throw out the late letters (I etc), which are unlikely to be needed at that point.
Finally, I've put down the information I have gathered about speedrunning this game in the knowledge base and will try to keep it updated:
https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/R.C._Pro-Am_II
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