As part of TASpap, a Goldeneye hoard that just released, I decided to TAS Dizzy Dinghies 17.00 which was brought up by one of our top players Irie, who has the record and - at the time - TAS tie of 17.03 .
I was in isolation for covid so it didn't really stand a chance >:)
I reversed all the movement code and the collision to make a pyplot which could take an input file and plot the course. I'll clean it and upload it tomorrow sometime because it is good fun, and I only TASed courses 1 & 2, and 2 isn't very strong. I was very impressed at how rich the movement gets, since I originally set out to get a truely optimal time but it gets very complicated very quickly. Sure enough though, keeping the lines tight from the get go I got 17.00 on my first completion.
The
Mythical course 1 17.00
Course 2 21.90 (2 frames cut iirc)
I also discovered a TAS-only trick which I've called Rapid Fire Drifting or RFD after Mariokart wii's Rapid Fire Hop. There is a separate speed cap and sorta "acceleration" value, and by pressing / releasing A on alternate frames you can maintain 98% speed cap while suppressing the acceleration. This lets you go into epic drifts, and is probably genuinely useful in the hairpins on courses 1 & 2. I didn't actually make use of it in any of my TASes, except in a skit for the hoard where Tony Hawk aka Mario does a 900 on course 1 :D
Do see my post over on the Goldeneye board. Pic of the 17.00:
Code will follow sometime
(not the exact model, but close enough.)
