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Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Kevan on Aug 22nd, 2003, 12:50am
First off I would like to state that I love this game. The Grand Prix alone is worth every penny. The tracks are well thought out and the speed of the game is mind numbing.
I have beaten all the cups on Master level. Its no easy feat, with alot of thought, planning, and tips from the people on this web-site I was able to do it. Fair and clean, using only my skill (no snake). After I reached that goal I aimed for story mode.
Story mode is a nice touch but does it really test your skill as does Grand Prix. Some chapters do like cahpter 5 where only a steady hand and dead on aiming will beat very hard, but on chapters like 2 and 7 it seems to be LUCK. I say this because I have tried to beat Chap 7 clean. My first lap is about 41:00 with the next 2 laps at 35:00, but I always lost by a second or two. So I thinking, ok I need to get my time under 1:50 total time to win. So I finally break down and use the snake method (
GASP!!!
) With this I can get my first lap at 35:00 with the next 2 laps at 31:00. Bringing my time to about 1:41. Nine seconds quicker. You would think that if the computer beat you by a second but then you found a way to go 9 seconds quicker ( which is alot by a sport that measures in thousands of a second) you would win. Wrong, I still get beat by a second. So, is it really your skill that wins the story modes on some chapters or is it your luck.
RUBBERBAND A.I. kills the thrill of victory
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by ~SPLASH~ on Aug 22nd, 2003, 04:14am
I think they programmed an AI, not unlike F-Zero MV, that allows computer racers to keep up with you, no matter how fast you drive - to keep up the challenge. Once they are back on track with you, though, they will stop racing like madmen, so if you race around with them on your back, you should be able to keep up with them and bypass them..good luck!
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Dominic on Aug 22nd, 2003, 05:39am
hmm... I read about this, apparently, they did use the "Rubber band" AI (or whatever it's called) for story mode because I guess they couldn't find any other way to make it harder... I wish they just used the AI in GP, but I guess doing this allows certain "scenarios" to be played out better... Like in Mission 3 (note that I do not have the game... I'm just making a wild guess)
This is the mission where you have to eliminate Michael Chain right? The only way the mission would make sense is if the programmers made it that He stays in front all the time, if they used the stuff from GP, it wouldn't make any sense... well, it would be a lot more fair though... ok, I was just guessing, so you don't neccesarily have to listen to me...
ok, I guess that's what I thought
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Knightryder on Aug 28th, 2003, 01:35am
Im stuck on Chapter 2 where you have to beat Samuari Goroh to the goal.
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by PDM on Aug 28th, 2003, 01:56am
the stones are falling the same everytime,. you can easily make a strategy for the first half of the track. than you will beat it easily, never use the boost till the end to shot ahead of samurai goroh. if you use it before, he will always overtake you again.
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Knightryder on Aug 28th, 2003, 1:12pm
Woah that helped a lot! Thanks
But now it seems i'm stuck on Chapter 4: Challange of the bloody chain.
What happens when you beat story mode?
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by kyleeee on Aug 29th, 2003, 3:10pm
well.. i am really stuck on CHAPTER 3 I cannot beat it, it's driving me crazy.. AHH!!!
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by JKTFZEROX on Aug 29th, 2003, 5:12pm
Finally in Story mode
these are what i got so far
Beated:
Chapter 1 Normal Hard Veryhard
Chapter 2 Normal Hard Veryhard
Chapter 3 Normal Hard Veryhard
Chapter 4 Normal Hard Veryhard
Chapter 5 Normal Hard VeryHard
Chapter 6 Normal Hard
Chapter 7 Normal Hard Veryhard
Chapter 8 Normal Hard Veryhard
Chapter 9 Normal Hard Veryhard
working on my last Veryhard arghh dang so hard to do all those turns staying above 800 km/h it just kills me especially doing so well until the very end you screw up.
dakou and nondakou needed. There will be some so hard that even dakou won't help you. Takes a bit of luck and skill i'd say.
well later all
,JKTSPEED
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by David van Moer on Aug 29th, 2003, 7:04pm
I thought Chapter 6 was a cake on Very Hard.
Just stick the Falcon at max speed all the way right to cruise around at 1020 or so on the straights and use the short drift-into leaning to tackle all the hairpins. ( split-second L+R+direction at the start of the corner , then complete it smoothly with normal leaning without ever hitting the walls )
Chapter 5 costed me a few years of my life though..
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by JKTFZEROX on Aug 29th, 2003, 8:06pm
really? i find chapter 5 a piece of cake on veryhard hehe
but oh well blame me and my twitchy turning
,JKTSPEED
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Ryan Jenning on Aug 29th, 2003, 9:28pm
I have beaten all the chapters except the last one with the phantom track with no rail. I think I need to dakou but I can't control it good enough to stay on. Whoops, forgot to mention, I haven't beaten any on very hard, but all are done on hard. And to think, last night I was stuck on 3, then beat it and went to bed. The Micheal Chain is one of the easist for me. I almost beat it on very hard. But uh, all you do is use max speed settings, and dont boost at the beginning, wait until you are right behind the 3 cars and then boost and spin attack. Than just spin attack everyone until Micheal Chain. I killed evry car on normal, all but 3 on hard.
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Dominic on Sep 1st, 2003, 05:57am
I've been playing the game for about 24 hours or so (but I have had it for about 2 days)
I have done:
Chapters 1 to 4 on Very hard... yup, it takes skill, damn it, I can't do very hard on chapter 5, I need to do this!!!!
I'm only on chapter 5 so far, but I have finished it, it's just, before I move onto another chapter, I finish it on all difficulties
Re: Story mode test your REAL SKILL or LUCK
Post by Ryan Jenning on Sep 1st, 2003, 11:39am
On my non-dakou game I am still on chapter 5. I am doing what you are and only going on if I beat all difficulties. It sucks because on the hrad difficulty my record is 39"347 and on very hard it turns zero as soon as I hit the ramp. Maybe they rremoved an energy refill? Oh well, good luck!
Ryan E. Jenning