Announcing the new Twisted Metal Minute, for all things Twisted Metal

Hey there it's AudiblySmiles but call me Mikuze since it's a little easier.

To start we have 3 players entering the Misfit Mascot Relay which starts April 19th, and coincidentally they are going to be playing Twisted Metal 3. The 3 runners are Xencryptous, TheDollMask and myself will be essentially playing against each other for our respective teams as Twisted Metal 3 is not the only game for this event. The players have been grinding away at their PBs(Personal Bests)in the Category Tournament(Minion/Boss Cars) on Twisted Metal(Normal) difficulty. The aim is no clock resets, so good luck to them and myself I guess lmao. I embarrassingly had a crash out due to practice fatigue because of a misunderstanding of the rules, leading to a rule change/clarification. It was around the wording "no resets" as the game has a lives system so technically Game Overing is a reset in normal circumstances but it was meant as no Clock Resetting so if you game over, you can just start at the level you lost on and it's a time loss. It's like trying to drive a car without starting it lmao.

Next on the agenda is Twisted Metal Blacks new activity and a back and forth "rivalry" in the Cheat% Killer Weapons Category. Players InSAMity & you guessed it, AudiblySmiles having been back and forth trading First Place using the fan favorite character Spectre and a new underdog to the category Yellow Jacket. the times are getting so close we are starting to see only several second improvements between the 2, love to see it. Due to InSAMitys hard work they still hold the sweep for Twisted Metal Black Cheat%, so big fat applause all the way around.

The entire Twisted Metal Speedrun communities boards have a new member to Management, well not as much new as returning I suppose! NoraMaclean has been hard at work chipping away at reworking every single game in the series boards to make them more modern and accessible. This includes removing redundant categories, updating rules and condensing everything so it's not as overwhelming for new or old players! Additionally due to the new help runs are being verified much faster then before! Average wait time down from 2 weeks to a month alllll the way down to about 3 days or even same day average. Both Nora and myself have been chewing through verifying tons of backlogs and Twitch re-verifications

Meanwhile in Twisted Metal 1(1995) Cheat% has once again been swept by...me it's, me again sorry :< Easy, Medium and Hard modes all have been swept with a brand new character to the category, Mr Grimm!!!! Perhaps after his activity there might be even more to come!

In Twisted Metal 2 land we have a newer player scooping up a ton of Individual Levels(ILs) as fan favorite character Axel. User Najaw11 has recently received 6 World Records so great job! All of the users I mention I will have links to their profiles below if anyone is interested!Old runner VicariousNick has returned to speedrunning once again and is currently in a small back and forth for Twisted Metal 3 as the character Warthog! Nick and player BigSlick have traded World Firsts as the character and perhaps we can see some new optimizations for Standard Cars!

The mod for the unreleased game in the series Twisted Metal Harbor City has also seen a Story mode and Cheat% sweep by...well....y'know...AudiblySmiles. As well as a World Record back and forth involving returning player NoraMaclean! The game, as buggy as it is, has gotten very optimized in it's runs already.

Additionally more records have been set in both Edgbla Rework Mods for Twisted Metal 2 and Twisted Metal 3! But more importantly the free fan game Twisted Metal 5(V) has seen a full release! It's a game that uses AI as a tool for the art but the game has a small team now working on it to make sure it feels like a genuine experience! Check out the video below if you'd like to try it! I have done a few runs on it and am hoping down the line to have this game have a Speedrun Page as it's actually a lot of fun, feels fresh and no one has optimized it like the older, official games in the series.

And that's it for the news! Here is the list of mentioned users! If you got this far, thanks for reading!

https://www.speedrun.com/users/Najawa11

https://www.speedrun.com/users/inSAMity

https://www.speedrun.com/users/NoraMaclean

https://www.speedrun.com/users/VicariousNick

https://www.speedrun.com/users/TheDollMask

https://www.speedrun.com/users/Xencryptous))