I should talk a bit about the run.

https://www.speedrun.com/SplitSecond/run/znr31g9y

Going into it blind, I figured out fast that doing it 1st lap is impossible on PSP. You simply don't gain enough power with drifting as the GT12 can't drift. Hell, no car can really drift on PSP.

So doing it 2nd lap caused other problems. The AI drives slow sooo on PSP and they use cars like the Rumbler that are abysmal compared to the Elite GT12. To top it off, every little explosion kills an AI car instantly and they sometimes don't even bother avoiding obstacles at all. So I changed the AI to hard and turned on rubberbanding. Didn't matter much. Still horrible drivers. But it worked better.

This meant I had my first route. I activated the tower on lap 1, finshed the lap and waited at the busses.

1st issue The other AIs try to wreck you but as the GT12 is a tank on PSP all that happens is that the AIs wreck each other, pushing your forward, giving the next AI the next bus to explode which kills some other AI. I had attempts where I stood still and 3 AIs just... died.

Then I tried activating the shortcut through the terminal. Bam, 10 second time save. PogChamp New route!

2nd issue. Not enough power bar for two lvl 2s so close to each other. You don't get much from drifting and the beginning is the only part of the run where you can collect power with Draft. The AI is slow - so you either wait or you kill yourself to get behind an AI as you need some power and a target to use the plane powerplay on.

So I activate the tower, use the S turn to regain power, activate the terminal, use the jumps there for power and then either suicide or wait for an AI. If the AIs don't kill themselves, I can activate the plane. I had attempts that died because the AI are, again, horrible drivers and just run head first into the busses there. But that's not the biggest problem.

3rd issue The most frustrating part comes now. See, the AI often drives in the middle of the airfield. I had 2 or 3 attempts that may have been sub 1:55, but got ruined by the AI dying to the plane... which caused a cutscene to trigger and I missed the plane. I missed the plane like 8 times already due to the fckn cutscene that plays there. BabyRage

So my current PB is 1:57 where I hit a wall - which did not matter that much actually as the plane flies towards you anyway and I was far enough away from the AI so the kill cutscene didn't trigger.

Sub 2 HYPE