+Cafeman Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 58,000. New personal best! I did not cross the finish line, but I was close enough that I saw the end race graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 58,250. Sorry for posting so much; I decided to play one more round and actually beat my prior score. I placed in the Pole Position here, and I did finish the race this time. I crashed once, so there is still room for improvement. However I think my Pole Position gaming has peaked with this score. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 44,750 This game is beginning to get on my nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 55850 - 57"86. Slight Improvements. I still can't finish the damn race. Going to put this away and try again in a few days, not getting any better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Eegt97, it's remarkable, we got the same exact qualifying lap time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Eegt97, it's remarkable, we got the same exact qualifying lap time. Wow, I hadn't checked, I wonder how precise it is really is. Still, that is something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) 56,450 Qlap- 58.18 Edited April 22, 2019 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Has anyone else noticed that it is possible for the game to change its speed upper bounds from default 195 MPH to 215 MPH? I saw it happen once, somewhere during the course if the race I noticed I was breaking 200 MPH. It wasn't on one of my high score rounds, however, and I'm not sure if I was really driving faster or if it was just a visual MPH glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Has anyone else noticed that it is possible for the game to change its speed upper bounds from default 195 MPH to 215 MPH? I saw it happen once, somewhere during the course if the race I noticed I was breaking 200 MPH. It wasn't on one of my high score rounds, however, and I'm not sure if I was really driving faster or if it was just a visual MPH glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 . ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) . ? That seems to be a bug that can be triggered by performing well. it does actually make the car go faster and lasts until you hit something, or go off-track. I only seem to get it on near perfect runs and used to encourage players to trigger it. 211 is the 1st one and if you make that lap without incident, you can hit this 227 one next. The whole thing had to something to do with the amount of time carried over onto the next lap. Edited April 22, 2019 by zylon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 The MPH topic sounds familiar. Was this discussed here at AA years back, and if so do you know where? I perused some of the 5200 HSC Pole Position threads, didn't see anything about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 We kinda covered that in the A8 HSC. The 5200 port is also allowed there. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/200113-hsc9-round-11-pole-position/?p=2558265 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 55,800 Look at that, ran out of gas right in front of the finish line on the last lap! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnice Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Very impressed by the qualifying laps! I could barely get under 60 seconds. On this race, I earned a 2nd place on my qualifying lap, but I finished the race without crashing. Edit: Also, I have seen where the speed gets messed up. It doesn't seem to make you any faster, though (I think you're still topping out at the same 195 mph speed). Edited April 26, 2019 by jnice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 New qualifying lap best: 57.43 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 It is SO nice to have a functioning 5200 again to be able to join in! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 56650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Just FYI, I wont be able to close this round and open the next one until tomorrow. Round still ends at 9pm as announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bemis Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 44,350. My best qualifying lap has 60"50'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 57,850 final play, had to answer phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 57,850 final play, had to answer phone. Sorry that the phone call cost you a point. :-( But glad you at least already had another good score in so it was only a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Congratulations to jnice for passing the most cars and speeding through the most laps to win this round! H.E.R.O. coming up next Final standings: jnice - 59,400 - RECORD BREAKER - 11 +1 = +12 Cafeman - 58,250 - +10 eegt97 - 56,650 - +9 zylon - 56,450 - +8 Nuclear Pacman - 55,800 - +7 jetset - 54,100 - +6 roadrunner - 53,400 - +5 bemis - 44,350 - +4 jblenkle - 41,650 - +3 Abel M'Vada - 32,700 - +2 Mangia-Boy - 28,650 - +1 Fastest qualifying round: Cafeman - 57.43 +3 eegt97 - 57.86 +2 zylon - 58.18 +1 Nuclear Pacman - 59.45 Abel M'Vada - 59.47 bemis - 60.50 jblenkle - 66.19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 I think I enjoyed this round the most of any, at least for a long time. Even though this 5200/A8 version of PP has control issues regardless of whether you try analog or tap-tap-hold digital, and the car scaling and scrolling frame rate gets chuggy and jumpy, thus making passing in tight spots around corners a crap shoot at times ... Even so, this is very well programmed and fun! My memory had a more critical opinion of this port before. I'm astounded that playing in this HSC round on the toughest track, Atari Grand Prix, that I only finished the race like 2 times. And it still wasn't good enough to get the highest score, since I usually crash once during the race. Or, many times I get stuck behind obstacle cars and I still haven't learned the best way to get around them. How many of you ran out of time with the goal line in view? I was always willing to play one more game. And I always felt that a better score was possible if I just improved my skills a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Sorry that the phone call cost you a point. :-( But glad you at least already had another good score in so it was only a point. Even worse was that post was ready at 8:53, but I couldn't enter it because of the phone call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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