Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat

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Author's notes

Introduction

I like TASing racing games.

Category Choice

This game contains 9 different tracks. After beating all of them, the game loops back to the first one. This movie completes one cycle.

Software + Hardware

Rom Information

Name: Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat (U)
ROM: Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat (U) [!].nes
SHA1: 238A5A46DB79AC6E5252DC902F5BBDA669FA4DD7
MD5: F1781F33DC3E5A9FEA34B7E3B890A5AC

Emulator

EmuHawk 2.10 (Core: QuickerNES)

Routing Bot

Bot: JaffarPlus
Routing Core: QuickerNES
Platform:
2 x AMD Epyc 7742 (128 cores, 256 threads) + 384Gb RAM
Exploration Rate: 1.20 Mstates/s

Strategy

My work in this game was pretty similar to that in Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road · fastest completion in 50:31.341 by eien86.

There is a money/shop component that requires some planning ahead. I decided to pursue engine performance first, as I reckon that would have the largest effect if bought early on. For the races themselves I tried to cheese collision with others as much as possible. I also try to reduce the amount and duration of pit stops. I'm pretty sure some deeper strategic planning might result in a faster movie, but I will until somebody wants to take that challenge.

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