Special thanks to @Kierio04 for recording this run!
Special thanks to @dm2483 for helping theorise this shortcut!
Thanks to Kierio and @Jellopuff_TAS for the NU flap beginning, and Kierio and @EjayB for cleaning up other parts of the lap.
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with RAM Watch (Info Display), slowdown, TAS code, frame advance and savestates.
This shortcut has been in the making for quite a long time. Originally, the idea was conceived in mid 2021 between me and dm248. After initial testing, I deemed the shortcut was only possible on 200cc ([ Ссылка ]), or with a respawn in 150cc due to the ejection technique I was using.
This week, I was reminded of this potential shortcut and decided to revisit the concept. I changed my approach by holding the RFH (rapid-fire hop abuse) through the slope and into the grass section before the wallclip. This allowed me to gain a larger ejection at a higher speed, resulting in a wallclip which crosses the gap in 2 mushrooms. Fortunately, this left a mushroom for the ending shortcut.
I was encouraged by Ejay and Kierio to redo the shortcut; branching off existing NU flap as reference to measure timesave. This TAS uses the first turn from that flap, however deviates where the first two mushrooms were used. Instead of a wide drift and wheelie for the shroomless turnskip, a tight drift and RFH ejection is used.
The supergrind also uses a different technique. I accelerate faster downhill than the old supergrind by using a lower angle. Then, an ejection to start another supergrind preserves this timesave past the bridge. The cave section can definitely be improved, probably by ~0.1 seconds.
As the ghost comparison shows, this beat the previous flap by Jellopuff, Kierio, and @MarthTAS ([ Ссылка ]) by 0.272.
