[TAS] NES R.C. Pro-Am II by FatRatKnight & eien86 in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2022-11-13
R.C. Pro-Am II is the sequel to R.C. Pro-Am by Rare. The biggest addition to the game is multiplayer, allowing up to four players to race against each other with the use of the NES Four Score accessory. Another difference is that instead of power-ups and weapons you can pick up on the track, you pick up money that can be used to purchase power-ups at a store in-between races. However, you can still collect rare letters that can spell out a word that can give you power-ups.
FatRatKnight ( tasvideos.org/... ) and eien86 ( tasvideos.org/... ) play the single player mode and complete all the tracks in first place, setting record times with the help of a brute-force bot to both find the fastest path and to manipulate the chance of getting the Letters so that power-ups can be collected as soon as possible. You can read the authors' notes for more details.
This movie has a full Atlas Map encode ( • R.C. Pro-Am II (Any% T... ), which shows the standard encode overlaid on a zoomed out map.
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[@eien86]

Hey all, TAS co-author here. The first 24 races were finished years ago by FRK, using heavy RNG manipulation and exhaustive upgrade management. The last 12 races were done by me using a brute force search bot. This movie wouldn't have been possible without the help of ktwo, who motivated me to work on it. Hope you enjoy it!

[@StatickyCat]

Respect!

[@streighkaat]

Thanks for all you do, pardner. We appreciate it. :]

[@dansmith1661]

Just seeing the player dominate with yellow car makes it all worthwhile.

[@m_5373]

Awesome TAS!

[@StatickyCat]

That rubber band AI is sure tight. In the early races, even the TAS bot struggles to get a good distance ahead.

[@Hope4NewDay1]

The AI is known to cheat in this game lol

[@borandiUK]

@@Hope4NewDay1 what do you think rubber band AI means?

[@StatickyCat]

@@borandiUK Check, I edited this comment after he replied, so his reply may not make sense.

[@Hope4NewDay1]

@@StatickyCat Thats just one of those youtube comment monsters that looks for any opportunity to make someone else feel stupid haha

[@StatickyCat]

@@Hope4NewDay1 Yes, I know thy are around. But I can understand that sometimes things make them mad, and really it doesn't totally make sense because of how I changed the comment. Still that shouldn't have butted in.

[@83joonior]

It's nice seeing the AI finally get a taste of their own medicine.

[@XanthinZarda]

I like how you can see the rental killer kick in right at the end of the city course. They start to perform _way_ beyond their upgrade and agressiveness.

[@MonamiTech]

Ancient Re-Volt. Looking fun.

[@pheonixmmkc]

This looks amazing for a nes game

[@jonquellesanders409]

Love this !! Brings back memories

[@KCzz15]

The only force in the world with power almost as great as a TAS: Rubber banding.

[@frankus9]

What means TAS means?

[@KCzz15]

@@frankus9 Tool Assisted Speedrun. It is a speedrun made at very slow speed using savestates for demonstrative purposes in order to show off the extreme limits of what is possible in the game as if a god were to pick up the controller and play.

[@frankus9]

@@KCzz15 Wow! I had no idea! Thanks for the information brother! I'll google more about it now! Thanks! 🎮 Update: broooo 🤯 that's sick! Hahahaha there are many TAS out there for many other different games! Again..... Thanks for the info!

[@KCzz15]

@@frankus9 This is quite literally a channel for TASes, so it's surprising that you can be here without knowing about them.

[@frankus9]

@@KCzz15 Oh sorry! I was looking for "Pro Am II" cuz I played it when I was a child.! Just trying to remember good old times when I had my NES! I'll check the channel later! Thanks for the advice!

[@m_5373]

The rubber banding in this game is high!, Kansei Dorifto everywhere haha, Awesome TAS!!

A.K.A The Revenge of the Yellow Car after getting destroyed in the previous game. EDIT: Oh, what? You don't get what i mean? In the first game, the TAS it got, the others were making comments about the Yellow car getting beated, since for this second game, the TAS controls the Yellow car, i thought you would have gotten the joke but.. i guess not because i see 0 likes.

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

$183,330 accumulated and $77,000 spent. 376 points earned. Now to do 4 players. A 4 player TAS adds strategy. 13 continues will have to be bought and by who. Continues start at $1,000 and get more expensive every time it's been bought. $44,000 to be spent on 'em.

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice TAS.

[@AlligatorArms]

I never even knew it was possible to be anything other than the red car. Or that it was possible to boost off the starting line without a nitro. Never owned or seen this game…discovered it on Nesticle but it’s a great racer. & yeah the AI is ruthless here but the game expects you to spend big $$$ on the heat seeker missiles and all that fun stuff to keep them in check…this run just sticks to the old school weapons and doesn’t abuse them. But even with the perfect inputs throughout the race, 4UP only wins by a car length sometimes!

[@dansmith1661]

I wonder if Berkley from San Andreas is controlling the murder planes?

[@dansmith1661]

15:25 Eat shrak, CPU, I drive the yellow car.

[@XiraProjects]

I'd love to see Displaced Gamers dive into the code, see exactly how much the game cheat for each level

[@daaaaaaaaave]

So weird... I remember playing the original soooo much. ...but I don't remember there ever being a part 2. Glitch in the matrix?

[@SunshineDeluxe]

This one came out way late in the NES's life cycle. I rented it twice from Blockbuster in maybe 1994 or 1995, but I never remember seeing it for sale at Walmart, Toys R Us, etc.

[@Cven1488]

Is'nt the nitro purchasing more valuable in the late game than driving without prebuyed nitro?

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

music by David Wise is like a time machine

[@Gravitorrr]

Не честная игра со стороны разработчиков. Видно, что соперники не подчиняются законам игры, от них невозможно оторваться, они всегда на хвосте, даже если вылетели только что с трассы. Мерзкое отношение разработчика к игроку

[@VideoContentProduction]

Жестокий мир nes. А вот мы играли в такое и было норм.

[@SirBubbleknot]

They press a and b so hard and fast to go 100% fast

[@wilson0617]

Made with Un-Rare Engine

[@JasonPullara]

haha toy car go vroom

[@nanomachines2954]

Never played this game before but I can already tell how atrocious the controls are..