World Record Progression - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Any%

Interested in more WR Progression videos? Love San Andreas? Check out my San Andreas World Record Progression here - • World Record Progressi...
Been wanting to do this for a while, and I really enjoyed making it. Hopefully the editing etc does this wonderful game's history justice. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!
Note - most of the times listed will be different to those in the videos, this is because the timing rules were changed a few years ago. All my listing were written with current timing for the sake of consistency.
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== Odyssic's Spreadsheet == docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
== SSU explained in full ==
Video - • HOW TO BEAT VICE CITY ...
Document - www.speedrun.com/gtavc/guide/...
== Speedrunning Tutorials ==
Any% - • Grand Theft Auto: Vice...
Any% No SSU - • Grand Theft Auto: Vice...

[@HunnyDoo]

~Get him boys, he never understood a thing~

[@carking5607]

Those 15 Years Were Mine

[@user-ly8te7fx4i]

To spend

[@garyella1301]

Oh my god, Tommy, what happened?

[@adriank8792]

i just discovered this genre of youtube videos. i can't have enough of them. i'm so glad that you covered GTA VC

[@englishben]

[@ctpsr1]

That feel when you didn't start speedrunning earlier so you didn't witness this real time. FeelsBadMan

[@darkslide180]

man this brings me back, i ran this game back in 2012-2013 and remember thinking if there was just a way to remove cone crazy from the run this would be the perfect speedgame, i never could have imagined that not only would that happen but we would also remove SSA, doing those annoying dock jumps in boatyard, getting busted on ice cream, just about everything that was super annoying about the run has been removed. crazy how far this game has come

[@qoznyyy]

damnn i remember coming across adam ak stream few years ago and have been following vc speedrun scene ever since, now trying to run it myself finally interesting to see how things have changed within that time, like doing cone crazy strat is gone, replay glitch etc interesting video, love it and learned much things, hope this gets lots of views and good feedback, cause you deserve it 💯

[@qoznyyy]

damn thats crazy bro..

[@machaesquimal]

Great Work! With all these "wr progression" videos coming up lately, this was the most waited for me. Thank you for doing it.

[@arnicool1]

holy shit, my reaction for sub 1 was soooo bad xD wtf is this noise KEKW good memories :) this sub 57:30 (old timing) was so clean like 5 sec of the best possible to get that wasn't worth to even try to grind for better time. Greetings to everyone who push themselfs to the limit and high five to all viewers that support us :)

[@LukaRay]

Very nice video Ben ! Really well done. It's nice to finally see this progression in a video. I've seen a lot of WR progressions lately, but this has been my most wanted one yet ! Keep up the great work as always !

[@Tezur0]

Great job, Ben, felt nostalgic remembering all that stuff again :)

[@ahmadhabib1493]

Thank you for such a detailed dive through of this every evolving world of VC speedrun. Appreciate it!!

[@dathotbox]

Never finished this game but love speedrunning history like this. I follow tony hawk speedruns and was cool to see guywith on here

[@najeea.8983]

That was beautiful! Thanks for the video

[@pofijanika]

Thank you, great video! Keep them coming!

[@Bollard]

Fantastic work! GTA VC will always be my favourite Speedrun and community.

[@so_bendy]

Every man and his dog jumping on the world record progression flex these days. I love these videos!!

[@vofel]

Okay, this is amazing. Wonderful job, English_Ben!

[@derpeth2101]

great vid! I love speedlore!

[@Zachoholic]

Nice vid, this type of stuff is always interesting to me.

[@PWXKN]

pretty awesome video, man. always love to see vice city, hope you make more stuff like this. only thing i could recommend is that a little tighter vocal editing goes a long way c:

[@geko960]

This video is so good I always come back to watch it after a few months

[@thekaon.]

Finally man, Great work

[@xsharawi]

great video keep up the CONTENT

[@arjunsaivaidyanathan1094]

Amazing documentation!

[@philhood8028]

Lovely stuff!

[@dr.voorhees9705]

I really like this channel. You got a new sub!

[@englishben]

Thank you :)

[@lray21]

Replay Skip: Community loves it SSU: Nooooo! Make a new category!

[@elektrisksitron9054]

Great video, Ben! Thanks for making this

[@englishben]

you're welcome :)

[@tompinks_]

Thanks for this Ben! Really informative for us speedrun fans and VC fans

[@paweu.]

Really good video, i like it

[@Chundynator]

Great job English_Ben

[@zukuu]

Nice. I love these.

[@Retro_CJ]

Amazing Video :)

[@P8NPrivTV]

Amazing video man! Hope you get to 1000 subs soon.

[@englishben]

Thank you :)

[@Rocker21344]

I started getting heavily invested in the gta community because of Josh, S, and Adam. It feels weird to think it's been 6+ years already. Back when me learning the game on ps3 was kinda reasonable, With all the replay tech now I don't think I could get into it the same way again

[@englishben]

A lot of the glitches are possible without replays, you can check the console runs on the leaderboard to see how it's done

[@Rocker21344]

@@englishben really? I just figured that not having replays would basically destroy any current routes in the trilogy. If everything is possible I just may get on the grind again. How bad would times be in relation to current strats would you think?

[@englishben]

@@Rocker21344 Hard to say as console runs aren't nearly as popular or optimised. The current fastest console time is a 1:06, but that should be easily beatable

[@LubartowskaHaze]

nice work :D

[@HipHopShowRoom]

Seeing those guns appear after he shot them from the bike. You know, when the enemy drops a weapon; Literally give me a nostalgic hit of dopamine!! Omg, like when I was 13 or some shit Haha. I'll never forget the feeling of them dropping a good gun before cheats where like everywhere and you had to get the magazine to get the cheats. Hashtag old man vibes at 27 🤣

[@evespirit]

nice man, I've probably missed your other scripted narrated videos if there were any, but this, this is class

[@englishben]

This is actually my first scripted video!

[@evespirit]

u nailed it lol. it was like watching a documentary

[@englishben]

@@evespirit Appreciate the kind words :)

[@OneEyedWilliam]

Nice video! One tip I could give if you ever make another wr progression video is to not show the texts from discord etc too long but try to find relevant footage for that improvement/skip. Loved the overall pacing! Keep making great vids

[@englishben]

Noted!

[@sprthrwwychnnl73]

One of my favorite games of all time

[@oussamaml4161]

Can't wait to see a documentary about vice city DE in 10 years I'm watching the community on twitch daily this time around

[@GreenEnvy.]

"Oh come on, get the fuck out of my way!"

[@RammasunW]

世界纪录！really good history

[@ryanbarlow89]

Great video man! You should do another look this for the other GTAs

[@mav6771]

This is such an awesome video, thank you. I owe pretty much all of my interest in speedrunning to Adam and Narcissa, formerly Cosmo. Watching Vice City any%, all missions, 100%, chaos%, didn't matter, he always had such a good stream. Remember when everyone got pissed at twitch and he moved to hitbox for a night and the stream delay was around what we have today with low latency. This is in 2014, mind you! Cosmo with OoT, always loved watching the runs and I happened to get to see the famous 18:10 live :) Edit: Oh my gooood that reddit thread. I remember seeing that thread in the new section of /r/speedrun and going "wow I wonder how important this could be" Little did I know lol

[@englishben]

you're welcome :)

[@callmezeroo]

Voice of an angel

[@dimasever_twitch]

great video, great job, great you. I love you

[@englishben]

[@demetrius3146]

Nice video, I really enjoyed it. :)

[@Holyballsinhell]

probably the only guy I'd accept this video from :D amazing video Ben :)

[@_Hal9000]

Played it as teen. Ah the good memories.

[@adriank8792]

there needs to be a video like that but for San Andreas too

[@j.d.watson]

You deserve an honorary master's degree from somewhere for all of this work. Awesome video!

[@Niberspace]

I don't like that different languages are allowed, but still, this is awesome for sure

[@BastiakaZerox]

great video, deserves more views!

[@ghjklkop7868]

This video is great, and I would love to see the WR progression of the other GTA's too, mostly SA. Although I know its not easy to make these..

[@englishben]

The issue with SA is that there's been one person on top of the main board for like 4 years, it's not as interesting as it sounds when something is so dominated.

[@athina16622]

UPDATE: Marushko's run was finally beaten by guywith , with a time of 50:11!

[@twistidtimmer]

that music in the backround at the beginning sounds like something I heard on someones elses channel. I know its free to use music but I'm curious what it is .... because I like it . peace and nice video

[@DFossss]

I thought the exact same thing. I think from a dude who does video reviews of football games.. drawing a blank tho.. beat smooth tho

[@englishben]

I don't have it anymore unfortunately, but it was part of a recent copyright-free mix on KZbin. Sorry I can't be of more help.

[@twistidtimmer]

hey its all good, I just like the relaxing beat. ill dig around maybe ill find it

[@nathangarcia7921]

The Salt has been Summoned

[@comeauu]

Hey, great video! One thing I would really appreciate is if you actually wrote the names of the runners/their stream links on screen so that you support them more and I can find them without guessing on spelling and such. Thanks!

[@englishben]

All runners can be found in the spreadsheet in the description

[@Dumpy332]

I just saw the vice city speedrun world record (no ssu) using international version which is 8 years old. Are there no instapasses found on international version which could benefit this category? Or that version was completely abandoned?

[@englishben]

It's completely abandoned as almost all instapasses are faster on Japanese.

[@Dumpy332]

It seems that instapasses occur only for missions that are triggered by player in vehicle. Like Cherry Poppers, Ambulance, Friendly Rivalry, Cabmegaddon , Demolition Man, Bombs Away, RC Raider , Checkpoint Charlie etc.

[@englishben]

@@Dumpy332 entirely coincidental (btw demolition man doesn't trigger from entering a vehicle)

[@Dumpy332]

@@englishben I realised later is same for Bombs away as well.

[@hongduongang8718]

❤❤❤

[@smallies7154]

GG KZ Fruit

[@Kamiks-iz2ln]

are you gonna do other categories and games?

[@englishben]

Definitely considering it

[@Eminster]

What's the music playing at the beginning?

[@englishben]

It's just from a copyright free mix, not sure of the name. Sorry :(

[@DFossss]

What's the name of the track in the background in the beginning? Smooth right there

[@englishben]

I don't have it anymore unfortunately, but it was part of a recent copyright-free mix on KZbin. Sorry I can't be of more help.

[@xpmyt341]

17:17 RIP in peace, Bruh

[@BIGwillTHEGAME]

Wow

[@drew8235]

Love this game so much. Still my favorite in the series.

[@UKLSS]

Can i speedrun this game on Android? Or do some strats not work then?

[@englishben]

You won't be able to do most of the strats in current runs, as replays are PC only.

[@UKLSS]

@@englishben hm oke thanks

[@deeman-ti8ow]

What car @9:45 please tell me. Is it like a hotted up version of the Blista Compact?

[@englishben]

It's a deluxo, you acquire it by completing the first list of sunshine autos

[@k-dawg4617]

What was the reason for language change after the Pizza Boy dupe?

[@ItsYogSothoth]

To disable the rampage pickup in replay to not start another rampage. Replay with picking up rampage also goes to the cheapest property you can buy in a game and since you cannot buy properties during rampage it is essential to disable rampages

[@godfatherinokripperino606]

Song Name around 25:00?

[@ghjklkop7868]

18:23 is that NeatMike? lol

[@Ram-yn3b]

I personally liked the speedruns without exploiting any glitch

[@danin900]

You plan on doing one of these for GTA 3?

[@englishben]

It's in the works, but it's a large project!

[@danin900]

@@englishben Of course. Best of luck, my friend.

[@johnhank6721]

Vc forever

[@Dumpy332]

This video came in may 2019. What is discovered after it? I found that ctc snipe and dialog stealing is not mentioned. Are these discovered later?

[@englishben]

If I mentioned every 10 second timesave, the video would be 10 hours long.

[@Dumpy332]

Got it. But is anything special found in last 22 months?

[@ryanisoffline9519]

Eyo just finished my gta sa remastered android badlands speedrun, well i did some fuck-ups, i will be last if they accpeted my run, im 56min but if i didnt fail bc the car coudnt stick to the ground in the second CV race i woyldve got like 50min

[@sieben8724]

14:48

[@ChocolateKuruma]

14:25 Thanks for doing the pronunciation research. SummoningSalt doesn't even bother trying.

[@LMTR14]

what do you mean by that exactly?

[@mingoz101]

i miss adam :(

[@TheKeeperx313]

Damn 8:38 wtf 😂

[@neinjunge5560]

man, frew was mad thicc back then

[@englishben]

Still is

[@LotsOfS]

There were people before and during CannibalK9 who were involved. Giving all the credit to K9 would be unfair, although it is reasonable to assume he did the bulk.

[@LotsOfS]

How was ssu discovered? Wouldve been a more interesting watch than looking at frew lying on his bed.

[@theeradettaree5078]

Kuy

[@frankdilauro]

Summoning Salt feelings right now

[@englishben]

He refused to make one on VC so I'd planned on doing it myself for a long time

[@frankdilauro]

Yeah I heard that too. Great decision!

[@JavveRinne]

Look at how they massacred my boy. The favorite game of my childhood. This is true for mosr speedruns but this glitchiness is next level!

[@LotsOfS]

isnt gate zip just the game not knowing where to put tommy, rather than him going oob? Same as with lamppost warping.

[@vhsorion]

I turned 2 the same day this game had a recorded speedrun.

[@XiledGamer00]

GTA:VC True Any%+ Fists Only :D

[@ghjklkop7868]

Not once was Anti mentioned lol

[@ghjklkop7868]

nevermind lol

[@LotsOfS]

Also fatzke not only beat adam within a day, but within an hour (shorter than the run's length)

[@THEBURNZINATOR]

You pronounced Faggio wrong.

[@JorWat25]

It's a very well put together video, I only wish you had edited out your verbal stumbles (stuff like "When starting Cap the Collector, the mission will fail if they have no left... assets left to tax" at 26:16 and "as it is moch... much closer" at 26:25), as there's just a few too many, and it makes the video feel a little unprofessional to me.

[@englishben]

Fair criticism, I did edit out a few big stumbles and rerecord some sections. However ones like that I didn't think they were noticeable enough to edit them out

[@LotsOfS]

Good video. Mostly accurate 9/10. Voice over feels rushed towards the end. Overall rating 6/10, wouldn't watch again.

[@TedRader]

I haven't even watched 30 seconds of this video yet, but you say VC was created in "under a year"? Not even close! It's GTAIII with different maps, a better storyline, and some different controls...but the same engine. It took muuuuuuch more than a year.

[@grantgoodman8415]

The time of development for Vice City itself was ~6 months.

[@sergrojGrayFace]

What's the point of this video if you don't explain traffic manipulation and some other glitches at all?

[@englishben]

If I explained every single glitched used in over a decade of speedrunning, the video would be 10 hours long. I explain the key ones that caused significant damage to the game, traffic manipulation isn't one of them. Also nice edit of your comment, if you're going to trash talk at least stick by your views.

[@sergrojGrayFace]

@@englishben If you shortly explained every glitch mentioned, the video would barely get any longer. A link in the description and a mention of it is all it takes when short explanation doesn't do justice. I edited the comment as I watched further, where all of a sudden reasonably detailed explanations started to appear and the video got better.

[@Ash-gv7uj]

Speedruns stop being fun when major glitches get involved. It just seems very pointless. I also don't think praising people who use glitches for world records and other scoreboards. these kind of glitches have become easier for people to use in multiplayer games. People getting through walls where their opponents can't get them for example. But because they're called a discovery and praised it goes ignored and unpunished. plus seriously. what is the enjoyment is saying you completed vice city in 8 minutes. anyone they tell who's ever played a video game will know its not legitimate and is significantly less enjoyable than even using some kind of infinite ammo/health/money cheat. This kind of speed running is quickly devolving into who can find a way to glitch the ending credits as soon as the game begins, which maybe a record. it may be a game in itself. but its certainly no longer a speed run of playing the actual game. I don't see an issue with exploits that confuse the ai into taking the wrong car or using normal mechanics in none intended ways to speed things up. but glitching walls and skipping entire chunks of the game just devalues everything they set out to achieve.

[@Puxi]

Good old times! Where no one even knew made up pro nouns for made up genders. Back in the time when transvestites and homosexual wouldn't rule the speedrunning scene.

[@derpeth2101]

what?

[@whydoineedahandle9]

yet here you are, using made up words to try to communicate. ironic.

[@Puxi]

@@whydoineedahandle9 bet yous one of the pepul who se one woman on street and calling her them because she could be offended. Don't ax any further, I's block and report you, you left extremist.

[@derpeth2101]

@@Puxi What does this nonsense have to do with the video?

[@Puxi]

@@derpeth2101 Doesn't matta to you, my youth!