[MKW TAS] Moo Moo Meadows Flap (Ultra) - 9.207 

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, and Info Display (created by SwareJonge). Input Display Overlay created by WhatIsLoaf.
Disclaimer: This run takes advantage of the analog inputs of the Wii Wheel. In order for this run to be performed in real-time in a playback, pause buffering would potentially need to be used.
TAS Flap BKT Cut: -8.521
Previous BKT: • [MKW TAS] New Ultra Sh... (by Ejay)
A little over a week ago, Ejay proved the newest and most elusive ultra shortcut in the game, the Moo Moo Meadows ultra, to be possible. If you haven't already, go give him some love for his discovery. He really deserves it :). But anyway, before the ultra shortcut was formally released, I had been given some insider info that got me theorizing as to how the time could be brought down from the low 17 Ejay got in his demonstration. This run is the result of that theorization.
Before we begin, let's make something clear: yes, this run is an official best known time. For whatever reason a lot of people seem to forget that Flaps are considered official categories, and so whenever an ultra with a long setup shows up, they immediately think it doesn't save time. This track is by far the most extreme example that we currently have in the game (though it may not last too long). The idea for this lap is to perform the shroomless out of bounds entry the same way Ejay did, but after getting out of bounds, we drive an entire lap without going back in bounds. This is where 95% of the time for this strat execution comes from since we can't use any boosts while on the heavy offroad. However, because we don't care about the lap 1 time, how long we spend isn't really important.
After driving out of bounds for about 5 minutes, the actual flap starts. The main difference from the original discovery of the ultra, as you can probably tell, is that we perform the outside drift clip (or ODC) before the flap begins. This section is a lot harder than it looks since the wall becomes double sided too early for us to clip using the same method Ejay used. If we used that method, we'd never enter the finish line and the lap wouldn't begin. To circumvent this, I had to figure out some weird shroomless momentum nonsense that would allow me to initiate the shroom while already having momentum directed towards the wall. The space we have to get the clip without bonking early, missing the wall, or being respawned is quite small, so I was quite surprised that this ended up working at all. Upon clipping, we steer the vehicle midair to start the lap as late as possible then perform an OOB bounce to land on the OOB seam. Notably, we land on the seam far enough forward that we don't need to back up to get enough room to perform the final part of the ultra. We can simply turn around and shroom as soon as we turn far enough to the left. The final bit utilizes a technique that we've coined the seam swing. By landing on the OOB seam as low as we can while performing a right drift, we can land back on the seam, start a drift to the right (which sends us to the left due to outside drift bike physics), and then immediately fall off the seam using precise control stick movements. The end result is a redirection of our speed while underneath the floor. If done properly, we are able to barely reach the final key checkpoint without having to delay our acceleration with a hop prior to the seam swing. We respawn right before the finish line and do a small wiggle to shave one final millisecond off the run, nearly cutting the flap time for this ultra in half.
Special thanks to Ejay for telling me about the ultra being confirmed early as well as for helping me understand what I was doing wrong when attempting the shroomless clip! Thanks for all the help you've been to me, and congrats again on discovering this behemoth of an ultra!
Music: Mt. Chill - Thegur90
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