The Perfect Mario Kart Speedrun Explained 

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My original intention was to reach the remote section of the track when finding the 9.3 second (and eventually 9.2x") lap version. Skipping a lap was a pleasant surprise, though not entirely unexpected, as the original Super Mario Kart already had known skips of a similar nature. There are indeed multiple other spots in the track which advance you forward in seemingly unexpected ways, even when you intend to play it non-shortcut on rather "standard" paths often played in Vs. / GP mode. Be on the lookout when you are shelled off the track or accidentally fall off while playing against others. The track is quite broken...

I appreciate you lining up 9:08 in game with 9:08 on the video.

To think this whole thing could have been avoided from using double floats for all things related to time calculations, lol Simply amazing. Reminds me of Super Mario 64 converting floats to integers and vice versa for calculating Mario's coordinates on the map, the same sort of weird behaviour occurs over long distances and/or very small numbers rounded up or down.

Just want to say I love your videos. Been a fan for a while now. The even BIGGER thing I want to say is how satisfied I am that this video is exactly 30 minutes long. The OCD itch is satiated.

New ChallengE: You make a video about the #1 speedrun slot of any given game, but your video has to be as long as the speedrun or faster.

I really liked the technical explanations, with the deeper dive the code and how it gets executed. Also it‘s insane, that a perfect lap is possible. If I were the kid described in the intro, I‘d assume literal wizardry.

I thought the joke was gonna be you beat the game as soon as you start it up, since pretty much everything is unlocked at the start

A correction regarding the versions. There were three regional versions, Japan, USA and Europe. NTSC was for both NA and Japan (also for most of south America), PAL was for Europe and Australia.

you actually explained the spheres moving resulting in a .01 time very very well. so well done there and cool vid

Its interesting how the goal is a perfect run, though we've almost never seen it for real with how far off it seems for 99% of games. Something we kind of put off as what happens when we get the perfect run? What happens when you finished a meal to the point the plate has not a crumb left? Both so utterly destroyed theres nothing left to do.

Man I’m not a speed runner but you make it so interesting. I can’t stop watching

Their insane attention to detail of the game, how it works, and the application to cause glitches which slowly improves the overall comprehension of each map is amazing. Let alone your ability to understand, interpret, and to then explain the information with comprehensive visual animations and data is a great skill man, keep it up!

Wow man, been watching for a while and it's incredible how your content has evolved. Your MK stuff is great and this vid in particular is one of the most detailed yet well explained "old game buggy lmao" vids I've ever seen. Looking forward to the next one!

The Perfect Mario Kart Lap Explained

The world of Speedrunning is as fascinating as ever. I don't understand a single word of the technical explanations behind it all, but I still have mad respect for all the work and devotion that goes into all this. Thanks for the amazing video!

This is Bismuth-grade content right here. All it's missing is Mario Kart 64 piano covers performed personally by you.

Great job with your content. Im glad im subscribed. Its fun to see some of the videos. Shout out to Brody and twitch for helping me find it.

Awesome video! I love learning about speedrun strats and you put it in a really clear way. First video of yours that ive seen and youve definently got my sub

I wonder if as humans we would become so consistent that only luck would stop us to reach anything

Exceptional video! Very detailed I really enjoyed it :)

Best explanation I’ve seen so far!

Now i just have "Be kind, Rewind" stuck in my head 🤦‍♀️ Amazing video and great breakdown of how it all works! Im excited to see what comes next

What an awesome ride though speed run history.

I always wondered about this scenario, and actually seeing it is really bittersweet. On the one hand, the record can never be improved again, the course in terms of speedrunning has nothing left to offer us, but on the other hand, it means we got to witness the entire history of the course before our very eyes (at least in this category) and we got to witness the perfect run.

Crazy how this originated from a guy who thought he could make a gap jump

The amount of practice and fine tuning and work that people put into just to shave a few seconds off of their best time, it's a lot like actual racing.

Love seeing an Abyssoft video in my feed

Bro holy crap. I never even realized its probably been at least 10+ years since anyone has acquired a game with save data. That used to be a staple for me, I always made my account on Save file 2 because I always bought off the return shelf at gamestop

This was such a well made video. The graphics really made it easy to understand the crazier shit

You do a really good fucking job my friend. You've definitely done your research. I appreciate your content so very much.

Forest is the hero of this story. I'm really hoping for more of these perfect lap content videos in the future!

You're like the second summoning salt, same style of editing, same calming voice, same amazing stories.

i believe that this channel will one day be on par with karljobst

All the more reason I love looking at speedrun stuff. The extent at which games are broken is absurd

Dropping a comment to help the video. Great explanation as always!

Fun 'fact' PAL stands for Programable Analog Logic; a chip which is common in Europe and rare in America. NTFC stands for NoT Findable Chip and likewise is common in America and rare in Europe.

Perfect dark had some good speed running stories. Would love to see a video on it

"And when Alexander saw the breath of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer." Hans Gruber, 1988

Yeah, I always thought it was funny N64 carts would have “Be Kind, Rewind” stickers on them. How am I supposed to rewind an N64 cart? Dang it, I’m gonna get fined.

This is the most ridiculous but cool thing every, speedrunning is so deep it's unreal.

Abyssoft does such a good job of making speed run milestones so inspiring.

Great explaining! I love mario kart

Probably the best thumbnail I've ever seen on a youtube video.

Great video 🔥

I got the funniest ad timing 7:05 "Penev revealed a strat that saved a second and a half" **ad** "Type one diabetes is a condition in which"

11:30 wtf, just store it as an int, of frames since start! then for display, convert to a double-precision float, multiply by the conversion factor (rather than adding the conversion factor every frame, we add 1), do the transformations to get it in minutes:seconds format, and put it on the screen! The converted number undoubtedly has some small amount of possible rounding error, which is why we discard it at the end of the frame, and why we hold onto the int instead since it has no imprecision

The "Deep dive" joke on a channel with Abyss in the title wasn't lost on me. Nice one.

I don't think I've ever seen an unintended shortcut be improved on in the 1990's!

Great stuff!

such a great video!

My brain hurted when he started going over the timer math

VHS tape rewound and video liked

6:30 Summonig Salt transition.

And then, sometime in 2023, Forest returned his copy of Mario Kart 64 to blockbuster after achieving the perfect lap.

The first youtube video to have the same progress bar time as the thumbnail time

I wonder how many ppl here understand "rewind ur VHS tapes"?

Oh man my cousins lived behind the rental place and every weekend we would ride our bikes up there and rent this! If it was there. And we rented all the Bevis and butthead episodes lol

Some people don't dream fence jumping sheep to sleep, they dream of go karts flying over fences to sleep.

a "shroom induced Large Bounce" has a completely different meaning where i come from

mariokartology at its finest

They allow picture proof on ciberscore and videogamesrecords, so you don't need a video to upload your PBs on other websites beyond src

Love me some Mario Kart content!

This dude is the Burger King Foot Lettuce of speedrunning.

Yoshi...."it still hurts"!!!

Ngl i feel like the ntsc vs pal timer discrepancy could be avoided if real time was used instead of in game time.

I love how Forest was considered an unknown despite having skill in the game because they didn't want to accept the Wii virtual console. By accept I mean even as an alternative to the original version as a separate category.

Awesome seeing this premiere , amazing work as always

I remember I dated a girl who had Mario Kart Double Dash and her ex's time trial scores were on there, so I decided to beat them; because I'm a petty asshole.

When cutting to a black screen after an important moment, I suggest to keep the music on for a bit longer with a longer dissolve. The 2 cuts like that in this video are a bit harsh Great video btw, this is just something super minor

Þere also is a 0.01 second lap time in MK7 in þe Wuhu Island course where you don't enter þe volcano (I forgot þe name). It's a 1 lap course where you can skip þe finish line between þe second and þird segment and boþ finish immediately after one anoþer at þe final finish line

Great video! Why is 0.00 seconds impossible?

How is this channel under 100k subs? This is legit my favorite channel for speed run content. Keep up the awesome work @Abyssoft

I'm surprised that the programmers took lap timing on a child's kart racing game so seriously. Kudos to them else we wouldn't have these rabbit holes.

The game you wanted was never on the fuckin shelf at Blockbuster. Didn't matter the day of week.

Next, speedrunners will find a way to go back in time.

Man, if someone got the perfect lap when the RENTED the game? I'd ask them why they didn't just buy it!

Urcontent is so fire

FYI: The past form of grind is ground.

24:04 I have that same clock.

well, i mean, is it really perfect if it isnt a 3 frame race? XD Jokes aside, 1 frame laps are quite an interesting feat.

Now that I know the perfect lap is possible. I wonder if the perfect time trial is possible with 100th of a second on each lap for .03?

In 1997 I was 21, my dad wasn't taking me anywhere

goat video

The Perfect Mario Kart Speedrun Explained

The japanese version is also ntsc

Be kind; rewind!

It is NOT 1997 😡 I feel lied to

Bruhhhh the ending almost made me cryy i wanna know about the othe onessss

Did the cartridge hold save data during N64? 🤔

LETS GO

Fuck that, i'll just race normally.😂

64 was his first game

Abyssmuth

how did my rented copy keep the save from.. someone elses controller???

Watch there be some other obscure reason a 00.00.00 is possible.

"lah KEY too" It's "lah KUH too".

Lackee too

Please do videos on the other two tracks please

Video is obsolete from the thumbnail as you can 00:00:000 on Maiokart 7's Wuhu Loop