R.C. Pro-Am II/any% - Revision history

Ktwo: /* Race 02 */

2024-02-07T16:53:46Z

‎Race 02

Ktwo: /* Race 08 */

2024-02-07T16:51:25Z

‎Race 08

Ktwo: /* Letter management */

2024-02-07T16:42:35Z

‎Letter management

Ktwo: /* Cash flow */

2018-05-09T18:26:17Z

‎Cash flow

Ktwo: /* Race 06 */

2018-04-20T19:15:34Z

‎Race 06

Ktwo: /* Race 35 */

2018-04-20T19:13:35Z

‎Race 35

Ktwo: /* Race 01 */

2018-04-19T17:21:29Z

‎Race 01

Ktwo: /* Race 13 */

2018-04-19T17:15:07Z

‎Race 13

Ktwo: /* Letter management */

2018-04-16T18:09:37Z

‎Letter management

Ktwo: /* Letter management */

2018-04-15T20:24:11Z

‎Letter management

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 ===Race 02===
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNN1RGoYR-E<br />
-The last dollar bag right before the finish line is random. There is maybe a 50% chance it's there.
+The last dollar bag right before the finish line is random. There is maybe a 50% chance it's still there on the second lap.
 ===Race 03===

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 ===Race 08===
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxy11RtChuk<br />
-There are several options for how clear the S-curve and which nitro(s) to collect in the lower left part. They are all pretty close time-wise.<br /><br />
+There are several options for how to clear the S-curve and which nitro(s) to collect in the lower left part. They are pretty close time-wise though.<br /><br />
 For the sake of completeness, the bonus stage "Tug-O-Truck":<br />

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 Since the letters are such a huge topic, they're discussed here separately and not next to the respective videos of each race.<br /><br />
-The videos on this page get the first car upgrade after race 6 and the second after race 14. This is heavily luck-based. Getting the first upgrade in race 6 saves roughly 8 seconds over getting it after race 9. The second car upgrade saves roughly 1.5-2 seconds each in race 13-15. Below follows analysis and thoughts on the conditions for getting the upgrades. In order to follow the reasoning in this section, you should first make yourself familiar with [[R.C._Pro-Am_II/Game_Mechanics#Letters]]. One detail not mentioned elsewhere is that the cpus are awarded a free letter every fourth race. P2 (blue) will get an additional letter in race 2, 6 etc. P3 (green) will get an additional letter in race 3, 7 etc. Note that the bonus levels (Tag-o-truck and drag race) count as races. The cpus will get the next letter they're missing. So if a cpu has P, R and M, it will get an O.
+The videos on this page get the first car upgrade after race 6 and the second after race 14. This is heavily luck-based. Getting the first upgrade in race 6 saves roughly 8 seconds over getting it after race 9. The second car upgrade saves roughly 1.5-2 seconds each in race 13-15. Below follows analysis and thoughts on the conditions for getting the upgrades. In order to follow the reasoning in this section, you should first make yourself familiar with the [[R.C._Pro-Am_II/Game_Mechanics#Letters|letter mechanics]]. One detail not mentioned elsewhere is that the cpus are awarded a free letter every fourth race. P2 (blue) will get an additional letter in race 2, 6 etc. P3 (green) will get an additional letter in race 3, 7 etc. Note that the bonus levels (Tag-o-truck and drag race) count as races. The cpus will get the next letter they're missing. So if a cpu has P, R and M, it will get an O.
 ===First car upgrade===
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 * The best course of action is generally to collect the letter in race 1 and then the middle and right of the 3 letters in race 2.
 * If the letter in race 1 is a P, it's slightly more favorable to leave it to the blue car. In race 2, you should then collect the left and the middle of the 3 letters. It's difficult to react in time on the type of letter to decide to collect it or not. However, if you aim to start race 1 on a specific seed (= value of 043C) to get a good letter, it's possible to learn the line-ups around that time stamp and know the letter as soon as you see the order of the cars.
-* With the later letters being the most desirable in race 1, it's worth taking a look at the table in [[R.C._Pro-Am_II/Game_Mechanics#Letters]] to see the best windows to aim for. There are a few cases of 5 letters (not counting invalid values of 043C) in a row not being a P and a few more with 4 letters in a row not being a P. A good example of the latter to aim for could for example be when 043C is between 26 and 31, which contains one M, one O and two R (the blue car is second from the right with the M though).
+* With the later letters being the most desirable in race 1, it's worth taking a look at the table in the [[R.C._Pro-Am_II/Game_Mechanics#Letters|letters]] section to see the best windows to aim for. There are a few cases of 5 letters (not counting invalid values of 043C) in a row not being a P and a few more with 4 letters in a row not being a P. A good example of the latter to aim for could for example be when 043C is between 26 and 31, which contains one M, one O and two R (the blue car is second from the right with the M though).
 * It might be surprising that the probability goes down if the race 1 letter is an I. There are three reasons for this. The first is that the two last letter items in race 6 always contain the same letter. That makes it slightly easier to get two Is, while this has no effect on the other letters. The other reason is that if you for example only miss one letter (that is not I) going into race 6, there will still only be a 50% chance of getting that letter from the letter item that looks at the red car (P1). On the other hand, if that missing letter is I, it's 100% guaranteed. The third, and very minor, reason is in the event that one of the other cars gets a letter (that is not I) in race 2 that you end up missing, that letter can be blocked in race 4 or 6 (depending on which car got what) from some of the letter items. That will never be an issue with I.
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 * There is more variation in the cpu behavior and therefore more difficult to determine who will collect a certain letter. This makes modeling the system more complex.
 This section will therefore be in the form of general observations and considerations regarding a specific, but fairly ordinary, case shown in the videos on this page.<br />
-To get an overview, the below table shows the race letters and car letters per race in these videos (roughly in the order they appear in the race, from left to right and top to bottom). The first four columns are the letters of each car after the race. The next 7 columns represent the letters on that race (with their dependence within brackets) and the three last columns show the free cpu letters.<br />
+To get an overview, the below table shows the race letters and car letters per race in these videos (roughly in the order they appear in the race, from left to right and top to bottom when there are several letters next to each other). The first four columns are the letters of each car after the race. The next 7 columns represent the letters on that race (with their dependence within brackets) and the three last columns show the free cpu letters.<br />
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 ==Money route and upgrades==
 ===Cash flow===
-The following spreadsheet shows the cash flow in the videos in this guide (the total might not always correspond to what's shown at the end of the videos though, because of videos having been replaced). There are too many things factoring in how much you're able to collect, so this is just an example of how much money is possible to get. There is room for getting even more money, both through better RNG, but also by going out of the way to collect more money items. However, these routes already take into account some favorable RNG, so it's not going to be easy to be on a better pace in an actual attempt (not taking into account the start boost bonuess). Since the last purchase is Mega after race 21, the money after that point is irrelevant.
+The following spreadsheet shows the cash flow in the videos in this guide (the total might not always correspond to what's shown at the end of the videos though, because of videos having been replaced). There are too many things factoring in how much you're able to collect, so this is just an example of how much money is possible to get. There is room for getting even more money, both through better RNG, but also by going out of the way to collect more money items. However, these routes already take into account some favorable RNG, so it's not going to be easy to be on a better pace in an actual attempt (not taking into account the start boost bonuses). Since the last purchase is Mega after race 21, the money after that point is irrelevant.
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 ===Race 06===
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP5gTNp-fd8
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP5gTNp-fd8<br />
 ===Race 07===

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 Identical with race 13.<br />
 One of the more difficult races. Sometimes, but not often, the yellow car misses the nitro on the start stretch. It's also sometimes possible to squeeze past it and get the nitro. It's then worth using it on the long straight at the top of the track and hopefully get ahead of the other cars to be able to collect two nitros on the right side of the track. If that's not the case, there should still be one nitro for you by hugging the left wall (seen from someone watching the screen). Even in the rare occasion of not getting any nitros, clean playing throughout will often result in squeezing past the yellow car right before the goal line.<br />
 ===Race 36===
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSmcuTb_GQ<br />
 Identical with race 22

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 ===Race 01===
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwCsdyawQOs<br />
-If the blue car is second from the right on the starting line, it will almost always collect the middle dollar item. If the blue car is in the right-most position, it "often" collects the dollar item. Otherwise, that dollar item is most of the time free to collect during the second lap.<br />
+If the blue car is second from the right on the starting line, it will almost always collect the middle dollar item. If the blue car is in the right-most position, it "often" collects the dollar item. Otherwise, that dollar item is most of the time free to collect during the second lap.<br /><br />
-The dollar sign next to the zippers is awkwardly located and difficult, but possible, to include in the route.
 ===Race 02===

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 ===Race 13===
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxqRaEz0e3o<br />
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JKAXOp2AU<br />
-If you get the nitro after the start line, it's worth using it on the straight after the first airplane. This will put you ahead of the other cars and somewhat reduce the lag.
+If you get the nitro after the start line, it's worth using it on the straight after the first airplane. This will put you ahead of the other cars and somewhat reduce the lag.<br />
 ===Race 14===