Well,well...(posted 8922 days ago)MKL, Hyper Olympic I played at arcade was same as mame-Hyper Sports, the logo was exactly same as in hyprolym or hyprolyb.
Indeed, there might be some difference between various romsets of T&F. Funnily my record at hyprolym LJ seems to be only 9,67 too, but I've not played that romset much. I just tested it with a speed up cheat, and got 0,72(10,72), that should prove the case in favour of 9,72 being max at hyprolym! On a good day I can jump multiple 9,72's. Last time I played trackflc (a week or two ago), I got on second jump 9,72 and right on third 9,67. This proves in my opinion that 9,72 IS the maximum length. Otherwise third jump would have been something like 9,68 or 9,73 or 9,78! It was the kind of jump(perfect)that gives 9,72 or 9,67.
How to get 9,72: At arcade we allways thought that if you make a perfect jump(enough speed+42angle right on the line), you get about 2 times of 3 9,67 and one will be 9,72. I believe that to get 9,72 you have to get just exact spot on the line(or maybe little over,depends on view)- if you get 9,67 it just looks the same, but it isn't same, you just can't see the difference because it's so small.
We also noticed that if you get a speed little over 1400(something like 400-440?)you don't get 9,72!!!!!!. The speed you need is about 1350-1400 and 1450-1500 This is propably where you're going wrong.
When you step on the line, you get some extra speed, was it 20-50? Yeps, at my record I got +30 speed stepping on the line, but I'll upload now a game (just to confuse you more)in which I jump 9,63 and get +50. Maybe it's only 9,63 because speed is right in the unwanted gap 1400-1450...Or maybe there is difference between romsets.
hehe, this is really weird post to majority here, even for me...
Ciao,