Response to Track & Cheat

Well said Tommi It`s blatantly obvious that those scores on T+F and HyperSports were obtained using Auto-fire. I`ve duplicated these speeds myself , but would never , and haven`t , dreamt of submitting them. I too am a puritan like yourself. Yeah, I can simply press Auto-fire and go like Ben Johnson, but that`s just TOO BORING. Where`s the challenge , or impetus to play the game? I`m amazed that these scores are still listed ( scores over 93k or so ), when they are obvious cheats , especially when you consider the controls available for the PC. Even if you had possession of the elusive Hotrod , speeds like this are questionable. And as you pointed out, there are glaring tell-tale signs that show that the players in question don`t have sufficient knowledge of the game , i.e less than full speed on the Hammer , crap angles , throwing @ 10m from the line , and in some cases not running in the air on the High Jump. But yet can excel in the speed department. Did someone say AUTO-FIRE?!! It is possible to breakdown an INP file and determine whether Auto- fire was used. To the best of my knowledge this applies only to Gamepad use. You can however use a joystick with an auto-fire switch and not be found out. This happened recently with a T+F submission to Snipercade, where someone had used this method. To cut a long story short, I was informed by the player in question , as to how he had obtained his speed. As I thought it was illegal and not in the spirit of the game , I mailed Ron Corcoran ( Snipercade ), and he duly + rightfully removed the score. If anyone wants to know how to breakdown an INP file , get in touch with Ron at Snipercade and he`ll give you the low-down , I`m sure. As the MARP controllers seem to tolerate cheats on this game, will they allow cheats on other games..i.e Ghosts 'n' Goblins ,Paperboy ,Q- Bert ...etc? No skill, but huge scores. As soon as I get some proper controls , I`ll submit some recordings on games, but I would like to think I am competing ( especially on T+F , H/Sports) against skill and not the touch of a button. If you think I`m right, give me a HELL YEAH !.........and thats the bottom line... ALEX

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