11:00 OH the borders represent the theme each race is associated with! Blue for Space Grey for Castle Tan for Adventurers Yellow for Pirates which has some weird implications for Rocket Racer from the 1999 game but still
Very observant! I hadn't considered that connection. I think you might be right. Here is some random trivia... In the demo version of LR the levels have different coloured borders. They must have decided to swap them very late in development.
@@vincentauronward347 I'll go one step further. I reckon that in their champion banners Redbeard, Kahuka and Basil are looking to the left, and Johnny, Baron and Moth are looking to the right to reflect the mirrored nature of the races in their circuits
@@rickleuce8025 I misread your comment and hoped the warp from this game would be inspired on the Magic Portal. I was a little disappointed! Thanks for the fun background info.
You know I always wanted an explanation of how the car design affected the physics. And after all these years I finally get an answer (sort of). Interestingly enough I never used the Turbo Cart Chassis.
@@vincentauronward347 Does it also not depend on what version of the game you have? I believe that the N64 version has two different versions and the engine behaves quite a bit differently between the two of them. Edit: Right i commented without actually watching the video but you explain it right there.
I am so pleased to discover there are several hidden layers of depth - in possibly my alltime favourite childhood game - that make it still worth playing to this day. Godspeed
I've played this game since I was a child, I still have my 1999 disc on my shelf in its original jewel case, and somehow I'm learning about mechanics I never even thought of before. I didn't even know this game had a weight system for the various chassis. I do remember using snap slides but never even thought of it as an actual mechanic, though the super warps are definitely something I've never seen before. Very informative video, I'm not a speedrunner at all but it's great to have a video that explains a lot of stuff about one of my most beloved games of all time.
@@nonAehT You and I both! If you remember what the CD and case looks like that's one way to tell. The community still is debating about how brick weight works. I only discovered about a month ago that you can weight a vehicle towards the front or back. You can find my new WR on the desert track where I manipulate the cars weight to pull back and clip into the ground for a great boost off of the start line! It's an awesome game to speedrun
@@vincentauronward347 from a quick google search: it was definitely the cover art with the close up.of just rocket racer and gypsy moth that didn't have the green track background (with the skull thing and fireball). Which version was that (europe, pc) ?
Amazing video! Given how much time I spent in this game both casually and speedrunning, I never thought I'd be surprised by this game again, but this video blew my mind so many times.
Oh it's you! You're brought up in the discord community every now and again. I hope you're doing well. Feel free to come on and say hi! From memory I used one of your clips in this video 😁
Interesting. I must have had the 2001 version as a kid because I specifically remember collecting 2 powerups next to each other when positioned in a line. Tried to download this and its sequel in 2013 but it was impossible.
I remember playing this game a lot on the Nintendo 64 when I was in elementary school. To be poetic, I even decided to walk through the single player mode on the morning before my last day at high school. I finished the single player tournament within about 30 minutes. I didn't realize that I just speedran it. I also remember an odd bug in Knightmare-Athon where if you start a warp in the final section with the floating ship, the warp ends where you just started. I remember watching this bug in action while messing around in 2 player mode. I assume it's the ship causing it, but that's just me being a bit salty.
@@Homerboy44 oh interesting! I don't know about that warp one. I'll try it out. I'm hoping that with the warp going past the start line maybe a lap skip glitch can activate or something. I played the game to death as a kid and picked it up again and started speedrunning about 20 years later. It's an amazing game but definitely stuff to play for newcomers today!
@@vincentauronward347 I forgot to state that the warp bug I mentioned isn't a lap skip, the warp simply stalls there. I am certain I have lost a couple races over it. It's worth mentioning, but not worth speedrunning over. XD This is on the Nintendo 64 version, so I am not sure if this bug occurs on either PC version.
Ah yes, lego racers, a game so easy to speedrun even a baby can do it. Can't imagine who's baby that is! What a informative video though, a great watch for anyone who seems interested
Hey! This is a fantastic video! I dont care about Lego Racers speedrunning, but you made me care. Really really entertaining, i would love to see more videos from you about things youre passionate about in this style!
@@zenoooooo @zenoooooo Hello! I think you're my first content creator subscriber. Incidentally I've been binging lots of TF2 content over the last week from Chucklenuts, Fishstickonastick, Uncy Dane, Weezy, and Toofty! I've watched your achievement speedrunning and Airstrike video at some point as well which were really great. Something has happened with the algorithm for LR over the last few days, this vid went from 2k views to over 6k now. Thanks for the support! I'm not a content creator, I'm just a fella who speed runs who wanted to make something fun. I recorded a new PB for LR last night though and might upload that with commentary over the next few days. Take care!
It's great to see how popular this game still is. I absolutely love the original Lego Racers! Is there a link/group for a Lego Racers modding community?
@@HotRodRacer463 Google 'Lego Racers Modding Rock Raiders United'. There is a modding community and existing mods but it is not active unfortunately. A few people in the speedrunning discord muck about with some mods. There's one fella who is currently back engineering the games code. You can feel free to join and have a chat. Even I have made a basic custom brick layout for the game!
Join the discord server and post your questions and screenshots! Generally though you need to run in admin mode and have compatibility set for Windows XP. There are also programs like Voodoo which are external launchers which can help with graphical errors.
N64 version is actually very similar to 2001 PC version. So while there are obviously still differences to 99 version, N64 version should (technically) be viable for speedrunning. Through my own TASing of the N64 version, I've noticed more input lag compared to PC version. Also, you should be able to super slide by pressing A+B+R simultaneously and turning.
@@vigigamehacker123 There are a couple of reasons. The example from the video is Knoghtmare-athon where you want to deliberately contaminate a red brick with a blue one. This is because NPCs will pick this up and immediately use the shield no matter who is around them where as they will not use the red brick unless someone drives in front of them. This means they would then drive into the green brick at.the start line with no power up in their inventory and not contaminate it like they would if they had the red brick. The second for example (Adventure Temple Trail) when you warp directly into a white brick to pick it up as you enter the warp animation. If you then drive into a blue or red brick as you exit warp then it means that you will be wasting the white brick that you deliberately picked up while entering warp. We do our best to avoid picking up these blue and red bricks as we leave warp but it can be extremely difficult at high speeds and requires a consistent setup to avoid doing so. Thanks for watching the video!
I just googled it. Yep, you're 100% right! I just recorded a new video where I meant to use the term "post factum" but instead used the term "posthumously" to mean to have done something after I had died. I'm embarrassed to admit that my day job is as a Primary School Teacher 🙃
I´m currently having a weird issue, I can´t superslide to the left. When I hold down the up and down key the left key doesn´t do anything while the right key works fine. Is this just something with my keyboard? Do you have any thoughts on it?
@@legoflashgamer are you using a laptop keyboard? Unfortunately some keyboards can only receive a maximum amount on inputs at once. forward, backwards, left/right, and spacebar makes 4 inputs at once. I wonder if your keyboard can't register them? The same happens on my laptop keyboard. It's very unfortunate!
![I vroom in LEGO Racers for 44m 37s 690ms for the [former] Any Glitchless Speedrun World Record](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Du35g0xt3ME/mqdefault.jpg)
11:00 OH the borders represent the theme each race is associated with!
Blue for Space
Grey for Castle
Tan for Adventurers
Yellow for Pirates
which has some weird implications for Rocket Racer from the 1999 game but still
Very observant! I hadn't considered that connection. I think you might be right.
Here is some random trivia... In the demo version of LR the levels have different coloured borders. They must have decided to swap them very late in development.
It's red for "absolute fucking bastard"!
@@vincentauronward347 I'll go one step further. I reckon that in their champion banners Redbeard, Kahuka and Basil are looking to the left, and Johnny, Baron and Moth are looking to the right to reflect the mirrored nature of the races in their circuits
Theory: the warp that makes Emmet come to the real world in the LEGO Movie is based on the warp from LEGO Racers.
The “warp” from the Lego Movie is inspired by (or a loose reference to) “The Magic Portal,” a Lego stop-motion short film from 1989.
@@rickleuce8025 I misread your comment and hoped the warp from this game would be inspired on the Magic Portal. I was a little disappointed! Thanks for the fun background info.
You know I always wanted an explanation of how the car design affected the physics. And after all these years I finally get an answer (sort of). Interestingly enough I never used the Turbo Cart Chassis.
@@NEEDbacon oh! You watched my Desert Adventure Dragway video after watching this one!
@@vincentauronward347 Does it also not depend on what version of the game you have? I believe that the N64 version has two different versions and the engine behaves quite a bit differently between the two of them.
Edit: Right i commented without actually watching the video but you explain it right there.
the Classic Racers Associations Bureau hereby certifies this video to be 100% accurate and crab friendly
I am so pleased to discover there are several hidden layers of depth - in possibly my alltime favourite childhood game - that make it still worth playing to this day. Godspeed
I've played this game since I was a child, I still have my 1999 disc on my shelf in its original jewel case, and somehow I'm learning about mechanics I never even thought of before. I didn't even know this game had a weight system for the various chassis. I do remember using snap slides but never even thought of it as an actual mechanic, though the super warps are definitely something I've never seen before.
Very informative video, I'm not a speedrunner at all but it's great to have a video that explains a lot of stuff about one of my most beloved games of all time.
10:31 That FlakesS guy gotta get some better resolutions
Amazing Vincent, 2023 is truly the year for LR speedrunning!
YES i KNEW there was something to talk about when it comes to making your lego car. I just didn't see any videos talking about it.
i always thought that car weight thing was a myth as a child, and now i don't know what version i was playing and will never know for sure lol
@@nonAehT You and I both! If you remember what the CD and case looks like that's one way to tell. The community still is debating about how brick weight works.
I only discovered about a month ago that you can weight a vehicle towards the front or back. You can find my new WR on the desert track where I manipulate the cars weight to pull back and clip into the ground for a great boost off of the start line! It's an awesome game to speedrun
@@vincentauronward347 from a quick google search: it was definitely the cover art with the close up.of just rocket racer and gypsy moth that didn't have the green track background (with the skull thing and fireball). Which version was that (europe, pc) ?
Amazing video! Given how much time I spent in this game both casually and speedrunning, I never thought I'd be surprised by this game again, but this video blew my mind so many times.
Oh it's you! You're brought up in the discord community every now and again. I hope you're doing well. Feel free to come on and say hi! From memory I used one of your clips in this video 😁
Finally found time to actually fully watch the video, great job :D
Super interesting video as just another guy who loved this as a child. Made me super happy
Interesting. I must have had the 2001 version as a kid because I specifically remember collecting 2 powerups next to each other when positioned in a line. Tried to download this and its sequel in 2013 but it was impossible.
I remember playing this game a lot on the Nintendo 64 when I was in elementary school. To be poetic, I even decided to walk through the single player mode on the morning before my last day at high school. I finished the single player tournament within about 30 minutes. I didn't realize that I just speedran it.
I also remember an odd bug in Knightmare-Athon where if you start a warp in the final section with the floating ship, the warp ends where you just started. I remember watching this bug in action while messing around in 2 player mode. I assume it's the ship causing it, but that's just me being a bit salty.
@@Homerboy44 oh interesting! I don't know about that warp one. I'll try it out. I'm hoping that with the warp going past the start line maybe a lap skip glitch can activate or something.
I played the game to death as a kid and picked it up again and started speedrunning about 20 years later. It's an amazing game but definitely stuff to play for newcomers today!
@@vincentauronward347 I forgot to state that the warp bug I mentioned isn't a lap skip, the warp simply stalls there. I am certain I have lost a couple races over it. It's worth mentioning, but not worth speedrunning over. XD
This is on the Nintendo 64 version, so I am not sure if this bug occurs on either PC version.
Had this on the real n64. Probably my favorite racer games.
i always wanted to speedrun this game but never tried. this seems like a good video to learn stuff from. thanks!
This game is too fun to speedrun, man
Ah yes, lego racers, a game so easy to speedrun even a baby can do it. Can't imagine who's baby that is!
What a informative video though, a great watch for anyone who seems interested
I like this. Thanks for making this video
gotta love the DM Sans Bold font
Your giant black block car looks like the lego spybotics remote
Hey! This is a fantastic video! I dont care about Lego Racers speedrunning, but you made me care. Really really entertaining, i would love to see more videos from you about things youre passionate about in this style!
@@zenoooooo @zenoooooo Hello! I think you're my first content creator subscriber. Incidentally I've been binging lots of TF2 content over the last week from Chucklenuts, Fishstickonastick, Uncy Dane, Weezy, and Toofty! I've watched your achievement speedrunning and Airstrike video at some point as well which were really great.
Something has happened with the algorithm for LR over the last few days, this vid went from 2k views to over 6k now. Thanks for the support! I'm not a content creator, I'm just a fella who speed runs who wanted to make something fun. I recorded a new PB for LR last night though and might upload that with commentary over the next few days. Take care!
Awesome in depth and well made video! :) You deserve waaaaaay more views and subs
the algorithm has decided i should watch this video about a videogame i didn't even know existed
It's great to see how popular this game still is. I absolutely love the original Lego Racers! Is there a link/group for a Lego Racers modding community?
@@HotRodRacer463 Google 'Lego Racers Modding Rock Raiders United'. There is a modding community and existing mods but it is not active unfortunately. A few people in the speedrunning discord muck about with some mods. There's one fella who is currently back engineering the games code. You can feel free to join and have a chat. Even I have made a basic custom brick layout for the game!
18:21 Lego racers has momentum throttle.
I really wanna try this. Can't get Lego Racers to boot on my PC though 🥺❤
Join the discord server and post your questions and screenshots! Generally though you need to run in admin mode and have compatibility set for Windows XP. There are also programs like Voodoo which are external launchers which can help with graphical errors.
I'm curious what other downsides there are to using the N64 version minus of course the lack of access to super slides.
N64 version is actually very similar to 2001 PC version. So while there are obviously still differences to 99 version, N64 version should (technically) be viable for speedrunning. Through my own TASing of the N64 version, I've noticed more input lag compared to PC version.
Also, you should be able to super slide by pressing A+B+R simultaneously and turning.
Thanks for the gidue on how to become a Lego racist
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“race-“
“racism”
10/10 funny joke now start 👏👏👏👏👏👏
why not just....use the brick before picking the next one up to avoid contamination?
@@vigigamehacker123 There are a couple of reasons. The example from the video is Knoghtmare-athon where you want to deliberately contaminate a red brick with a blue one. This is because NPCs will pick this up and immediately use the shield no matter who is around them where as they will not use the red brick unless someone drives in front of them. This means they would then drive into the green brick at.the start line with no power up in their inventory and not contaminate it like they would if they had the red brick.
The second for example (Adventure Temple Trail) when you warp directly into a white brick to pick it up as you enter the warp animation. If you then drive into a blue or red brick as you exit warp then it means that you will be wasting the white brick that you deliberately picked up while entering warp. We do our best to avoid picking up these blue and red bricks as we leave warp but it can be extremely difficult at high speeds and requires a consistent setup to avoid doing so.
Thanks for watching the video!
Its pronounced Shass-ee
I just googled it. Yep, you're 100% right!
I just recorded a new video where I meant to use the term "post factum" but instead used the term "posthumously" to mean to have done something after I had died.
I'm embarrassed to admit that my day job is as a Primary School Teacher 🙃
Ok… how do you play this in modern windows though? Virtual machine has issues for me.
I´m currently having a weird issue, I can´t superslide to the left. When I hold down the up and down key the left key doesn´t do anything while the right key works fine. Is this just something with my keyboard? Do you have any thoughts on it?
@@legoflashgamer are you using a laptop keyboard? Unfortunately some keyboards can only receive a maximum amount on inputs at once. forward, backwards, left/right, and spacebar makes 4 inputs at once. I wonder if your keyboard can't register them? The same happens on my laptop keyboard. It's very unfortunate!
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I'm trying to make it accessible for my streams, but I can't get the game into windowmode. Anyone got any tips for me?
Shassissess
@@WarriorRazor yep, learned the correct pronunciation through public humiliation 😁
Love LEGO Racists, great game
(Seriously there is not a single black minifig in 1 or 2... at least there are Martians... I guess)
There aren't any white minifigs either...
@@SineN0mine3 true, they are all asian
I like the idea of building a vehicle from scratch for a kart racer. Jesus loves you!
It's so annoying writing half of your script on the screen while the other half is said in the video.