Question: What's your lowest race time?

[Alec]

I need this for a little feature I'm working on.

I'm curious what you guys' lowest racing time on the seahorse race is? Also: how did you achieve it?

Thanks.

[Chibi]

My lowest time was 1:29 (not very low, but the most efficient). I simply used fish form and ate one hot soup for every thirty seconds. Spirit form seemed much too cumbersome for the race. Hope that helps. 

[EDIT] I'll add an edit in a few days showing my very fastest time.

I think Xiagan's fastest time was achieved by bouncing off the walls extremely fast (Derek's favorite activity during editing, apparently) 

[silverflagon]

I managed 1:18 this time but before my lowest was 1:20.

[smashIt]

never won at the race, so i gave up on the last treasure 

[silverflagon]

never won at the race, so i gave up on the last treasure 

Try just running the course without the timer a few times until you know every twist and turn, and then use fish form and soup, it's not that hard or I wouldn't be able to do it.

[olly]

This was one of the easiest parts of the game for me. Fish form and one hot soup right at the end got me 1.28. Second run I tried! Chuffed that this has been found hard. I did however spend about 2 hours on SIMON SAYS before cracking it thou!! 

[Xidus]

I did 1:25 with fish form and spirit form, and no items. Strangely when I revisited the area days later my time changed to 1:26 on the stone

Are + items cumulative? Could you eat 8 soups and go bonus fast?

[Alec]

Thanks guys!

Keep 'em coming...

[Chibi]

Are + items cumulative? Could you eat 8 soups and go bonus fast?

I don't think items add on to each other: eating more than one every thirty seconds would just waste soup in the overlapping time.

BTW: overwrote the save for the Arnassi Ruins, my next time will be slow in coming 

[EDIT] Ok Silver: should of PM'd him then 

Fairly on-topic point: I was slowed down a LOT by hitting the statues on my first three tries.

[silverflagon]

Kep this thread on subject as much as possible guy, Alec needs this info and I am sure that he won't want to search a long thread for the info

[Xidus]

Here we go, 1 minute flat with fish form, spirit form, and divine soups (+2 speed). I didn't run it perfect so it's entirely possible to get an even lower time.

[Xidus]

I practiced a little more and got 53 seconds. Again with fish form, spirit form, and royal soups (speed +2). I learned the optimal distance to use spirit form and moved these 2 form hotkeys to the trigger buttons so I can hit them quicker. I may be mistaken but it seems like the soups count down even when I'm in spirit mode?

50 seconds is probably the limit with this method, if you can run it perfectly (I'm still not perfect). Maybe if someone was really good at wall jumping in beast form and could slow the game down somehow he could get a better time.

[Halo364]

That... Is... Incredible!

Seriously though... wow. My best time is like 1:18, and you beat that by more than 20 seconds.

When do you use spirit form?

[Alec]

Here we go, 1 minute flat with fish form, spirit form, and divine soups (+2 speed). I didn't run it perfect so it's entirely possible to get an even lower time.

Bad ass, dude. 

[silverflagon]

 
I wish that I had that much control over her when shes had the soup the gives her that much speed