Dragster

• Description of the game physics.

Races

• Demo   A demo race in 6.04

• Analysis of global frame counter

  The following table lists eight races with same user input, but different race start times relative to the in-game frame counter.

  Offset	Start (Frame)	Time	Plots
  0	160	6.07	Link
  2	162	6.04	Link
  4	164	busted	Link
  6	166	6.04	Link
  8	168	6.01	Link
  10	170	5.97	Link
  12	172	busted	Link
  14	174	6.07	Link

• Optimal races

  It is possible to compute optimal game inputs for achieving the maximum distance in a given amount of time (see the description of dynamic programming algorithm).

  The following table lists the best possible distances achievable in 5.57, depending on the offset of the in-game frame counter.

  Offset	Start (Frame)	Distance	Plots
  0	160	24913	Link
  2	162	24846	Link
  4	164	24861	Link
  6	166	24878	Link
  8	168	24799*	Link
  10	170	24808*	Link
  12	172	24923	Link
  14	174	24930	Link

  Note that since the finish distance is 24832, the games marked with (*) are not beatable in 5.57. Also, to beat the game in 5.54, one would need to achieve 25085 (=24832+253) in 5.57 which is not possible.