What a final 6 turns! I actually had a premonition 3 days ago and wondered if you'd upload soon and here we are! Congrats..goosebumps. not sure why randomly I thought this?
Dude I was just playing pole position and decided to see how you were progressing. Great job man. I had a qualifying lap hit break 56 second finally after many tries and looked up some video's to see where I was and noticed I'm way behind. lol
Do you have any tips for improving score? I've been playing on MAME with mouse with the sensitivities configured to be as playable as I can get it. Best I've scored is 44650, I want to get to 45k. The biggest places I feel like I lose time are blind corners where there's two cars side by side up ahead, or the big hairpin because that tends to be a mess, I have to baby through it and you just divebomb through it and I'm not sure how you manage.
2 questions if by chance you make your way back to these comments: Do you ever use the brake? I think this is the only difference between the stand-up and cockpit versions, but its seems like all of the records are always cockpit. Also my pole position, and stand-up, never goes over 244mph. I'm certain I have the settings for speed correct, but yours goes to 245? - 3:57. Thanks, and amazing play!
Thanks! Nope, never use the brake. I think it just comes down to what you're used to between the cockpit and upright. I set all the current wr's on Pole Position 2 on my upright, there is a difference in the angle of the steering wheel and standing vs. sitting but that's about it. As far as 245mph, anyone can do it, immediately before you cross the finish line of the qualifying lap keep the accelerator down and upshift as you cross, it will show top speed as 245, but you never actually go 245 during the race.
@@DanielYamnitz Wow - Really appreciate you taking the time to explain here. Thank you. Going to try out the 245 trick! I play my upright, but sitting in a chair. Thanks again!
Absolutely! I've got 5v and ground running to the test points on both boards to keep the edge connectors from burning up, I keep the back door open with a box fan blowing on the arII's and pcb when it's on. I also only have it on when I'm gonna play it. 8 years and still going! I've had to replace several fuses and fuse holders, a couple bridge rectifiers before I protected the wiring in the power brick from over heating. It's pretty solid now, knock on wood! I have no idea how these kept running in the wild without constant repair.
You are an incredible player holy moly ! Just a question, do you lift at turn 4 for the sharp left hander ? I find that if I don’t lift then I tend to understeer
Nope, never lift my foot off the gas. Are you playing original pcb or mame? Some of the things I do are impossible on mame. All my games are on an original pcb. I find with mame you have to let up or you will always crash. It's a control issue I think. The wheel doesn't respond as well to sharp turns.
@@DanielYamnitz I’ve actually been playing the Namco Museum port 😅 I found a local barcade that has a cabinet though so I’m really eager to try it soon !
Well done, brother! Don’t worry, in five years I’ll tell someone that you passed one more car. Then it will be an official record, right? I know, you would never want me to do that because that’s not how you play. Greatest score and time ever recorded with proof. Though it may be Les than the word of mouth record, you’ve proven more! Well done!
Completed on spectrum was not great on arcade loved monacco gp and turbo later outrun then outrun 2 special tours this game did lack of levels but graphic were far a head and was a great game your a cool driver
They're all like that, stand up or cockpit games. Atari was brilliant with a free spinning steering wheel, but it makes actually playing the game at a high level extremely difficult.
You have only gotten this score once, correct? The more I think about the Pole Position controversy the more I realize that the "1 in a million" extra car is very likely THIS (67,260). And I keep researching and looking at what everyone says about the event and it makes more and more sense to me that 67,260 WAS the fabled extra car. I have a lot to say on the subject of all of this. I hope to produce something with my claims and research... I MIGHT dispute the 67,310 on TG officially. I need to keep researching.
Yep, only once so far. I've got 67,210 about 6 or 7 times. Always good when a fresh set of eyes researches this. Very interested in what you've come up with!
@@DanielYamnitz The thing about the 67,310 is what you already realize honestly. Where did it come from? When I first researched this stuff a few years back I didn't quite know the details surrounding the 67,260. I mean I can't definitively prove that 67,310 didn't happen unfortunately, but I can point to a lot of evidence that 67,260 was scored at the tournament and also why Mike Klug/Les Lagier are misremembering or are artificially inflating their scores. I even have a theory as to how the 67310 appeared.
@@AndrewgSpeedruns They were good, there is providence of them getting 510, 710, 910, 67k and even a picture of 67,260. There was even a video camera set up with monitor at that exact tournament, the 1984 vgmt. I was told it got packed up before the end of the day when "it" happened. ...but, I always wondered why anyone that played Pole Position for the sole purpose of getting a high score, a world record score, in Guinness no less, didn't seem care that it was printed wrong year after year. Or thought to turn the video camera back on when they would have known that score was Amazing. Or taken a picture, or anyone take a picture since the actual rules of the tournament required it. It's not like the score went away, it was at minimum the 'top score' on the attract mode until the game was turned off. and nobody cared. Printed wrong in every single publication, magazines, newsletters, Even Guinness, for years, nobody cared. That's a lot of not caring for someone who took the time to go to a tournament for which the specific goal is to get a world record. And then the score that's printed only ties your friend.. weird. Love to hear you theory about all of this! It's just so strange!
Planning to write up a big thing once I have the time and put it all together. I may even make a dedicated UA-cam video on the subject if I have the time and motivation to do so. Here's a really good question that I've thought of: How come Mike Klug never submitted a tied 67,260 if he had a photo of his supposed performance? Klug would have noticed that Les' score was wrong and get it corrected considering Klug's name was listed for other games on the same magazine pages as Pole Position. You wanna know my theory? Well, Mike Klug did notice the Pole Position score of 67,260 by Les Lagier so he submitted the 67,260 photo as his own and everyone knows that Les scored 50 points higher so 67,310 was added: giving both a 50 point jump in score. It's just speculation of course, but this is the only thing that makes sense to me since a photo of the 67,310 doesn't exist according to Mike Klug, therefore it could not have been added later?
That's to say, if a photo of the 67,310 doesn't exist then how could it have been added to the magazine? That's where the 67,260 photo comes in. That's the only thing that makes sense to me.
Back in the 80s I found a way to clip the water after one of the laps and get super speed, at the end the car would blow up in the distance. not sure if it was pole position one or two though.
@@DanielYamnitz Thanks for response, posted this awhile back somewhere else and they said I was nuts....lol. Was beginning to think I dreamed it...it was the 80's you know. 🤪
Amazing, but The highest score ever attained (67,310) was by Les Lagier on July 1, 1984 and has never been equaled. That was from Wikipedia on the Pole Position article
But not on video, or photo, actually with no evidence at all. Go check out the Guinness Book of World Records 1985, 1986, 1987.. and all print records in magazines and publications throughout the entire 1980's regarding arcade high scores. It's very interesting.
@@DanielYamnitz For that one, I will give it to you, AND you should post this on Wikipedia that, AND your own record with evidence, so it will show your record and not his.
UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE. Such an amazing run. Just incredible.
Thanks!
One of my all time favourite sit down cabinets of all time. :)
Welcome back to Pole Position Daniel! Great run by the way. You're this close to breaking the world record. :)
great run, dan! i watch u to help me improve my times!!!
What a final 6 turns! I actually had a premonition 3 days ago and wondered if you'd upload soon and here we are! Congrats..goosebumps. not sure why randomly I thought this?
Dude I was just playing pole position and decided to see how you were progressing. Great job man. I had a qualifying lap hit break 56 second finally after many tries and looked up some video's to see where I was and noticed I'm way behind. lol
Thanks! Do you have your own machine? Awesome if you do!
The race as well as and the cabinet: just a dream!!
Wow what a badass! Congratulations!
Loved fast and furious games still sane racing games and general arcade are cool.this was a head of its time
Do you have any tips for improving score? I've been playing on MAME with mouse with the sensitivities configured to be as playable as I can get it. Best I've scored is 44650, I want to get to 45k. The biggest places I feel like I lose time are blind corners where there's two cars side by side up ahead, or the big hairpin because that tends to be a mess, I have to baby through it and you just divebomb through it and I'm not sure how you manage.
Dan, GREAT run!!! I'm dizzy after that though! HA!
this is a hard but FUN game. I loved this one back in the old days.
2 questions if by chance you make your way back to these comments: Do you ever use the brake? I think this is the only difference between the stand-up and cockpit versions, but its seems like all of the records are always cockpit. Also my pole position, and stand-up, never goes over 244mph. I'm certain I have the settings for speed correct, but yours goes to 245? - 3:57. Thanks, and amazing play!
Thanks! Nope, never use the brake. I think it just comes down to what you're used to between the cockpit and upright. I set all the current wr's on Pole Position 2 on my upright, there is a difference in the angle of the steering wheel and standing vs. sitting but that's about it. As far as 245mph, anyone can do it, immediately before you cross the finish line of the qualifying lap keep the accelerator down and upshift as you cross, it will show top speed as 245, but you never actually go 245 during the race.
@@DanielYamnitz Wow - Really appreciate you taking the time to explain here. Thank you. Going to try out the 245 trick! I play my upright, but sitting in a chair. Thanks again!
Cool. Congrats on that score.
I can't get anywhere near that but on the qualifying lap I got a 55:66 once. Is that good?
For sure! That's a good Q time!
Incredible work here.
Thanks!
Awesome!!! Congrats!!!!!
The King!
I can tell you're taking care of that pole position arcade machine, Lot of things can go wrong, Overheating and monitor burn in issues
Absolutely! I've got 5v and ground running to the test points on both boards to keep the edge connectors from burning up, I keep the back door open with a box fan blowing on the arII's and pcb when it's on. I also only have it on when I'm gonna play it. 8 years and still going! I've had to replace several fuses and fuse holders, a couple bridge rectifiers before I protected the wiring in the power brick from over heating. It's pretty solid now, knock on wood! I have no idea how these kept running in the wild without constant repair.
You are an incredible player holy moly ! Just a question, do you lift at turn 4 for the sharp left hander ? I find that if I don’t lift then I tend to understeer
Nope, never lift my foot off the gas. Are you playing original pcb or mame? Some of the things I do are impossible on mame. All my games are on an original pcb. I find with mame you have to let up or you will always crash. It's a control issue I think. The wheel doesn't respond as well to sharp turns.
@@DanielYamnitz I’ve actually been playing the Namco Museum port 😅 I found a local barcade that has a cabinet though so I’m really eager to try it soon !
Thanks for the tip btw. I’ll see how I do with no lift on the actual arcade cabinet
BUENAS NOCHES DANIEL TE FELICITO ERES UN MAESTRO DANDO CATEDRA. "DIOS TE BENDIGA"
Muchas gracias!
Well done, brother! Don’t worry, in five years I’ll tell someone that you passed one more car. Then it will be an official record, right? I know, you would never want me to do that because that’s not how you play. Greatest score and time ever recorded with proof. Though it may be Les than the word of mouth record, you’ve proven more! Well done!
OH MY GOSH! It continues! wow!!
Well done buddy. I just got my highest score on the Atari 800XL version 64250.
That’s a good one.
This was such a hard game back in the day... you basically have very little time to react to the cars on those big turns... amazing performance....
My best was around 51,300. This guy is straight nuts, truly putting the "Petal to the Metal".
My best currently is 43,620 I’m getting better but I don’t think I’ll ever be this good
Completed on spectrum was not great on arcade loved monacco gp and turbo later outrun then outrun 2 special tours this game did lack of levels but graphic were far a head and was a great game your a cool driver
Looks like your ready for the formula 1 circuit.
This guy is really good
That was impressive
It was.
My personal best is 66,460 on Namco Museum 64, with the time of 216”52. I just achieved that score today.
My best was like 51,300 on Namco museum as well. You guys are on a whole other level or something.
For a classic arcade The steering wheel is a bit slippery in the race part
They're all like that, stand up or cockpit games. Atari was brilliant with a free spinning steering wheel, but it makes actually playing the game at a high level extremely difficult.
You have only gotten this score once, correct?
The more I think about the Pole Position controversy the more I realize that the "1 in a million" extra car is very likely THIS (67,260). And I keep researching and looking at what everyone says about the event and it makes more and more sense to me that 67,260 WAS the fabled extra car. I have a lot to say on the subject of all of this. I hope to produce something with my claims and research... I MIGHT dispute the 67,310 on TG officially. I need to keep researching.
Yep, only once so far. I've got 67,210 about 6 or 7 times. Always good when a fresh set of eyes researches this. Very interested in what you've come up with!
@@DanielYamnitz The thing about the 67,310 is what you already realize honestly. Where did it come from?
When I first researched this stuff a few years back I didn't quite know the details surrounding the 67,260. I mean I can't definitively prove that 67,310 didn't happen unfortunately, but I can point to a lot of evidence that 67,260 was scored at the tournament and also why Mike Klug/Les Lagier are misremembering or are artificially inflating their scores. I even have a theory as to how the 67310 appeared.
@@AndrewgSpeedruns They were good, there is providence of them getting 510, 710, 910, 67k and even a picture of 67,260. There was even a video camera set up with monitor at that exact tournament, the 1984 vgmt. I was told it got packed up before the end of the day when "it" happened. ...but, I always wondered why anyone that played Pole Position for the sole purpose of getting a high score, a world record score, in Guinness no less, didn't seem care that it was printed wrong year after year. Or thought to turn the video camera back on when they would have known that score was Amazing. Or taken a picture, or anyone take a picture since the actual rules of the tournament required it. It's not like the score went away, it was at minimum the 'top score' on the attract mode until the game was turned off. and nobody cared. Printed wrong in every single publication, magazines, newsletters, Even Guinness, for years, nobody cared. That's a lot of not caring for someone who took the time to go to a tournament for which the specific goal is to get a world record. And then the score that's printed only ties your friend.. weird. Love to hear you theory about all of this! It's just so strange!
Planning to write up a big thing once I have the time and put it all together. I may even make a dedicated UA-cam video on the subject if I have the time and motivation to do so.
Here's a really good question that I've thought of: How come Mike Klug never submitted a tied 67,260 if he had a photo of his supposed performance? Klug would have noticed that Les' score was wrong and get it corrected considering Klug's name was listed for other games on the same magazine pages as Pole Position.
You wanna know my theory? Well, Mike Klug did notice the Pole Position score of 67,260 by Les Lagier so he submitted the 67,260 photo as his own and everyone knows that Les scored 50 points higher so 67,310 was added: giving both a 50 point jump in score. It's just speculation of course, but this is the only thing that makes sense to me since a photo of the 67,310 doesn't exist according to Mike Klug, therefore it could not have been added later?
That's to say, if a photo of the 67,310 doesn't exist then how could it have been added to the magazine? That's where the 67,260 photo comes in. That's the only thing that makes sense to me.
I like it
Sick
Back in the 80s I found a way to clip the water after one of the laps and get super speed, at the end the car would blow up in the distance. not sure if it was pole position one or two though.
Yes! Pole Position 2! That's how you get the 'turbo' or high speed!
@@DanielYamnitz Thanks for response, posted this awhile back somewhere else and they said I was nuts....lol. Was beginning to think I dreamed it...it was the 80's you know. 🤪
Amazing, but The highest score ever attained (67,310) was by Les Lagier on July 1, 1984 and has never been equaled. That was from Wikipedia on the Pole Position article
But not on video, or photo, actually with no evidence at all. Go check out the Guinness Book of World Records 1985, 1986, 1987.. and all print records in magazines and publications throughout the entire 1980's regarding arcade high scores. It's very interesting.
@@DanielYamnitz For that one, I will give it to you, AND you should post this on Wikipedia that, AND your own record with evidence, so it will show your record and not his.
@@deadlydal1 I've figured a few more things out regarding gameplay and hoping to settle it once and for all very soon!
Pole Position!
Atari Pole Position
so much harder on a stick