Information on how to Achieve a Star Rank - Version 1.0

Boy, am I angry right now!
against who? every one!


First, I'm pissed at TC, and the others before him, who just can't get rid of this stupid MKDS rank chart. It belongs to MKDS people, so POST IT on MKDS board!!!

The reason why I've had enough of this is because it totally ruins the credibility of the very one that are posting it (here TC) but also of all those (like myself) who try to provide reliable information on star rankings to newcomers or those willing to know.

The proff being Jaoh who tackles down the whole topic just because this chart is there, even though he also admits that the requisits are true (well, most of them actually but more on that below).



Second, I'm also angry at people like, well Jaoh again, and all others "sceptics" who don't seem to want to believe that there are requisits for star ranking, and despise anyone who'd make an attempt to find them.

They all ask for "testing". Well my friends if you seem so desperate to "test" these things, why didn't you give your contribution when I asked REPEATEDLY, in several threads, GFAQS users to provide me with some info on their GP races, so that I could compute them and try to definitely put an end to this debate.

Well, noone did, so I assumed that no one was interested in star ranking. But still, every once and a while someone ask a question about star ranking and here we go again.

Well, now that I've released my "rage", let's go on with a more constructive post,

To the extend of my "research" on this matter, the requisits ARE correct, EXCEPT for the wheelie and the drifting part which give NO added bonus besides the fact that it reduces your time.

The "variable" part of the star ranking (i.e. non reproducibility of results) tends to confirm the fact that the PRINCIPLE (I can't stress this word enough) of the star ranking is similar to MKDS i.e. a bonus/malus system.
This would explain why people seem to have very various opinions on this topic, because basing opinion on only a couple of GPs would make the results confusing.
Of course, repeated runs (which I did) will aso cancel this perturbating effect.

As for the falling-off-track-penalty-or-not, my "testing" confirms without any doubt that you CAN end up with 3stars after a fall, even after two (much less likely but still). The reason is probably twofold.
First, like someone else suggested earlier, you obviously have more time on longer tracks to "prove your value" and recover from the penalty the falling inflicted you.
Second, and that's more interesting, I finally (because i found it soooo hard to test it) reached the conclusion that falls caused by lightnings in mid-air CAUSE NO PENALTY, except of course the induced loss of time.
I know that some people suggested that it might be the same with POW or shells hit, but I haven't been able to succesfully test that yet.

As a final note, my conclusions are the result of a resaerch campaign that was made of 231 GP runs (31 in 50cc, 32 in 100 cc, 127 in 150 cc and 41 in Mirror), which ended up with 99 3-stars, 120 2-stars and 12 1-star rankings. Yes, I turned out to be a "triple 3-starred ranker"
And i'm not counting the aborted runs, which may have been double that. I wish I had reached a conclusion on every poiint and suggestions made over the weeks by posters on this board, but I haven't, and to be honest, I'm getting pretty sick of this now, I just want to cruise online, peacefully.
That's why I wanted others to contribute to this "testing" so we could finally put an end to this. Well they didn't, too bad, but I'll live.
I greatly encourage others to go on where I stopped, if they're willing to make the effort (because believe me, it IS work).

That would be my final post on star ranking, I'm tired of repeating the same things over and over again, but if someone's is willing to "broadcast" this in my place, please do, I'll be glad.

Good night to all!!

Jaoh :

didn't know you didn't race on GP, I guess I assumed that that's what people would do in the first place before going online, but I guess I was wrong. So I apologize for the implication that you didn't want to cooperate.

Congrats on your item usage guide, it helped me a lot to improve my using of items, despite what others said about it.

Don't bother with your GP data, like I said in my last post, it's too late, i'm tired of this.