In Diddy Kong Racing, muting the music and sound effects does not merely set their volume to 0, but actually stops processing them internally. This has a minuscule, but measurable effect on the game's performance, very slightly reducing in-game lag.

@MarioBrothBlog Speedrunners who love the OST be like

@MarioBrothBlog This is why I don't play Diddy Kong Racing. Too many sweats

@MarioBrothBlog It is the reason why F-Zero X has mono sound and not stereo to scrap as much performance as it could to reach 60 fps.

@MarioBrothBlog So then, a TAS would probably include steps to disable music and SFX. 🤔 Unless.. navigating menus costs more time than you'd actually save from this.

@MarioBrothBlog reminds me of crash bandicoot 3! though instead of affecting performance, turning down the volume skips all dialog

@MarioBrothBlog Is that why the music is cut entirely when playing with more than 2 players?

@MarioBrothBlog This is why it's part of the Speedrun to actually turn the sound off. Press A! has a video on the game's speedrun and mentions this fact. youtu.be/YVyHnjwEc4o?t=…

@MarioBrothBlog Like that football game in N64 where by disabling the crowd you got a boost in FPS.

@MarioBrothBlog rare being extra for absolutely no reason. many such cases.

@MarioBrothBlog That's weirdly hilarious lmao

@MarioBrothBlog Could this benefit Speedrunners?

@MarioBrothBlog @KazeEmanuar 👀

@MarioBrothBlog why doens't every game do this? looks lime a great thing to do

@MarioBrothBlog Speed run tactics

@MarioBrothBlog Speaking of this game, I usually play it without the sound effects and only use the music. I also accidentally crashed it once in November 2022 when playing on the real console. I'll never forget that moment.

@MarioBrothBlog Thank you Mr. Broth

@MarioBrothBlog Makes sense. Some people do perform better when there is no noise

@MarioBrothBlog One of the most boring speedruns I ever seen in my life just got more boring

@MarioBrothBlog why dont all console games allow you to turn music down

@MarioBrothBlog It allows more room to process everything else, so less lag. Neat

@MarioBrothBlog But you wont hear Darkmoon Cavern. :c

@MarioBrothBlog I assume speedrunners turn off the sounds? if so, i wonder how much time it saves

@MarioBrothBlog w h a t