this is generally a code for the course to be used. Many Web sites indicate this is the track for Hi-Res Time Trials, but this location appears to be consistently set to the track code for all events. It can be changed with effect (at appropriate times, usually the "Try Again" screen), for all of Arcade Races, all types of Time Trials, and both types of 2 player races, but not for Simulation Mode AI races.

Values for this location are from $00 to $2D $2E to $3C are license tests, and cannot be used, since the game gets very confused $3D is the Autumn Mini with bizarre lighting conditions! Some day I'll see if it demonstrates dirtiness more clearly than other tracks. ("rogo-test" appears to be this track's name). Of particular interest, $26 is the Test Track, which $27 is the Max Speed Test, see below).

There is an area of memory which appears to list all the names of all the tracks, in order, and this suggests the game contains SSR11 and SSR11ii prepared for Arcade Mode, even though those tracks are not part of Arcade Mode. As you might imagine, a Difficult Arcade Mode race at SSR11 is hectic.

the number of laps in a race; it can be changed in all events during the countdown screen, and sometimes sooner. (You can even do a qualifying session of more than 1 lap, but that's sort of silly since the total time counts; or you can do a very short Grand Valley 300).

is the corresponding player 2 lap counter These can be used in a number of ways. You can cheat and have next to no distance to finish to beat the AI cars. Or, more interestingly, you can set up handicaps of an even number of laps in two-player races. I find the most elegant way to do this is to set one player's lap counter to -1 ($FFFF); this causes that one player to need to do two complete laps before they get to start lap 2. These counters must be changed during the countdown screen for the race.

1. Run one two-player race normally, so as to get to the "Try Again" screen.
2. Set location $B63EC to $27, ie the Max Speed Text--this is the Test Track, except that the finish line is 1000 meters beyond the start line
3. start the race
4. pause the race during the countdown, then go to GameShark Memory Editor
5. set all three of $B637C, $B68E0 and $B7614 to 1
6. return from the GameShark, and unpause the race

You are now on lap 1 of a 1 lap race, but the finish line is 1000 meters away, so you have a 1000 meter drag race. Unfortunately, player 1 gets a little over a car-length head-start. You cannot simple set $B637C to 0, since that gets interpreted as a "free session".

For two-player racing, this method of changing the number of laps is much more convenient than going back out to the Option screen, etc, and you can choose any arbitrary number, ie you are not restricted to 1,2,3,5,7,15,20,30 or whatever it is-- you can race 6 laps, or 11 laps, or whatever you want.

It's best not to change this location. It appears, in some modes to be sort of a reminder of the last track used.

But if you are adventurous, you can change both this location and $B63EC, and get rather a strange effect. The track used will not be changed, but the distant scenery and certain lighting effects will be those of the new one.

E.g. race at DFRW, and then before starting the next race set both $8F76C and $B63EC to the code for an SSR11 track, and you end up racing at DFRW at night, sort of. But not really.

*** Do not change this location unless you really know what you're doing***