Chocobo racing game is way harder than on PS2 <.<; (ran the PS2 version to confirm)
Not sure if it is buggy or intended though.
Anyone got 0 on PS3 yet?
[edit]: got it despite the enhanced difficulty now
u better be joking... those chocobo time trials were one of the most annoying, infuriating things about that game.
In PS2 EU version I could controle the chocobo accurate, but on PS3 HD the Chocobo is often auto-correcting to go straight which makes going sideways much slower and close appearing birds impossible to dodge.
Also the auto-correcting doesn't work always so you will keep running sideways from time to time despite not pressing a button anymore.
Best bet is to not put more commands in than necessary.
After finding out pattern you can let the birds appear where you want to and it's all about luck from there like position of balloons, position of the competitor (which you don't see because he is running somewhere behind you and can spawn his set of birds at bad times. If you mix up her and your birds you will most likely get hit) and the chocobo 'hickup' movements.
Unfortunatly the same hickups are also in the hidden temple race, so far i couldn't win with just 4 treasures open. Haven't tried much though. I continued with the story after the chocobo went right while I kept left pressed <.<
Tips for getting 0 seconds:
-be always in front of the other chocobo, even if it means to miss on a balloon (especially on the first turn at the end of the ramp),
-don't get hit by a bird till at least the last leg of race or it will mess up all the spawn times
-after first turn be in the middle and dodge to the right even if there are fewer balloons normally on that side
- go back to the middle and dodge the next set of birds to the left
-when camera changes again dodge to the right,
- before the end dodge to the last pair of birds on the left side.
after the camera turned the last time the path is too narrow to dodge the birds from the middle
keep repeating this till randomness decides to set enough balloons on your path
Can you switch audio and/or text language in either version (JP or US)?
Not seeing such an option under 'Options' in ingame FFX menu, sorry