MSR's UK Chart Performance (4 November- 16 December 2000)

I managed to find some news articles in the old Segaweb.com archives (a US based site) that covered the UK chart performance of MSR during November and December 2000.  The first three dates include the all-format chart because those are the only time MSR makes an appearance.  All the other dates show Dreamcast charts only.  At the very end is a US Dreamcast Chart ending 14 January 2001 (after MSR had been released.       

Week ending 4 November 2000.  MSR had only been on sale for 1/2 days selling just over 13,000 units

All Format Chart

1.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - PSone, PC, Dreamcast
2.  Championship Manager: Season 00/01 - PC
3.  FIFA 2001 - PSone, PC (New Entry)
4.  Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - PC
5.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer - Dreamcast (New Entry)
6.  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - PSone
7.  Pokemon Yellow - Game Boy
8.  Pokemon Pinball - Game Boy Color
9.  Gran Turismo 2 - PSone
10. Tomorrow Never Dies - PSone

Dreamcast Chart

1.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer (New Entry)
2.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
3.  Sonic Adventure
4.  F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa
5.  Virtua Tennis
6.  WWF: Royal Rumble
7.  Hidden & Dangerous
8.  Sega Bass Fishing
9.  Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
10. UEFA Striker
11. Resident Evil Code: Veronica
12. Rayman 2: The Great Escape
13. Blue Stinger
14. Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles
15. Crazy Taxi
16. WWF: Attitude
17. Dead Or Alive 2
18. Power Stone 2
19. Soul Fighter
20. MDK 

5-11 November 2000 

All-Format

1.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - PSone, PC, Dreamcast
2.  FIFA 2001 - PSone, PC
3.  Championship Manager: Season 00/01 - PC
4.  Pokemon Pinball - Game Boy Color
5.  Pokemon Yellow - Game Boy
6.  Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - PC
7.  Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 - PSone
8.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer - Dreamcast
9.  Rayman - PSone, Game Boy Color
10. Gran Turismo 2 - PSone
11. Toy Story 2 - PSone, Game Boy Color
12. Tomorrow Never Dies - PSone
13. Spider-Man - PSone, Game Boy Color
14. Driver - PSone
15. Pokemon Red - Game Boy
16. Pokemon Blue - Game Boy
17. Disney's Dinosaur - PSone, Game Boy Color
18. Tarzan Action Game - PSone
19. Army Men: Land, Sea, Air - PSone
20. Spyro: Year Of The Dragon - PSone [New Entry]

Dreamcast Chart

1.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer
2.  Sonic Adventure
3.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
4.  Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 [New Entry]
5.  Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
6.  Virtua Tennis
7.  WWF: Royal Rumble
8.  UEFA Striker
9.  Rayman 2: The Great Escape
10. F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa
11. Soul Fighter
12. Hidden & Dangerous
13. Crazy Taxi
14. TrickStyle
15. Resident Evil Code: Veronica
16. Shadowman
17. Sega Bass Fishing
18. WWF: Attitude
19. Time Stalkers [New Entry]
20. Blue Stinger

12 - 18 November 2000

All Format Chart

1. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - PSOne / Dreamcast / PC
2. Driver 2 - PSOne [New Entry]
3. FIFA 2001 - PSOne / PC
4. Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - N64 [New Entry]
5. Pokemon Pinball - Game Boy Color
6. Pokemon Yellow - Game Boy
7. Championship Manager: Season 00/01 - PC
8. Tomb Raider Chronicles - PSOne [New Entry]
9. The World Is Not Enough - PSOne [New Entry]
10. Rayman - PSOne
11. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - PSOne
12. Spyro: Year Of The Dragon - PSOne
13. Toy Story 2 - PSOne / Game Boy Color
14. Rugrats: Search For Reptar - PSOne
15. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - PC
16. Tomorrow Never Dies - PSOne
17. Gran Turismo 2 - PSOne
18. Pokemon Blue - Game Boy
19. Pokemon Red - Game Boy
20. Driver - PSOne
21. Escape From Monkey Island - PC [New Entry]
22. Disney's Dinosaur - PSOne / Game Boy Color
23. Spiderman - PSOne / Game Boy Color
24. Tarzan Action Game - PSOne
25. Rayman 2: The Great Escape - PSOne / Dreamcast / N64 / PC
26. Super Mario Bros - Game Boy Color
27. Army Men: Land, Sea, Air - PSOne
28. Metropolis Street Racer - Dreamcast (previous No. 8)
29. Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace - PSOne / PC
30. Theme Park World - PSOne / PC
31. Rally Championship - PC
32. Medal Of Honour - PSOne
33. Rugrats: Studio Tour - PC
34. Worms Armageddon - PSOne / PC / N64 / Dreamcast
35. The Sims - PC
36. Pokemon Snap - N64
37. Colin McRae Rally - PSOne / PC
39. Prince Naseem Boxing - PSOne
40. Perfect Dark - N64

Dreamcast Chart

1.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer (Sega)
2.  Sonic Adventure (Sega)
3.  Silent Scope (Konami) [New Entry]
4.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Eidos Interactive)
5.  Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Sega) 
6.  Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Eidos Interactive)
7.  Soul Fighter (Mindscape)
8.  Virtua Tennis (Sega)
9.  Le Mans 24 Hours (Infogrames) [New Entry]
10. WWF: Royal Rumble (THQ)
11. TrickStyle (Acclaim)
12. UEFA Striker (Infogrames)
13. Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Ubi Soft)
14. Sega Bass Fishing (Sega)
15. Hidden & Dangerous (Take 2 Interactive)
16. Dead Or Alive 2 (Acclaim)
17. Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Eidos Interactive)
18. F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa (Acclaim)
19. Blue Stinger (Activision)
20. Crazy Taxi (Sega)

26 November - 2 December 2000

MSR had dropped out of the All-Format Top 40 by this point.  You can see that particular chart for this week here: https://web.archive.org/web/20011222121349/http://www.segaweb.com/news/1200/019.html

1.  Shenmue (Sega) [New Entry]
2.  Sonic Adventure (Sega)
3.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer (Sega)
4.  Jet Set Radio (Sega)
5.  Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Eidos Interactive)
6.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Eidos Interactive)
7.  Sega Bass Fishing (Sega)
8.  Sega GT (Sega) [New Entry]
9.  Soul Fighter (Mindscape)
10. Silent Scope (Konami)
11. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Sega)
12. Virtua Tennis (Sega)
13. WWF: Royal Rumble (THQ)
14. TrickStyle (Acclaim)
15. Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Ubi Soft)
16. Crazy Taxi (Sega)
17. Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Eidos Interactive)
18. Hidden & Dangerous (Take 2 Interactive)
19. WWF: Attitude (Acclaim)
20. F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa (Acclaim)

3-9 December 2000

1.  Shenmue - Sega
2.  Quake III: Arena - Sega [New Entry]
3.  Sonic Adventure - Sega
4.  Tomb Raider 4 - The Last Revelation - Eidos
5.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer - Sega
6.  Sega Bass Fishing - Sega
7.  Who Want To Be A Millionaire - Eidos
8.  Ultimate Fighting Championship - Ubi Soft
9.  Jet Set Radio - Sega
10. UEFA Dream Soccer - Sega
11. Trickstyle - Acclaim
12. Soul Fighter - Mindscape
13. Virtua Tennis - Sega
14. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 - Sega
15. Sega GT - Sega
16. Silent Scope - Konami
17. Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver - Eidos
18. WWF Royal Rumble - THQ
19. Rayman 2: The Great Escape - Ubi Soft
20. Shadowman - Acclaim

10 - 16 December 2000

1. Shenmue (Sega)
2. Sonic Adventure (Sega)
3. Quake III: Arena (Sega)
4. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Eidos Interactive)
5. Sega Bass Fishing (Sega)
6. MSR: Metropolis Street Racer (Sega)
7. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Eidos Interactive)
8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Activision) [New Entry]
9. Ultimate Fighting Championship (Ubi Soft)
10. Jet Set Radio (Sega)
11. UEFA Dream Soccer (Sega / Infogrames)
12. TrickStyle (Acclaim)
13. WWF: Royal Rumble (THQ)
14. Virtua Tennis (Sega)
15. Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Ubi Soft)
16. Silent Scope (Konami)
17. Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver (Eidos Interactive)
18. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Sega)
19. Soul Fighter (Mindscape)
20. Tomb Raider: Chronicles (Eidos Interactive)


US Chart ending 14 January 2001

1.  MSR: Metropolis Street Racer
2.  NBA 2K1
3.  NFL 2K1
4.  Crazy Taxi
5.  Sonic Adventure
6.  Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
7.  Shenmue, Sega
8.  Sega Rally Championship 2
9.  Grandia II
10. NHL 2K

Asakusa Eki-Iriguchi and Koen Minami 0.00 bug solved by hexediting

I finally solved my problem with the 0.00 'Miata' time bug on the Asakusa Eki-Iriguchi and Koen Minami courses!  I downloaded a hacked saved with all the events opened but nothing completed.  I then set laps on each course, saved the game and then looked at that main save file via a hexeditor.

I managed to identify the addresses for each of these courses and then edit the code on my main save so it made the game think they still need to be unlocked (see picture below).  Unfortunately for a number of hours, I was editing the wrong addresses that only affect the 'Record Time' not the actual 'Time' that remained at 0.00.  That is why you see the record lap time at 6 hours+!  Eventually I was able to find the right address and get the 0.00 times removed by copying a 'blank' hexidecimal code somewhere else in the save, hence the greyed out times.

I then switched on the 'Open All Cheat' via the Cheat menu (see 1st picture below) and this allowed said courses to be selectable (see 2nd picture below).  I then set a basic lap on both and saved (see 3rd picture below).  As a result the game wiped the record times with my basic lap.  Successful hexedit complete! 

I think this problem originated back in 2007 when I first completed the game.  I was using a bugged PAL copy (SS code) and somewhere the VMU must have corrupted slightly when saving.  So more a VMU save error than a coding error; if it was the latter, it would not have been fixable.