It uses single-screen mirroring obviously, but I suspect it's using some other tricks aswell. Anyone with experience with this title?
If you mean R.C. Pro-Am it uses A*ROM, not MMC1.
Probably uses sprite 0 hit for the status bar.
Probably uses sprite 0 hit for the status bar.
There's several versions of this title, one of them uses MMC1.
It turns off the screen half way through, uses Sprite DMA from ROM to clear the sprite table, then writes some new sprites using the PPU registers, and no DMA.
The MMC1 version is more sane, it just changes the nametable and scrolls. Nothing crazy.
The MMC1 version is more sane, it just changes the nametable and scrolls. Nothing crazy.
How's the statusbar drawn in the MMC1 version? WHen using FCUEX nametable debugger, it's not there.. 
EDIT: Ah, nametable switching, found it
EDIT: Ah, nametable switching, found it