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Just in Time!

Just in Time!

Complete the Time Attack mode in under 25 minutes

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How to unlock the Just in Time! achievement in Sonic CD - Definitive Guide

The following videos should help you to do your best time in each level. This videos are records time, so you don't have to do this time for the achievement.

<< Videos came from GeraldD1985 >>

Palmtree Panic Zone

Collision Chaos Zone

Tidal Tempest Zone

Quartz Quadrant Zone

Wacky Workbench Zone

Stardust Speedway Zone

Metallic Madness Zone
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07 Jan 2012 09:29

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After I did the time trial in the Android version of this game in barely under 25 minutes I finished this again today in the Xbox 360 arcade version, and that is almost exactly 6 years later (see my post above) wave. I crushed my old total time by more than 3 minutes rock. My final stats:

Palmtree Panic Zone

00' 37" 00
00' 46" 60
00' 31" 23

Collision Chaos Zone

01' 18" 43
01' 25" 58
00' 36" 61

Tidal Tempest Zone

00' 50" 20
01' 11" 98
01' 14" 38

Quartz Quadrant Zone

00' 55" 36
01' 00" 43
01' 03" 86

Wacky Workbench Zone

00 59" 16
01 00" 90
01' 22" 38

Stardust Speedway Zone

00' 41" 31
00' 42" 41
01' 25" 90

Metallic Madness Zone

00' 56" 08
01' 01" 35
02' 00" 96

TOTAL: 21' 42" 11 dance
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By Orran Durai on 02 Nov 2022 22:29
great videoguides. but one question: how do i unlock metallic madness zone? i have an overall time of 34'57''91 right now. do i have to get under 30 mins?
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By invuln3r4bl3 on 28 Jan 2012 19:38
It says 25 minutes, I'm barely on 26 minutes, 35 seconds
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By ronnie42 on 17 Feb 2012 18:46
Even scoring close to these on just a few levels makes the cheev incredibly easy. I beat the score without even needing to play Metallic Madness haha!
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By BenJScar on 28 Sep 2012 02:43
Great guide!
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By x sarahlouise on 10 Jul 2014 02:42
I use this guide to beat 25 mins in total on my Android version of this game even though there are no achievements :). I am currently on 35'20"81. I am very optimistic to hit 24'59"99 soon :) because all the videos are great! Wish me luck, tomorrow I continue my runs in Wacky Workbench Zone ^^.
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By Orran Durai on 09 Nov 2016 16:36
I've hit 24'54"40 todayclap
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By Orran Durai on 10 Nov 2016 22:56
This definitely helped getting lower times even if you can't do the routes shown.
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By Tw1std Nitem4re on 21 Aug 2017 07:38
Collision Chaos gives me the shits...
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By count023 on 09 Jul 2018 14:15
All my times are less than 15 seconds off the video times and I got this achievement after finishing the first level of Metallic Madness. I am so lazy I'm not going to finish last 2 laugh sleep
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By CRO5573Y on 22 May 2014 15:08
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Hi,
of course you can watch the videos from "The Achieveman" with record timings.
But I just wanted to post here my individual times, so that you know if the times you have are enough to beat the 25 minutes mark.

Palmtree Panic:
Zone 1: 00' 41" 86
Zone 2: 00' 43" 46
Zone 3: 00' 44" 63 -> makes all in all 02' 09" 95

Collusion Chaos:
Zone 1: 01' 07" 53
Zone 2: 01' 29" 75
Zone 3: 00' 43" 73 -> makes all in all 03' 21" 01

Tidal Tempest:
Zone 1: 00' 53" 80
Zone 2: 01' 07" 80
Zone 3: 01' 21" 66 -> makes all in all 03' 23" 26

Quartz Quadrant:
Zone 1: 01' 00" 81
Zone 2: 01' 01" 53
Zone 3: 01' 05" 48 -> makes all in all 03' 07" 82

Wacky Workbench:
Zone 1: 01' 01" 50
Zone 2: 01' 07" 70
Zone 3: 01' 22" 85 -> makes all in all 03' 32" 05

Stardust Speedway:
Zone 1: 01' 03" 11
Zone 2: 00' 56" 18
Zone 3: 01' 16" 78 -> makes all in all 03' 16" 07

Metallic Madness:
Zone 1: 01' 00" 55
Zone 2: 02' 57" 90
Zone 3: 02' 09" 60 -> makes all in all 06' 08" 05

Adding times together makes a total of 24' 58" 21.

Hope I can help some people with that.

EDIT:
If you give me a negative vote, could you please comment, so that I know what I can do better next time? Thank you.
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01 Jul 2012 12:04

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Great help. Thanks.
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By x sarahlouise on 10 Jul 2014 02:44
Thank you very much for posting this solution. It is a good benchmark for keeping track of progress. No reason for there to be any negative votes. Your times are in line with what most people can achieve.
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By Tw1std Nitem4re on 21 Aug 2017 08:27
Sterling guide. As long as I was ahead of these times most of the time or at least around them I knew I was ok for each level. Done on the 360 version, now currently working on windows phone. Great!
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By I8ITackyticsI8I on 15 Jan 2018 20:43
Thanks for these times. It sure was helpful for keeping myself on pace. The videos in the other solution are nice but many of the tricks are extremely difficult to pull off, especially on the windows phone.
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By Bastian Reader on 23 Nov 2019 21:09
Excellent . Saved me a lot of time retrying levels .
23.13.05 in the end
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By Eenieakane on 22 Apr 2021 15:10
Thank you very much wave! I used your times as a reference as well as motivation and beat them by around 3 minutes coming in with a total of 21' 42" 11 clap
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By Orran Durai on 02 Nov 2022 22:33
It's definitely worth it to just give every level a shot on your own, do the best you can, and then go back through and target the levels where there's the biggest gap between your time and the ideal time. I must have spent half an hour trying to shave off 10 seconds from one level and then ended up not even needing to do a different level because of how much time I was able to pick up. Wasn't at all worth it to spend that long trying to shave 10 seconds off of one level.
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By thanatos8285 on 28 Jan 2023 20:18
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The first guide by The Achieveman shows a lot of useful videos. It is likely you won't be able to hit all of those posted times without a lot of practice, but you don't need to, as long as you get close. I used the guide posted by DevilofNuns as par times. Here are my times, but there's a really important timesaver in Metallic Madness 2 that will likely get you the achievement without needing to complete the final level, depending on your times on other levels.

Palmtree Panic 1: 0' 31" 08
Palmtree Panic 2: 0' 37" 51
Palmtree Panic 3: 0' 30" 20
TOTAL: 1' 38" 79

Collision Chaos 1: 0' 57" 53
Collision Chaos 2: 1' 19" 60
Collision Chaos 3: 0' 23" 26
TOTAL: 2' 40" 39

Tidal Tempest 1: 0' 48" 68
Tidal Tempest 2: 1' 01" 25
Tidal Tempest 3: 1 '28" 60
TOTAL: 3' 18" 53

Quartz Quadrant 1: 0' 46" 65
Quartz Quadrant 2: 0' 54" 76
Quartz Quadrant 3: 1' 07" 06
TOTAL: 2' 48" 47

Wacky Workbench 1: 1' 07" 21
Wacky Workbench 2: 1' 11" 66
Wacky Workbench 3: 1' 16" 53
TOTAL: 3' 35" 40

Stardust Speedway 1: 0' 51" 21
Stardust Speedway 2: 0' 50" 28
Stardust Speedway 3: 1' 16" 11 (as others have said, you can't really get any faster than 1' 15")
TOTAL: 2' 57" 60

Metallic Madness 1: 0' 54" 20
Metallic Madness 2: 1' 17" 36 (See video below)
Metallic Madness 3: 5' 00" 00 (Didn't play)
TOTAL: 7' 11" 56

GRAND TOTAL: 24' 10" 74

For Metallic Madness 2, there are two Super Peel Out Jumps you can do which can cut minutes off this zone. The video shows them. The second jump is the harder of the two, but it only took me a few tries to pull it off.

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07 Mar 2021 22:57

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Thank you for the video for the shortcut! That will make it so much easier. Managed it after a few tries.
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By MattiasAnderson on 11 Oct 2021 17:12
You're very welcome! Happy to help.
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By sjpsjpsjp on 11 Oct 2021 19:51
Great short cut! I Just need to shave another 3 mins off over all
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By WarMachine9494 on 06 Jul 2022 22:00
Happy to help!
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By sjpsjpsjp on 06 Jul 2022 23:40
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You will need to enter the Time Attack mode and beat every stage in the game except for the Special Stages. After you beat all these stages, your timer needs to be below 25 minutes in order to unlock the achievement. Here are some Time Attack videos so you'll know the best routes for the levels.

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This is another one that seems hard but it really isn’t at all. You select Time Attack Mode from the main menu. In Time Attack you will have a total time of 105 minutes from the main levels by default. If you get a total time of under 30 the Special Stages become unlocked for Time Trials with a default time of 35 minutes for all Special Stages (Just press  on the control stick while in Time Attack).

Only the main stages count for this though. Here is a breakdown of the time each stage overall should take.

Palmtree Panic: 1’40”00
Collision Chaos: 2’30”00
Tidal Tempest: 3’00”00
Quartz Quadrant: 2’30”00
Wacky Workbench: 3’40”00
Stardust Speedway: 3’30”00
Metallic Madness: 6’40”00

Having around these times will put you in the range of 23 minutes so you have some room to work around to still be under 25 minutes. The achievement will pop during the score tally of whatever level level got you under 25 minutes. To play a stage, select one of the seven zones to choose from and you will be given three options on the top right corner of your screen: Exit, Next, and Go. Use  and  to make your selections. Use Next to cycle through the three acts of each zone and select Go to start the stage. Attempt as many runs as you want to get the best time possible.

Please refer to this topic for Time Attack videos.

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