The wife and I decided we would have a session trying to better our times on the target range, I managed to get a good time with the pirate so went to check out the leader board, firstly none of my friends scores are showing yet I know they have played this mode, as for the world times OMG how can you complete this mode in under 5 seconds? there are some on there that completed it in under 3.5 second?????Are these times legit if so please share your tips and tricks for us old people 😃

There are bugs and exploits with it. For one, the timer on PC is affected by FPS (probably not a big issue on console) and simply does not time correctly. I've reported this bug in the first days of release and they are investigating: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Bugs-Issues/Crazy-Targets-Time-affected-by-FPS-A-lot-Gamebreaking-Bug/m-p/5184971#U5184971 (includes a video with a legit 11 second run) (in short: if your system runs at 90 FPS, the timer counts 45 seconds for a real life minute, while 75 FPS does around 70-71 seconds and 60 FPS does 56-57 seconds) There is also a chilly bean bomb exploit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT7AlM0xTUE And for the 2-3 second runs, probably another exploit or just straight up wall-hacking.

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11 Replies

MoonLiteWolf
10 years ago
These times aren't legit at all. People are using an exploit to cheat in the Crazy Target range...they've tainted the range and if you're on PC they most likely wall hacked as well... 😞
TaasteTheRainbo
10 years ago
That's true, it is obviously some sort of hack/exploit. The same goes for the Infinity Gnome leaderboards where everything above 45 is suspicious.
It amazes me that EA/Popcap don't take any action regarding these issues, while having the most reliable evidence.
Anonymous
10 years ago
I'm glad I don't care about personal leaderboard fame.
I S ranked, I got my prize, I'm happy I never have to return to the target range again...but I do want to see how someone managed to cut the glitch time down to less than 3.5 for entertainment purposes.
Anonymous
10 years ago
My best time is 18 seconds, with the almighty Toxic Pea. It was gotten legitimately, but I would like to see this glitch/exploit anyway. I can't really imagine anything other than throwing a chili bean bomb through the wall.
Empzurg99
10 years ago
I did see a video on you tube of somebody doing it in about 11 secs using the toxic pea. That was clear to see, nothing suspicious going on. But anything much under 10 seconds has got to hacked in someway.
I'm playing on XB1 and last time I saw the leader board the quickest was about 6.5 seconds I would love to see that being done!! I can understand hacking on the PC version but in what way could you hack it on the XB1, unless the leader board is universal across all platforms.
smokingcrop
10 years ago
There are bugs and exploits with it.

For one, the timer on PC is affected by FPS (probably not a big issue on console) and simply does not time correctly.

I've reported this bug in the first days of release and they are investigating:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Bugs-Issues/Crazy-Targets-Time-affected-by-FPS-A-lot-Gamebreaking-Bug/m-p/5184971#U5184971 (includes a video with a legit 11 second run)

(in short: if your system runs at 90 FPS, the timer counts 45 seconds for a real life minute, while 75 FPS does around 70-71 seconds and 60 FPS does 56-57 seconds)

There is also a chilly bean bomb exploit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT7AlM0xTUE

And for the 2-3 second runs, probably another exploit or just straight up wall-hacking.
davieb350
10 years ago
I saw the same problem. My best time was 21 secs with the American footballer. I saw those times at 3.5 seconds too on my PS4, which is ridiculous. Also, lots of lagging too. Impossible to play at times. Getting sick of it lately.
Anonymous
10 years ago
Well, there are under 1 second completions now...
Anonymous
9 years ago
I don't think it's possible to get that score, in less you're hacking!
dwooten77
9 years ago
It does bug me that the hack or glitch times remain. I'm 3rd place globally with the pirate and I know it should be first. Early on there were a ton of ways to exploit a lower time. Like using the goat from from the burger delivery.