Twisted Metal EX - Axel Deathless Playthrough (HARD)

Achieved on 25/03/2024.
This should have been the 3rd car I clear the game on Hard deathless (on 06/03/2024), but I threw the game on Dark Tooth - he had very little health left and all I had to do to finish him safely was to just do some little running around in the streets of Hong Kong until I could have energy enough for another shield, but then a thought came to my mind of people thinking "oh, why run more and postpone the game more? Just finish it", so I just tried to finish him with the Hommings I had left shieldless and he ended up killing me before I did him. So because the challenge of getting through all the hard parts had already been beaten, I didn't feel like trying to beat it again just to get the video made and hence I postponed playing with Axel again until only before the worst cars were left (aside from Mr. Slam who couldn't complete the game because the disc was too scratched and the game would crash before I could even get to play Holland). It was just too bad I spoilt that run because I had done so well in Holland in it (the level didn't even feel hard at all as I barely needed to pick one health item or so before that match was settled), and the Hong Kong level had had a lot of cool running away and chase scenes à la James Bond movies with me almost dying a few times. I still have the video, so I can upload it if someone wishes to see it.
As for this run, I even forgot to stock up on Powers during the mid levels as I was too distracted slaughtering my opponents using Axel's ram as I had even forgotten how strong he is. Still, I'd say Sweet Tooth is better to beat the game deathless as his armor is better and he also has a very effective special. Anyway, it was only by the Antarctica level that I noticed I wasn't stocking up on Powers, which is why I got to Holland with only 8 of them.
Hong Kong started the very same way as when I played as Roadkill, in both starting position and Spectre starting to my left, allowing me to wreck him as soon as possible. He managed to get away this time around, though - I should have started the attack with one of the stronger missiles instead of Fire; I underestimated him. And that mine save from Mr. Grimm at the beginning of the level was priceless. It was just too bad, though, that I had to keep running away when only Outlaw 2 was left as I had to wait for a health item to spawn in order to face her safely. The thrown run was indeed way more interesting to watch as it didn't have this bullshit. And I did the time calculation: considering how long the runs took up to killing the last opponent in Hong Kong before the Dark Tooth level began, this run took 5 minutes and 19 seconds longer than what that run would've originally taken.