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flash525
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I think I've played this six or seven times now, per four characters (so I've actually ran the race over 28 times); I have failed only twice, and both times that was when competing with a Breen. I'm fairly certain that the various NPC's have different speeds and what not, usually I make significant headway as to allow for the odd mistake, but whenever I make a mistake (like running into that pillar on the final straight) when racing the Breen, they're always close by, and on two occasions have took the win from me.
What do you find the most competitive to race against - if anything? Am I alone in thinking Breen?
What do you find the most competitive to race against - if anything? Am I alone in thinking Breen?
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Still don't understand why people have problems with the race.
I am doing it on 3 chars and i only lost once because the Breen Race Official didn´t transport me to the Start of the race, i wa stuck where he was and lost.
But as long as you can get a head start and jump, or better, roll at corners winning the race should be no problem.
But some people just don´t do that. Its been a few times now, that i was faster than the NPC Racer before me and even than the Player before me. And its the first year at the Winter Wonderland for me so i don´t have experience from last years
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Fastest Game on Ice has no walls I think you're thinking of Fast and Flurrious.
I did lose the game three time when I first did it once I got the hang of it I haven't lost it since. Those loses were not against theNPC but me sliding weel and truely off the track.
As to the NPCs I do think some of them have different run speeds as some of them are catching up with my on the bend where you get the entering final stretch thing. The Breen and the white spider have all been catching up at that point. This is despite sprinting and only rolling at sharp bends, the others I can handle without slowing down.
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I don't understand why people have difficulties with this race. That's not taunting or anything, I really wonder.
Use dodges at turns or whenever you think you might go off track and sprint after that. Dodges will bring you win anytime.
During my first couple of runs of Fastest Game, I expected to lose because I wanted to try and figure out an easy way to stay on track without losing much speed.
Some simple tricks:
-Frosted Boots give you speed, but SEVERELY kills your traction. Don't use them. You need some traction for these tricks to work.
-At the start, You can start running BEFORE the buzzer as soon as you are able to move.
-Don't stop sprinting.
-During small turns and straight aways, go full speed and make SMALL corrections with the mouse.
-During hard turns, keep full speed and turn BEFORE you get into the turn. (Starts your drifting)
-about 1/3 of the way into the turn, look for the apex into the next turn and aim and press forward
-The drift will carry you through the turn
-Once you have your line, go full steam.
- Rinse, lather, repeat for each turn
I have used those tips for drifting and applied it here. Won every race since and WITHOUT the frosted boots
Drifting in the bends except the hairpins is a good tactic.
when you get to the last S bends there is a straight line to the finish to the left of the pole in the middle. Just sprint from there.
I've evem managed this without sprinting.
Also if you think you are going Out Of Bonds. tap forward twice to roll and you will stop, it does tack a wee bit of time and the other compettitor can catch up to you
If you don't have ice boots, get Q to turn you into a four legged beast. If you do have the ice boots, use them. As you line up with the countdown, start running before the NPC does.
You can keep your sprint going all the time, so do so. To control your direction use the mouse with both buttons. This will let you change which way you are facing super easy. There is some places you can cut corners completely and go over formations, but that will be trial and error to learn.
For the most part on corners aim for the edge where the ice meets the snow. This will cut your speed, but not enough to worry about. It will however give your traction enough of a boost to help navigate the corners.
It really comes down to practice thereafter. But definitely get the ice boots for all your toons. Very useful in other areas of the game such as BZ grinding.
My method is to simply sprint along the straights, slide into the corners, and then run around the bend, I usually cross the finish line just as the NPC is rounding the last bend.
I have had a few DQ's in the past couple of days, mainly from me trying to cut the corners too much, and so far I've only had the one lose, and that was due to the snowball fight starting as I took to the race track.
I have ran the race on purpose during the fights, ran through groups of snowmen, yet they ignored me completely and just stood there like no one was around them. So how is it they are losing the race during that?
Mine wasn't because of the snowmen, they ignore you if your racing, it's the idiots on the race track trying to kill the snowmen that got me, got so irritated by it that I lost my concentration and couldn't catch up, several face fulls of snowblower is enough to put anyone off.
The competition seems to be the same for all the NPCs... they start out slowly and fall behind fast. Once you get good at the race, you can actually LAP the NPCS ... that is, you can catch up to the NPC that is for the player in front of you...
I find none of them very competitive... usuallly by the time I get close to the finish I am so far ahead of any of them (even the breen) that if I look behind me they can't even be seen..... usually I'm way ahead of them even by the final stretch.
So much this, I rarely rolll dodge or jump..... and just use drifting through the race, as well as added friction from snowbanks which creep into the track to counter negative velocity in large vector changes.
Last year, when I was learning, it was the white ice spider that torqued me off.
But, everyone finds their "Ice Race Mojo", eventually.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
Get the race done asap.
Once you figure out how to manipulate how motions and turning work, this game is a snap. Seriously... use the game's weird movement engine to your advantage. Let go of the buttons at the right moment, you won't be thrusted by momentum off the track. It's really easy!
Its even easier then that, simple rules are...
I found the white spiders to be the most difficult.
To be honest, after completing it several times, and developing a feel for the track, I usually leave all competition far behind. Learning where you can cut the corners makes a HUGE difference.
I have a lot more problems with the Epohh tag race - that one messes with my head for some reason.
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