Dippity-Do!
Read: Me, a few pages ago.Originally Posted by Kidnemo
I'm trying for Platinums as we speak. Man, I thought the trick challenges were hard enough when getting gold, but some of the platinum requirements are rediculous.Well, I've got golds on everything at this point except for the last peak 3 back country race.
The Dro
The trick courses are so much easier than the races for me it's not even funny. I can "combo" just about all the trick courses, so I think the platinums won't be too tough...I'm trying for Platinums as we speak. Man, I thought the trick challenges were hard enough when getting gold, but some of the platinum requirements are rediculous.
I'm gonna start working on combo'ing peak 1 tonite.
Just unlocked Peak 3 last night. Been Racing to unlock rather than tricking.
Dippity-Do!
Probably because you've mastered the board press. I still don't even know which button it is.
Drive By
Board presses are easy. Just hold the right stick up or down and you'll press. When you let go you'll board as normal. You don't have to hold it all the way to the jump, just keep an eye on the combo meter. If you can press to about the base of a jump (not even that close) let go, then charge your jump and prewind and you'll start a combo easy. Same with rails. Just get close and slide on through (you can even nose or tail press a whole rail if you can balance it). It's all timing and it's pretty easy. My best is a combo of 41. It shouldn't be too hard to do more than that.
Skeptical.
Also, this is where handplants come in handy. Board pressing is a good, if boring, filler, but I like using handplants to get up on adjacent rails, and then land on them for more trickness. I haven't used them too much for getting to higher pipes...still need to work on that.
Also, do all characters have identical stats when maxed-out?
The Dro
See, I've tried using handplants, but they have two pretty big problems:
1.Handplants slow you down way to much. The speed benefit you get from doing board presses so you can do bigger jumps (which equal more tricks and more points).
2.Rails have a funny way of totally whiping you out if you get to close to them and don't do your grind/handplant in time (especially when coming up from the side).
Just my thoughts of course. And I do think all characters have the same abilities when maxed out.
Skeptical.
They do slow you down alot...although, in racing, sometimes I can handplant up onto a rail that leads to a shortcut, and I come out ahead. As long as you have some Turbo that is; I find you accelerate on rails much faster than anything else.
As far as tricking goes, I'm not sure yet if doing rail to rail combos and ubers is better than just board-pressing and jumps...probably a mix of both as the situation demands, but sometimes you can miss a lot of ramps by riding the rails.
The Dro
Your combo counter goes up 2 on rails, and only 1 on board presses, not to mention points so it's always good to hit rails.
Not sure how much your combo count goes up for handplants though.
And yea, I agree use whatever is good for the situation, I was speaking more in general terms.
Count up your sins
i noticed that the small clock next to the combos still add if you stop a move and continue it after.I thought you needed some immediate chaining. I pulled off a 54Xcombo by doing that last night, seems cheap but it opens many more possibilities. Now i'm trying for the 100X combo.
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