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« Thread started on: Apr 24th, 2003, 09:51am »

hey all... just saw some times and man... I thought I was at least OK! I suck!

so that's why I came here... and encountered a wierd technique in the "silence" thread called "sliding" or "ralisliding"

is this what I think it is - somehow sliding along the outer fence without dying? Or something else? What the...??

also - I saw some of the tops speeds are like 50 000 or something ludicrous like that... how the hell....?
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« Reply #1 on: Apr 24th, 2003, 2:29pm »

Don't lose confidence. You can only get better right?

Yup. There is a technique called Railsliding in Silence. It's where you slide on the rail to increase your speed. It may take energe away but you can get it back at the refiller. It's only recommended for lap 1. You can do this in many other tracks as well. There are even a few where you can do that and give yourself enough speed to catch some air and do a dive. ^^

And as for the top speeds. Those are all the track maxspeeds combined. (You probably already knew that). In some tracks there are ways to get reall high speeds and even the highest possible which is 3000 NTSC and 2500 PAL.

Hope I was able to help out. ^^
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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« Reply #2 on: Apr 24th, 2003, 3:59pm »

hehe i know that feeling remember when i first tried sliding i thought how the hell am i ever going to get this working? hehe well i still suck but atleast beat all the staff ghosts and am ranken around 15 (!) on one track, makes me happy enough (mute city 2)

check the boards there are some recent posts on sliding, and railsliding is just taking it a step further.
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« Reply #3 on: Apr 24th, 2003, 8:46pm »

erm... thanks for the posts but at the risk of seeming an even worse noob:

how do you railslide? How do you actually get your car to jump up onto the rail @ the edge of the track??

thanks again
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« Reply #4 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 02:28am »

You don't actually get on top of the rail, you just have the nose of your vehicle against the rail.
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« Reply #5 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 02:24am »

sorry man but that makes no sense... I'll keep trying, but so far I'm just grinding myself away here...

is there like some angle or technique to use that will actually result in speed GAIN from this tactic??
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« Reply #6 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 06:50am »

Hey, I feel your pain, man. I can't do it either. But it exists, cuz they all talk about it, and I've seen it on video. Someone will come along and explain the strat soon. Hang tight.
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« Reply #7 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 09:05am »

Are you sure you're using Night Thunder or Blood Hawk set at maximum acceleration ? ( or any E-grip car for that matter )
If so then it really isn't that hard to get your speed up to around 820 kph PAL ( 1040 NTSC) just driving with your nose at around a 60ー angle against the rail without boosting.

Or you can do a little bounce like this against the rail in a light corner to gain more speed.

hmm.. looks like an FZX guide might still be handy as so many people still have questions about the strats.


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« Reply #8 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 10:26am »

An FZX guide would be INCREDIBLY handy! Popularity for this game is increasing, so there are just going to be more repeats of these questions in the future.
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 3:22pm »

but DVM there is already the guide you wrote (part of Karl Jobst's guide) over at gamefaqs. why dont you have it here too? I thought there must be a reason for this more than the webmaster not knowing about it. well thats were I learned about sliding once upon a time

of course we would need an updated one with TDD and stuff. JKT GET WRITING NOW!!!
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« Reply #10 on: Apr 29th, 2003, 5:27pm »

Wouldn't hurt to update that faq and put it here I guess. It's so very outdated it's not even funny

But good thing that JKT's vids are back online. Shows it all much better than words can ever explain.

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« Reply #11 on: Apr 30th, 2003, 3:03pm »

My strats are pretty simple but I've beat all 24 staffs with them... *puts name forward*

Favourite "me" strats have to be on White Land 2 and Sector Beta. I'd be glad to post them here if wanted. They're actually pretty simple to execute. =)
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« Reply #12 on: Apr 30th, 2003, 3:09pm »

on Apr 29th, 2003, 02:24am, thesorehead wrote:
sorry man but that makes no sense... I'll keep trying, but so far I'm just grinding myself away here...

is there like some angle or technique to use that will actually result in speed GAIN from this tactic??


Like some people have said. Approximately 60 to 75 degrees against the wall will work.

It takes a little while, I have never gotten below 1:09 with it. However, until you do get to that point, try sliding:

- After the first booster on the lap, slide against the left rail.
- On laps 2 and 3, slide against the right rail as you go through the pits. You'll lift off as you exit and get a pretty nice maxspeed. (Make sure to hold down once you get in there, not as you lift off.)

It won't get you great times, but it will give you practice. I'm sure the masters will tell you where to slide to get REALLY good at it.
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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« Reply #13 on: May 6th, 2003, 12:49am »

OK so what I'm getting here is that there are only a few tracks where railsliding is actually useful... right?
Also it's pretty obvious now that you need to use an "E" grip car... OK I'll concentrate on them.


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« Reply #14 on: May 29th, 2003, 07:42am »

Me too.

I used to think I was at least ok until I found this site today. Man, I suck so damn much it's almost embarrasing.

At least I have a 1"04'676 time on Silence with the Twin Noritta without using any dodgy techniques. - That's something I'm still proud of due to the amount of practice it took. LOL.
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