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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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 It's so very outdated it's not even funny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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« 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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« Reply #15 on: May 29th, 2003, 8:26pm »

There are quite a few tracks where railsliding can be alot of help. I'll list some:

-Mute City
-Silence
-Devil's Forest
-Sector Alpha
-Mute City 2
-Big Blue 2
-Fire Field
-Red Canyon 2
-White Land 2
-Mute City 3
-Devil's Forest 3
-Space Plant
-Sand Ocean 2
-Port Town 2

Some of these tracks only have 1 unique place to do a railsliding, while others have lots. And some tracks railsliding doesn't make much difference while others can really help your time. It can also be useful for getting speed records. ^^
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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« Reply #16 on: Aug 20th, 2003, 5:24pm »

Hang in there with the sliding practice fellow-beginners. Upto 48-hours ago, I couldn't do it at all. I was bouncing all over the place. Over the last 2 days, though, it's finally staring to happen. I knocked 4 seconds off my Port Town 1 LAP time!! Also, the thrill of boost-sliding around the first part of Silence 2, makes all the frustration of learning to slide worthwhile. Learning to slide has made the game seem fresh and new for me again, but there's still a lot of challenge. Once you learn to slide, you don't just destroy all your old times, you have to learn where to slide, just to get close to your non-sliding times. But catch a slide just right, and exit the corner straight, and you'll be knocking seconds of your times..

Best practice, for me, was on DF1 for right-handers, and DF3 for left-handers.

Once you get the hang of it, go to Port Town 1 (a track that I used to hate), and let it rip.

My next aim is to learn to railslide. My first-lap times are pathetic...
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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« Reply #17 on: Aug 25th, 2003, 08:40am »

I can get railsliding to work but i cannot get times with it, that is probably why my times would be almost last on the tracks. And i practiced, i played this game more than any other F-Zero game and my times totally *** at the ranks, even now i am improving them a bit before submitting them to the ranking, go easy dude, the X ranks are probably the toughest to get a good rank at, i played a lot and i still can`t match these guys.
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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« Reply #18 on: Aug 25th, 2003, 09:14am »

The X rankings are definitely the easiest to get a good rank.

The course totals at the top have huge differences, about 2 minutes from rank 1 to rank 15.

The key to gain positions is max speed.
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Re: looks like I'm actually a total flunk!
« Reply #19 on: Aug 25th, 2003, 12:26pm »

I'm no master but I can tell you that railsliding right at the beginning of almost every track (or maybe every single one??) will get your speed up higher than the top speed of any car on maxspeed settings. Railsliding is especially useful on Fire Field. I beat the staff ghost yesterday without even knowing it lol.
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