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White Land Half Pipe - Slide or not
Post by seanswan on Aug 23rd, 2003, 12:12am
Been trying to figure out how to slide through the White Land half pipe, and man, is this course doing some funny stuff. If you position your car just right, you can maintain a straight bearing and run at 1000+ KPM, no boost. How do the greats race this track normally? I'm curious to know if anyone else slides it.
Re: White Land Half Pipe - Slide or not
Post by Swingat on Aug 23rd, 2003, 10:35pm
I end up sliding about like an idiot, even when I'm racing as a jumper 
I assume the greats must slide it. JKT's obscene 11-second lap sounds very 'slidey'.
Re: White Land Half Pipe - Slide or not
Post by mgblair on Aug 24th, 2003, 01:58am
I read in a gamefaqs guide they DT R when they're high right, DT Z when high left and maintain 1500-1600 kph without touching a boost...I haven't been able to do it yet, I usually just slow down and only SOMETIMES speed up
Re: White Land Half Pipe - Slide or not
Post by TelpeFion on Aug 24th, 2003, 03:07am
The biggest things are an amazing DTD jump that cuts the whole green section of the half pipe, and a TDD to the left at the end of the half pipe.
Re: White Land Half Pipe - Slide or not
Post by seanswan on Aug 26th, 2003, 6:43pm
Wow, never thought to dtz/r while in slide (assuming that's what was meant). I will have to try that. And you can set up a dtd? I can never get enough lift to do it. I always wind up getting 'pulled' into the abyss.
Re: White Land Half Pipe - Slide or not
Post by Ryan Jenning on Aug 26th, 2003, 7:11pm
If you have seen Jimmy K. Thai's video of his record, then you will understand it. You don't dtz/r in the pipe, as far as I know, that will make you stop, and leaning will make you slow down. What you do is when you hit the part where if you keep going straight you will fly out, (it's the turn right before the U), then when you are up in the air, you DTD using R, then Z to gain maximum speed of 3000. I have only done this trick once just "messin' around", and then I tried it again on the second lap and fell to my death. Never did get the jump right agian.
Hope that helps!