!! Getting good coins: The difference between 0 and 10 coins is equivalent to 5 bars of speed in the in-game stats menu, or roughly the difference between 100 and 150cc. Like glider cannons, they set your speed to a set value before giving you a boost, and in these situations it’s faster to just be propelled by your MT. ! Not tricking on glider ramps: When you’re in the middle of a UMT (ultra mini-turbo) boost, it's generally best not to trick on glider ramps. This prevents the game from resetting your speed to a set value before you get shot forward, and saves ~.1 each time. ! Quick Cannon: Before glider cannons like on Sweet Sweet Canyon and Sunshine Airport, hop before the ramp so you land on the middle/end. Summer is generally considered the fastest season on 150cc, and Fall and Summer are the fastest 200cc courses (Fall is easier). R = Summer (same as time trials: ramp on the beach section) Each button corresponds to a different season: ! Choosing the Animal Crossing season: Hold down one of the shoulder buttons before selecting the first track. Softdrifting is rated !! because it’s relatively straightforward to execute, and it’s rated !!!! because many of the MT strats that stem from it are extremely difficult.
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Once you know how to spot it, you’ll see it everywhere in top-level play. It’s important to note that it isn’t faster on EVERY turn sometimes it’s not necessary, or holding hard right or left gives you a tighter line around a sharp corner. Softdrifting allows you to charge MTs that would usually be impossible or much slower to achieve and helps you take better lines on shallow turns and straightaways because you aren’t turning as much. Softdrifting manipulates this zone to turn as little as possible (at the “softest” angle) while still charging at the maximum rate. This zone is 30 degrees up and down from left and right (8-o’clock to 10-o’clock and 2-o’clock to 4-o’clock). The creators of the game knew they couldn’t expect human players to push exactly 90 degrees left or right on a control stick, so they designed the game to have a buffer zone where MTs would still charge rapidly. It is the most efficient method of charging a MT. !!-!!!! Softdrifting: Hold the control stick at approximately 60 degrees from vertical while in a drift to turn as little as possible while still charging a MT (mini-turbo) at the maximum rate. Now you at least know softdrifting exists, which was my goal.
The following techniques are generally much easier and require less explanation. If it’s a bit much to take in or execute at first, don’t worry. Note: I generally tried to order this by difficulty, but softdrifting is so important that I felt the need to explain it first and in the greatest detail, at the very least to educate people. Extensive practice required.įirehopping (and related tech) doesn’t work in this game, regardless of your opinion of it. Only conscious thought required to execute.