I've only seen this once and it was on the GCN MC WR ghost.

You can change the direction you face before the start of the race. That way you can start your wheelie immediately after time starts rather than having to wait until you're facing the desired direction (perhaps a little more to the left or right).

This is the way I do it and it works great (very easy), though I'm not sure it is required to be this elaborate:

1. As soon as you have control over the character, tilt the joystick in the direction you want to rotate.
2. Move the joystick around the top of it's holder. For example, if you intend on facing more to the left, you would start with it all the way left, then left/up, then up, then right/up, then right. You don't pause at each direction, you just quickly rotate the joystick around the top.
3. DURING the movement described in step 2, attempt a wheelie. You character will yell at you and you should rotate a little bit.

I haven't experimented with it a whole lot, but you can change the degree to which you turn. I think that if you hold the direction longer before rotating the joystick, you will rotate more. I'm not entirely sure, however.

I hope this is useful information.  

ioupoo wrote on 05/10/08 at 21:24:37:


No... read the first line.  

I didn't know if anyone here already did it and I haven't seen any discussion about it so I figured I would put it out there.

You can also turn while wheelieing but ONLY when you're getting a boost from something (Zipper,shroom, etc..)

There have already been like 5 topics saying this is a newly discovered technique.  

Macaque wrote on 05/11/08 at 09:45:27:


When I race my ghosts, I notice that I'm faster when I start my wheelie sooner. It's not by a whole lot, but it's faster, maybe about .1-.2.

I notice in some WR ghosts (like G-danzee's DS) that he starts his wheelie immediately but also steers after the clock starts. This is probably just as quick as what I have described. This way is just easier to me.

Chuck Foster wrote on 05/10/08 at 19:22:00:

I've also been using this technique. The way I do it is to tap the wheelie button than to push the analog stick in opposite the direction that I want to face. If you want to turn even sharper to one side before the race starts, you usually have enough time to do the maneuver twice before having to accelerate.