Michael F wrote on 07/21/14 at 00:40:48:


That's insane.  I hate coins in this game.

Rhodechill wrote on 07/21/14 at 21:14:01:


Well, they may be hated in racing (these items appear too much), but in TTs that's a whole other thing, since it's basically the same thing as in MK7 when we're talking about TTs...

At least you can do a race without items nor coins online... But why are you saying that's a bad thing in TTs??? I wonder what the Ed WR would have been if there were no coins... I think it wouldn't even be sub 2 minutes lol.

Even if in this game, there seems to be more 2 minute tracks compared to MK7... I didn't necessarily mean it like it was a bad thing... I must have played MK7 more than MKW, I'd say,  but still... I wonder why coins are bad. Personal preference: I'll give you the point. No wonder why the MKW tracks take 3 minutes with no coins too... I just wanted to approximate the times.

Or the vehicles are slower.

γαζτεη wrote on 07/22/14 at 08:02:05:


Going around doesn't look like a much longer path, so it might save more time to stack hops than cut the grass.
I did go try this, though, and going around the grass is harder than I expected, so it doesn't seem very likely to save time.

Has anyone tried bunny sliding/skimming/whatever after the double smt turn on Water Park after fire hopping (when the slope angle is downwards)?

Another strat idea: the current WR gets 3 coins in the underwater part before the glider, and skips 1 of the 3 approaching the glider. Wouldn't it be better to skip the third coin of the run (the one you go wide for around the double smt turn), and then get 3 underwater and all 3 at the glider? I don't know how consistant it is to get 2 coins at once in the rows underwater though.

You can easily add an MT in the first turn of rYV, I have no clue why it's not done.

ALAKTORN wrote on 07/26/14 at 13:46:54:


Oh yes, it's probably harder / not possible for first lap because of the different route

RR: must have tried an early SMT that I didn't convert into an MT... And my time was better... Good question. Was it because I was on L3? Maybe.

Could spin-hopping be useful? (Start a hop one way, change direction mid-hop.) It allows you to hop without changing your alignment much, so if it gives a boost comparable to regular bunny hopping, it might be useful in a few places.

ALAKTORN wrote on 08/05/14 at 19:38:45:


You've never actually done one, have you? -.-
You can watch the highlight reel in slow-mo too, if you can't make accurate comparisons at normal speed.

Or just take it from the guy who occasionally does it on accident: it ruins my line.

ALAKTORN wrote on 08/06/14 at 08:50:26:


Because if doing them unintentionally makes a difference, the technique can change your alignment and therefore could be useful.
They don't always ruin my line either, I can compensate when I see it happen.

("tested it on corners": I'm not talking about spindrifting.)