Summer (R) is generally considered the fastest season on both 150cc and 200cc, although Fall is easier for 200cc for most people. 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 while selecting the first track. Mastering soft-drifting is essential to mastering the game.įor more info on soft-drifting and drifting in general, along with helpful visuals, see Vike's Guide to Drifting Soft-drifting 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. With that said, once you know how to spot it, you’ll see it everywhere in top-level play. 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. It helps you take better lines on shallow turns and straightaways because you aren’t turning as much. It prevents you from wiggling the stick back and forth quite as much. Soft-drifting allows you to charge MTs that would be impossible to achieve with just full left/right inputs. Soft-drifting refers to holding an angle very near the edge of the zone (or roughly around a "2-o'clock" or "4-o'clock" position for a right drift if you picture the circle as a face of a clock) with this angle, you manipulate this zone to turn as little as possible (at the “softest” angle) while still charging MTs at the maximum rate. This zone extends almost 45 degrees above and below the left-right line. Here we're interested in the entire zone where MTs charge quickly. The result of this is that there are a variety of turning angles that charge MTs at the same speed but lead to different lines. If you hold the control stick far in the direction of the drift, mini-turbos will charge quickly. If the control stick is held opposite the direction of the turn, left neutral, or even pushed slightly in the direction of the turn, MTs will charge slowly. This is the most efficient method of charging an MT, although "efficient" is not quite the same as "fastest"! There are exactly two different mini-turbo charging rates: slow and fast. By doing this, you turn as little as possible while still charging an MT (mini-turbo) at the maximum rate. !!-!!!! Soft-drifting: Hold the control stick at approximately 30-40 degrees above or below horizontal (in the direction of the drift) while in a drift. Now you at least know soft-drifting exists, which was my goal! The techniques directly after are much easier and require less explanation. If it’s a bit much to take in or execute at first, don’t worry. Note 2: I generally tried to order tech by difficulty, but soft-drifting is so important that I felt the need to explain it first and in the greatest detail, at the very least to educate people. Note 1: Firehopping (and related tech) doesn’t work in MK8DX. Only conscious thought required to execute
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