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mmmm should this tread be sticky?

You grip by slowing down and not giving it any gas when you corner. The car wont slide to the point of all out drift. Skid a little bit, maybe out of braking, but it's not gonna go sideways.

Hi Digibunny, thanks for the guide..
anyway, i'm new to this version.. i've recently FT my ap1 n i cant seem to break the 3,16.0xx barrier for akina..
the more i play, the more confused i get..
i'll try to conserve boost at the start n this will result in me not gasing fully for the 1st 2 checkpoints..which lead to sucky CPs..
does braking hard consume boost? the car seems to exit slow even though i followed your guide and glided through the corners..
n from my replays, i see ALOT of smoke coming out from my tyres,even though i'm already not fully gasing..
can you help me?

Oh no no, you've got a misconception about conserving boost.

Going full throttle on any CP is fine. It's the corners that decide where your boost gets shredded. Braking all in all, actually conserves boost. Heck; you can come to a complete stop in the middle of the run and you'd get this monster boost kick; but you'd still be slower overall.
You need to moderate how you corner so that your boost is saved for places where it's strategically more valuable to have an acceleration punch. (i.e. You dont need to corner like you're being chased by a steamroller. But you have to gun it on a long straight section.)

There shouldn't be any smoke coming from your tires at your level. Skid marks on the road, yes, but not white, tire squealing smoke.

Since you're still above the 3'15 mark, you don't need to use ANY gas input when you corner whatsoever. Just brake, stay off the pedals, then accelerate once you completely clear the turn.
That's not the fastest way, but it's better if you build up on that slowly so you can start experimenting with your own style. Starting right from the bottom lets you feel the difference.

Gosh i've been doing this wrongly all along T.T.. i'll try out ur advice and hopefully i'll report an improvement in timing.. thank you very much for your advice!

as for the tire burning part, i swear there's really ALOT of white smoke coming out from the replays..could it be something to do with the car being FT? FT cars are hard to control..

@aLphonsus > i c u r fr Sing, i believed there r plenty of PRO n good ID players in Sing n they r almost every where ... is better to c them playing n TAing so u can have a better picture of how to play

FT cars r much better to control coz they r balanced compared to unFT cars ...

ahha there are lots of pro players but at my lvl, i dont understand what they're doing..
i'll take a video of my gameplay soon n upload it so that the pros here can correct my mistakes:)
i'll have to get used to FT cars i guess!

Really? I find a lesser tuned car doesn't snap to when I tell it to turn.

It could also be a machine issue? Remember to drive with minimal sideways angle. If it is the machine, then that's not your fault.

@aLphonsus
where you play?

i play at jp..
but may be going cwp coz my friend is still tuning n timezome has the fri double deal so it's cheaper to tune there..
i tend to play in the aftnn when the crowd's less..
i'm going down to dg diz sat to see if i manage to catch some pros in action..

sorry OT alr!!!

i'm currently editing a general guide for nagao... i personally feel that i'm not fast there (PB's are 3'17"4xx for dhd and 3'22"7xx for uhd), but i think i should be able to make a guide that would more or less make beginners better oriented with the map...

...and also will make a general guide for playing in the wet, as mentioned before...

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^ beginner's guide to Nagao

my apologies for the shaky camera handling and the editing... XD

This post has been edited by brian_infinispirit on Aug 4 2010, 10:41 AM

UPDATE!

Nagao and Tsukuba OB finally Shoved up there. They're probably out of date, but hey, it's a general guide, not a specific OMG I IZ TEH KING guide.

You've no idea how long I've waited for this...thanks a bunch.

Actually, I'm pretty sure we can take an exact estimate as to when you were waiting for it if we know when you began wanting a video guide.

>w>

Speaking of guides, I finished the Intermediate Player's guide. You all know this stuff already, but they don't.

I filled it with drivers that we can all LOL at. It helps to make my point.

This post has been edited by DigiBunny on Aug 5 2010, 08:30 AM

when i have time this weekend, i'll start working on the wet weather guide... the funny thing is i originally planned on doing that first before the nagao guide; however, i suddenly had a change of heart... why? i still don't know why LOL... XD

Finally a Nagao guide. Will try the advice given the next time when i can go ID5-ing.

Brian's wet guide posted.

thanks for letting every one know... and thanks as well for the assurance that the video has been processed...

because when i was uploading it earlier during my lunch hour, i was a bit nervous since i kept on seeing the message "this video has not yet been processed"... since my break time was almost over, i just left it as is... :\

it's good to know the video's already up there... ^ ^

wow a wet guide, thanks guys!

Can u make more video guide for other course (directions/weather) as well?

Unfortunately I am a specialist player, and there are some maps I never play or hate with a passion. (Wet/Uphill/Happo in general. Do not want.) So for the question if I could make other guides, that's a dead no.

However I welcome everyone else who has reasonable knowledge to make their own guide. The more variety we have, the less important I am to this thread.

For Akagi DH or UH, Happo OB or IB and Akina UH I n my friends could help to create it...

This post has been edited by tkrd48 on Aug 15 2010, 05:35 PM

Feel free to do so!
In fact, I encourage you to go on and make the guides. This makes our community stand on even influences; It's not just one or the other flinging around information.

I'd also like to add that if someone disagrees with what's written down in a guide, be vocal about it. The guides are meant to show the correct method of playing, and therefore they should be as error free as possible.

Ok I will make it this weekends an upload it by Monday next week

Why does wet terrain looks slower when playing? hope its not too bad for a question...