Yeah, it really seems like the equalizer for the AI is getting hit or falling off the map. The rubberbanding negates any speed loss from hitting a wall or driving over rough terrain, but there's no compensation for getting hit or being brought back onto the map. Even at its best, the AI will still lead CPU racers off the map or into hazards which helps with more difficult courses, but with some of the tracks here... Anyways, player-only shortcuts like breaking past the shortcut gate in 765 Stadium or bouncing off the slopes in Green Triangle Zone seem like the only surefire way to get an advantage when the track is heavily AI-oriented.
A fortunate thing is that the CPUs are also often stupid enough to wander right into obvious traps on occasion (such as the spikes in Carnival Night or the bottomless pit in Mega Scrap Brain), and thus those who can pick up on this can give themselves an early advantage over them.
Yeah, it really seems like the equalizer for the AI is getting hit or falling off the map. The rubberbanding negates any speed loss from hitting a wall or driving over rough terrain, but there's no compensation for getting hit or being brought back onto the map. Even at its best, the AI will still lead CPU racers off the map or into hazards which helps with more difficult courses, but with some of the tracks here... Anyways, player-only shortcuts like breaking past the shortcut gate in 765 Stadium or bouncing off the slopes in Green Triangle Zone seem like the only surefire way to get an advantage when the track is heavily AI-oriented.
A fortunate thing is that the CPUs are also often stupid enough to wander right into obvious traps on occasion (such as the spikes in Carnival Night or the bottomless pit in Mega Scrap Brain), and thus those who can pick up on this can give themselves an early advantage over them.
11:30 is uh. something special.
Has there been a change in how the drift boosting works? Because I've noticed that the time it takes to get the Rainbow drift is much shorter.
That's the trick spark at play, it makes drifts build up faster.
7:35 is it me, or does the AIs intentionally push you into the fault line?
8:34