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Table of Contents
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-Table of Contents (toc)
-Intro/About (inab)
-Controls (cntl)
-Tricks (trix)
-Gameplay (gmpy)
Comboing (cmbo)
Boost (bost)
Gamemodes (gmde)
-Characters (chra)
Taylor Jordan (tajd)
Luc La Mouche (lcmh)
Karin Nielsen (krnl)
Eva del Toro (edto)
Vladi Zakharov (vdzv)
Vittoro Calabria (vocb)
Lia Cardoso (laco)
Kenji Tanaka (kjnk)
-Watercrafts (wtcr)
-Courses (curs)
SlicStream (sltr)
DeltaFaktor (dafr)
Hyperion Gorge (hpgr)
MesoTec (motc)
PermaFrost (prfr)
NeoTropic (netp)
Aquatica (aqta)
Metro Nox (mtnx)
-Hints/Tips (hntp)
-Secrets (scrt)
-Glitches (glch)
-Legal/Credits (lgcd)
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///Intro/About (inab)
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Jet X2O is a forgotten extreme sports game, released during the height of the
once popular genre. It includes the staples of most extreme sports games of the
time. Characters with exaggerated personalities, courses to equal said riders,
a fillable special meter to pull off impossible, physics destroying tricks.
Its also can be excessively hard and frustrating!
Jet X2O also lacks a story. The manual boils it down to simply to:
"You've shown you're crazy enough for these races by just showing up. Now prove
you're outrageous enough to win.". Jet X2O is also "highly experimental (but
clean burning!) next-gen hydrogen fuel". They, unfortunately, didn't build a up
world like SSX did. No dropping a iceberg in a Hawaii harbor or building a pin-
ball machine just to showoff. They just went "here are some courses, go at it".
Basically, Jet X2O is the best extreme jet skiing game EA Sports BIG
surprisingly didn't make. With some heavy influence from SSX Tricky, it really
does feel like it would've been from BIG; Instead it was made by a lesser known
company called Killer Game. Outside Jet X2O, their only other efforts include
some non extreme sports games on the original PlayStation and a puzzle game on
the PSP called Frantix. Information of Killer Game is even more scarce than
that of Jet X2O. Here's hoping this FAQ made 16 years later will rectify at
least one of those.
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///Controls (cntl)
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Menu Controls-
Left analog stick/D-pad...........Highlight menu items
X.................................Select items
Triangle..........................Back
O.................................Options
Watercraft Controls-
X.................................Accelerate
Square............................Turbo/Modify tricks
Triangle..........................Cycle 3 different cameras
Left analog stick/D-pad...........Steer/Shift rider's weight
Down......................."Hydroplane"
Down + Left/Right.........."Sliding" Turn
Up + Left/Right............Sharp Turn
Down tap, Up...............Subdive
Down tap, Up, Down.........Subdive Jump
R1................................Tricks (Details in Tricks)
R2..................../
L1.............../
L2........../
The handling is not as cut and dry as it may seem at first glance:
-The jet skis in the game steer starting with the rear of the machine.
-Waves, currents, swells and wakes of the other riders all effect your
turning. The manual also states the balance stat effects it as well. I
personally have not noticed much of an effect.
-Boosting also helps fight against currents pushing you. The stability stat
does have some effect on that as well.
-You also have to be accelerating to be able to turn; unlike something like
Wave Race where you can turn in place even at a dead stop.
-What the manual calls "Hydroplaning" is the equivalent to holding Up in a
snowboarding game. On average, it increases your top speed by about 7 to
14 mph, depending on the conditions.
-"Hydroplaning" also stiffens up the turning considerably, making it feel
less squirrely at lower stats. It should let you take turns gently without
having to do constant tiny adjustments. The later crafts will slide a bit,
but should still corner gently even with the more extreme currents.
-The timing on the Subdive Jump is rather quick. Tap Down, then quickly
hold Up just a little bit, then hold/tap Down. Holding down gives you a
bit more hang time when jumping out of the water.
-Subdive Jump height is mostly determined by speed. Boosting will give a
much higher jump than non-boosting. Speed stat also has a minor effect on
the height.
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///Tricks (trix)
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Jet X2O, like most extreme sports games at the time, went with the 4 shoulder
button scheme for tricks. These are the same across all characters and crafts.
Tricks also change your orientation in the air; leaning to the left, back, etc.
Jet X2O also does not have point degradation for repeating tricks!
Unlike most extreme sports games at the time, there is no pre-winding jumps.
There is no Spinning either, only rolls and flips. These can be done in
conjunction with all the tricks, including signature tricks. If you're at an
extreme angle in the air, you will not be able to flip or roll.
-Tapping Left then Right or vice versa, will cause you to Barrel Roll
-Tapping Up then Down or vice versa, will cause you to Flip
Hold Down and Boosting can sometimes result in a "Wheelie". Tricks where you do
not hang off the back of your craft can be preformed while doing a "Wheelie".
Landing tricks is obviously the most important part. You'll want to land in the
water, but you can land on... land... sometimes. Objects like signs and buoys
will instantly cause your tricks to fail. What's confusing is that SOME land
counts, not all of it. Some rock obstacles will cause you to fail, and others
won't. If it looks like it was sculpted from the surrounding landscape, it more
than likely be safe to land on. But if looks like a generic rock that could be
on any level may cause the trick to fail. Tricks also reduce the amount of time
you spend in the air, so for larger jump shortcuts, its best not to trick
during them, except at higher stats.
Hitting walls or more annoyingly, other riders, while doing tricks also makes
your tricks fail and staggers you in the air for a few second. Nothing is more
annoying than an AI rider landing on top of you, just as you are about to land
your 15x combo. If you think you are about to hit a wall, sign or rider, hold
off till the collision happens, then try to use your remaining time to do some
tricks.
S will stand for the Square button, which is to modify the trick.
The lay out of the list will go as such:
Buttons ----- Name of the trick ----- Direction it will tilt the craft
R1 ---------------------- CanCan -------------------- Right
R1 + S ------------------ SeatStand ----------------- Back
R2 ---------------------- Double Can ---------------- Left
R2 + S ------------------ Spine Splitter ------------ Right
L1 ---------------------- NacNac -------------------- Left
L1 + S ------------------ X2O ----------------------- None
L2 ---------------------- Bar Hop ------------------- Front
L2 + S ------------------ Backward Tsunami ---------- Front
R1 + R2 ----------------- Pommel Horse -------------- None
R1 + R2 + S ------------- Bar Bender ---------------- Front
R1 + L1 ----------------- Bicycle ------------------- Right
R1 + L1 + S ------------- The Lounge ---------------- None
R1 + L2 ----------------- Pendulum ------------------ None
R1 + L2 + S ------------- TomaHawk ------------------ Left
L1 + R2 ----------------- Superman ------------------ None
L1 + R2 + S ------------- Superman Seat Grab -------- Back & Right
L1 + L2 ----------------- Cordova ------------------- None
L1 + L2 + S ------------- Cliffhanger --------------- Back
L2 + R2 ----------------- Indian Air ---------------- Front & Right
L2 + R2 + S ------------- Backwards Somersault ------ None
*R1 + R2 + L1 ------------ Sky Dive ------------------ Back
*R1 + R2 + L2 ------------ Straight Up --------------- None
*L1 + L2 + R1 ------------ Backward Superman --------- None
*L1 + L2 + R2 ------------ Back Breaker -------------- Left
R1 + L1 + R2 + L2 ------- Heart Attack -------------- None
R1 + L1 + R2 + L2 + S --- DoubleHanded Heart Attack - Back
* The modified version of these tricks are the character specific signature
tricks which are different for every character. They'll be covered in the
character section.
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///Gameplay (gmpy)
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///COMBOS (cmbo)
Comboing tricks is as simple as just doing multiple tricks in a row in the air.
You'll want the highest possible combo multiplier when landing your tricks.
The multiplier starts at 1x and for every trick gains .5 to it. Modifying a
trick also counts towards the combo. Repeating tricks also does not degrade the
adding to the combo count.
Examples:
NacNac and nothing else would = 1x
NacNac + Barrel Roll = 1.5x
NacNac + CanCan + NacNac = 2X
NacNac + X2O + NacNac = 2x
NacNac + CanCan + Barhop + Flipping through all of it = 2.5x
Doing a signature trick then ending it with a quick combo of faster tricks help
build up the value quickly. 10k from the signature trick then getting that
propped up by a 6x combo will be making up the bulk of your points during most
races. But there are some exceptions.
You can also extend combos by landing into a subdive jump. Its
extremely fiddly and often not worth attempting, as is slows you down greatly
during a race. But if you need that last little bit, may be worth do. Just
enter the command for a subdive just as you land in the water before the point
total is added up.
Performing a bunch of single flips is also another way to inflate your combo
multiplier. So instead of just holding 1 long flip, perform 1 complete flip,
pause, then do another. You can chain them together quite easily. Same goes for
barrel rolls, but you run a higher risk of throwing yourself off balance.
///BOOST (bost)
The bar on the right of the screen is your boost. It's segmented into 10
blocks. You fill it by doing tricks or by going through different colored
buoys; Yellow gives you 1 block, Orange gives 2 and Red gives 4. Hitting the
gas just as it says GO! during the count down will also give you a small amount
of boost. Most I seem to get is 3 blocks when its well timed.
Once you have 10 blocks, any other buoys or tricks will put your boost into
"Mega" mode. No matter how small of a trick or color of buoy, it will always
fill the Mega bar to max. Mega will keep draining until it reaches the 10th
block again. So a chain of very short, small wheelies can keep it going.
During Mega is also when you can start performing the signature tricks. If
Mega ends while you are in the air during a signature trick, it will end the
trick early. Barring some signature tricks that have 1 set animation you can't
hold.
///GAMEMODES (gmde)
Single Event lets you choose between:
Combo - Race for the fastest time and highest trick score.
Race - Race for the fastest time and some ramps have been removed.
Trick - Try for the highest trick score while on a timer. Multipliers are
added to the courses. Dark Blue Xs are 2x, Medium Blue are 3x and
Light Blue is 4x. Tricks landed add to the timer.
World Event is the main bulk of the game. It's where you unlock characters,
crafts, courses and costumes. It's in the Combo gamemode type, so you have to
master both racing and tricking at the same time.
World Event has 3 difficulties; Starts off with Amateur, to Professional then
to Expert. The AI will become a bit more ruthless and the currents, waves and
swells become a bit more violent, and the trick scores become higher. Courses
are locked to difficulty. So if you can't beat Professional at least once, you
can't use the last 2 courses in single event or character specific watercrafts.
Amateur - SlicStream, DeltaFaktor, Hyperion Gorge, MesoTec
Professional - all Amateur courses, PermaFrost, NeoTropic
Expert - All Amateur and Pro courses, Aquatica, Metro Nox
Big Wave is a small self contained map that is just for free roaming. Use it to
get use to the handling, test tricks, practice subdives or just explore.
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///Characters (chra)
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8 colorful characters make up this games cast. While they have different stats,
outside of their signature tricks, they don't feel all that different from each
other to play. The rider's stats have a minor effect at best on how you will
play. The stats in the manual don't line up with what's in the game either.
Lia Cordoso for example, is list as 8, 4 , 4, 9 in the manual, while in game
her strength is higher than her weight.
The stats are as follows:
Balance - The only stat the manual mentions and claims it aids in turning.
Strength - Less likely to fall off when colliding with terrain.
Weight - Doesn't seem to effect trick leaning or anything else.
Tricks - Minor effect on how fast tricks are performed.
There's 2 types of Signature tricks, ones you can hold and ones that play a
single usually longer animation. The holdable Sig. Tricks gain points faster
than regular tricks when held and tend to have faster animations. Single
animation Sig. Tricks tend to give a big burst of points (roughly 5k~14k) but
take awhile to play out. What ones to use will come with experience.
While listing the signature tricks I will describe them as such:
Button Combo - Name of Trick - Tilt Direction - Hold/Single Animation - Rough
estimate of the animation length
///TAYLOR JORDAN (tajd)
A big dumb dude bro.
Country: USA
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Weight: 210
Height: 6'
Team: Detroit Muscle
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 5/10
-Strength: 7/10
-Weight: 6/10
-Tricks: 7/20
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - In Your Face - Right - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - Sting Ray - Back - Once - Long
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Side Winder - Left - Hold - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R2 - California Roll - Front - Once - Medium
///LUC LA MOUCHE (lcmh)
A crazy insane Frenchmen. Only thing crazy about him is the amount of
inflections in his voice.
Country: France
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Weight: 180
Height: 7'
Team: Funk Mob
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 6/10
-Strength: 7/10
-Weight: 5/10
-Tricks: 7/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - Le Croissant - None - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - Assault Craft - Back - Hold - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Mind Bender - None - Once - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R2 - Dementia - None - Once - Long
///KARIN NIELSEN (krnl)
A prima-donna swede gal.
Country: Trollhattan, Sweden
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Weight: 6' 1"
Height: 125
Team: Blue Crush
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 8/10
-Strength: 6/10
-Weight: 4/10
-Tricks: 7/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - Super Star - Right - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - Prima Dona - None - Once - Long
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Whirl Wind - None - Once - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R2 - The Split Up - None - Once - Long
///EVA del TORO (edto)
A goth girl with no hint of being from Spain.
Country: Spain
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Weight: 110
Height: 5' 4"
Team: Black Hearts
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 9/10
-Strength: 5/10
-Weight: 5/10
-Tricks: 6/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - The Crow - Front - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - The Vampire X - None - Once - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Spider Kick - None - Once - Quick
-L1 + L2 + R2 - The COffin - Back - Once - Long
///VLADI ZAKHAROV (vdzv)
A big bad wrestle'n Russian. Its notable that his appearance in the manual,
intro and his ending video, shows him in a red tank top, which he does not have
as an option to wear.
Country: Russia
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Weight: 350
Height: 7'
Team: The Projekt
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 4/10
-Strength: 9/10
-Weight: 8/10
-Tricks: 4/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - Sleeper Hold - Left - Once - Medium
-R1 + R2 + L2 - Body Slam - None - Once - Long
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Si-Lo - Right & Back - Once - Long
-L1 + L2 + R2 - Cannon Grab - Back - Once - Long
///VITTORIO CALABRIA (vocb)
A suave Italian guy. He hates Luc La Mouche and blames him for losing before.
Country: Italy
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Weight: 180
Height: 6' 2"
Team: Vendetta
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 7/10
-Strength: 6/10
-Weight: 5/10
-Tricks: 7/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - Statuette - Front - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - The Mojo - None - Hold - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R1 - On Fire - None - Once - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R2 - The Player - Back - Hold - Long
///LIA CARDOSO (laco)
A plucky Brazilian gal. She'll almost always do the heavy stagger animation
when hitting anything.
Country: Brazil
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Weight: 5'
Height: 100
Team: Sunshine All-Stars
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 8/10
-Strength: 4/10
-Weight: 4/10
-Tricks: 9/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - Crescent Moon - Left - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - Super Twist - None - Once - Long
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Can Splitter - None - Hold - Quick
-L1 + L2 + R2 - The Tornado - None - Once - Medium
///KENJI TANAKA (kjnk)
"The least asian, asian man." Despite being from Japan, he has no accent what
so ever. He's not even an Asian-American or from another English speaking
country. He is also shown in the intro and his ending video in his red alt
wet suit, instead of his deafault.
Country: Yokohama, Japan
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Weight: 125
Height: 5' 6"
Team: Omega Crew
Voice Actor: ?
Stats:
-Balance: 8/10
-Strength: 4/10
-Weight: 5/10
-Tricks: 8/10
Signature Tricks:
-R1 + R2 + L1 - Kick'n - Back - Hold - Quick
-R1 + R2 + L2 - The Rock-It - None - Once - Medium
-L1 + L2 + R1 - Omega Flare - None - Once - Long
-L1 + L2 + R2 - Super Fresh Move - None - Once - Medium
///MALCOLM
Not a playable character, but the announcer of the game. He was a former
"extreme sports legend" according to the manual. He's no Rahzel, that's for
sure. He mostly just spouts random song lyrics during races.
Voice Actor: ?
Voice actors are blank because I simply because I don't know who voiced who.
Searching online, none of the named voice actors have Jet X2O listed as
something they've done, or simply can't find the actor anywhere online. If you
can help place them, it'd be a great help.
Voice actor names are; Malcolm Ryker, Emily Joyce, Matt Hoyt, Kai Vinhelmsen,
Sue Norberg, Christopher Wright and Marc Biagi.
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///Watercrafts (wtcr)
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Every character has 3 crafts to choose from. The first 2 are the same for every
characters, but the 3rd is unique to each character. The 3rd craft is also what
really makes each character feel different. Like Vladi's slower accelerating &
lowering handling craft, vs Lia's very fast accelerating & nimble handling
craft.
You can gain stats for the crafts in World Event. I'm honestly unsure how their
points are gained, as sometimes, even though I place first in everything, I get
less points to allocate. If anyone can clarify this, it'd be a big help.
The later crafts are also just flat out better. I think even if the Tsunami had
max speed stat, may not be able to compete with the others. I'll give a very
rough estimate of the craft stats, since they are just a vague yellow bar with
no numbers.
The descriptions are from the manual.
The stats are as follows:
Handling - The steering response
Speed - The top speed.
Accel - How fast it can reach top speed.
Stability - How steadily the craft rides in the water.
///AFTERSHOCK
The first basic craft that everyone gets. Its fairly poor over all, but lets
you get use to the handling of the game. I mostly just dump all the stats into
speed. Interestingly the manual refers to it as The Crusher.
Handling - 3
Speed - 3
Accel - 5
Stability - 7
///TSUNAMI
The 2nd craft you'll get, and its not that spectacular either. Way better than
the Aftershock, and can do non-boosting subdive jumps decently. The manual
refers to it as Jammer X.
Handling - 5
Speed - 5
Accel - 7
Stability - 7
///RENEGADE
Taylor's personal craft. It's stupidly low handling stat does not hinder its
turning ability at all, oddly enough. It also seems faster than most other
crafts, I beat most of my best times by 5~15 seconds with it on every course.
The manual has a screen shot of it and its called the USA in it.
Handling - 2
Speed - 8
Accel - 6
Stability - 7
///MASTERMIND
Luc La Mouche's personal craft. Nothing much to note about it. Its a bit slick
while turning, but nothing like the Golden Tiger. The balanced stats are nice.
Handling - 6
Speed - 8
Accel - 5
Stability - 6
///VALKYRIE
Karin's personal craft. The low handling stat.. DOES effect how it handles.
which is not good! Its really sluggish to control, worse than Vladi's in some
cases.
Handling - 3
Speed - 9
Accel - 4
Stability - 5
///DARKTHORNE
Eva's personal craft. Completely unremarkable. Worst looking too.
Handling - 4
Speed - 7
Accel - 5
Stability - 5
///COUNTERFORCE
Vladi's personal craft. Super slow accelerating and very sluggish handling.
Looks neat though!
Handling - 4
Speed - 9
Accel - 3
Stability - 9
///GOLDEN TIGER
Vittorio's personal craft. Its low stability makes it a bit slick to handle.
Has a nice Castrol type paint job.
Handling - 6
Speed - 9
Accel - 6
Stability - 2
///SUNBURST
Lia's personal craft. Looks almost like a VW Beetle in jet ski form. Has good
stats. Offset by Lia's very low strength, as she'll be thrown from it often
even for the slightest of nudges.
Handling - 8
Speed - 8
Accel - 9
Stability - 8
///MIXMASTER
Kenji's personal craft. Looks nothing like it does in the intro video. Nice
stability leads it to not getting pushed around by the currents as much. You
can barely feel its low acceleration.
Handling - 6
Speed - 7
Accel - 2
Stability - 8
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///Courses (curs)
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If this game has anything that stands out, is its 8 courses. If you watch the
"Making Of" video in the options, you learn quickly they did not like the flat
circuit, buoy based jet ski games that have come before. They went with an
unexplored direction for jet ski games, Verticality! This is why the game feels
so much like SSX, since its basically downhill jet skiing. Just freeze the
water and BAM, you have a brand new SSX course!
What also makes these courses feel so great is due to the sheer amount of paths
they have. They wanted less restrictive buoy racing and they nailed it. I don't
think there's a single "slow cut" in the game. You know, those short cut
looking paths in some racing games that end up being much longer than the
intended route? I have yet to see anything like that in this game; the main
route seems to be the slowest, everything else is just faster.
I don't feel it necessary to mark down EVERY other path. As long as you take
some side routes, you should be doing just fine. But I may go back and make
note of some of the larger time saving paths. For now, I'm just going to list
the estimated amount of trick points necessary to place first per difficulty
and I'll leave my personal best times as some sort of guide for getting 1st.
I estimated the amount of points the AI tends to get and rounded it up by 2k.
Since they AI's scores aren't set and fluctuate quite a bit sometimes,
I recommend getting at least 5k or more just as a safe buffer. More is always
better!
///SLICSTREAM (sltr)
A lovely jaunt down a mountainside river leading through some red wood trees
and a hydroelectric dam! Its a great learning ground for what Jet X2O will be
throwing at you.
Time: 3:49.70
Ama - 28k ~ 33k
Pro - 110k ~ 120k
Exp - 137k ~ 141k
///DELTAFAKTOR (dafr)
A swampy bayou, that's probably my least favorite course in the game. Its
rather flat compared to the other courses, and has no big jumps or anything of
note.
Time: 2:56.75
Ama - 28k ~ 33k
Pro - 69k ~ 74k
Exp - 104k ~ 109k
///HYPERION GORGE (hpgr)
A western USA desert course. From rapids, mine cart tracks, caves and some
steep drops, it's a very fast and fun course.
Time: 4:15.80
Ama - 44k ~ 49k
Pro - 115k ~ 120k
Exp - 168k ~ 173k
///MESOTEC (motc)
A South American feeling jungle, weaving through some ancient ruins. Probably
will also be your first jump in difficulty. Just starting out, that 80k trick
score is very hard to reach. You'll also want to start practicing subdive jumps
as this map has a lot of use for them.
Time: 3:09.64
Ama - 80k ~ 85k
Pro - 174k ~ 179k
Exp - 256k ~ 261k
///PERMAFROST (prfr)
A frosty frolic through what I assume to be Alaska, due to Malcolm mocking oil
drilling practices in the intro. This course also is home to possibly the
largest drop in the whole game.
Time: 3:29.14
Ama - 86k ~ 91k
Pro - 145k ~ 150k
Exp - 230k ~ 235k
///NEOTROPIC (netp)
A very Pacific Islander themed course, filled with lava caves and tiki god
statues. It has an unfinished feeling due to all the places you can fall out of
the map and glitchy AI.
Time: 3:53.83
Ama - 86k ~ 91k
Pro - 140k ~ 145k
Exp - 211k ~ 216k
///AQUATICA (aqta)
A sunken Atlantian city. You'll end up driving right down Poseidon's open gob
to reach it. You may want to try getting your points early as later in the city
there's not as many trick opportunities without going out of your way.
Time: 3:33.33
Ama - 56k ~ 61k
Pro - 104k ~ 109k
Exp - 149k ~ 154k
///METRONOX (mtnx)
A flooded Japanese city. As a final course, its ok. It also gets to be on the
cover for the game!
Time: 3.57.90
Ama - 79k ~ 84k
Pro - 131k ~ 136k
Exp - 200k ~ 205k
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///Hints/Tips (hntp)
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-Finding those trick scores really hard to reach? Wish there was an easier way?
Before I tell you about the trick you can do, I recommend at least TRYING to
play the intended way with signature tricks and such. Doing the following kind
of kills some of the fun. But if you are at wits end, here's an easy way to
completely trivialize trick score goals:
Pendulum to TomaHawk. The time it takes to perform those tricks is extremely
short. Pendulum counts as a trick and combo before its animation even gets
going, and the time it takes to start a TomaHawk is just as short. So by simply
holding R1 + L2 and rhythmically pressing Square, you'll quickly gain a high
combo. Pendulum and TomaHawk are worth quite a few points too. Just watch the
riders right leg to know when to hold and let go of the square button; fully
extended then to bent over the seat.
If you add in multiple, individual flips to the equation, you can get some
stupidly high combos quickly. You can get 100k points off the very first ramp
in Metro Nox with this trick.
-You can skip the whole circular ramp part with the tiki statues in NeoTropic.
When coming up to where the path splits, aim to the left of the stalactite. The
bottom of it isn't solid, but its best to be avoided. Perform a boosting
subdive jump and don't do any tricks as it kills your hang time. Spend that
time instead angling your craft to the right. You should land safely onto the
end of the left path, cutting out the very long and slow ride down it. It's
fairly consistent too!
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///Secrets (scrt)
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Don't know of any. You don't get anything for beating the game with every
character. Nor do you get anything for the fastest Race and Trick scores.
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///Glitches (glch)
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Sometimes the AI becomes super competent and finishes NeoTropic in 2 minutes.
No idea what causes it and I've tried following them but never witnessed it.
It also seems to happen on Hyperion Gorge as well, but not AS extreme.
The inverse of the above is true also; Sometimes the AI will become brain-dead
and you'll beat them by 1~2 minutes.
The race meter on the left freaks out A LOT on Hyperion Gorge.
For a few frames when selecting a craft or character you don't have unlocked
yet, you can see the stats and description. Not that amazing, but its there.
You can flip or roll forever on the land. As long as you don't use any other
tricks. Fun to mess around with it in Big Wave.
You can sometimes end up racing yourself! I noticed while playing as Vladi.
If you can subdive jump far enough at the end of the course to land on the
stage part, you can potentially keep sliding till you reach an out of bounds
trigger while your character does their victory dance. Placing the camera out
in the middle of no where.
Sometimes Eva del Toro will just stand there like a lemon, looking around,
during her victory animation. You'll have to press X to continue, it will never
end on its own.
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///Legal/Credits (lgcd)
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Big thanks to Insetik47 for basically introducing the game to me.
ASCII Title made at patorjk.com/software/taag
Various FAQ making guides. They were quite helpful.
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