The Race, just can't do it

[Tarragon]

Was a nice game while it lasted, but I just can't see a way to do this thing.

[Delta Six]

Which Race?

The one at the Staple? You need one of the Alphants for that.

The one against the Fexel?
You can cheat a bit by not doing the last Part with the Platforms and the markers to hit with bow/slingshot which take a whole lot of time, just jump down and jump on the platform next to the finish-line one, you can jump on the rocks, then a bit higher and work your way up.
That's how i did it, otherwise no chance against the clock for me.
Practice that without the timer running and then you should be able to beat the fexel.

[Overlord1993]

You can also use the speed potion if it's for the fexel race. I did it with plenty of time to spare that way. But yes, for the stable one, make sure you got the alphant.

[Fr3nzy]

In fact both races could be won almost without any issues (considering you will use potion which enhances your speed in race against Fexel). In both cases you need max energy (just eat something).

[Nitehawk]

I used both Speed and Jumping potions and it still took a few tries before I got it. It was most frustrating part of the game but doable.

[Csontzuzo]

as the game suggest, you need to use a speed potion.

Other than that, some platforms are skippable, you just need to go through checkpoints. It still takes a few tries but if i, one of the worst platformer player of the known world, managed to do it, you can do it too:-) Don't give up:-)

[SageFox]

I can see the problem with it. The sudden autosaves in the middle can screw you over big time. It shouldn't be like that, and it adds a large layer of frustration that shouldn't even be an issue at all, with a run suddenly ruined cause the game decided to autosave while you're turning a corner or about to jump.

[Tarragon]

The Fexel race, and I was already using the speed potion. How many potions am I going to have to waste resources on until I finally get it? A few tries doesn't even cover it. I'm not a bad platformer overall, but I can't do timed things, I just don't have that kind of coordination and dexterity. Ask me how many times I've had to play the race section of Psychonauts before I got that. And at least I could just *do* that one over and over without having to gather resources to craft potions first.

[Csontzuzo]

Originally posted by Tarragon:

The Fexel race, and I was already using the speed potion. How many potions am I going to have to waste resources on until I finally get it? A few tries doesn't even cover it. I'm not a bad platformer overall, but I can't do timed things, I just don't have that kind of coordination and dexterity. Ask me how many times I've had to play the race section of Psychonauts before I got that. And at least I could just *do* that one over and over without having to gather resources to craft potions first.

get potion, save, if failed reload?

[Overlord1993]

Originally posted by Csontzuzo:

Originally posted by Tarragon:

The Fexel race, and I was already using the speed potion. How many potions am I going to have to waste resources on until I finally get it? A few tries doesn't even cover it. I'm not a bad platformer overall, but I can't do timed things, I just don't have that kind of coordination and dexterity. Ask me how many times I've had to play the race section of Psychonauts before I got that. And at least I could just *do* that one over and over without having to gather resources to craft potions first.

get potion, save, if failed reload?

Pretty much this, the save and load function is there to be used. :)

[Tarragon]

The load function also makes me repeat the race instructions every time, even if I save after I already tried the race once.

[Tarragon]

I can also align the rotating platform all I like, I still can't jump far enough to actually make it. Tested outside the race.

[Meraziel]

Do the bird quest before the race, so you can have the jump potion, it make the race a cake walk.

[Tarragon]

Thanks, I'll try that. If I try to run around instead of doing that last bit of jumping, I'm always just a bit out of time.

[pearsanity]

Finished the race without potions.

[CharlieJade]

Hey Tarragon,

we've received a lot of similar feedback, and we will be adjusting the duration and the some of the jumping in the next patch.

A good solution for toning down the difficulty is to complete The Tomb Gazer quest, and use the reward that was given at the end of the quest.