Ibba/Viv TIPS

[Corvo_Ex]

I was quite enjoying the game, with the first 2 runners I got through the story mode with relative ease...but I got to Ibba/Viv and hit a wall of difficulty.
Any advice for these 2 runners?

[Daredeviler_21]

with dragon, you want to let off the gas to increase your drift angle by "charging" it, and then when holding the drift stick reapply gas, and use the brakes to manage your speed when approaching corners, it has fast acceleration so trying to maintain top speed is less important, the cleaner you race the faster you'll be, the story cutscenes do actually give legit advice on driving, so pay attention

with chrono, the same method to drift is used, but to an extreme, if you overcharge it you will spin out, and there is a "superdrift" it can achieve with perfect timing, but don't worry about that, tap brakes to reset the drift to neutral too, it's the best method, brakes can be used like the dragon too but chrono can get away with only using brakes to cancel drifts, especially if you can superdrift

if you haven't beaten them already, good luck, also, do note there is one track in ibba's story that you're meant to lose

[metamec]

I managed to complete Ibba's story, but the Viv snow mountain section is absolutely brutal.

[Corvo_Ex]

I have already achieved 100% with Ibba after a lot of effort.
Now with Viv it's got worse, I don't understand how the pirouette works and I understand that it's essential to play with her...

[Jonny]

Superdrifting with Chrono is entirely unnecessary for story mode, just focus on clean drifts. Traditional racing lines (start wide, aim for the apex, out wide) are all you'll need to get through the story.

Viv's SMS challenge seems to be a stumbling block for a lot of people, but so long as you keep to a smooth transition between drifts and trail-brake if you're going too fast then you should get through it just fine. Track knowledge certainly helps, but driving like this can get you across the finish line 10 seconds quicker than the target.