Anyone else having trouble with the "finish at 1250" challenges?

[LOWLIIFE]

They seem unreasonably hard and I've only gotten 4 stars on one of those once. I know its purely a skill thing but its bothering me. I have to give up every time I get one of these and I'm starting to just hate them.

[Cloakshire]

They're all about optimizing your final hyperboost near the end. The only ones that are notoriously tricky are ones found on Nereus & Nuliajuk forwards on Marina trench.

The rest are fairly tame. Here's an early game example (make sure you're stacking hyper and normal boost together).
https://youtu.be/i1ShgJG1BhY?si=mJbaO6xFxoOPZKgk

[PancorJackhammer]

i found them pretty easy normally but it depends on the race type.
as mentioned before some tracks have difficult endings, like Fuji with its S-bend shortly before the end.
on the other hand you have speed event where the finish cant be set to a specific point because the end changes with your performance during the race. for those i can give you the tip that you just stop before a high speed section and wait for the timer to go down and then accelerate so that you finish on the high-speed section with the desired speed.

one last tip would be to use better equipment. finishing with 1250 is a challenge in the early campaign where you dont have access to good equipment. coming back to those challenges when you have better equipment makes it easier.

[Apteryx]

All I can say is to install a good rudder and hull on a sulha or conqueror, then floor it with a boost stack and pray you hit the target

[oberheim]

I am in B League - Lunar Access Pass - Arena Race [ Mars Memorial : Faith Town ] and there is sharp corner before finish line which is not too far. I am playing first time this game and my ship is not so much advanced. Is that I need better ship or it is doable with the first one I got? All other races I have done on 1. star.

[Cloakshire]

Originally posted by oberheim:

I am in B League - Lunar Access Pass - Arena Race [ Mars Memorial : Faith Town ] and there is sharp corner before finish line which is not too far. I am playing first time this game and my ship is not so much advanced. Is that I need better ship or it is doable with the first one I got? All other races I have done on 1. star.

It is doable with the ship & parts you currently have. This shows the final lap of the event. The parts I used should be accessible to you. Make sure you're combining your hyperboost and normal boost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz98CxXejMM

[oberheim]

Thank, from the video, the last curve was taken with slide ( I cant remember the right word for that in english, but ship in video start turn before curve) what makes it doable as I see, how can I do that? Also I playing with assitant turned off, but I start experimentig with assistant now and without success.

Edit: Ok I found that I can not use strafe for that cornering if I am right. I learned to use allways strafe, but when I dont use it is possible now. But I have to not use assistants because they tend allways correct me, or I have to set less assistance.

[Cloakshire]

Originally posted by oberheim:

Thank, from the video, the last curve was taken with slide ( I cant remember the right word for that in english, but ship in video start turn before curve) what makes it doable as I see, how can I do that? Also I playing with assitant turned off, but I start experimentig with assistant now and without success.

Edit: Ok I found that I can not use strafe for that cornering if I am right. I learned to use allways strafe, but when I dont use it is possible now. But I have to not use assistants because they tend allways correct me, or I have to set less assistance.

Slide works as a good descriptor for Drift.

How it's done (Sharp Left turn <---):
1. Steer into a turn, but strafe in the opposite direction.
(Steer <---, but strafe --->)
2. Once you clear the apex of the turn, switch from strafing opposite and strafe into the turn.
(Steer <---, and strafe <---).

This results in a slide/drift & the community calls this technique "Counter-Strafing"

The assists get in the way when it comes to performing some techniques, so it is best to have most of them off. Boost safety at 5-10% is okay though.