Bavarium wingsuit courses

[Gertjan]

Well; i got the bavarium wingsuit, but i am having great problems upgrading it; it just doesn't have the handling to do any of the courses.
i managed to get 3 gears by just ignoring the route and bee-lining to the finish, but following the rings? no way, let along perfecting them.

I have watched videos, but when i try to follow their routes, i find that they make turns while boosting that i can't even make while airbraking, and go trough gaps that can barely be walked trough.

I am sure it is something i am doing, but i just can't get the thing to do anything near what i want (the control scheme isn't working either).



yes, i know that i can just hang out in the air for some time, but i can't even make turns tight enough to make a 180 without leaving the course for too long...

[HeyThere]

Yeah those definetaly sucked for me. But after like 5-10 tries on each of them I totally got a hang of them. Just gotta practice I guess... But they are easily the hardest and just worst wingsuit courses there are.

[e.bkapalka]

If you’re trying to do the standard wingsuit courses with it you can just switch back to the normal wingsuit in the DLC menu

[WolfWhiteFire]

The way I found to solve the problem is that I noticed that even if you get a perfect on every circle, that isn't enough to get 5 gears. However, you have the ability to fly indefinately, so I ended up just flying through all the rings to the best of my ability, then fly around the course waiting for the points to build up and avoiding crashing until I have 5 gears, then I go ahead and finish the course. It takes a bit, but it works and can be sped up by finding a spot you can safely fly low over repeatedly.

[Gertjan]

Publicado originalmente por WolfWhiteFire:

The way I found to solve the problem is that I noticed that even if you get a perfect on every circle, that isn't enough to get 5 gears. However, you have the ability to fly indefinately, so I ended up just flying through all the rings to the best of my ability, then fly around the course waiting for the points to build up and avoiding crashing until I have 5 gears, then I go ahead and finish the course. It takes a bit, but it works and can be sped up by finding a spot you can safely fly low over repeatedly.

well; i tried this.
however, the turning circle of the wingsuit is so darn large that it is not possible to turn around without leaving the course for more than 10 seconds (or using the parachute, which will insta-fail the challenge)

[Crunchy[Daz]]

I had the same issue i think it was on the 1st jetpack course. I can nail the rings perfect each time, but not enough for 5 gears. I also just flew around but i did it after the first two rings, where you have a big stretch to the next ones.

The courses I can't do are the ones that require barrel rolls. I can't for life of me consistantly pull them off. He always just spins around while boosting forward, not dodging to the side.

[WolfWhiteFire]

Publicado originalmente por B.A. Barrackus:

Publicado originalmente por WolfWhiteFire:

The way I found to solve the problem is that I noticed that even if you get a perfect on every circle, that isn't enough to get 5 gears. However, you have the ability to fly indefinately, so I ended up just flying through all the rings to the best of my ability, then fly around the course waiting for the points to build up and avoiding crashing until I have 5 gears, then I go ahead and finish the course. It takes a bit, but it works and can be sped up by finding a spot you can safely fly low over repeatedly.

well; i tried this.
however, the turning circle of the wingsuit is so darn large that it is not possible to turn around without leaving the course for more than 10 seconds (or using the parachute, which will insta-fail the challenge)

It is possible. You can actually turn fairly quickly in the wingsuit, and the course size is actually pretty generous. I played on the Xbox and just got the PC version, so the controls may be more difficult with keyboard and mouse, or you may need to unlock the air brakes for the bavarium wingsuit first.

[OctoberFox]

Building on what WolfWhiteFire said, I aced them easily (not bragging, there is a trick that was hard to master.... and worth bragging about a little because of how I learned it).

You can actually backtrack the direction you came from safely without going out of bounds. Distance racks up score, so backtracking the way you came can be very simple. Once you try this a few times (pick a 'clean area' for this part), you will develop a pattern of when to turn, and which way to turn safely. Up is generally good, but even if you deviate you can usually rush back to the course (going backward or forward; it's the vicinity that counts) without much trouble.

I learned to do this because of certain problematic courses with the regular wing-suit. Using the cable I was able to come about and re-climb steep cliffs. This can get very tricky, but on some courses it is actually very easy. Do a few laps and you can earn enough extra points to pad your score in case you goof during the rest of the track.

With this wing-suit I was often able to fly right back to the chopper and then back down the course with relative ease, then back again until I was confident I had enough points to finish and get those gears.

Do yourself a favor and don't get greedy about it. This was how I usually messed up because I would become bored after a few minutes and grow dull about my timing.

Hope this helps.

[WolfWhiteFire]

Yeah, that is basically what I did, kind of ridiculous that that is the best way to get all 5 gears though. Just so the OP knows, you don't actually need all gears, I would recommend doing all the challenges first and then getting more gears depending on how many more you need to max out.

[siftycat]

It doesn't handle any differently to the regular wingsuit and it's entirely possible to get five gears without backtracking or cheesing it at all. Just remember that the courses are designed to take advantage of both boost and brake capabilities of the Bavarium wingsuit. When you use boost on these courses, just tap it to get a very small boost, and try to treat them like regular wingsuit courses where you can add tiny bits of momentum all the way through.

The main problem people have is that they just get the power wrong, or they're somehow of the mind that it's different. The bavarium wingsuit courses are way easier than Maxime and Mountain Marathon, where you can only miss one or two all the way through.

[Gertjan]

Publicado originalmente por Streven:

Publicado originalmente por siftycat:

It doesn't handle any differently to the regular wingsuit and it's entirely possible to get five gears without backtracking or cheesing it at all. Just remember that the courses are designed to take advantage of both boost and brake capabilities of the Bavarium wingsuit. When you use boost on these courses, just tap it to get a very small boost, and try to treat them like regular wingsuit courses where you can add tiny bits of momentum all the way through.

The main problem people have is that they just get the power wrong, or they're somehow of the mind that it's different. The bavarium wingsuit courses are way easier than Maxime and Mountain Marathon, where you can only miss one or two all the way through.

This. You're supposed to be holding the airbrake and tapping boost to precisely control yourself in a lot of the tighter areas. Holding airbrake and boost at the same time makes you go straight up. If you do that while turning you an extremely tight 180. You can control the bavarium wingsuit with extremely fine precision after a little practice. Things you thought were impossible become second nature.

Aah, finally an useful post.
You are the first one to explain "how" to make tight turns instead of just saying "Make a tight turn you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥"