tip for begginer?

[dive]

if you have some tip ... this is the time

[Rainbow Studios]

There's a Sticky'd post just for that.
**NEW RIDERS** (by BadStar)
http://steamcommunity.com/app/282050/discussions/0/483368526587007427/

[Fastnoc]

As someone that got started Late in the game, I've got a couple tips for you (i didn't read that thread so this might be duplicated). This is going to be long, and others likely have a much different approach, so this is only my thoughts.

1. Set your controller up like you'll use it once you're an expert. Don't do like I did and learn with an automatic then have to change. it SUCKS making the transition.
2. NEVER set the controller up to have one stick to both turn and do the reflex. It just doesn’t work.

With those things said, the way you set your controller up is to go into options, choose preset 5. Left stick to turn, right stick reflex. Shift down with left stick press, up with right stick press.

Now that your controller is set up right, you're going to struggle for a while staying straight, especially when you preload jumps because it's easy to let your thumb lean left or right and it makes you go flying off the track. Stick with it. Believe me it will get easier. It sucks at first but you’re going to save a bunch of time because if you learn the easy way, it’s very hard to discipline yourself to start sucking again and learn to shift. The bottom line is this. Shifting helps you control speeds and you’ll be able to make jumps you just can’t make in automatic. Not only that, once you learn how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ the brakes work, you’ll learn to downshift to slow down. it doesn’t slide you out, and you don’t have to rely on the brakes as much. If I’m hauling in 5th gear and come up to a 180 that’s banked I’ll downshift to 3rd to slow me down, back to 4th when I go into the turn. Roll to the apex, then shift up to 5th and power out.

The issue with shifting is that the game doesn’t change sounds and since you don’t get the sensation of speed like on a real bike, you might think you’re flying in 5th gear but you’re really in 3rd and you don’t realize it till you try to jump and can’t make it. It sounds exactly the same at the top of 3rd gear as it does in 5th. This might be a problem others don’t have, but I raced for 10 years and have been riding since I was 5 (my dad was a pro racer and got me into it young). You listen to the revs to know your speed and the motion you feel pretty much lets you know what gear you’re in. Since dirtbikes have no gauges this is how you know your speed to judge jumps and turning. This game doesn’t work like that.

Start your races in 3rd gear, and learn to count the seconds between when the other bikes rev up and when the gate drops. I always thought it varied but it doesn’t. I learned the timing now and I get out fast. The only bike that beats me off the start is Stewart if he’s in the race, his bike is unbeatable off the line.

For me, if I’m jumping and the landing goes directly into a turn, I shift down to 4th on the landing. I don’t know how other people do it, but the brakes suck in this game. I shift down to slow down and it works very well. But 4th gear is plenty to get through any turn except for a wide sweeping turn, and would probably be fine there. There are several tracks I can do just as well staying in 4th all the way around because there are no big straights.

Learn how to pre-load correctly. There are two major variables here.

1. Amount. You pull back the stick to preload, then push it back up to bounce. You don’t have to push up all the way. You can do partial. This is important. Half the problem with the tracks is keeping your momentum up. You want to land on the downward face of almost all jumps. Your bike goes faster on the ground than in the air. For me it’s hard to judge how much to push up so if I’m working for height I’ll just do the up push earlier so it doesn’t get me full spring.

2. you need to learn the timing of when to apply preloads. You can do them to get max height/distance, or you can use them to launch you into the whoops. To launch you forward into the whoops you do the preload later and it propels you forward a LOT. You will learn when to do it over time. the timing is hard to master at first, but you’ll get the hang of it.

Lastly, one thing to always remember, you’re cornering is much faster if you apply the brakes/downshift so you don’t slide through a corner. Sliding scrubs off too much speed. When going through corners with two lines, it’s almost always faster to use the higher line and keep your momentum up. Staying high in the berm lets you keep more momentum and gets through them faster.

Also, remember rhythm. You want to keep as much speed as possible. Sometimes that means slowing down before hitting some jumps so you can load your power up sooner coming out of the turn after the landing, or you land right on the very start of the down ramp so you can get on the gas sooner to get speed for the next jump. if you come in too hot you have to really crank on the brakes/downshift to get slowed down, then when you're at the apex you sometimes still have to stay off the gas. Coming in and slowing up before you get there lets you roll the corner, and get on the gas sooner coming out, which is usually more important than coming in fast.

Some wont’ agree with me on these. Listen to others and just keep the tips in mind. You’ll learn as you go

[Fastnoc]

Oh a couple things i didn't mention. I recommend setting the other riders to the easiest setting, then when you beat them all most times, shift them one setting harder.

By the time you're done you'll set them to 'all time' and you will never have to pass them because you'll get out sooner, and be much faster. especially in the whoops.

Side note: by the time you start getting fast you'll find you can't do races for fast times over 5 laps. Because even at all time settings for the other bikes you'll start lapping the slow guys after 4 laps on mot tracks, 5 on really long ones. When that happens you likely won't get super fast lap times because you're dodging traffic