Need skateboarding help

[Sardonicus]

I have been trying to figure out for about an hour now what buttons factor into to him moving forward off a ramp while skateboarding, and what makes him go directly into the air. As far as I've seen it's completely random with no rhyme or reason to why it chooses to do one over the other. I had experimented with all my keys and just can't seem to figure out which ones make him go in the direction I want him to go and it's messing up my progress since it seems to be random chance whether or not he moves where I want him to. Forward key seems to work half the time as well as jumping but it's not consistent and is starting to drive me nuts since I don't remember it being that hard as a kid. Are there specific keys that make the difference between whether he uses ramps to go straight up or forward?

I especially need this help for the racing game as I can't count the number of times it's forced me to lose by making me go straight into the air when I go on a ramp and then back down into the opposite direction of the race instead of allowing me to go forward which is what makes sense in a race yet keeps screwing me over by not allowing me to go forward, and the skate contest with Hunter where it randomly will decide I can only go straight into the air the entire match and thus will not allow me to get any points for flipping.

[Bobywan]

If you jump at the top, you go forward, if you don't, you'll go up and backward.
The was a tutorial when doing it with hunter the first time.

[rarestMeow]

hello,

As far as I've seen it's completely random with no rhyme or reason

weird, don't remember to had any problems with that part in my playing, but I agree that skateboard is a bit chunky

there are two type of ramps: blue and orange

on a blue ones, Spyro, by default, moves forward off a ramp, but if you will hold JUMP button and release at the right time (and ramp's geometry allows it) then Spyro will do a half-pipe on said ramp

on an orange ones, in opposite, Spyro does half-pipe by default and if you hold JUMP button and release it at the right moment, then he will move forward off a ramp and jump (of course if ramp's geometry allows it)

it is all about right timing when you press a JUMP button - you have to hold it when Spyro hit the ramp (the very tail of it) and release the button as soon as the ramp ends

[Sardonicus]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

If you jump at the top, you go forward, if you don't, you'll go up and backward.
The was a tutorial when doing it with hunter the first time.

I already was doing that as explained in the post itself. The issue is that 90% of the time that doesn't actually do anything and I still go straight up regardless of my timing. I can time it identically 2 times and get 2 different results.

[Sardonicus]

Finally figured out that if I hold down my focus key when going off a ramp will make me automatically go forward. Crisis averted.

[NBOX21]

On the blue ramps in the skate parks, jumping will launch you upward and only allow for spin moves - not jumping will launch you forward and allow you to do regular tricks by holding the trick button (triangle on PlayStation, Y on XBOX) and the directions at the same time. This will come in handy for getting high scores since repeating tricks in the same run lowers its value (just like in Tony Hawk) and in the races since that's how you build up boost (square on PlayStation, X on XBOX).

I also find the skateboard challenges a bit easier using the d-pad instead of the analog stick, but feel free to experiment with whichever works better and feels more comfortable for you.

On that note, are you using a keyboard? Platformers like this generally feel better to play with a controller connected.