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    Default Nose Down in Wipeout HD

    Reading the WipEout Pure subsection i've learned that keeping the ship's nose down all the time you have a speed advantage.

    It looks like some folks here are playing Wipeout HD now. I have a question for them, is this glitch fixed in wipeout hd ?

    I've been searching this subsection for some info but did not find anything.

    Thanks !

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    I have not fully tested this, but to some extent. I can tell you that when you are standing still (no x-button), and pitching down, it doesn't change anything. You are not going forward at all. So it seems the problem is gone.
    To be honest, I haven't noticed much effect in pitch control at all so far...

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    This looks encouraging, many thanks !

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    So they made the game floaty for no reason then......... Well I guess it would be hard to redo the physics engine. But the pitch of the craft must speed you up when your nose is down right?

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    I prefer to have it NOT work that way, actually. If pitching down always makes you faster, what's the point?

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    Na I mean't when your jumping of clifts and stuff. I remember that being one of my tactics for the old games. I think this should still be the same for HD right? If so then disregard what i posted

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    Quote Originally Posted by eLhabib View Post
    To be honest, I haven't noticed much effect in pitch control at all so far...
    To bad, because it is the (only) thing that I found interesting in Fatal Inertia and wanted to be included in WOHD.

    Maybe for the next wipeout >_<

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Berry View Post
    The Pitch nose down for increased speed was something we played around with but was removed from HD..
    But please tell me we'll still be able to pitch down to allow the ships to gather "bite" on hard turns like what was possible in Pulse. More than your fair share of pilots around here use it in that game to maintain traction -- in effect preventing the ship from sliding sidelong too much. Fort Gale White is one such place, but virtually every track in Pulse with a bend ranging from a mildly harsh sweeper to an all-out hairpin benefits from the technique.

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    Last edited by Flashback Jack; 24th September 2008 at 05:17 PM.

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    Btw: That turn on Fort Gale is totally messed up. Your ship gains too much height there everytime - no matter if you press down your nose or if you don't.
    That being said, there are more of such turns in the recent game(s), and IMO it's more a failure of the trackdesign.

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    I meant the drop after the first tunnel on Fort Gale. Barrel rolling there causes the ship to enter with so much speed into the uphill right-handed sweeper that it almost risks plowing sideways into the left side of the track unless you pitch down and to the right. For the wipeout-game.com record tables, it's absolutely necessary to do if you expect to enter the top three on Phantom class because the technique not only allows for more traction during turns, but helps maintain speed as well.

    As for the first bump after the start/finish on Fort Gale White, pitching down is necessary there too in order to smoothly set up for the double barrel roll into the tunnel without the speed-killing wall grinding that would happen without it. I don't see it as a failure of track design, because that bump can be navigated smoothly at the absolute fastest speeds, albeit with a bit of luck and dexterity.

    - F
    Last edited by Flashback Jack; 24th September 2008 at 05:30 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flashback Jack View Post
    But please tell me we'll still be able to pitch down to allow the ships to gather "bite" on hard turns like what was possible in Pulse. More than your fair share of pilots around here use it in that game to maintain traction -- in effect preventing the ship from sliding sidelong too much. Fort Gale White is one such place, but virtually every track in Pulse with a bend ranging from a mildly harsh sweeper to an all-out hairpin benefits from the technique.

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    That's so funny, because I use the exact opposite technique lol!

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    You're doing it wrong

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