Random HD Questions that don't need a thread of their own.

[MegaGeeza22]

Has anyone had this problem before-
I see a race and theres 3 or 4 people in the lobby so i join... but when i get in theres nobody there and it starts!!! and once its loaded it just stays on the loading screen!!! so i have to quit the game! its so bloody annoying. I hope im not the only one who gets the "ghost lobby" aaarrgghh!!!!!!

[Flint Fandango]

I assure you, you´re not the only one! That´s happened to me 3 times...
Actually, you should post this in the "What really grinds my gears" thread.
It´s not a problem - it´s an illness! IMO

[blackwiggle]

That is really annoying, I've had it happen a few times in a row to me and I've got so fed up with it I end up playing a different game.

[yeldar2097]

so i have to quit the game!

Just press the PS button to go to XMB, then sign out of PSN. The game will give you a connection error. Then you merely have to sign in again to find another lobby, as opposed to having to start from scratch with a reboot

[SaturnReturn]

Aha! Good tip is good.

[MegaGeeza22]

Yes Good tip, thanks! It only happens to me 1 in 50 times but now i will be calm

[Jav]

Aha! Good tip is good.

Great tip is great! Just a shame it's never happened to me

[Frailavi]

Is yeldar2097 a sophisticated top secret defense AI built in the late 90's by British scientists and engineers to predict and counter every possible threat to the UK, but instead got unexpectedly addicted to WipEout and uses his advance AI to trump any other pilot?

It's just a vague rumor I've heard floating about.

[Medusa]

I like to think he's the equivalent to HD of what Jabberjaw and Asa are to XL.
But, I could be wrong. That rumour does sound plausible!

[Aeroracer]

hahah your all wrong yeldar is tron..he lives on the grid..he is a security program..in cyber space he really looks like this..

http://www.studiobriefing.net/wp-con.../12/tron_1.jpg

[MegaGeeza22]

This may seem like a stupid question (it is) but what does bsb mean? iv looked everywere lol. iv only just got over the "SL" i always read it as Speed Lap but it never made sense until i realised it was Studio Liverpool...

[QjonPL]

BoostSelectBoost - a technique used in SL; simply to boost into air near the end of a lap, Hold Reset Lap key (previously assigned to Select, now it's L1) to gain another free boost just before ending lap and getting one more boost

[Woopzilla]

BSB: Boost Select Boost

In an old patch resetting the lap in Speed Lap was done with the SELECT button. People would Boost into the air - hit select to get another turbo - and boost again into the lap.

Check the start here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpzwKpBLyl0

It's now been patched and to reset a lap you hit R1 (or it L1? lol) and it takes a few seconds before it gives you a second turbo. But as seen in the video above, it's still possible on some maps were you get really big airtime.

[MegaGeeza22]

Ahhh! thank you! when i searched it all i got was back street boys and british super bike!!! its an anacronim...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ef0dWD9ccc
1.10

[CPROSICK]

Anyone? I haven't been able to pull it off (Up the gravity hill, flip to the right and BR straight to the corner...

Any tips?

[yeldar2097]

Ah my favourite shortcut ^_^

Initially, make sure you pitch up when you boost so that you have enough airtime. Also, a quick tap on the airbrake is useful for pointing yourself in the right direction.
Other than that, just practice, you'll get it eventually

[amplificated]

You can use the lip on the side as a ramp to cut the corner (by a bit) and get yourself a br if you don't have a turbo, also. Turbos are obviously always better, but you're not always guaranteed to have one.

[Frailavi]

Whenever I play The Amphiseum, I always see people boost off the small jump right before the long turn into the crowd and land on the other side of it way ahead of me.

So I have to ask, quoi?

[Woopzilla]

Do you mean Amphiseum Reverse? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXnH6rNXoxo

I do the shortcut several times in this video, it gives you a trophy too. 'The Amphi-Scenic Route.

[Frailavi]

Ah, yes! That's it! Thank you very much woop! Also very nice race you had there, it looks like I'll need some practice before I can even hit that spot in a real race.

Time to practice!