Why tactically evade when you can hope and pray once you hear the warning? :D It wouldn't be wipeout without the thrill of not getting hit!
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Why tactically evade when you can hope and pray once you hear the warning? :D It wouldn't be wipeout without the thrill of not getting hit!
thanks for the tips people,
i'm not a fan of the sideshift though i never use it for anything,it tends to happen too often by accident for me,if there was an option to turn it off i would.
although are many of you using it to get round corners quickly especially on phantom ?
i tend to lift the nose up for the tight ones on phantom but i am obviously loosing exit speed doing this
I'm the same way...only on rare occasions do I intentionally use sideshift. It generally happens by accident while modulating the brakes, which ends up ruining my line or slamming me into a wall. Like you, I'd disable it if I had the option. Of course, my habits probably mean that I'll never really excel racing in Phantom mode, as I'm pretty sure liberal and accurate use of the sideshift is imperative to your success. I'm fine with that though :)
you gotsta learn to side shift- it gives you a slight boost if it goes in the direction your heading, and you can also stop turning sooner, which means your accelerating sooner. Sideshifts work for ALL corners, also for snaky sections.
and my random question- why doesn't HD have an intro seqence :(
Hey everyone, a random question came up when playing Wipeout HD the other day...
...does the shape and/or size of the ship make it difficult to barrel roll? Is it easier to barrel rol using FEISAR than using Triakis? (for e.g.)
:D
i've found there's pretty much no difference in BR ease with ships, but with some you might tend to think you can attempt a BR sooner/later because of it's shape.
sideshifts are awesome. you can stp them happening accidentally (or at least reduce this) by adjusting airbrake sensitivity (correct me if i'm wrong good pilots).
It also depends on how long you hold down the airbrake button after the second press. Hold it down a lot, and you will sideshift over a great distance (Generally half the track's width), just do a quick double tap and it will be a mini-sideshift. :)
are you kidding? why was i not told this before? darky you're a genius, my sideshifting will go to great new heights with this information!!
Indeed, this is a most valuable piece of information that demands further investigation. Could bring a whole new dimension to my racing. Or I could still suck at sideshifting - one of the two.
I have two related questions - forgive me if they've already been answered.
1.Does pitching forward over a speed pad give you a bigger boost? I read somewhere that it did but it's hard to tell.
2. Also, does pitching forward as you boost off the start line give you a bigger boost? I did that once by accident and I thought it was quicker than usual, but may have just been psychological.
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/sho...17&postcount=9
Pitch down has no effect on speed now, except of course on slanted turns like Chengou's, where if you don't pitch down you obviously slow down.
The better your timing off the grid, the better the boost will be.
Cool, thanks.
/eh nm, saw a youtube vid. :)
Ok I have a random question....has anyone ever been in last place in a race and had rockets (or any forward firing weapon) fired at them from behind? It happened to me today...and no I wasn't being lapped, there were 3 of us in the race and I was about 3 seconds behind the leader...it wasn't 2nd place firing at me either as I could see him in front.
So if it's not a question of lag....then I can only assume that the game has a mind of it's own (which I have always secretly suspected :p) and it's decided that it doesn't like me :blarg
Anyone else experience this?
Do I suck or do my ships go REALLY slow when I play online?
Make sure your acceleration sensitivity is at the lowest setting (10%)
What does acceleration sensitivity do? What is it good for if it's best to have it at it's lowest setting?
It's kind of obtuse. The lower the number the more sensitive it is. The less pressure needs to be applied. In other words having it set to 10% means you only need 10% of a full button push to obtain full throttle.
Cat - it is lag, and it's happened to me too! Couple of times actually. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkleroy
come to think of it, does anyone else find mp races much slower than all the offline modes?
i went from phantom mp to phantom tt and was like ahhhhh!! it's so different!!
haven't noticed a difference, however, it may be a percieved difference going from MP to TT - in MP, one is on the 'weapons pickup' racing line, the focus is on weapons rather than boosts, and this can slow you down. On the TT, one is looking only for the speedups and so flies a faster racing line. In MP - try pretending its a time trial and ignore the weapons for the most part, only pickup weapons on the TT racing line, you should see an improvement.
For comparisons, note your race completion times in both modes, this should clear things up.
It's very important that it is put at the lowest setting, otherwise you might end up not having 100% acceleration even when you think you're pressing down fully on the X button.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenPhazon
Look it up on this forum, this sensitivity thing has been discussed time and time again. 10% is the setting everyone should use for the acceleration sensitivity. You're never going to need 50% acceleration, only on or off, so don't put it higher than 10%, it serves no purpose other than slowing you down if you don't press on the button like a psycho.
I did do a quick search but didn't quite get what I was after. Thanks Darkdrium.
so, here's the thing.
my friend has a ps3 and bought wipeout hd, so naturally i sat down, completed the entire campaign on gold and unlocked about half the skins in the game (it's wipeout, it had to be done...and i wanted to make a video to showcase the huds and ships for people on youtube!)
then loaded up the game the other day...to find all progress ws lost? has this happened to anyone else?
it's really annoying as i don't think i like hd enough to do it all again, but now can't just boot it up for a blast around some of the circuits!
Looks like it's not totally fixed after all (it could be something else, but it really felt like the same bug).Quote:
Originally Posted by guillaumeI tried using it again in the last few days and it indeed seems to be fixed. Thanks SL! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KIGO1987
Were you logged in as the same account person on the PS3? If you make another account, and use WOHD you'll have to start all over. The game works for all accounts but the save game data doesn't cross between them.Quote:
Originally Posted by emerald dragoon
Dear SL.
Please change the BR controls to something else that isn't tied with the steering. I'm breaking all my DS3 controllers (2 now). That L1 button could do the trick.
DJ.
That would be my number one wish also.
Drives me nuts.
If we are stuck with the bloody things at least let us have a choice to map that control input to something else.
Hmm...they'd be a little too easy to perform then, don't you think? It takes skill and precision to perform a BR and nail a smooth landing...to attempt one is always a risk and strategic choice for several reason. Is it worth it to attempt one here and risk grinding the wall around the upcoming hairpin? Do I even have a reasonable amount of energy left to perform one? Or do I have enough of a lead that I can do without? Yes, they can be a challenge , but isn't that the point? Y'know, it's the whole risk/reward thing. If you could map BRs to the L1 button, everyone and their mother would be executing them perfectly at every opportunity, with the only consideration being energy. IMO, that would take a lot of the strategy, skill and fun out of this game. Again, just my opinion.
I agree LOUD. I think that's the whole point of the BR. It shouldn't be an "automatic" maneuver. As it stands now you really have to think about when AND where to execute one. If all you had to do was push a button it would take the majority of the skill out of one (albeit one small aspect) of piloting control.
I wouldn't mind either, if they worked more than half the god dam time.
Because often enough I fail to initinate a BR (earlier on ubermall reverse I went left right left right about 3/4 times in the air and it still didnt work) or they delay (ie just as I land, like after not touching the steering for like a second), I have to quickly and somewhat violently do the BR command, which is killing off all my controllers.
Just a little gripe that all, DS3's are expensive.
Yah, I do feel your pain and sympathize. DS3s are definitely not cheap!
on the same token, is there a way to reduce accidental BR's.
sometimes during mid-air corrections i hear the noise and subsequently 'energy critical'.
it's even worse if the BR doesn't even finish so you lose energy for nothing. grr
i'm, not sure, i will check though. thankyou for replying!Quote:
Originally Posted by klax75
@ yeldar2097 - Re: Reducing accidental barrel rolls
Yes, there is a way to reduce them...do not move the stick or d-pad in a quick left-right-left or right-left-right motion when you don't want to perform a barrel roll. :P
it's quite difficult for people like me who can't fly in a straight line ;)
Haha, lol. Smash! My DS3 is going good, only ****ed one old Sixaxis controller, the other one is a bit rattly. Its been ****ed ever since doing the Elite trophy back last year, that managed to piss me off bad. DS3 controllers are too expensive to break thats why im very careful with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by djKyoto
A single button BR control, would be so, so, so (i got to emphazie this) so much better not being tied to the steering. Or you could make a next get Wipeout minus the BRs. It would be like the good old days where you could use your cockpit view again. Also without BRs or even having the single button BR control, it would be easier to use motion sensitivity as well as the L3 button again for this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackwiggle
I set my soundtrack to user content ( I love to listen to 70's funk, calms the nerves) But no matter what I do I never get it to play. What settings do I need to adjust? I love the wipeout music but I am bugged by this!
Do you have prepared a playlist on your ps3 harddrive before entering wipeout? as far as I can remember, you just have to link your music settings to your playlist. Hope it helps you.
I have it as a playlist, the tracks all cycle through (when you go to audio options I can see all my tracks listed) But when I play the game no music. As soon as I return to default playlist I get the wipout music. Grrr.
Make sure your music is in MP3 format, as WipEout will not play any other.