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thanks for the info, Mano

well... er.... ahem... uh... i checked out the piranha at phantom speed the first day i got the game [thanks, Synthetic Consciousness ], using a cheat sequence i found on the net after a very brief search, and which i've forgotten already, just to see what awaited. it is somewhat fast, yes

then i started playing the game for real. i've discovered that i dislike bottoming out on the first jump. if i hold the nose up, it bumps and bumps. and bumps. if i hold the nose down just before jumpoff, i nail it hard once, which seems a bit quicker overall. then there's that damned s-curve tunnel after another jump. so far, i am so bad at it that i get through faster by stomping on the brakes just as i'm about to touch down. WOXL seems to have less cushion to the AG than WO3 has.

i'm very fond of Valparaiso [the general look of it, the multiple bends right after the start, the big leap before the tight lefthander to the finish line] and Phenitia Park [oo, those high speed sweeping curves!]

i've no idea what constitutes good race and lap times with anything less than piranha, the only xl record site i know only posts the best time made with piranha, doesn't even show anything other than first place. i only played with the piranha cheat long enough to know that it must be several seconds per lap faster than qirex.

edit: okay, i beat Odessa Keys. Phantom Challenge it is!

er... resume Graeme's topic when ready
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