I never used sideshift before I got transcendence either... now I use it all the time makes you so much faster when you know how to do it!

I'd probably say I'm "highly skilled" according the list of criteria. But I don't really know, I don't play online that much and haven't played that many players that would be listed as "elite" or "legendary", so it's hard to say. And I've only in the last couple of months or whatever really gained ground in how I play Wipeout, so yeah