ZONE / Zone Battle thread of vEry awEsomEnEss

[Zzonkmiles]

Even though Syncopia is my main Zone track, I've started experimenting with some of the others. The three hardest tracks for me BY FAR are Ubermall reverse, Modesto Heights reverse and Pro Tozo. Whether it's zone or racing mode, I am downright AWFUL at those tracks. I wish I could attempt speed laps on Pro Tozo. Maybe if I try zone battles and never boost, that might be as close as I can get.

[Reezy]

Try using the early zones to take the most perfect line you can, eg taking corners really wide to get you in to position for the next more tricky ones. Getting used to it at slower zones should train your brain/hands to give a better instinct for the faster zones. Doing something as simple as telling yourself "ok this corner should be easy if I can place my craft here before it" really helped me.

[Solid]

Anyone done a barrel roll on Mallavol? Iv had the opportunity a few times. If you crash into the wall just before triple chicane at a really high zone you can fly up into the air and barrel roll!

[Zzonkmiles]

I just set a new score of 311,000 on Syncopia. I'm so excited. But I can tell that it's a lot harder to move up the leaderboard now. I guess 300,000 is a dividing line between a good zone player and a really good one. An average run for me now is 90-something zones. A good run puts me in the low 100s. I think I can do a little better, but the racing line keeps shifting. I seem to have better results with Auricom and Harimau than the other ships. Feisar was a disaster.

OMG. I just had an AMAZING run on Syncopia. I ran a 108/87 and got 338,655 points. This put me at #57 worldwide and one rank higher than the legendary Colonel Gaddafi! I saw a 106/89 run that was even higher ranked than I was, so the secret is clearly getting perfect laps and barrel rolling consistently. I had all perfect zones and perfect laps until I scraped a wall for the first time at Zone 68. I guess I just found the right racing line and couldn't stop. I remember getting a few perfect laps well into the 90s and maybe even one at 102. I did die a painful death though. I hit a wall at a 90-degree angle and went airborne. I got disoriented and couldn't recover. But I am so pumped. If Super Ryuga still plays this game, he had better watch out! (By the way, I saw a 118/17 run on the leaderboard. How the heck did THAT happen?)

LONG LIVE THE ZONE!!!

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[Colonel]

Sorry Miles, but that score is an old one. My current score can be found on Connavar's ranking site here: http://www.wipeoutrankings.com/. Feel free to keep calling me legendary though

[Solid]

SuperRyuga does still play, he just beat the corridon 12 WR today. My best on syncopia is 280,000 with 92/71, Im not great on that track by any stretch.

[JFthebestJan]

if there's some interest here, i'll upload a few short videos tomorrow, showing the highest speeds ever shown on video

zone 100+ / 200+ / 360+ / 500+

[docfo4r]

Sure I'd love to see it

[Solid]

Lets see 3000 XD

[JFthebestJan]

100+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEM3rjarJJQ
150+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEvBjlHA8g
200+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVHDWDHCVPw
360+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVojKlno4lU
500+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgy6eNnWYPY

[docfo4r]

When do you get that color scheme? Which zone? I never got that far...

[JFthebestJan]

@docfo4r: supersonic theme for all standard race tracks. 75onwards

@Solid: 3000+ = immediate death

[docfo4r]

Really? Lol, supersonic looks simply white when I play

[JFthebestJan]

supersonic theme for PRO TOZO - MALLAVOL - CORRIDON 12 - SYNCOPIA is whitish
supersonic theme for all other tracks is blackish

[docfo4r]

Oh, that explains it. Only got that far on the first four you mentioned...

[Solid]

thanks jan XD, thats some crazy ****. Supersonic is yellow on the pure 4. I have zone 90 plus on those.

[Ragsus Maxima]

Thanks very much Jan for those videos. That's some serious speeding!

[Zzonkmiles]

I recently cracked 350,000 on Syncopia. I believe it was a 109/88 run. Since I've started concentrating more, I'm typically able to make it to Zone 75 with no fewer than 5 imperfect laps, if even that many. I'm having a hard time finding the racing line once I hit Zone 105 or so. The farthest I've ever made it was Zone 115, but the score wasn't as high. I'm also finding Auricom to be the best craft for me to use in zone mode.

I have also started experimenting on other tracks and I can't do well on them at all. The only one I've hit Mach 1 on is Anulpha Pass. And I've hit Subsonic on Anulpha Pass-reverse. Tracks like Sebenco Climb, Ubermall, Sol 2, and Modesto Heights are a nightmare. I haven't even hit Zen on those tracks yet.

If there's one regret I have, it's that I didn't find out about this game until Sony's "Welcome Home" promotion after their servers got hacked. Seems like I found this game on the tail end of its popularity. This is really a fun game to play and I probably have even more fun offline than online. I absolutely LOVE zone mode, but I HATE it when I am at Supersonic and am forced to pause the game. (I had to do that earlier today and got a game over shortly there after. Wanna see an 83/75 run on Syncopia? Just tell me to pause the game at Zone 80!)

Oh, and I was able to add one of the top people on the leaderboards yesterday. I'm so excited. He's got great records and is whipping me on every track except Syncopia. This is keeping the pressure on me to up my game!

[Solid]

Add me too zonk . Im at 280k on syncopia

[Zzonkmiles]

Add me too zonk . Im at 280k on syncopia

Sure, I'll add you. It'll be great having people on my friend list who inspire me to push myself harder and faster. My PSN ID is Zzonkmiles. I mainly play Zone offline (typically Syncopia, but I play other tracks too), though I sometimes play Zone Battle and Detonator. I rarely do time trials, so I can't offer much competition there. Heh.

As for Syncopia, one thing that helped me increase my score from the 275,000 range to the 325,000 range is maxing out the barrel rolls and perfect laps on the lower speed classes. I used to keep my ship energy full or nearly full even at speeds like Sub-Rapier. But since those zones are easy to get perfect laps on, there's no need to keep all that energy. So I max out the barrel rolls until I hit Super-Phantom and then do one BR per lap while I slowly get my ship energy back. Once I hit Mach 1, I'll do a BR every other lap or twice every three laps. That's really helped my score. Now I hit 200,000 around Zone 57 or so on most runs.