I generally found that it was more useful to torpedo around to try and get in front of a racer than it was to keep cleaning racing lines when I was in last place - with the exception of the later Elimination events where you have to have perfect runs to survive, more or less. Again, in early events, you should have no trouble - but in later events, you might struggle. This one's a bit different - every couple of seconds, the racer in last place gets eliminated. These shortcuts help both here, and in Elimination. All courses have shortcuts and learning them early on will give you a huge advantage for the later races where it's essential to take shortcuts to win, even on easy. They tend to be flat, point-A-to-point-B races, with a few circuits that feature multiple laps. The full track playlist can also be found here if you need it. I won't cover all races/events as it'll double your completion time just watching them, but if you watch each track at least once right before you do the race, it'll help tremendously through the game. I've included a YouTube playlist of new tracks at the start of each part, so you can check out the optimal routes before getting into the races. I stuck with the tricks that had both sticks point in the same direction for the first couple of levels, and then upgraded to the double variations. As you unlock more, you'll want to trade up as more complicated tricks give bigger boosts - but just stick to remembering ones that you find easy. What I did was learn four to six tricks really well and alternate between those four to six. Repeating tricks gives you less boost - so make sure to mix it up. If you win most of the races and get a podium on the others, you'll generally be okay to get the three stars on these, so minor slip-ups aren't punished too badly. The final type of event is Championships, which are a collection of races where you get points based on your finishing position. I didn't get my three stars on these until I'd finished the main story, I just got the one star I needed and moved on. Freestyle was my biggest struggle - particularly in one of the later series - so feel free to skip these until you unlock a few more tricks and better hydro jets. Just get used to the controls and how the jets handle.Īfter this, most of your races fall into four categories: Race, Elimination, Slalom, and Freestyle. The campaign opens with a race against a racer named Krex - you'll lose this, so don't worry about pushing too hard. You're going to get well acquainted with the nine tracks on offer here as you repeat them over and over through the different race types until you finish the story.

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