Racing Tips and Tricks

Racing Tips and Tricks

(Thanks to Sir Rufflegoose for the guide below.)

This is a master list of all the GSW tips and tricks I can think of. Please feel free to add to the list. The submitter's name will appear in parenthesis next to the tip they have submitted.

• You can get the most out of anivils by dropping them on a toon that has just driven over a speed boost. (Sir Rufflegoose)

• It is best to use pies on your opponent right before there is a sharp turn they need to make. (Sir Rufflegoose)

• If you are (currently) winning and have a speed boost as your "weapon", try to save it for when someone drops an anivil on your head. (it will help you regain your "lost" speed) (Sir Rufflegoose)

• It is best to place banana peels over speed boost arrows or near a wall most toons bump into while making a sharp turn. (Sir Rufflegoose)

• Save boosts for when you are about to run over a regular (non-giftbox) boost and wait until you go over the ground boost and you hear the grinding noise that indicates you are picking up speed and use the boost you got from the present. (danniiel)

• If you have a pie and someone is right in front of you, if you are lucky and he gets anvilled, use the pie. It will circle around him until the anvil is gone and then splat him. (danniiel)

• Using 2 pies (don't ask how) on one person will result in both pies circling around the person and hitting him one after another. (danniiel)

• Always save those banana peels for the speed boosts and hide them inside presents. (Hero)

• Try to stay in 2nd place for most of the race; if you're in 1st, and 2nd place is right behind you, losing 5mph for 2nd place is excellent insurance for anvils. But remember, if you are about 5 - 10 seconds ahead, you don't want to lose that; just keep on going. Also, while you are in 2nd, save anvils and speed boosts for the end of the race, then sneakily get by 1st before he knows whats going on. (Proffesa Pie)

• Try to test and see when you need to start turning with your car on practice tracks. Knowing your cars abillty is very useful for not crashing on turns. There have been so many roadsters that crash on every turn because they don't time it correctly. (the bum is back)

• In races like Blizzard Blv. rev. there are certain walls where you can slide on them and not lose any speed. Once you master that skill it is very hard to lose. (Megachomp)

• If you are anxious to get the roadster, skip buying the TUV. You will end up saving 2500 tickets. (Sir Rufflegoose)

More Racing Tips and Tricks

(Thanks to zerotyplosion for the guide below.)

Beginner Notes: Basic controls

• Up arrow Key: Accelerate
• Down arrow Key: Brake
• Left Arrow Key: Turn Left
• Right Arrow Key: Turn Right
• Ctrl Key: Use item

Items:

Anvil: Squishes the leader and makes them go to 0 MPH

Banana peel: Makes you slip and slide, and brings you to 0 MPH for a short time

Item Booster: A portable track booster that is useable whenever you need it

Pie: Blinds whatever it hits for a short period of time.

Beginners tips 1: Don't bother with other accessories until you have roadster(Or TUV, whichever you want), then you can go all out. 2:It's best to go with friends or secret friends, 'cause then you can keep racing and for every race you will let somebody win, an excellent way to get tickets! 3:Now that GSW has come out, once you have your dream car, then go to one of the Cog HQ's! They're bound to be empty! (Thanks AlexanderTheGreat for all three of these beginners tips!)

1. On curves, go from the Outside - In. 2. Always try to get the Red Arrows. 3. Never stop going forward. 4. Try to always have 400 tickets with you, so you can play all the courses. (Thanks William&Sandy for all four of these beginners tips!)

Run over present boxes to get items.

Please read on if you are a decent racer and need some help with winning and such:

Hey there racing fans, you have covered the basics, and maybe even got some major tickets too, but are you just not getting enough tickets for that roadster? Need some help? Look no further! This guide here is all you could ever need to know about semi-advanced racing!

Tip's section 1: Screwball Stadium

• Trick: Short track. Easy to stay close to your opponets on, but what if they are powering ahead? Wait! You have a anvil! Woahhhhhh dont press the control button yet, theres a better time to launch it. When your opponent reaches the booster mid-track, then fire your anvil, it will stop their boost completely! Letting you power by them by using the boost yourself!

• Tip: DON'T TALK DURING THE RACE. Its a waste of time and it can distract you from corners, boosters and even bananas on the track.

• Tip: Think you are the master of turning? You may not exactly be. Whenever you reach a turn, taking the finger off the accelerator before you make that turn can save a valuble second.

• Tip: You're on a straightaway. But, you want to go to the other side of the road, do you swing over to the other side? No. That would slow you down. Instead do tiny little taps in the direction of where you wish to go. It doesnt slow you down, so it's a safe movement.

• Tip: Turn as little as possible when its not needed.

• Trick: Are you trying to hit a top speed point? Not trying to win the race? You can reach amazingly high speeds if you hit a track booster, then use a item booster when you get to peak track boost speed.

• Tip: Try not to hit the walls, it drops your speed by a LOT.

• Advanced Tip: Corners still a "Nagging" problem? Just can't do them? Try actually breaking when you get to corners with the down arrow to lose enough speed to make that turn, it might slow you down, but truth be told, you would've slowed down more by going off the track and into the wall by not slowing down.

• Trick: Need to set a trap for an opponent behind you? Set a banana trap! On lap one set a banana in the middle of a narrow section in the track, on lap 2 set another on either the left or the right side of the first banana, and on the final lap lay one on the other side of the middle banana. With any luck your opponent will either hit a banana or end up flying off the track to avoid it, either way they will lose a good amount of speed. (*** Extra Tip, if you have set 2 bananas up, but then you lose the lead, try to hit them with a pie as they approach the trap, they might hit one in their blindness***)

• Tip: Whenever you hit a banana keep holding the accelerator, no matter what you will do a quick spinout.

• Advanced Trick: Have a booster item? Good at turning? Heres a trick for you! When you get to a curve, turn on the booster, if you are already in the curve it will power you through the rest of it with more boosting to spare! A great trick to gain some ground, or make your lead even longer.

• Advanced Trick: Is your opponent beating you with anvils whenever you take the lead? Have a booster item? On the final lap? Then use this handy trick! Keep your booster item, and stay behind your opponet, but only a little bit behind them, when you get to the *last curve before the finish line use the booster! (*See above trick for details on how to do this this) you should power ahead of your opponent and finish the race before they can beat you with another anvil!

• Master Tip: If you are going for record laps and trying to get bonus tickets, MAKE SURE you always immediatly use your items after you get them unless its a booster. You need all the boosters you can get and with the new "two toon" minimal for toon battle races, you can get anviled. (ExtraTip: try to go with secret friends who will agree not to anvil you)

• Trick: If you have a toon that is riding up your rear trying to pass you, slow down so your kart hits his kart, he'll slow down dramaticlly, and give you time to build a lead.

• Trick: Use pies on people before they hit the booster, they might miss it.

Section 1.5: Corkscrew Coliseum

• Tip. There are many banked curves with presents on the top of them. Unless you need a item, ride low on the curve, it saves time.

• Trick: If you can't make the banked curves without smashing into a wall, try riding the top of the curve, then swing down as you turn.

• Advanced Trick: Stick bananas where people seem to end up the most on the curves. Works a lot of times. And even if they dodge the banana, theres a higher chance that they will crash.

• Tip: Use item boosters only on straightaways. Never use it on curves.

• Advanced Tip: Sort of opposite to the above, if you can turn on the booster middturn, you will end the curve going fast, and shave off a few precious seconds. Masters only.

Section 2: Rustic Raceway

Please note that all of the tips and tricks in the Screwball Stadium section work here too it's just that all the tips and tricks in this section are ONLY FOR RUSTIC RACEWAY. now then, Let's get Rural!

• Tip: In the case of this track, NEVER go off the road, you will slow down a whole lot just being off the track.

• Trick: Got a booster on the last set of present boxes before you finish a lap? don't use it yet, wait until you come up to the giant hill, and before you start to go up the hill, let that booster rip! You'll power up the hill and save a lot of time!

• Tip: To cope with these very hard turns, always be ready to put on the break (Down arrow) before making the turn if you are going too fast.

• Tip: On the last turn, I notice many people don't slow down because they are on a booster and fly into the wall. Do not do that! Take the time to slow down as much as it takes to make the turn, it may seem slower but it will end up being faster. As the people that fly into the wall will lose insane speed on the grass.

• Advanced Trick: Going for a record lap? You'll need to be able to do one thing: Lay the bananas that you get as items where you wont accidently hit them later. You may ask "Why not just keep the item and never lay anything on the track?" Well, if you use all the bananas and get new items, you might get an all importent booster item! Essiential for making record times.

Anyways, always lay the bananas on long straightaways, where you will have time to see them. Two places are the barn, and the starting (Or finishing, it depend if you are doing Rev or not.) Straightaway's.

• Tip: Need to slow down fast to make a turn? Try doing a quick turn to the corner of the track and quickly go outside the track onto the brown stuff. Then come back, you should have lost a lot of speed to make the turn now! (Thanks Princess Ladybug Lemonbee for this Tip.)

• Trick: Have a anvil? Nowhere near a booster to lay it on the leader? No problem! If you have a giant hill near, while the leader starts to climb the hill, fire the anvil, they will have no speed and take a VERY long time to climb the hill, enough time to gain some major ground.

• Trick: If you still have trouble keeping on the road, try to turn BEFORE you get to the curve, youll still go into the grass slightly, but if you normally fly into the grass, it'll be worth the loss.

Section 2.5: Airborne Acres

• Tip: This is a evil track. Whenever you are racing on it, make sure you are ready to twist and turn, accelerate and brake,and use items.

• Trick: Lay your bananas on top of the booster hill. Works 9\10 times.

• Tip: Use item boosters only on straightaways! Try using it near the barn.

• Trick: Never let down your guard, be ready to get angry, because there are many spots to lay a perfect anvil. Examples: At the top of both hills, at the bottom of both hills, during your mega-jump ect.

Section 3: City Circuit

This section is same as the rustic raceway one, all the tip's in here are CITY CIRCUIT ONLY. These tips will only work on this track. So lets go to the urban streets...

• Advanced Tip: On the "s" curve torwards the middle of the track, if you drive correctly, you can go through that little section without turning by driving inbetween the two "S" curves. (The idea being you position yourself so that you can go inbetween the two S curves, at an angle at which you either dont need to turn, or barely need to)

• Trick: Lay your anvils on people when they reach the booster for the giant bridge. They wil have a very hard time getting up it without the booster.

• Tip: There are many insane turns here, always use the break if you cant make a turn without smashing the curb.

• Tip: If you are coming to the giant bridge and you miss the booster, or someone anvil's you while you are on the booster, and you have a item booster USE IT. You need to get up that hill with a booster or else you will lose drastic time. (Thanks BlueDude for this tip)

Section 3.5: Blizzard Boulevard

• Tip: Although it's supposed to top city circuit, I find this course fairly easy. The course has wide open roads to curve in, and nice straightaways.

• Trick: Always make sure to use item boosters on straightaways.

• Tip: Two of the boosters are on the side of the road. Memorize where they are, or you'll miss them a lot. Also remember to slowly position yourself on the particular side of the road. Fast turns on straightaways are a high cause of speed loss.

• Trick: Use pies on curves and straightaways, because they are likely to meet their target, because of the wide open roads.

• Trick: Try keeping the accelerator running always, only brake when neccesary.

• Theories section: For all Goofy speedway Theories! (unconfirmed= noone knows if it's true yet.) (Confirmed =means it's true.)

• Toontown Dev's will make new accesories and maybe even new karts for those of us who have already maxxed out their kart (Unconfirmed)

Thats all for now fellow racers! More soon!

Please PM with suggestions for the guide. PM with theories for the theories section too. Also PM if you find any spelling mistakes, I want this guide as good as can be for you guys!