WipEout HD/Fury

[G.T]

Anyone find it impossible to get Gold in Event 05/08 on the Vineta K speed lap event? I can get 30.7 seconds (30 seconds needed) and I swear I've hit every single pad and boosted at the right time. :/

 

[Sprite]

When are you using your boost?

I tend to use my boost at the end of a lap just a split second before the start/finish line then another boost durin the lap itself, that way you get two boosts per lap, but obviously you have a lap without a boost

 

[G.T]

Yeah I must try that... I do it just before the finish line.

30.42
30.25
30.28
30.31
30.31
30.64

Consistent or what...

 

[Sprite]

Also try switching to a ship that fits the track, I've not yet reached the stage you are at so you have probably be there and got the t-shirt, but I found if its a twistier track I switch to a ship with higher boost that way when I do use it i get the advantage of more burst speed, but then on less twisty tracks I use the Piraña for 100% speed.

and yeh those are consistent, and only fractions from the needed time. good luck.

P.S. has anyone found out how many loyalty points you need for the next skin?

 

[G.T]

Yeah, the course I was doing needed a higher-speed vehicle.

I passed it on 29.42 in the end, using your method, and I could only get 29.63 out of the vehicle I'm using all the time (to try and get the 100,000 loyalty points trophy).

I can't remember the first skin but I unlocked the 3rd one at 6,000. And you unlock some classic HUD thing too.

 

[FoolKiller]

Yeah, the course I was doing needed a higher-speed vehicle.

I passed it on 29.42 in the end, using your method, and I could only get 29.63 out of the vehicle I'm using all the time (to try and get the 100,000 loyalty points trophy).

I can't remember the first skin but I unlocked the 3rd one at 6,000. And you unlock some classic HUD thing too.

How do you earn loyalty points? I mean, I knwo you get them every time you use a certain vehicle, but I see it give me so many per lap. On Novice I am getting 30 per lap, and occasionally I get more than that, but I have never gotten more than 120 in a novice race.

Do you get more for harder difficulties, higher speed classes, etc? Is it per lap or event?

If it is per lap then go do Speed lap and earn your 99 lap Speed lap trophy to earn a bunch.

 

[G.T]

I seem to be getting 30 per lap too (confirmed for timed runs, but I'm sure it's the same in races too). If you get perfect laps you get a bonus, if you eliminate another player you get a bonus. Can't quite remember how much extra but it's quite a bit.

 

[FoolKiller]

I seem to be getting 30 per lap too (confirmed for timed runs, but I'm sure it's the same in races too). If you get perfect laps you get a bonus, if you eliminate another player you get a bonus. Can't quite remember how much extra but it's quite a bit.

I wonder if it works per lap for Speed Laps too. If so I could chase three trophies at once purely by trying to Beat Zico.

 

[G.T]

I recorded a video of a run that put me 2nd on the world scoreboard. It's a Time Trial in Event 5/8:



I hate it when youtube randomly doesn't allow you to watch a high-quality version...

I done a mistake on the 2nd lap and missed a speed boost or two, which could have put me into 1st. May try again tomorrow but it's hard to be consistent with those double boost jumps and final tight s-bends...

 

[FourwheelBrow]

Just downloaded this today. Verrry purty and its awful addictive too, even if I don't really know what I'm doing. So far I've gathered the following:

Blue pads speed up
Red pads give you some sort of weapon (random)
There are no brakes. NO BRAKES!!!
Every so often you can speed up by pressing the square button
Every so often you can recharge your shields

Needless to say, with this somewhat-short-of-comprehensive knowledge, I'm not exactly lighting up the leaderboards. Still, good fun and cheap at the price!

 

[TheRisingTide21]

Just downloaded this today. Verrry purty and its awful addictive too, even if I don't really know what I'm doing. So far I've gathered the following:

Blue pads speed up
Red pads give you some sort of weapon (random)
There are no brakes. NO BRAKES!!!
Every so often you can speed up by pressing the square button
Every so often you can recharge your shields

Needless to say, with this somewhat-short-of-comprehensive knowledge, I'm not exactly lighting up the leaderboards. Still, good fun and cheap at the price!

L2 and R2 triggers are the brakes. You'll need to use them to corner effectively.

 

[black300zx]

Awesome game! Been playing it since the day it came out but I'm getting my ass kicked now that I'm in the 5th stage in campaign!

Has anyone tried to get the throttle to work with the right analog stick? I would prefer to use that instead of X but it doesn't recognizes it in the settings screen

 

[Delirious]

Is this game worth getting if you have a stupid 480i only TV?

 

[FoolKiller]

I wonder if it works per lap for Speed Laps too. If so I could chase three trophies at once purely by trying to Beat Zico.

Yes, yes it does. I ran 50 laps in a speed lap in pursuit of Flatland Flier (got it!) and I was given 30 loyalty points for each one (1500 total).

I also found that your first skin is at 4,000 loyalty points and your 2097 HUD is at 6,000 loyalty points.

I also discovered that Auto-pilot does slow you down. I had pretty much reached my limit in Speed Laps and then remembered that I had my Auto-Pilot on still. So, I turned it off and the first lap was a new record with increasingly better times over the next 20 or so laps.

Just downloaded this today. Verrry purty and its awful addictive too, even if I don't really know what I'm doing.

Hit Square from the main menu (where you select Campaign, Racebox, etc) and it will bring up the game guide menu, which is basically the manual.

So far I've gathered the following:

Blue pads speed up
Red pads give you some sort of weapon (random)

Mostly correct. Blue pads (arrows) = speed pads. Red pads (X's) = power ups. Power ups include weapons, speed boosts, auto-pilot, shields. What symbols mean what is in the Game Guide.

There are no brakes. NO BRAKES!!!

As stated before. L2 and R2 are airbrakes. They are best used individually for turning, but hitting them both at the same time will slow you down to a stop fairly quick.

Also, just letting off of X will completely cut your engine, so you will slow down pretty effectively that way as well.

Every so often you can speed up by pressing the square button

If you have a speed boost power up (Two up arrows) as your power up, yes. Hit square to use it a gain a speed boost. You can also gain a speed boost by successfully landing a barrel roll. You do that by steering Left, Right, Left or Right, Left, Right while in the air. But it uses ship energy.

Also, if you are doing a Time Trial or Speed Lap then you will gain a Speed Boost power up at the beginning of each lap.

Every so often you can recharge your shields

Shields or energy? Energy is what gets drained if you bump walls or get shot. Shields are a power up that puts a purple force field around your ship temporarily. Shields cannot be recharge, energy can.

However, there are specific ways to recharge energy. If you have a power up you can hit Circle to absorb it and recharge your energy. There is a trophy for doing this 500 times.

You can also recharge by using the Leech weapon. This is a siphon that you shoot at another ship and if you make contact it will drain some of their energy and give it to you.

If you are in a Time Trial or Speed Lap your energy automatically recharges.

If you are in a zone event it is impossible to recharge, as running out of energy by bumping walls is what causes you to lose out.

Still, good fun and cheap at the price!

Yes, it is. Considering it supposedly has tracks from two of the PSP versions I would say $20 for two games worth of content in HD is a heck of a deal.

And just keep practicing. I started out struggling to get a bronze, and last night I managed to gold all the events on novice difficulty in Uplift.

Is this game worth getting if you have a stupid 480i only TV?

If you liked past WipEouts or have never tried them I suggest it. Even without the HD I think it should be awesome fun.




I want to point out something I noticed last night. The music. Not the in-game music, oh no. Although it may do the same. Anyway, I am using custom music. I actually just told it to play all my music on my hard drive (I have a playlist called ALL) and so I have been getting everything from Hawaiian music to Tenacious D, to Eve's Plum, and even one Sheryl Crow song (Steve McQueen). During one of the between song talking Tenacious D tracks I went through a tunnel. While in the tunnel Jack Black's voice echoed. So, from that point on I paid attention. All the music is given a reverb effect when in a tunnel. But it isn't just some reverb in any tunnel. Underwater glass tunnels have slightly less reverb than an above ground tunnel, as it should.

But it isn't just tunnels. Hit a huge jump and the music fades away and gets quiet. The farther in the air you are the quieter it is, as if the music is connected to the track.

It isn't perfect as songs already containing reverb are less noticeable, but it was quite amazing to realize they took the effort to apply physics even to the sound.

I am quite amazed that they are able to pull all this off in less than 1GB and for under $20.

 

[FourwheelBrow]

Thanks for the tips folks. I expect my times to come tumbling down now. 👍

Tumbling I says!

 

[Havok_]

I love this game...i can't seem to get enough of speed laps or time trials, searching for the perfect line or waiting for the right moment to boost is exhilarating. Here's some more pics of my latest races..did i forget to mention o love this game?

 

[G.T]

Sweeet.

I presume no one has figured you can double boost yet, like I demostrated in the video above. Someone try and beat my time (Event 5/8 Ubermall Speed Lap). 👍👍

 

[Havok_]

done 28.37

 

[Moglet]

But it isn't just tunnels. Hit a huge jump and the music fades away and gets quiet. The farther in the air you are the quieter it is, as if the music is connected to the track.

It isn't perfect as songs already containing reverb are less noticeable, but it was quite amazing to realize they took the effort to apply physics even to the sound.

This was one of the first things I noticed since I always have this game cranked right up, it echoes in tunnels, bends the pitch and fades in jumps and muffles it when you activate your shield. A nice little touch that certainly adds some more excitement to the game!

I recorded a video of a run that put me 2nd on the world scoreboard. It's a Time Trial in Event 5/8

Ah, Harimau, my team of choice. 👍 I just unlocked that skin, too.

 

[wbrinkman]

If you are in a zone event it is impossible to recharge, as running out of energy by bumping walls is what causes you to lose out.

Actually, your energy does replenish in zone mode, albeit very slightly. I'm not too sure about it yet if it is caused by perfect zones being completed or hitting boostpads on the course: i found myself back on 100% from 99% after about 5 boostpads on Anulpha Pass. Its of no use after about level 25 though, when the speed increase causes your energy to drop on every crash so much you cant recover. So far my record on A.P. is zone 42. Seen a video of someone doing Mach1/level 60, looks insane 👍

@ GT:
Nice boost/barrelroll on the bump in the mall section. I usually just barrelroll there, landing on the next boostpad and fling myself round the corner. Quite tricky. Whenever i hit the actual boost there, i see myself crashing just above the exit.
I usually hit the boost near the end of the climb on the start/finish straight, flying over the finish, barrelrolling and landing into the chicane just before the next boostpad.

 

[FoolKiller]

Actually, your energy does replenish in zone mode, albeit very slightly. I'm not too sure about it yet if it is caused by perfect zones being completed or hitting boostpads on the course: i found myself back on 100% from 99% after about 5 boostpads on Anulpha Pass.

I'll have to watch a video so I can see if and when this happens. To be honest I am only glancing slightly at my energy meter. My strategy is to pay attention to the track and you go out when you go out.

 

[Moglet]

Your energy replenishes for perfect zones in Zone mode.

Video of someone reaching Mach 1 in Zone mode. Has anyone got to Zeus yet?

 

[G.T]

Wow, that speed is insane. I struggle around Zone 30, let alone that speed!

I have trouble with bouncing off the barriers 2-3 times in a row, completely messing things up. I guess I sometimes use the airbrake to turn too much...

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Okay I bought and downloaded it last night and i love it so far. One question though, is there any reason why i should turn the Pilot assist off?? I mean i usually like to play racing games with no assists, but i see no incentive in this case as its a lot harder without it.

 

[FoolKiller]

Okay I bought and downloaded it last night and i love it so far. One question though, is there any reason why i should turn the Pilot assist off?? I mean i usually like to play racing games with no assists, but i see no incentive in this case as its a lot harder without it.

I was doing Speed Laps and tunred it off in the middle of them. I immediately started getting better times.

From what I have seen, unless you are in the middle third of the track it is working to center you up to a degree and it is costing fractions of a second every timeit steers you over. That and it isn't always putting you on the best line if it thinks you should be centered in a turn.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

I was doing Speed Laps and tunred it off in the middle of them. I immediately started getting better times.

From what I have seen, unless you are in the middle third of the track it is working to center you up to a degree and it is costing fractions of a second every timeit steers you over. That and it isn't always putting you on the best line if it thinks you should be centered in a turn.

Well yeah I understand that, but when its off, if you so much as graze the side walls, you slow so substantially. Its difficult not to use it.

 

[FoolKiller]

Well yeah I understand that, but when its off, if you so much as graze the side walls, you slow so substantially. Its difficult not to use it.

Well, once you learn a track and get better at the controls so that you rarely are up against walls you will do better without.

I often turn it on when on a track that I don't know well or a speed class that I am not used to, but then I switch it off once I feel better about it.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Okay. Another question what is the difference in speed classes. The venom, rapier, etc. what does that change?

 

[G.T]

The overall top speed of the races change, from Venon to Phantom. It greatly increases the difficulty of trying to do a clean lap, so if you're finding it difficult now then you're mince meat for the faster modes. I've never used pilot assist before, but it's definitely playable without it.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Okay, I understand now. I think another thing is that Ive always used the same ship, so i could get loyalty rewards, and that ship has pretty awful handling, and on Chengu project or however thats spelled, its difficult to make the tight turns.