Can you beat PSB at MotorStorm?

Posted by Talk Playstation

on Nov.25, 2008 at 10:58 am

The Playstation.Blog is ready to take you on in the Time Attack mode on MotorStorm Pacific Rift. Here’s some tips to get you started on the Time Attack mode:-

Conservation of momentum - Braking (obviously) and hard turning all reduce your speed. The fastest laps are the ones where you brake and turn as little as possible.
Explore different routes - Each track is a myriad of routes. The optimal route for each vehicle will need some searching out to find.
Exploit your chosen vehicle’s advantages
Clear the route - After each lap your timer resets, but any objects you have knocked around the track will stay in their new positions. You may want to use a warm-up lap to clear the track of obstacles before going for that hot lap.
Hang time is slow time - Time spent in the air over jumps is lost time - you’re not accelerating. Keep the height and distance of jumps down to a minimum.
Turn in the air - While in the air you still have some control over the direction your vehicle is facing. Use this to line yourself up for a perfect exit when you land.
Nurse that boost - Save your boost for the long straightaways. Boost is more efficient if used in long bursts, as each time you hit the boost the first ’surge’ costs you quite a lot.
Watch and learn - If you want to know how some of those really fast times are down, take a peek. Download ghosts from the leaderboards and see if you can keep up.

Since launch we have had an embargo on members of staff posting to the Time Attack leaderboards, in order to give you guys a chance to get comfortable with the game. Now that embargo has been lifted, and we’ll be on there looking to give you a run for your money (although looking at some of the times that have been posted our ‘leet skills need a bit of work

Are you going to give the Time Attack mode a bash?

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