How goes the competitive grind /v/? It's not too late to become a silver surfer.
>frontrunning Coral Town, start of lap 3 before the route choice>weight coming in, I don't have any defense up>whatever, I'll just tank this and-OH NO DON'T SEND ME LEFT!>-21 points
>>727753278I love Coral Town but I hate when it's randomly picked for the CrossWorld because you practically can't choose which way you want to go (which is never left).
>>727753278The moment you mentioned Coral Town I already knew this was gonna be a nightmare story.
Whoever sent that ghost after the 1upfag with the PERFECT timing at the end of Metal Harbor, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, you just got me back up to Diamond Grade!Good time for a break before I go and rank back down to gold!Btw I think not putting "Sonic" in the thread title's gonna make a lot of people miss this thread
I love spamming items on everyone and even more when it's first place
First race this morning. 8 bots. I get hit once in first place, fall back to 4th and the bot item spam makes me finish 5th..Instant -13ptsThanks.
>1st place>1 unavoidable item hits me>fall back to 9th to 12th>everyone already bagged a drill so I can't catch up in time>-15Every single race. Fuck this.
>>727754134I also get hit by another item right again so I don't get tonuse slipstream to keep up with the pack after that first hit
>>727752949From the thumbnail, I thought Sonic was pointing his finger at us, wearing a fingerless glove.
I can't be alone in thinking the Legend mode is completely dire. I've bounced off it. Scoring system is atrocious and nothing has been done to combat cheaters and the unbeatable meta.
>>727754785I was doing well enough for avwhile to reach 1653 yesterday and have only been losing ever since.
What I want to say is, it feels legit unplayable now that only decent to great players remain. How are you supposed to consistently place well when everyone is good atbthe game?
nvm i'm just so pissed off i can't concentrate anymore
>>727753792>Btw I think not putting "Sonic" in the thread title's gonna make a lot of people miss this threadLast thread didn't have Sonic in the OP and still hit the bump limit. Gotta trust in the IQ of your fellow anons.
>>727755171WM or competitive? WM is comfy at the moment.
>>727752949>>727755231It's CrossWorlds, not Crossworld.
>>727755318competition
>>727755376My condolences.
>like counter stops at 999my life is now meaningless.
it feels more and more like nights will drop after the legends competition.
>>727756147Don't say that...
>>727756224it's making sense to me considering they wouldn't split the playerbase between that mode and festival. they proved they don't like to have any more than one mode online overlapping.
>ranked mode in a party racernone of you have any right to laugh at gacha or moba players
>>727756314The worst part is, the stupid kirby RNG game still manages to be more balanced than this shit
>>727753792Yup, right back down. Getting gloved down to 6th at the end of a race definitely deserves -11 points
Can we all talk about how stupid it is to have a Sonic racing game where he drives in cars?Shouldn't he and Shadow be faster than everyone else by default on foot?
>>727756428And that's why mods exist.
>>727754134It's brutal isn't it? I was having fun using the Quick Recovery gadget just to switch off of the meta "chain invul boosts" plate, but I had to switch back. Even when chaining invul, you inevitably get to a part of the course with consecutive bounces where your drift sparks stop charging, and that's exactly when you get hit by a King Boom Boo, or Weights, or the Slime. And then as soon as you slow down slightly the guy in second hits you as he goes by. You fall to 5th, pick up a boost Wisp and think, "Ok, here's my chance to take a cut and get back to top 3."But while you're on the cut, some asshole with the monster truck runs you over while you're off road, ending your boost and giving you the off road penalty. And 5 people with drills also pass you.I'm not going to pretend I'm amazing at the game, but I got into the top 10 in time trials for the first stage before I realized people just cheat at those and stopped trying. I generally know how to take fast lines and I'm able to front run most of the time. I feel like if you're not running the two meta builds of "be as invul as you can while driving fast" or "stack 3 power items while in 6th place and make a 'comeback' win," you have no hope, and even if you run those builds it's hard to be consistent. Sometimes no one gets good items at the exact time you're vulnerable and then no one can stop you from winning by a huge margin.But then other times, as soon as your invul ends, you get hit and it starts the death spiral.Also, I'm getting a few disconnects and crashes and it's kind of annoying. After my game crashed I got a warning that the match didn't end correctly and if I get too many of those, they're going to block me from multiplayer temporarily. Not my fault assholes, fix the crash.
>>727756428Can we talk about how stupid you sound?
>switch back to my original gadget plate>1st place>next race 6 items and trucks hit me on the last stretch after front runningwho came up with this mode? it's god awful
>>727756428Why do people still race on anything other than the fastest vehicles available to man? Don't those bikers know I can just fly my jet above them and win???
>>727756428https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmzc8L8zTBk&t=150s
>5 human players>falling star aurasEven I know when to fold em, BYE, KEEPING THESE POINTS
I like White Space, it's a cool track.It's also a miserable racing experience
>Hit the final lap>race now becomes a battle field They need to do something about bagging, kirby and mario kart don't even get this aggressive on the final lapThen again I'm a board player and haven't touched the karts even once maybe that's why I'm losing constantly
>>7277578943k exclusive EG user here, it's a skill issue on your part.
>7 (seven) fucking bots in the lobbyYep that's alt F4.I genuinely don't know if I'll be able to stomach getting to emerald
>>7277583413k means nothing. That's where I'm in WM and I couldn't even get plat in LC
Is there a lobby going at this crazy hour?
>>727758836Oh yeah? Post stats.
>Finally get a lobby without bots>Game crashes as race starts>Fair play penaltyYep, that's enough. I'm good with gold. Hope season 2 isn't this fucking garbage.Good luck to the ones who keep playing this shit mode. This is the most embarrassing ranking system I've ever seen.
Is silver surfer still meta with the new "fast recovery" gadget?
>>727759523Yes, don't bother playing for another 3 months.
>run non silver surfing build>win against the so called free thinkers Best feel
>7500 Well I've hit my quota for the night, may the next session be as smooth of a climb.
>>727760226Finger's crossed for ya
>>727760478As long as I don't run into the usual riffraff everything should be alright.
>>727761025Well in any case, be sure to take frequent breaks so your grinding is at its best.
>>727759523Yeah about that.https://files.catbox.moe/m0vyw8.mp4
>>727761230yowza
>>727761230When you see them all lined up like this, it's crystal clear.Slipstream needs a nerf now!
>>727761158>kept going>already nearing 7600I guess I wont stop grinding until my thirst is satisfied...or something frustrating as sin happens.
Got 0 points for finishing 4th in a lobby filled with people 100-200 points ahead of me. Fuck off game.
>>727761573I'm sure you'll quell those frustrations somehow if things get too out of hand.
>>727761732You have my deepest sympathies
>>727761732ONE POINT FOR SECOND!?!?!?>>727761839Don't be like me, you don't need Emerald assuming you haven't already gotten it, in which case gg.
>>727761954I wasn't going to trouble myself with it. I'd rather save my energy for the Festival. Especially with everything I've been hearing about it so far. I didn't think it'd be that grueling.
>>727761750You know it. An inferno must be dealt with after all.
I did not try the legends tournament even once and i intend to keep it that way.
>>727762270Its just for titles anyway. If auras or horns were locked behind it I'm sure all hell would've broke loose.
7 bots, top-level players, NIGERODAYOOOO.Any shame I'd have for running has been torn by this psycho-ass ranking system
*ban evades*
Are there any top players that stream I could watch and learn from?
>>727762917No.Just play for yourself and evolve naturally.
>4 humans, none too crazy, maybe I'll stay>they start dippingUnderstandable, that's how you climb this ladder. Please fix this SEGA
>>727762952I don't have enough time for that, unfortunately
>>727763025Make time
1803 points. Every race the knife to my neck presses ever slightly harder...MAYBE I can do it, but I'll be in a straitjacket by the time I do
>>727752949I was never a fan of racing kart games but this one took a good chunk of my weekend so far. It's quite fun, I'll admit. And maybe I'll try out Sonic Frontiers if I ever feel like it.
>>727763042I'm already slacking off on my math studies. I can't possibly slack off even more
>>727763778godspeed anon... I haven't been able to focus since dropping down from the gold grade cut-off
>Donpa Factory and Aqua Forest>lost 21 pointsMaybe I should take Shadowbros advice and make use of time trial to vent....
>>727765505If you want to place well in donpa, you NEED to learn to snap drift the part with the cars. The ramp before hand isn't really important and likely worth skipping for the items, but that car cut is all but mandatory. If you have ultimate charge on I recommend making yourself invincible before the turn so you don't have to worry about timing your approach with the car.
Will any anons be hosting lobbies later? Might be able to play in an hour or so.
>>727765934>ultimate chargeI have some self respect.
>>727766365You have self respect. Shadow has self respect. I don't
i have no self respect, i'm just not good enough at snaking to utilize uc properly
>always online requirement....lolololololololol
>>727752949Not having 'sonic' in the title fucks up my catalog searching.
ok im sick of losing what's the most op board I can build and who's the best character
>>727767783Knuckles Ultimate charge, Lv2 Quick charge, Lv3 Quick charge, technical drift
>>727752949Still grinding my problem tracks on time trials coping with the fact that my favorite is a Big fat fuck that body blocks the screen on EG.
>>727762917I learned you can drift while keeping straight in flight sections by watching KEY1DR's stream the other day.
There's something, this game where you're on a decent streak and then a sudden upset cause you to spiral in to despair.
>gold>silver>gold>silver>gold>silverI WANT OFF MR SONIC'S WILD RIDE
>silver rank>being matched with emerald ranksthis games matchmaking is a fucking joke
>search for the thread yesterday>"sonic racing, 0 results">"well shit, guess the jannies are deleting the threads again">in actuality, the thread had a different name
>>727771741>platinum rank>matched against 10 bronze ranks and a silverIt sure is.
Cyberspace is such a good track, it even manages to have a good flying section.
>>727761230Dear Anon, we know it looks weird that so many people are using this specific build to basically ignore the game by being invincible for 95% of the race and stay 15 seconds ahead of everyone else, but we'll give it some more thought for a few months before deciding if it deserve some kind of change.Meanwhile, here's a new competition so you guys can all have fun racing with your favorite gadgets against the best of the best.Best of luck.SEGA.
>>727773404TRUE
So if I get 4th and lost like 15 points it means there's a lot of bots? I lost 30 points in 2 matchs for that bullshit and I really don't feel like playing over 20 races just to get back those 30 points
>>727774549Either bots, or players well below your rank, or you're in platinum-emerald where 4th isn't good enough most of the timeBot names have a certain structure to them that sticks out once you notice it.
>>727774549alt f4 out of the lobby if you see more than 3 bots, you won't be penalized as long as it's before the track is chosen
>>727773880>to basically ignore the gameThe game being ignored is two blue shells, lightning that disproportionately hurts people at the front, lightning infused red shell, green shells that are actually fast red shells, and bullet bill/ mega mushroom multiple players will carry into the top half of the pack. When you take into consideration that they also buffed the easier method to reduce the effects of the game, it should be clear that they intend for you to take some action to minimize the absolute chaos that they are also throwing at you since the game is actually bad unless you have a way to avoid the game, which you and I also just lost. Nerf the game before nerfing the things that protect us from the game.
>>727775151There's nothing wrong with not always getting to win in a fun racer. Something's rather wrong with the point distribution in LC instead
>learn you can jump part of the curve before the crystal mine truck before needing to wisp>lines up the rest of the shortcut fairly intuitively>practice it for a couple hours with decent consistency >try it online>0% success ratehell yeah
>>727775151Surfers already can get an enormous lead even with the chaotic items. What would happen if items are nerfed somehow? Surfers will be even MORE unstoppable.inb4 "people will move on to other builds". No, no they won't. You guys already say every time you'll do anything needed to win, so no one of you surfers are going to drop it, not when that will be the most broken way to keep leading.
Lol ok silver surfing is kinda fun ngl. I just don't know if I should always be trying to hit lvl 4 or hitting small drifts until I run-out of silver then charge 4 again. Or do I just constantly snake the whole race. Sometimes it's awkward
>>727776232I don't think you're supposed to snake constantly. Feels to me like you're going to slow if you do that, especially early on. When I start a race snaking I end up falling way behind immediately.
>>727775659Winning or losing because of things that are out of control does not make it a fun racer. There will always be people better than you, so winning every game won't happen even if all random aspects were removed.>>727776192I'll use builds that are fun, satisfying to play, and also give me a chance to win. If Items get nerfed I would be have a better chance of winning with other builds while also still having fun. Even now I'd probably be more consistent with a power vehicle and slipstream since it is much easier to collect rings and stay at top speed, but that build is just not fun. Make regular snaking viable on EG or handling car and I will absolutely switch over. Your view of surfing is likely biased because you notice a surfer who plays well or gets lucky that is likely to win, but the ones who mess up will have a very hard time keeping up and building rings will go unnoticed. Have you actually tried it yourself yet to see what it is like from the perspective of the person using it?
>see a mine cart Sage shoot past my surfing multiple races>wtf why is she so fast>never see the metal graphics>assume desync, hold items to parts of the track where she definitely wouldn't have a lv4>eventually check the loadout>time trial build, no UCIt's kind of funny that having zero faith in the game's netcode can artificially buff riskier builds like that.
>>727776232Only reasons not to L4 are if you want to change up the timing of the next L4, or you're finishing a turn and not boosting would ruin your line.
>>727776232After enough practice you should be able to chain lvl 4 drifts back to back. Sometimes its okay to bail with a lvl 2 or 3 if you need to dodge something or hit a bad angle.
>>727776895Yes, I've tried it.No, I don't like it.Same shit as Mario Kart DS. I'm not planning to relive that experience again anytime soon just for a win. I rather have fun and get top 5 than having to autism my way to 1st.There's a couple of fun builds that can do good but people are too dumb to choose by themselves, and let some tranny influencer tell them how to play.
>>727777239Luckily for me, I like the feel of the build and do it because it is fun in addition to some chance of avoided being blasted into last place by a barrage at the end of lap 3 rather than just relying on luck. I don't get first any more often than when I use my own off meta drift kit build without quick recovery and I also still place in the bottom frequently where I would have had a much better chance of recovery if I weren't surfing. It doesn't give me free or easy wins by any means, but I'd rather have some extra control over my placement instead of better consistency.
keyboard is such an underrated control scheme. I don't know why more people don't use it.
>>727778151I wouldn't want to give up analog steering. I very often have the stick tilted 20-80% during drifts depending on the angle I want.That said, I'd imagine things like air tricking and looking behind you are much more convenient on keyboard.
>>727778151Main reason is you can't half-tilt your wheel when using it, it's either all the way on or all the way off and if you want something in between you better start tapping. It's not outright worse, there's advantages to how snappy it is, but not everyone is gonna like that.
>>727777481I love that I can hear this image.
Have seen Bikini Bottom four times todayHaven't seen apotos, blizzard valley, crystal mine, kronos island, northstar island, mystic jungle a single time today.
Did they fix LC yet?
>>727756428>Can we all talk about how stupid it is to have a Sonic racing game where he drives in cars?Yes, get in your time machine so we can go back to 2009
I didn't know Jet could use Chaos Control.
Seven Bikini Bottoms.
>>727776232This is the red pill, sega put this in the game for the people that can actually drive. T. emerald player
>>727776232The only players that seethe about Silver Surfer are the ones that hate playing it. It's fun, it's challenging, and it's easy to mess up and play poorly by swerving all over the fucking place.
>>727776232>>727780949TRVKE
Results from yesterday's poll :Dhttps://poal.me/qbiua6
>>727781292The only players seething are the silver bitches, who cry anytime someone comes to say that shit is busted. No other build have people defending it so bad.
>>727781650t. buttblasted driftlet
>>727781820
>>727781650It's really difficult to play though
>>727781292This. I don't hate on it because I know it's a legit skill issue on my part. It's hard to execute in a real match and it is a nightmare to catch up if you get clipped by an item. It's not a free win. You have to actually practice and lose a lot before hand.
The true way to nerf silver surfing if Sonic Team was unfathomably based:>Spin drift push strength is now based on power differential.>Full charge spin ignores invulnerability stateYou want to use your low power vehicle? Enjoy tasting the dirt for drifting into the spingods.
Man I wish slow starter was good.
All they have to do is knock down the invincibility to 1 second. That's plenty to protect against an oncoming threat without being braindead invincible for most of the race. I don't know how the fuck they think you need 3 entire seconds.>>727782760Spin drift being useful would be nice.
>>727783952I'm currently practicing silver surfing. Just had my first lobby where me (and the only other silver surfer) finished with a huge lead. I blocked a slime and a red glove coming a second later in one level 4.... that felt really dirty
>>727784420That's a big part of it right there. If the invincibility was shorter, then even if you can't see the invincibility due to the netcode, you could reason out more effectively when they'll be vulnerable due to (probably) being forced to use their boost on something. Could chase a ghost/slime with your glove and have it work as it should. Even triple gloves would suddenly be a great pull, but as it is between the netcode (can't really be helped) and the 3 second invul (could very much be helped) it's unreasonably hard to hit them except during relatively rare huge jumps where nobody can charge.
>>727776232>Or do I just constantly snake the whole race. Snaking back and forth too much will kill your speed. Only time snaking is good is for the straightaway at the end of laps. You can drift normally for regular curves. But sometimes you'll have to start in the opposite direction and quickly swap to the correct one to get lvl 4 out in time.
>first game of the day>5th and lose points>"ok, no problem, I just need to do better">second game>3rd and lose pointsYeah, fuck the LC. This shit ain't good for my mental health.I'll check again in a week and see if all the sweating surfers are done with their dick measuring competition.
I restarted the game 7 times now trying to not get a bot lobby
>>727783952You need to keep in mind who you are trying to balance it for. The best players will likely still make it work with 1 second and nothing will actually change since those are the players that people focus on when making complaints about what needs to be nerfed. Meanwhile in the middle ground it is already hard to use well and far from brain dead compared to the alternatives that will get easier results. I need the three seconds and desync to make it work sometimes because actually reacting to things is often nearly impossible with how fast items travel and how close people are typically packed together. Even if I had perfect reactions the player behind me could just force me to hold a drift with the threat of attacking to slow me down and pass without even having to fire the weapon. Just fixing the dysnc would likely be more than enough of a nerf and probably make it where it isn't worth the downsides for the average player.>>727784420I'd say the game being setup where you regularly get hit by so much within a three second window is the biggest problem the game has. Just two items isn't even the worst you may have to deal with. If the game is setup to be dirty, then playing dirty yourself is fair.
Man, boost character kit is really nice on a speed vehicle. I wish either Metal or Blaze were boost type.
>>727756493>before I realized people just cheat at thoseI've only seen one obvious cheater in time trials, and he's the same ban evader these threads have been pointing out who does get banned regularly with times removed. Most tracks legitimately have 10-20 seconds of time you can make up beyond the S rank requirement.
>>727787169There's probably barely anyone left still playing LC
>>727752949You know, my only gripe with surfing isn't that it's meta. In any game, something is going to be meta. It's more the lack of creativity. The exact same gadget set time and time again is just tiring to see. That and desync making it a bitch to actually hit someone out of their charge.
>test new loadout in lc>3d place, barely any bots>+1
>finally get a lobby full of people>comm errorlol
This Legend Comp mode was such a catastrophic failure they better have King Donny looking like this in their next announcement.
Is all the hate LC is getting exclusive to 4chan? I'm not seeing the negativity everywhere else
>>727789898I love how some people here say this without even looking at the most famous sites.Youtube and Reddit *gasp* you can usually see people commenting about how hard it is to get points and how easy you can lose them same with the hate towards the invincible silver surfers which you can read pretty often too.Maybe you people should check other sites outside the chan.
>2nd place>+4 points>3rd place>+2 points>4th place>+1 pointI'll get to Emerald....someday!
>>727791315Just wait until you lose 13 points for 5th
>>727789898Average people (including streamers) are having egotistical fits over being unable to get to emerald rank, but that's not really a problem of the mode. Point exchange isn't like WM where you just get a flat gain/loss depending on placement; it's extremely dependent on everyone's individual ratings. If you're 1800 and you place 2nd but 1st is 1600 or so you might actually lose 1 to 5 points compared to the 1600 who probably got +20.Compfag discords of people who are already emerald are just getting triggered over the bots and seem to prefer the idea of having only human players even if it means there are only 3-4 racers in the lobby.
>>727791582I'm being a faggot and quitting if the lobby has more than 3 bots in the lobby so I dont think that would happen...haha right????
No lobby? Let's fix that. World Match lobby:4816-6560Let's hope surfers are busy sucking each other in legend competition and have some fun races today.
>>727791896Be a man and suffer with us
Uh....Sage"Chads"?
LC would be fixed if bots actually counted as players.
>>727793468cute colors
>>727793468This >>727794515 and fuck "people" stealing colors.
>>727794828i always loved pastel colors but yeah, kinda cringe that you can use 3 colors or a rainbow and people thinking is like a gay thing. also i am sure every main in crossworlds has made a trans car at this point, i thought we were beyond posting the same dumb shit over and over again trying to own mains of a character when is just a screenshot of a single guy car
At what rank can I call myself "good?" I just hit legend 7 last night and my goal is at least legend 4
>>727795956Platinum racer. Have fun.
>>727795956Never.
>>727795956Rank isn't really a measurement of skill, it's more so a measurement of how much time you've put into the game. I'd say you can start calling yourself "good" if you're consistently placing within 1st to 4th and it's not against lobbies full of bots and toddlers.
>>727793468XD
>>727796257for the lower ranks yeah, but i think around legend 3 you start to lose more points for losing than you gain for winning
>>727796473You absolutely do, I'm currently in Legend 3 trying to grind for the Legend 1 aura. I'm just saying that there's isn't really a threshold for when you should be good at the game, you'll eventually start placing more consistently. Bad losses won't happen as frequently even if they still happen because of the nature of the genre.
>>727795956Legend 4 still felt far more casual than the first day of gold in the legend competition. "Good" is relative so I wouldn't sweat over it so long as you feel like you're doing well.
Looks like I'm gonna have to start leaving too if I don't see anybody close to my points, I just won 1st place for just 7 points, if I had gotten 2nd or 3rd I'd probably lose points.
>>727775151And the inherent problem all started with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that nobody wants to admit but it will always be true- Having more than 1 item slot was a mistake
https://x.com/RaceCrossWorlds/status/1997758008663646507>you get 2 items after each lapwtf i didn't know that. this loadout will definitely be meta for the shootout events
>>727797487And the only reason there's now two item slots is because they didn't want to remove the worthless coin item.
>>727797487I barely played DX because of that. Vanilla was way more fun
Finally.Not that interested in the next 2, so now to suffer all the way to legend 1.
>>727798047Congrats! Don't burn yourself out to get it done as soon as possible, it's gonna be a slow grind no matter what.
>>727797487You technically could have two items at once in Wii, if the first item was a shell or a banana that is.
>>727781650>The only players seething are the silver bitchesDid we enter bizzaro-/v/ while I was sleeping
>>727798209No worries, I just play online for fun. Only thing slowing me down is the uncatchables you can find almost every game, so I'm trying to take advantage of the LC to not encounter as much of them as I can.
>>727798414At least in Wii and 7 it was exclusive to protection items. Bagging is such a huge issue in most modern mascot racers now because they all copied 8 Deluxes' philosophy of letting you smuggle last place catchup items into positions where you shouldn't have them.
>>727798769I never played Deluxe (switched to PC only post-Wii U), but I remember not being able to hold a second defensive item in vanilla MK8 quite annoying.Wii's "one and a half" item meta was the best.
>>727798908Yeah, I can't understand why it was changed. You could stock up on weaker items to defend yourself while stronger items were rightfully more limited with how you could use and abuse them.
I think the highest I've ever gotten running the silver surfer set is 7th. You get pop once by an item while charging and your run is over. This shit feels impossible.
>Full lobby>HOLY SHIT FINALLY>Everyone has 1500-1600 points max>while I have 1794Yeah I alt-f4'd not risking my points.
>>727799309It's not quite as easy as some people make it out to be.
>>727799447Execution may take skills, but that doesn't change the fact that the build is busted and people using it doesn't seem to understand why.
THAT'S ITYOU'RE GOING TO HOLOSKA
Can someone explain the lore of 1up fags? Why are there a lot of people with 1up in their name nowadays?
>>727799616Sure? I guess yeah, but we're not really talking about that. Unless you're saying people are exaggerating its ease of use to counterbalance the people downplaying its busted nature.
>>727799987layoffs at the cocksucking factory left a group of skilled employees with ample spare time
>Finally escape the emerald grind>World match is the same thingare you a bad enough dude to compete?
>>727800082heh
>>727799353I can't find a match because of this
>>727800530can't tell if he's part of 1UP
>>727799616We just think it being busted is a good thing and the game is better off for it. If the offensive items are over the top then defense should be too.
>>727801135>Weanytime i see this word i assume the post is a falseflag
>>727801135Something being unbalanced doesn't justify something else even more unbalanced existing.
>>727801435It does if it is something designed to counteract the first imbalance. Right now the items in the game have the worst balance out of any major kart racer. Complaining about defensive options is not the right way to improve the game.
World Match:9969-4562
I hate the distorted AI character voices. They'd be cool skins if they sounded normal, or at the very least intelligible.
>>727803914isn't there a mod for the latter
>>727803645Lobby doesn't exist
>>727804572Sorry, no one was joining so I left to get something to eat. I'll be back in a few minutes and create another.
Some still have trouble believing she's in.
>>727804341Looks like it. I should probably grab that, but I'd still feel bad using them knowing most people in a room aren't going to hear it that way.
>play worldwides>have a fun time>crack on comp because i hate myself>its the same sweats constantly being in the same elo as me since they just keep winning and than losing over and over>total crabs in the bucket mentality, will go out of their way to make you lose at the final bit of the race everytime>also they are all using the same two gay buildsGod this mode is so fucking gay
>in 2nd>surfer in 1st>no items to throw at him>guy in 3rd is holding 3 greens>let off gas to let him pass and shoot his ass >shoots a green at me, another backwards at me and shoots his last glove off a cliff>surfer pulls away and wins by landslideThe worst thing about surfers is that nobody else seems to try to shoot them expect me
>>727805893>shoots a green at me, another backwards at me and shoots his last glove off a cliffholy kekHe probably didn't think trying it was worth so better to try and secure his own second place
>>727805893He didn't shoot the surfer because he wanted his gloves to actually hit the target.
>>727805893>and shoots his last glove off a cliffBenefit of the doubt, desync could've fucked his lock on.
>>727806221it would hit. do something? unlikely.
All right back with a lobby:World Match:1764-5814Come join for some fun races... while we kill each other for 1st.
>>727806590Chao park hairpin turn
Not like I deserved to win that but why was I so slow with my bagged items lol?
>jokerbro drilling ahead of me>stay behind him>drill ends and activates truck>stay behind him>truck ends and I steal 1st againDamn, items be fucked up.
I'm not even exaggerating when I say I got runover by a truck FIVE times that race. Still got 2nd though.
>bagging build>surfer build>surfer build>surfer build>bagging build>surfer build>slipstream build (based)>surfer build>surfer build>bagging buildgame would be 1000x better if gadgets were removed altogether
Fucking clusterfuck at Kronos shortcut.
No one else will know what you did, but I know what you did.
>>727809025then it would be just bagging
>host dcAnd here we go again...New one:7393-6942
>>727809239I did many things on that Kronos race>>727809463Was going to keep playing but a big storm just arrived so logging off for now, ggs
fuck I got DC'd sorry guys
>>727809993GGs, Creambros. Be safe.
>>727809993GGs!
>>727809025>>727809285game would be better if there was a drag race mode with no gadets or items JUST PERFECTLY SPEEDRUNNING YOUR LINES
>>7278094632/4We could use another punching ba... I mean friend.
Any gear ideas for Omega + Hummer?
>that SICK drum intro when you come first in white spacekino
4th is extremely good for me right now. Was being bullied HARD that race. Really thought I was getting under 8th.
Another day, another match where laser drops off after the item set.
Waited too long to activate my laser and took the slime, dropping my second item and missing the shortcut lol.
>>727811389I couldn't have asked for a more perfect race, nothing bad happened to me ever lol.
no.2 time spent at top yet came 12th lmao
>holding as far left as possible on the last turn>Shadow shoves me to as far right as possible>my inputs of course do nothingEpic.
>was going to land on the truck for the cut>game respawned me anywaywell alright
>>727812936Happened to me on Kronos. Was in the Squid road and barely got out of road, but was on my way to land on it again when the game just respawned.
Now that I don't have to pretend World Lobby is ranked, it's a lot more comfy. I'm also winning a lot more, this is the first time I've finished a session with more 1st place wins than losses.
>>727812936I hate that truck so much it's unreal, the death plane's so aggressively high for no reason
Thanks for the shield after I was hit by King Boom Boo so everyone could pass me with the shortcut, I appreciate that a lot!
>get 3rd>lose 9 pointsjust gonna alt f4 if the lobby is just bots.
Looking like it's a bagging kind of night.
>get fucked before the jump at metal harbor>jump super slowThanks, game.
>see comic of surge swallowing tangle and electrocuting her to death while whisper is made to watch>get hardif surge actually gets in this game it's over for me
>>727813694Try getting slimed, ghosted, and weighted all at once after the jump and then dying in an inch-long pit from having zero speed left.
I want that damn surfing Miku dead.
>saw miku at the bridge shortcut on lap 1>miku gets 6thYeah. Totally thanks to that. Deserved.
>>727813823sometimes i'm worried that i'm a sexual deviant but then i read some shit like this
Managed to stop both sage. Nice.
>bomb desynced and hit twowasn't even expecting 1st for that one but I'll take it
fuck I fell off coral canyon
The game gave me that drill in 6th by the way.
>>727815439I got pushed to a slower path by someone. Good shit.
Motherfucking physics. Throw me out of Chao Park at the last lap. Don't know how the I managed that 4th
>>727815868When I was in the back, there was some Sage driving in reverse on that turn for reasons I'm unsure of lol.
He's in
I was glad to be completely invincible that last lap, that looked like a complete clusterfuck.
Jesus christ finally. Had to crack out the power vehicle to finally breakthrough the 1720 - 1750 bracket. Never touching this shit again. Time to go back to having fun in worldwides. Best of luck to you anons going for your goal rank.
>fumbled the metal harbor last stretch jumpThank goodness I recovered fast enough for that 3rd.
RIP my win streak lol, usually bagging doesn't work out THIS well for me.
>>727752949I can't charge til ultimate without running into things or off course. How do they do it?
>oh? targeted by 3 saws and ran into 2 practically invisible spike balls? gonna have to revoke your last half-hour of progress, son!
I deserved that saw.
>steal a 1st place I absolutely didn't deserve>host communications have been lostlol lmao
Got DCd but good games everyone
>host DC after thatGGs all I'm going to get something to eat
>host dcSomeone got butthurt lolNew lobby4232-5951
GGs everyone!
>frontrun whole race>get fucked at the endThe CrossWorlds experience.
That Big player paid off those Sonic players to ensure I wouldn't pass him, I swear.
>>727818108Genuinely sorry to hear that anon.
>>727818230
>just noticed that Joker does proper hand-signal gestures for when he drifts left or right.That's neat.
Gotta love people leaving lobbies with 9 players around their level cause of 3 bots, making shit worse for everyone left.I get leaving bad lobbies, I do it too, but that's a little overpicky ain't it?
Sometimes I feel the whole lobby targets me specifically.
Well which mode has more players currently
>>727818913if you are actually serious about climbing up the ranks you do NOT play races with 3+ bots in the lobby. Basically you will get a last place ranking (-points) based on the number of human players in the race. Its counter productive and a waste of time.
>>727819374Every single lobby has at least that many bots from what I've played, 3's about the minimum. If that's too many either you're blessed or I'm cursed
>host dc at race startNew one:8499-0680
>>727819770oh damn thought you rqThe 3 of us got the podium positions easily
>>727819989Sad I missed Sand Road's WOPA!
>three boosts, a drill, and a truck in 1st on the final lap>dark chao takes it away because it hit right as my strong finish shield endedI threw.
Suffering builds character.Suffering builds character.Suffering builds-
>hit red with my red glove at the finish linesorry bro
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH Sega god dammit.New one:4137-5891
>>727820320I was once at 1800 now I'm at 1690, I just accepted my fate.
>>7278206052/4Got a new Sagebro... Who will not last till next race unless he changes his build to another. No surfers in my lobbies. Sorry.
>maintenance noticeOh?
>>727820628scratch that, I'm calling it a night....
>>7278206281793 now...yeah, it's about time for a break.
>want to improve my eggman expo time>can't even get the S rank consistentlyit is surprisingly hard not to bump boxes or eat shit in the water section
>>727820320>can get -20+ points from a single karted race in plat - emerald eloYeah fuck that, Ill continue enjoying my platinum title. Good luck up there with the showerless.
son of a bitch i am rusty at this game
>King Boom Boo>Weight>Weight againI'm so sorry my /v/bros.
Listening to how people suffer from +6 to -16 in CW reminded me of the old League days.And I do not miss them at all
Man, I'm really loving this comfy world match time.Just the /v/ros going at each others throat with the occasional surfer.
That entire lobby was bots lol.
Nows the time to play legends comp btw. 4th places gives up to 9 points
>>727822559I can join and pretend to be a bot
I seriously hate how all the popular picks are my least favorites while I have to pray to god I get e stadium and rainbow garden
>in 3rd>grab special item box>triple boost>winRare special item box W.
>>727822865E-Stadium is picked literally every time it shows up in my lobbies and I hate that faggot track.
>wisp chance up>in 10th most of the race>never get a drillthanks game
>>727823063Wisp Chance UP is useless now, they nerfed it hard.
The bots can be even more merciless than human. Was being bombarded by everything back there. Scary shit.
>>727822865I see those two picked all the time, let's trade rooms.
KING OF /V/ TIME, CROSSCHADS!>>727823168Eggman, Sonic and Knuckles need your support!
And that's another -13. Unrecoverable race from here, even with a drill. I'm finally convinced to give up on Emerald. Wasn't even aiming for the title itself (I'd be embarrassed to flaunt it even), but just to prove to my own stubborn ego that I could do it, yet even that has a tolerance limit.My fault here I'll admit. One for not just being happy with my Monster Truck+Wisp bag and saving it, being greedy for front distance. Two for not noticing the reticle behind me. I've still yet to learn to pay attention to that.Even acknowledging it, it hurts like hell getting shot down like that.
>>727823582Good on you for making it so far with such a strange build, honestly.
Deserved lost.
>>727823209when you get a match full of bots in any other game it's a free win. not here. crossworlds bots are fucking terminators.
>use drill>get passedHow lol?
I hate getting stuck at the Kronos shortcut. I even had a boost. Fuck my life.
>Get 2nd behind Jokerbro>Game counts me as firstT-thanks...
>>727824241You were behind me even on my screen, I have no idea how the game though you were ahead of while I was using my smuggled drill.
So, we got that lobby bug.
>>727824469*thought*me
LC is brutal. I've been racing this robot cream for like 12 matches now. And they always finish ahead of me but 1 race I get above them and they're like 9th, and now I have more points than them lol
>>727823824Been playing with this the past week, and I genuinely believe it's really strong for getting 1st placements by either hard frontrunning (ring boost and well timed sometimes lucky defense goes hard) or smuggling bullshit items early with power slipstreams.Problem is it lacks consistency cause it sacrifices the defenses either build usually has, and in competitive ranked modes, consistency is absolute king. I love and will continue playing this build in the normal modes where the only concern is the immediate race, but do NOT try this in a mode where you can't afford to get fucked for a race. High risk/reward hybrid basically.
Damn, my Christmas cart is growing on me
Since Mario Kart I've always loved racing without using items, so doing 3 whole laps without using them is like a second nature to me sometimes. More fun trying to catch up to everyone with the power of good racing.
>think I'm in the clear for 1st>incoming ghost Epic
>>727825218A lobby with either nothing but single boost wisps or no items at all could be fun.
Don't know how I didn't win that one. The Joker was literally at my side so I thought it would give me the W.
>>727822935>>727823429Lies. You are not getting e stadium if there's egg expo, aqua, chao park, radical unless I'm in there and I picked I myself
>>727825446and if bikini bottom or minecraft are in the pool, fucking forget it. the next 5 minutes of your life are gonna suck ass.
>>727822865those two along with water palace are the only tracks i've memorized. mfw everyone else if even better at them.
Guess who got stuck in the end portal. :(
>>727825672Rip in pieces.
>>727825707For real, why did the patch not fix that? It was found day one too.
>>727825737I received an update notification a few minutes ago. Maybe they're fixing some shit?
>oh good, a track I like>proceed to get 10th
put her in sega you cowards
>>727823209>>727823937They seem to gang up on the last trailing player in front of them.
>>727825446Then please get out of my lobbies so I can get away from E-Stadium.
I'm noticing I'm not winning anymore when I finish side to side with someone else. Like there's no desync there anymore. Did they fixed that?
>>727826037They improved desync last patch, yeah. Things are a little more accurate.
>>727826037You got complacent and quit pushing the accelerator button as hard as you used to. Gotta FLEX those fingers
>>727826037Looks like it. I just cut someone off right before the finish line, and I finished ahead of him.
Don't know how people like bagging. 12th the whole 2nd and 3rd lap and I was just getting fucking wisps. And everyone was like half a lap ahead.
GGs lads, wish you the best out there.
>>727826603GGs, japanese Sagebro.
>>727826581You've gotta run Inventory Plus for bagging, one of the slots will almost always be used for holding onto single boosts so you don't get them from every item set.
>>727825446The never ever tracks for me are Blizzard Valley and Coral Town, which I'm okay with.
>jumping the globe at sky road>somefuckinghow I go so fast I miss it completely>fail to reach roadThis game wants you going fast, but also not so fast.
Anybody else stuck at course selection?
Ah, there we go with the error.New one:7809-7902
>>727827117I'm sure you're absolutely crushed that you missed a race on Baggerstar Islands.
>>727827117Having a hell of a shit night in this game. Maybe playing with anons for a bit will magically change it
Damn. Was getting hard trashed there haha.
Tried to make my truck Christmas colors, and it is, but the shade might be a bit off...
>>727827493Creambro, change your build next game or risk my boot. I don't like surfers. Thanks.
>>727827647PPPFFFPTHTHTHHHTH-ain't working out tonight anyways, and I came from QR, so aight.
>>727827851Thanks for your understanding.
The sight of Kronos Island is gonna scar me for a while after earlier...
>>727827647Anon that's not a surf build...
>>727828123My soul's a bit fried from getting raped while tryharding regardless, so I ain't arguing. Switching to QR cruising's the right call for me right now anyways
Got fucked on one of Hidden World's gates and got sent to the Shadow Realm. Couldn't recover after that.
>>727828123>anons are now seeing surfers where there are none
>>727828123>>727828246They were using one before changing it...
>>727828337Anon it was UC4 and Tech drift on a Power vehicle, that's hardly surfer build. More like an abomination if anything.
>>727828435On my defense I call anything using that build, surfer. But you're are completely right, I'm dumb.
>>727828435Oi oi OI you wanna insult my Frankenstein build at least get it right!
I don't think this railing passes safety regulations.
That Northstar presser is something else.
>take shortcut perfectly>still get beaten by everyoneOk, I guess. Should have bagged or something.
>>727828881That is how you win on Northstar Islands, yes.
>>727828647Jesus Christ, how horrifying.
>>727828881If you haven't built up a massive lead by that final turn it's over, yeah.
>>727828930IT'S GOOD I SWEAR. You're all the blind ones! And you'll kneel someday to my vision! but not today, I'm tired and bad
they call her killa vanilla
Trucked right after using boost to shortcut...
>>727829341I was excited that the game gave me a laser in 4th and spammed everything to use it...
We need a Christmas track.They could at least slap some ornaments on Blizzard Valley I suppose
Did we all fall down the shortcut? lol
FUCK-A YOU, GUN ROBO! Oh hey we swept
They should make a forced Surfing eventJust rip off the bandaid and get everyone used to the feeling, it will be fun and drive home a few points
>>727829603I didn't take the shortcut on lap three because I never win those bump interactions.
>>727829603No, but I may as well have. Drove straight into that thing and did a full stop lol
>>727829660Some anons here would literally kill themselves.
>>727829660But anon, they made the surfing event. Is right there. Legend Competition. Where have you been?
>>727829895Not forced enough.
Other Creambro, that magnet-AAACK!!
>jokerbro drilled his way to 1stI'm not even mad. That was cool.
Just had my first race where I finished dead last while also never taking damage the entire race somehow. I just kept getting boosts in tracks with no shortcuts. Constantly in 10th to 12th. It was weirdly peaceful. Like I'm time trialing
>move to the middle at the end for no reasonI tell myself all the time not to and yet I can't help myself.>>727830220I was given a magnet, a lead, and a shit map, simple as.
Of course now I'm getting communication errors when the climb to Legend 2 is almost over.>>727830239I'm glad you think so, you should've seen what laser did for me on that hairpin water turn.
Did anyone who got the Switch 2 upgrade get the Werehog? Won't show up for me. If I have to wait until the physical comes out (I'm trading my copy to get that one) I can wait
All right, guys. Next will be the last one of the night.
>>727830348It was the correct move.
>>727830495I upgraded and I have the Werehog, I still don't have the Sonic Adventure decal though.
>>727830536GGs!
>>727830821Really good games, guys. Hope we can play together another day tomorrow perhaps.
>>727830536GGs!As usual, even the rougher races don't feel so bad when it's with "in-group" people you don't mind losing to.I must be more tribalistic than I knew, cause anons can get away with stuff I'll curse other people's bloodlines for lmao
I knew I should have trapped the shortcut instead of attempting it. ggs gamers>>727830536ggs
>check the free thinker aka the supposed knuckles fan top 3>he isn't there
All lobbies died?
>>727830897It's definitely easier to brush off bad races even if your fellow anons are the direct cause of them since there's some level of human interaction beyond emotes and horn noises. I would've have bothered trying to grind my rank up if not for the regular lobbies that get posted here since I probably would've quit in frustration first.
>>727831313*wouldn't
>>727831217Normally I host at this hour but I'm grinding my ass off alone. If no one puts a room up in 10 minutes I guess I can do it.
>be me>have played racing games and Sonic games since I was a kid>like Blaze>like extreme gears>like drifting>like snaking>like time trial>Sonic Team made a game with a meta made specifically for meStill can't believe how lucky I gotEill probably switch to Whisper in February once she's out, but I'll never forget about my favorite backflipping cat
>Started at 1780 today>Ended up at 1520How do I cope?
>>727831820You did it before, you can do it again. You also have two weeks left to fix it. Plan your games, take breaks if you feel the tide turning, and quit out of losing lobbies
oh i thought this was crosswordneed to find a solution for my mom to get crossworld puzzles to print out to do rather than using a screen with ads , it hurts her eyes
>>727831820Give up, and call everyone higher ranked than you a slur!
>>727831820You're not alone there.
>>727831887I think I'll just give different builds a try, I've nothing to lose anymore>>727832062I will not give up!>>727832237Sorry to hear that bro, hope you have better luck in the future
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>>727832301>Already deadSega breaking records here.
>>727832412Ok I was about to say the code wasn't working
>>727752949>Highest rank in the lobby>7 Silver Surfers in the lobby>Because I'm not one I get absolutely butt fucked>Lost 37 pointsFun event.
>>727832587Treat it like the containment zone it is and stay out.
>>727832412>>727832457Alright lets try that again. 43972766
>>727832618I plan to leave the instant I get that Emerald title and not a moment sooner. This is the least fun the game has felt since launch.
>time out of first racegood start
>calculating for years>finally picks a stage>a communication error has occurred Wonderful. Take 3.89057440
My unemployed ass still hasn't picked it up. Hoping /v/eekends are still going at it after the end of this month.
Had a race with EIGHT BOTS in the lobby earlier. Lost 12 points for 2nd. Wish I was joking.
Be advised: I will be keeping track of who gets to Emerald and who doesn't
>>727832843>Timed outIt's over.
>>727833031Oh and now there's six bots in this one.
>>727833049You too?
I guess I'm not mean to host tonight...last attempt then its back to solo. 47166622
>>727832970we'll still be here. some of us will probably be playing every festival all the way until the end of next year. there's enough content planned in the drip feeder.
>>727833031>>727833095
>>727832970So long as there's content we will stay afloat.
>>727833103Nice. Super excited that they're adding Mega Man and I had a blast with the Network Test. Thank god considering how mediocre TSR was.
>>727833161Good idea, considering I got -9 this race for 5th. Nothing like being punished for not being a metaslave.
>botch shortcut >almost get last
>>727833248Many lessons were learned from the mistake that was TSR.
>1UPfagWell this race is fucked.
>>727834392>>727833161You have 30 seconds, use them wisely
Poor knux. He's the sweat flag
