General:
NOTE: This strategy was written by Patch, so all credit for this goes to him. I did not edit anything because I didn't even know this cool strat:). I'm going to get a better score myself when I'm home for Christmas. Ok, let's get started:
The developers were obviously itching to test out your skill at
cornering left AND right in this level, whilst decreasing the width of
the sections as you go. It teases you by letting you belt along at
full speed at the beginning and then forcing you to a near crawl right
at the end.
I want a consistent finish!
It goes without saying that you must slow down at each new section as
they get narrower and narrower. Before the last section, try and line
yourself up and then go slowly forward. Just before the right-hand
U-turn, try and anticipate the purposefully offputting giant snowflake
that falls down right in front of you. If you want the banana bunch,
you must accelerate whilst still on the narrow bit, about a tile or two
before the end of it.
I want a good score!
You want to go flat out for the first 4 bananas. Boost right briefly
then pull back left to scrape the left-hand edge of the banana in front
of you. Veer to the left of the platform, then pull over to the right
to grab the second banana. Keep holding up-right to get the third
banana. At this point, you may need to straighten out for a split
second so you don't miss the fourth one. Just before you reach the
fifth, slow down a little, grab the fifth and keep going.
After you've picked up the sixth, follow the left-hand curve for half a
second, then turn around 180 degrees. You should be facing the opposite direction you were at the start. You are aiming to get a run-up
to hit the edge that juts out to the right at the section change you
just crossed over (just to the right of where the sixth banana was, as
you are now looking at it).
Keep as far to the left as possible and as you near the section change,
pull over to the right and hit that edge, fly through the air and
towards the long thin section near the end of the level. From here,
two things can happen. You will either:
a) bounce right on top of the thin section. In this case, pull over
left, get the banana bunch and go into the goal, all in one smooth
motion.
b) bounce on the near edge of the thin section. This will send you
left a little bit, you will be going faster but you will have less
control over your direction. If you're lucky, you will just scrape the
left part of the bunch and break the ribbon at the right, getting a
pretty decent time. A good target to set yourself is 10000.
I want the record!
Do the same as above. At the first curved section, clip the right hand
edge of each banana and for the second section, take the inside line as
fast as you can. Immediately after the sixth banana, swerve left a
fraction then turn round 180 degrees clockwise and start accelerating
before the camera centres behind you. Unfortunately, this reduces your
visibility of what's ahead and reduces your chances by quite a bit, but
you will be going fast and you won't have come to a stop at any time.
Hope that b) above happens and you will have a superfast finish!
Current record: 10282
Finish: 43.41
Bananas: 16
Difficulty rating for 10000:
2/5