General:
NOTE: This strategy was written by hellsbells, many thanks to him for doing so. I left his strat unedited really, but I made a note for the WR strat. Here we go:
Before I got the extras, this level caused me a degree of difficulty. The first time I ever got past e22 on one credit, I got all the way to this little sod and fell to my doom with my last life. Of course, it�s not really that hard when you know how. Then I wanted to know how on Earth you got the time bonus, and found that even that wasn�t very hard though. But the record strats (yes, there are 2) are highly unpleasant. I suck at this level, but hopefully my received wisdom will enable you to have more success than me.
I want to finish consistently!
Use the contours to your advantage. You don�t really need to turn much as the slopes feed you round the course. Stay calm, don�t rush and you�ll get there.
I want a good score!
Refer to the 1st record strat. If you get it wrong (like me) you should still end up with something decent. Lets say 4600.
I want the record!
Strat 1: This is, I believe, the way sdkess got the record. But, as usual, I might be wrong. Go round the turn as normal, getting the banana. Now, turn just as you reach the second banana, turn around and fly at the turn as fast as you can. Now, the problem with me writing this is that I�m not sure of the perfect line. However, the idea is to ram into the side of the starting platform, jump left over the wall and straight into the goal. It�s hard. Sometimes you get stuck on the wall, losing loads of time, sometimes you jump over the next gap, meaning you have to roll back round and into the goal, and once, annoyingly, I got hit to the left of the goal. Still, if you�re successful, you�ll get a lovely score and I�ll cry.
Strat 2: The figure of 8 (there�s a clue). Whiz round, and between the 2nd and 3rd banana you want to jump the gap as low as possible. The key is to go round the next turn backwards as fast as you can. Basically you pick up the first 4 bananas in the order 1, 2, 4, 3. You�ll need to use the whole width of the path to achieve maximum speed, riding right up the bank. When you reach the middle of the eight, you�re looking to fly over the gap and straight into the goal. Ferret got 4926 this way.
NOTE (by Cck): I had no idea what the WR strat was so I tried to make one myself, and I ended up with exactly what hellsbells describes in Strat 1. Now I remember that dreaded day when I tried to get a perfect completion of that strat, and I played that terrible level for like 5 hours. All I managed was 4860 and 4866. I did get a fast bounce over the wall and to the left of the goal several times. For the 4860 (the 4866 was a fluke) I got stuck on the wall, which happens all the time. I believe that if you could get a perfect bounce into the goal, you'd have 5000 immediately. I am not sure if that kind of bounce is possible, but then I don't know what sdkess did. If I were you, I'd go for strat 2 if you just want a good score. Strat 1 is the devil.
Current Record: 4986
Finish: 23.93
Bananas: 2
Difficulty rating for 4600:
3/5
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