* Technically you have to use Blue Falcon in the tutorial, but otherwise this was the first time I ever used the ship, including in FZSNES.
This was a "Roulette-GP" which is something that lately ‪@flan7762‬ has been hosting on their stream ( / flan776 ) every mon-wed-fri. The idea is to randomly choose from a roulette-wheel which ship and GP that will be played, with everyone then getting to use the same ship. So I thought I'd give it a go since it seemed like it would be fun. I still very much remain a Stingray-main though!
MCI - My main thought-process going into the first track was to just try and use the boost more as I knew I'd have more energy for boosting than with FS, and try to start accelerating a bit later in the start to not get the slower start. Besides that I also knew I'd have much less grip than with FS, so I just tried to keep as much speed as possible throughout the turns by by minimizing my movement as much as I could, which felt not too difficult on MCI at least. It probably helped I had already played a Roulette-GP as WG so I had some practice with driving a somewhat similiar ship, but nonetheless getting a podium position was definitely not something I was expecting.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
BB - Well so much for doing the start accurately... anyway I got a fortuitous bump afterwards, so it didn't really cost me anything. I got a very lucky KO on lap 2 after hitting the wall, and decided to use a bit more boost before getting the skyway, which paid off pretty well. I then had to be pretty conservative with my boost at the end of the last lap. In hindsight I think I probably shouldn't have boosted so much in the beginning of the lap where it's mainly straightaways and easy to keep your speed, and instead I should've used my boosts after the more difficult turns later in the track where you lose quite a bit of speed after the exits of the turns.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
SO - I definitely had way more difficulty keeping my speed through the turns on this track... but I guess it's just generally not an easy thing to pull off. I was pretty lucky to avoid the reds on lap 4, but yeah this went pretty well with another podium placement.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
DWI - Not gonna lie - it felt pretty nice to have a good start and be able to use a bit more boost on this track. In the end I was able to set a new best time on this track (previous best was 1'59"61 with FS), and it generally just felt pretty stress-free. A very unfamiliar feeling indeed.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Silence - It seemed like my rival for 1st crashed out on DWI, so I found myself in a pretty big lead going into the last track. My lack of experience with the ship was definitely starting to show though as I was having trouble getting through the later turns effectively. I botched the end of lap 3 pretty badly, and then at the end of lap 4 I'm honestly not sure how I didn't die lol. Anyways, I was definitely pretty content with taking 1st place overall since I hadn't used the ship before. It probably would be way more difficult though to achieve the same result in a normal lobby.
Rating: ⭐⭐
Timestamps
0:00 Knight League intro
0:38 Mute City
3:52 Big Blue
7:16 Sand Ocean
10:44 Death Wind I
13:47 Silence
Played on May 24th, 2024.