BallisticNG - Beginner's Tutorial (not recent)

[@MekaDragon87]

Searching for a game that makes me feel like I'm playing Wipeout since Sony decided to kill the franchise. I'm buying AG games in Steam and never find the one that's perfect. Suddenly, I discover this gem and not only it catches perfectly the Wipeout mood, but also is free. You guys deserve a heaven only for you.

[@Axatar]

It's never too late to discover very good games made by passionate people :)

[@ezassegai4793]

also check out GRIP. it has AG crafts now

[@laughingalex7563]

The thing about pitch helped me a lot. Funny thing i switched back to keyboard and also found my play went up tremendously, as pitching was far easier on my keyboard than on my gamepad. Edit: in fact i litterally cut off over 10 seconds of my time on luna(halberd speed, nexus).

[@cyberzombie038]

Thank you for explaining what that grey bar in the hud means. Been playing for about a year without knowing.

[@maitele]

When talking about the ships stats you forgot to make reference to the Protonics AG-4, which, under the old stat measurements, was an exception to the "lower = slower response" rule, because it's response is actually better than the M-Tech; however, it has very low grip, and therefore basically acts as if it's airbrakes were stuck on. However, since they finally split Handling and Grip in the stat screen, which exposes the true nature of this, honestly, unique craft, this doesn't particularly matter- however it would be nice to note such a thing in an updated version of the video. After all, the AG-4 is my favorite craft in the game, and seeing it passed over makes me a sad kitty. :c

[@Axatar]

There are actually around 30 stats that define a ship behavior and those 6 you see in the ship selection menu are defined by the developpers and are only cosmetic. I didn't include it and the nx2000 because i don't fly those ships at all.

[@thespaceunicorn6180]

Nice video. Very informative.

[@catm4403]

Very well presented tutorial and thumbs-up but I still can't turn a corner without bouncing off the walls for the life of me. I hold the airbrake 10x more than you do in your tutorial to make a corner otherwise I'd have way too much speed even with the G-tek, the thumbstick isn't enough to make a turn. When I'm watching videos online people seem to have very swift cornering and fluidity, mines are quite the opposite as I end-up touching the inner & outer walls in the same corner, systematically. I never leave my thumb out of the thrust either. The only way I can take a corner without crashing is by holding the airbrake a long time before a corner, then releasing it exactly at the right time to exit without touching. In slow corners that might do the trick but in fast corners there's just no way I make it. Very long corners such as the long left in Aciknovae are impossible for me as I ended-up scratching everywhere. Edit: Nevermind any of this. I just discovered that by reassigning my xbox one gamepad in the control menu, the vehicles now turn as they should. It seems they were turning less than they were supposed to so the game was pretty much unplayable on expert level and up. Now even with low handling vehicles it handles like a charm. Be sure to check this out if you have a similar issue.

[@Axatar]

Cat M it's always nicer when you figure things out on your own :-) . I never had this sort of problems as I fly with a flight stick

[@vauun7349]

amazing tutorial this helped alot and its very informative!!!

[@Axatar]

Glad it helped :)

[@ezassegai4793]

one other important that I find helpful is opposite braking. turning the ship in one direction while airbraking the opposite direction. this helps you maneuver chicanes by moving sideways

[@Axatar]

Or as an emergency technique, when you took a turn too fast

[@ezassegai4793]

@@Axatar yes it is a last second correction technique. definitely not the best for lapping.

[@Hiandbye95]

I don't know about limiting some ships to "expert-drivers". I found it helpful to experiment with and getting used to airbraking by choosing a ship with bad handling on a lower speed class.

[@Axatar]

Hiandbye95 since this tutorial was made, most tracks have been remade to be smoother and can be easily flown with the diavolt or nexus :)

[@TCrag]

Great tips, thanks. Do you know of any customer HUD that are scaled really small or disabled completely?

[@Axatar]

I have no idea as I don't play BNG anymore, you can check on steam or on the bng offical discord: discord.gg/ballisticng

[@glumOr]

ALERTE GENERAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Wazgrel]

Thank you for the tutorial !

[@Axatar]

Be careful, some things might have become irrelevant since then :)

[@Wazgrel]

@@Axatar Pitch management helped me a great deal, and you reminded me of hyperthrust, something I completely forgot about. I was having a hard time on time trials because of these things. :)

[@Axatar]

@@Wazgrel I'm glad it helped (-:

[@ariathyf144]

Hi Axatar, any comments on the current state of BNG ? It's been a while since I've played it (when Von introduced the anti skip)

[@Axatar]

I also haven't played bng for a while 😁, can't tell you anything new, you're going to have to check the discord server

[@johnvermintide]

thank you

[@Axatar]

You're welcome! :D

[@aflhabalafhabab]

How about making a Track Editor Tutorial?

[@Axatar]

I have never used the track editor myself, i'm sure you can find documentation and tutorials about it on the BNG discord :)

[@drugon]

Are there any additions in latest versions of the game or rules are the same? As I know there is at least one new weapon.

[@Axatar]

The physics have changed, the tolerence for collisions has been increased, and new weapons, tracks and game modes were added since this video. And multi-player

[@megachair2]

this is probably a really dumb question since both games are totally different, but I'm used to racing with piranha in wipeout HD, what ship would you recommend I use since I'm so used to that style of racing

[@Axatar]

i don't know, i have never played any wipeout from the 21st century

[@megachair2]

+youdontknowxpand yea, i know, that's why I thought it'd be a stupid question.

[@boringscot7755]

megachair2 You might like the ship that has the really high top speed but low handling and grip. I think it's called Nexus or something like that.

[@Axatar]

JackRGaming2014 Nexus is shit

[@boringscot7755]

Axatar Yeah, I know. I'm just saying that the other guy might like it. If I'm honest, it's kinda fun to use on the lower speed classes imo, although most of the time I'll use Scorpio or G-Tek.

[@ScarLeRenard]

C'est Gibert sur la miniature ?

[@Axatar]

ouais!

[@mathew3267]

You a wipeout fan?

[@hunterlecommuniste6553]

super vidéos 👍 es ce que tu pourras faire des video en francais sur ballistic ng ou juste avec des sous titres français si te plaît

[@Axatar]

Le public francophone n'est pas suffisant pour faire une video en francais, ni meme ajouter des sous titres. J'ai surtout la flemme :)

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Pitch control... Eh... Not a fan of the mechanic. Nice, useful video! Update: Picked up the game, super fun! Pitching is barely needed. :)

[@ionstriker3721]

This is very similar to wipeout 3

[@Axatar]

indeed

[@happysword8121]

I also talk like a spazzer!

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

How have these guys not been sued for this total Wipeout rip-off?

[@Axatar]

Alexander Joshua Davis because its not a ripoff at all

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Are you kidding me? The ship designs, the tracks, the fonts used, the simple geometric shapes on the course, even the method of rendering the engine is exactly the same as the first 3 Wipeout games. If I made Wipeout, then saw this, I would be sueing their asses off, especially now that they are charging money for the game that is literally the biggest Wipeout rip-off possible.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZypaaR_ZdtgkKMm43s - Hmmm looks familiar...

[@Axatar]

Alexander Joshua Davis that's the whole point of the game, to emulate old wipeout games. If there was any copyright infringement, Sony lawyers would already have shut down the game and the studio

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Emulate=Copy=Rip-off, I am just surprised it has not been shut down considering how virtually every single element of this game is directly stolen from the Wipeout games.