Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers: Item Showcase

[@artemiskearney8019]

A lot of missing info here, which can be found in the game's manual. - Normally, when hit, you can hold a direction during hitpause (the little freeze right as you get hit) to influence the direction you're sent. Bananas reverse this; hold the *opposite* direction of where you want to go. - Jawz: if thrown backwards, will target *you* but at a much slower speed. Can be useful to make the area behind you dangerous. - Orbinaut: hits harder when thrown than when someone hits it while it's orbiting you. - Invincibility: you get more time invincible when you hit players, although hitting the same player repeatedly will give less of a bonus. Also speeds you up. - Lightning Shield: can destroy the SPB. - SPB: the longer you outrun it, the less hard it hits when it does catch you. - Drop Target: when thrown forward, will spend a bit of time white (doesn't launch players as hard, turns green if hit). - Grow: counts as boosting for tripwires and sliptiding. - Bubble Shield: - Fast-falling with a Bubble Shield will launch you forward, with speed proportional to the distance you fell. Doing this while in 1st pops the shield. - Expanding the shield reflects projectiles. - When releasing the shield, hold up to launch the trapping bubble forward, or hold down to launch the bubble backward and yourself forward (fast enough to pass tripwires). - Ball Hog: when fired backward, the balls move very slowly, almost acting as a stationary hazard. - Eggman Mark: - Getting marked will make you drop any item you were holding on the ground, where another racer can pick it up. - While marked, you move faster. - While marked, press your item button to blow yourself up early. (Might be useful if you don't think you can pass off the mark but want to hit someone nearby, or want to blow up before a boost panel rather than after. Also, remember this so you don't try to use rings while marked!) - Trailing an item (Banana, Drop Target, Eggman Mark) slows you down after a bit, but orbiting items (Jawz, Orbinaut) don't. - Flame Shield: Holding the item button past the end of the meter overheats the shield, removing it but giving you one last burst of speed (passes tripwires; usable even in first). - All shields: If you take damage, you'll lose the shield, but won't lose any rings. - Garden Top: - Press your item button to throw the top forward. Hold down while pressing item to throw it backward and launch yourself forward instead. - The thing where it automatically flies away is based on being near 1st place, not just time. - Hitting walls will also redirect you in the direction you're facing; sometimes you lose less speed changing direction this way than you do by drifting. - While riding the top, you're immune to bump attacks like Grow and Invincibility except while charging. However, getting hit by projectiles will destroy the top. - The top isn't slowed down by offroad, which can let you take shorter paths. (Also, if you're able to come at a tripwire with enough momentum to have the blue glow, you won't lose the top.)

[@begine4283]

this video feels really old and i think that's cool

[@Leekodot15]

I was poking around in the files and found a few unused items, like Gamma's gun and the ...well, the enemies in sonic 2 / 3 that emit clouds of gas that slow you the hell down. Not sure what they're called but an item icon looked just like em. Oh yeah, and the empty face in the item select, that guy's worth a mention.

[@liquidthefox]

paper forgot to mention that the lightning shield also deletes the spb

[@ah2190]

You're incorrect about the Flame Shield's charge being based on placement, it's actually based on har far away from 1st you are (or how far away from the finish line you are when 1st crosses it and finishes the race)

[@xroniac2024]

A new Sonic Kart hopes it's not too difficult to get into the basics 😂

[@Lhosreiff]

Not bad, but missing a lot of important info. Like being able to launch through shortcuts with the bubble shield.

[@roma-l2t]

Question: in the future, for example in the summer of June, they will port items from drrr to srb2?

[@spootymaniacs]

as an official update, highly doubt it, your best bet is hoping someone else makes an addon for srb2k

[@liquidthefox]

what about super srb2 kart z however

[@kyotanaka920]

You missed one detail on the Jawz, if you use it while tethering your target it's speed becomes significantly aggressive. Otherwise it's like a slower SPB

[@peculiarjack617]

It's speed is actually dependant on your own. Hence why it is much more aggressive while tethering Though you can run into your own jawz if you suddenly get faster after throwing it

[@liquidthefox]

hey guy take care