How I became one of the first 100 UNREAL Rocket Racing players

[@CSpottsGaming]

Not sure how relevant it is for this game specifically (I don't play and mostly follow for RL content) but it might be worth thinking about the difference between the optimal time trial line vs the optimal race line. In real life and in many other games, the best racing line often isn't the absolute fastest line you can take around the track. One of the ways that happens in sims is through tire wear, but experienced racers also know how much time people lose by fighting back and forth for position. There are a lot of instances throughout the video where your solid line got messed up by another player drifting wide or bumping you and you lost a lot of time (particularly right at the start), so it might be worth playing with the idea of taking a non-optimal line sometimes. You could use that to store some extra turbo if the non-optimal is an extra long drift, for example. That would give you some space so you can fight harder in the latter half. I would imagine this varies a lot track to track as well. Nonetheless, congrats on Unreal!

[@triggerfinger7831]

What you said does make sense for the most arcade racing game like rocket racing. The best player always able to make it up and adjust accordingly even without the optimal race line. If other players were a tad bit slow than them and allow him to follow the optimal line without any interruption, they'll smoke 'em 99% of the time although rocket racing does have comeback mechanic (the drafting) so it might not be true in this case to a certain degree.

[@CSpottsGaming]

@@triggerfinger7831 Yeah hard to say the extent to which it might be useful, but I think no matter what it's highly situational. I could see some setups where it would make sense to fall behind the pack just a little in the first turn or first few turns and then use drafting and good lines to close the gap in the rest of the first lap and into the second, then you'd have extra boost in the third lap to win a drag race to the finish. As mentioned it probably only works well on certain tracks, and even then it wouldn't make sense to lose an optimal starting position to take advantage of it (for instance, if you get the 1st place start and really good starting boost, you probably wouldn't want to give that up most of the time).

[@Jzombi301]

@@CSpottsGaming the same thing is true for Mario Kart. i watch a lot of high level MK gameplay and i've noticed that you need to play based on how other people play. of course yoour goal will always be to take the most optimal time trial lines but that often ends up not being possible with the other players actively fighting against you. sometimes you have to go wide to avoid a bump, or miss a shortcut because there's something in the way, or follow a player with less optimised lines in order to either draft off them or mess them up so they fall behind. of course there are a million different strategies and ways to play racing games like these and it’s almost always situational depending on the map and the players

[@Billchuck007]

If drifting is such a big mechanic for the game they need to put more curves in tracks. It's really jarring seeing everyone chain drifting on straightaways

[@CSpottsGaming]

Agreed, it's one of the things that drives me away from playing the most because it just looks so goofy. The rest of the game seems fine but so much of the layout is straights and really shallow turns where drifting consistently isn't really possible (in part because of the very strange way the game handles drifting).

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

Completely agree. The track designs as they are would be actually decent if driving was more like true to life physics and long range acceleration, but it really beats me why they designed the game around a drift mechanic that is poorly factored into map design, when it even is at all.

[@ryanrhodes788]

fr I mean currently I'm Diamond 1 in rocket racing and I feel you Osceola people change drifting on straightaways I do too to catch up obviously for more boost that's the main reason why I hate the easier tracks because there's so much straightaways in the easier tracks that's one reason why I like expert tracks more especially Anaconda

[@AdsForAdults]

Everyone drifts on curves. It takes more forethought and strategy to drift on straight aways. Taking that away removes the more chess aspect of the game. If it's just curves... well now it just becomes like every other game

[@CSpottsGaming]

@@AdsForAdults Well, yeah people do it... The argument is that it's dumb and shouldn't have been designed in a way that makes *drifting* on a *straight piece of road* an effective strategy. They're rocket-powered cars, they should be extremely effective in a straight line, more so than in any other situation. Willingly turning sideways on a straight doesn't make sense. In general, doing a dumb thing to be different is usually more dumb than it is exciting.

[@eoeoekdl5790]

It’s crazy how you can pick up any game and become really good at it you’re so talented

[@Scythe_of_Ice]

Congratulations Lethamyr on getting Unreal. Maybe you’ll get into RRCS also how the heck does this have 228 likes thank you

[@ItzNexusRL]

I hope😂

[@DailyClipsoftheworld]

whats that?

[@PhoenixGaming_FNRL]

We need that more than UE5 at this point that would be so fun to watch

[@JCWRL]

What RRCS is it Rocket Racing Champion Series? If so that doesn't exist

[@lucaixen]

@@JCWRLr/wooosh

[@Lapix-.]

Just watching this was TENSE! It's crazy how you can just pick up this new game and be in the top players to quickly, loving the content.

[@TheodorBourelius]

Kind of crazy of you can make RL content, 2nd channel content, and then still also manage to be one of the first people to achieve the highest rank in Rocket Racing.

[@PixlatedDonut]

Right? Like only getting 10% in plat feels like a grind already

[@akilec6081]

Congratulations for getting to Unreal Leth!!! Hi! I really want to give you a really good advice on a tech so you can try it out and see if it works for you, if you rocket drift to the opposite way of your current drift, the drift cancels completely and you get the boost of your drift, that way you don't have to wait until the car finishes straightening up to get the boost, or you can use it for abruptly changing directions for another drift/jump/etc while also getting the boost you had. This is specially useful for when either you are on a straight, or you don't have much space or time to make a drift boost, giving the car much more handling when desired, while getting those extra fast boosts on command and further charging the rocket boosts, giving you complete freedom of whether you want to finish your drift boosts. When trying it out, it seemed that it really made difference on how races are driven and gave the car much more depth (plus sometimes doing it feels like Crash Team Racing poweslide mechanics FTW), and it would be really cool if you tried this out. P.D. sssssorry for the kinda copy paste from my comment on a previous video, I really want you to see this 😅, congrats once again! It's so awesome seeing you climbing through the ranks! ❤

[@kasukidw4036]

This game is fun but it is the most frustrating game I have ever played. The bumps, the random deaths, the drifts that dont finish sometimes, the 720s, the controller getting inverted when driving upside down, the weird collisions, the time for how long it takes to rank up, the obstacles that slow you down, the tracks that were not built for how the game is right now, the desync of cars just randomly hitting you and killing you. It needs so much work and hope they will fix it in a future, but god is it frustrating, surprised you didn't get even more tilted with all the deaths and bumps lol

[@HypxrSwift]

LOL

[@adolfmoussa332]

What do you mean by 720s?

[@HypxrSwift]

ya@@adolfmoussa332

[@Lwoody321-fq6op]

So true. I’m 23% Champion atm and it’s just so frustrating when you get screwed over and lose 5%, undoing the past 30 mins you just spent to get it. I love the game but it just needs fixing .

[@popcornpizza8869]

Been grinding and doing better because of your tips, keep it up

[@lawsonchalmers1808]

well done leth, im diamond 3 atm and its still a grind just trying to reach elite. love the videos man!

[@sdrawkcab190]

"Perfect timing, we're in the middle of the pack and should be at full advantage" - drops 3 spots

[@ethanstroup7394]

I have never been more hunched over for a Leth vid in my life

[@aleccarlson492]

Watching your gameplay makes my heart race! Haven’t gotten that from rocket league vids in a while- keep it up!

[@Psych0Mat]

Congrats Leth! I found out that when you finish a race and immediately look at the Rankings then it will show up! If you delay to look at the times of other players in the race even for a few seconds and then look and the ranking then it will show you that loading screen. TLDR look at the ranking immediately after a race.! Great video by the way!!! I'm currently at diamond 1 but I'm getting up there! I'll reach you one day!

[@fumetsu-950]

i hope they add some winter style maps, they could so easily just recolor the lava stuff to blue and add a different effect to when it slows you down :D

[@mariannaromano3351]

No way that epic added snaking from Mario Kart DS into rocket racing.

[@boom_disc_golf]

Love this video! Watched the whole thing! Congratulations bro!

[@tyrodgers6170]

You picked this up so fast. A real gamer

[@opuscosmic]

I like the hazards on the tracks. Respect

[@dogtato]

38:40 is incredible, could be a real strat i think the number 1 thing this game is missing is quickchats

[@itzHaze]

20:57 i found its actully better to get ahed enough that they cant draft off of u considering ur alredy that ahed its good to go with that strat cuz it basically garenteed 1st

[@tradesbypip]

nah fr tho tht turn at the end was me on tht turn everytime lotus u good lmaoooo made my day

[@Chris_Myers.]

At 14:31 - It looks like another car hits you, somehow knocking you off the track just before you hit the boost pad. When you slow it down you can see your passenger side tires off the track as you are over the pad. (Also I think it's funny the list on the left shows you at 5th when you finish instead of 7th.. it seems to only update every 1-2 seconds at most)

[@ITALIANMAFIApm777]

Hey leth not played the game before but, was watching the boost meter and it looks like when you drive over the apex of the course into the non asphalted area it appears you do not receive boost for drifting. Might be a penalty space like how other racing games are. Great video!

[@caleberickson5829]

No

[@stormoviek1658]

Hi Leth, just wanted to say that i love your content. Keep up the good work!❤

[@jeffery44]

Great video. Rocket Racing is so much fun. Underrated game mode.

[@comet3429]

Congrats my guy!

[@Apparently_John]

Love the content leth! And I love the longer vids!❤️❤️

[@Otsolikesfrogs]

love the long form vids for this :>

[@ando2821]

Sweet! Nice work Leth but I’m still waiting on the first installment of LAN tourneys at Leth’s Lodge

[@Aradomdude1]

congrats man! i just hit elite thanks to your shortcuts and strategies!

[@pyrobled8282]

I have noticed how the game kinda screws you in placing because I have noticed it tons!! In your video 30:27 you TOTALLY BEAT THAT GUY!!

[@MikeJ122o]

The Lambo is beautiful, and loud lol. Ty for the content.

[@Pexyt-t6l]

Leth posted twice today doesn't seem real

[@asnake417]

You could say its.. Unreal 🥲

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

True. lol xD

[@OllieKayGaming]

Very funny

[@tahirislam7618]

"I can do well if i don't make any mistakes"😂

[@TheHonoredBlack]

Hey man keep up the good work and before I finish the vid any advice for Rocket Racing or League anyways gotta finish

[@mr.heckercodm4493]

Dream finish man, congratulations.

[@jc_eddie]

“One of the first 100 Unreal players in Rocket Racing” I got you Leth don’t worry

[@helloitsnicko]

Makes perfect sense to me that you are really good at this game, you have some of the smoothest & most satisfying-to-watch movement of all the high level RL players imo. I have no interest in playing this game myself but I really enjoy watching you smash it to smithereens! ⚡️🤘🏻⚡️

[@TheSophisticatedSavage]

I'm 12% away from Unreal and we play NOTHING alike

[@s1lv3rfir3]

loved seeing your face! keep up the content leth!

[@onofresilva9325]

Imagine Leth using unreal editor for fortnite to create games of his own, right now is too early, but imagine in 5 years or so, there will be no limit to what you can create. Now there is a limit for what you can do. not much customization, like creating you own maps, characters, mechanics, animations.

[@ShawnSavageTeachings]

UNREAL

[@LappenGamer_Sven]

All these top tier players throwing in the end 😅

[@SirLampsALot]

I’ve been utilizing your tips, tricks, and shortcuts to reach diamond 1 and am looking for elite or even champion before the end of the season

[@Joeyestrada1]

Hitting unreal in rocket racing is the hardest thing in the game way harder than battle royale holy I was stressed all throughout champion

[@UniorCruise9676]

This guy a really a god a Racing tbh

[@raphaelasiedu-adjekum9137]

42:24 Why am i i hearing the start of past lives

[@EthyEth]

ive come to the conclusion i just don't have the brain for top level gaming lol. half the stuff here im just like, holy crap!

[@Basilisk_Gaming]

GG Leth. Really hope it gets a bit less grindy. 2.5hours for the last 10percent sounds horrible haha

[@Ch33sy172]

congrats man hope u kep getting higher up there maybe even rrcs? xD

[@Averageracingfan]

what’s rrcs

[@Joshizam]

@@Averageracingfan the rocket racing version of rocket league championship series

[@Ch33sy172]

damn kinda sad tho leth liked the same comment from another person with same concept;(

[@animozity6]

I can understand you well, sometimes being Unreal is just depressing

[@MarshinoToshigowa]

This is just Unreal.

[@niccopotamus2844]

Wild that I didn’t even notice your face cam until after the first race was over lol

[@jackalt5340]

Congratz!

[@misterbIuey]

And here I thought “hey lemme try and get to unreal so I can get that nice xp:)” never fkn mind that☠️😂

[@Kookie_TV]

DANG, that achievement is actually unreal

[@JSON_135]

Webcam actually works really well with rocket league racing

[@S3oul.]

Bros bouta go pro again 💀

[@solarwind]

By the way, I noticed after playing this game that hit boxes are weirdest s*** they seem bigger than the actual obstacles. Also, I think they should do some work so you can't just skip huge parts of the map by flying. I feel like it should encourage you to get on back on the track as fast as possible because it's still slower but you can skip massive parts of the track

[@TheNight0978]

well done!!

[@SerpanterR]

The عمك ميزو player name cracked me up 😂😂😂 34min

[@kbmrlvids]

my only problem with the rank system is it just takes so much time. diamond 1, winning first only moves you like 7%

[@frank-the-tank75]

That's the whole point. It needs to get harder to move up. It wouldn't be fun if every 1st place finish moves you up 20%. Plus too many noobs would be in diamond league or higher. I want to play with racers who are hella good, not noobs who don't know what they're doing.

[@Barraqourtek]

Nice gameplay dude! hope I reach Elite soon :')

[@venompoolhunter3770]

I’m hard stuck champion at the moment. I get the struggle lol. Love your vids and hoping to hit unreal soon as well

[@yochintohere]

I am Diamond I and after seeing this, I don't think I can make it to this level haha. CONGRATTTTTSSSS !!

[@wesleysnoips6581]

YOOO congrats on that!!! I just made it to Elite about a week ago and have been getting waffle stomped ever since lololol wish I could run some matches in your lobby to learn a thing or two from the cream of the crop

[@jacksonchambers1722]

loving the face cam! also congrats on unreal you deserve it B)

[@FairTadpole7014]

This video is unreal

[@fr33kout82]

a lethamiracle

[@jeraymymorteau1854]

Collision are the real issue bcs it does so much weird shit its crazy

[@BahahahaHahaha-uu5yx]

Earliest ive been to a vid lol( i got a idea i commented but ill say agsin last time for a while) maybe make a custom rocket league map and bring a bunch of content creators into it like any map you what it can be airhockey inverted goals (idk how that would work). Maybe try this one day then bring abt 3 content creators into it and see their reaction😂 keep up the great work btw!!❤❤

[@alukard205]

Seems like an interesting game (although I still don't understand why they'd remove trades, which angered and made many players quit), I'd like to give it a try if only it wasn't that big (I've like 70GB on my HDD and it wasn't enough).

[@maxlegend7995]

Its always the peter griffin skins who have zero chill when it comes to bumping

[@itzHaze]

i just got elite myself 1st place finish and i got the animation (the animation is the bigger flex)

[@jasonwalter5873]

Idk why they went with such high speed numbers, at no point does it look or feel like 600kph. What's wrong with using more reasonable speeds.

[@optimisticintrovert7152]

They need to finish the finish line I’ve gotten robbed placement so many times

[@Slimacek-K]

i really love this mode but once i hit diamond i cannot play this game everyone keeps bumping into me even on straight lines there are atleast 3 people who will bump onto me while turbo'ing and it triggers me so much i can't stand it

[@mrfrogyeet]

I wish they made it so you can rank up faster I always kept getting better than 3rd every race in diamond and it still took me like 5 hours jsut for one rank tier

[@MrPaperClips]

bruh when you hit 7th, we BOTH gafawed

[@vibezturfs7924]

Hello! Do you think there's going to be upcoming tournaments for rocket racing next season? I'd love for there to be some kind of events that are similar to br.

[@klhiman]

Lmao all the 6 year Olds who took bumping into this game too 😂

[@Parcore_Tank16]

Congrats on unreal! I played against you a couple days ago and got waxed but I have reached unreal since then, maybe I’ll beat you next time we match together! ;)

[@dude502]

this guy is a pro gamer and h

[@debonairliam]

@Lethamyr Did you know if you tilt the front of your car up you can stay in the air longer. Your thrust percentage goes down slower.

[@frenchfatcat]

first time i've seen this game. it looks like burnout 3 on the playstation 2.

[@angelzdagoat]

um the players you said were afk could be afk but they most likely had this glitch where they were stuck on the rocket racing loading screen, (it happened to me today).

[@leonardopoop2]

30:25 the desync is crazy on ur screen u were way ahead

[@leonardopoop2]

From diamond to unreal players are all the same skill the only difference is that the unreal players play 8 hours a day

[@AyeWes]

Wow. I'm stuck in champ because so many hackers who use extra boosters and one fourth extra boost just to win.

[@manuzitz]

duuude chill ^^

[@ish_]

Have you seen the new sidewinder ultra shortcut?

[@LilDoNFN]

HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR DRIFT WHILE IN AIR

[@barettgrundmann3418]

You got to keep holding down on your power drift why’ll you jump but it’s hard to control. I’m trying to practice it my self.

[@IfeelKindaSick]

You've really cleaned up your driving since your last video

[@DokiDokiDaEs]

Try playing this game on switch, the collision is ten times worse. There are times when you literally get bumped off the track by nothing, not to mention the lag

[@DemronGaming]

Played this once with my Lamborghini,got first place and haven't played it since😂😂😂😂

[@morgankennedy6193]

Way to show that bot lobby!

[@DemronGaming]

@@morgankennedy6193 yep bots lmao honestly,the game is trash!hot wheels rip off is all it is!

[@morgankennedy6193]

@@DemronGaming You don't have full player lobbies until you hit silver rank. First ten games are all bot opponents, I believe. Is what I was referring to.

[@FirebreakTV]

Nice GG boy maybe we see us 1 day in a race. Peas ✌️

[@OscarGarcia-lh6gj]

Yo I was going up against you when you were elite lmao you was pretty good I had no idea it was a KZbinr till I looked up stuff on rocket racing lmao GGs from Mclovin_2.

[@SpotlessHaba2]

182 now on the unreal ranked leaderboard also do you play on controller?

[@Fawkniga]

i aint even notice the face cam in the first race