I'm already finding CRAZY secrets in Rocket Racing... let me share them with you

[@Lethamyr]

A full video showcasing ALL shortcuts (after hours of experimentation and exploration) is coming out on the 13th at 12pm EST! Excited to show you guys the possibilities

[@VishalSlayer]

Don't you think the speed of car is way too much like 700+ KPH? Which does not look like it. Forza 250MPH feels faster than this for some reason.

[@StrydaJaguar]

i can do speed flip because of you

[@truerainboy9665]

Alsready zapdashing leth😂 18:29

[@BariFPV]

I’m a platinum 2 now and I don’t get how scoring works so far. For Plat 1 to plat 2 race I came first and only got 8 points. Like you many first places but never more than 10 points.

[@kabktg6016]

One thing to note is that slipstreams do exist so you don't want to be sitting in first for the majority of the race, since you can get caught at the end if you're not far ahead enough. You can notice it in the video at around 10:42. Once more time passes, I think this will be a very important aspect of the races.

[@warlock_r]

I don't know why noone is talking about the lack of momentum on the cars. It feels particularly uncanny when you can simply press a button and change direction instead of fighting the initial momentum. I went in expecting Trackmania ngl.

[@ignDart]

i know i really dislike car games like this

[@ac.creations]

It feels like one of those on rails arcade games. No bueno

[@warlock_r]

Yes, it's my fault to actually expect some quality in a product. This is something that I'd play on a long commute but that's it. @trentwalker9223

[@MrLordLowbob]

tbh, rocket league itself has no drift/momentum stuff at all either. so I'm not super surprised. the whole concept of rocket league and therefore what was to be expected of that game was kind of arcade racing in some variant anyway.

[@ferris2323]

Out of all the styles of racing they went with shit arcade style. Doesnt even feel up to the level of Mario or Krash but sunk down with Assphalt games

[@MelodyWarp]

Every collision feels like a pinball bumper. I think it should be snappy to a degree but right now it's a lot. Manual drift option would be amazing too

[@elbardo5778]

Collisions are kind f'd up because of how UE5 manages physics I agree they shoud code something to adjust that. I don't undertand what you mean with "manual drift option".

[@BenadryIIionaire]

@@elbardo5778 I think they mean for it to be an option to have drift only be initiated by the drift button and not by your controllers joystick

[@elbardo5778]

@@BenadryIIionaire But you can do exactly that. I thing It is X (square on PS) by deafult...

[@elbardo5778]

@@BenadryIIionaire Not only you can... you should. Very necessary both to start and to finish drifts early (or change drift direction)

[@MelodyWarp]

@@elbardo5778 the rocket drift is different. I'd like for the car to not drift unless I press (or I'm holding) a button. Basically just like Rocket League where the turn radius caps out unless you hit power slide. The rocket drift seems like it jumps straight to being nearly the sharpest drift possible instantly

[@deadchannel758]

The flow feels really good, but as a Trackmania player I'd like to see more surfaces, like you mentioned an icy themed map with slippery surfaces, and maybe similar effect blocks; like a "reactor down" that glues you to ! surface for some crazy lines

[@Zel-Veraan]

As a very casual Trackmania enjoyer, I too want some ice to slide on.

[@calcite_block]

Reactor dwn would be useless as you already stick to surfaces, but there should definetly be some ice slideing, even on battle royale (used to be but it isnt on ch5 i think)

[@TheyCallMeJinger]

your years of youtube have not failed you, you keep these gameplay videos very entertaining

[@cal_rib]

Leth do you think this might develop into a more creative aspect where people create tracks like in Trackmania?

[@cal_rib]

@Hotaruuu__ yeah but I commented before he mentioned

[@vedvids9319]

That 40$ car though

[@Weekerr100]

Business expense

[@mainegus9984]

Is the reason why RL trading has died.

[@schwulersack8507]

On the Anarchy arches track you can completely skip the last curve by flying though the stones and when you have a boost you have a garenteed win

[@Omakhara]

3:40 I was that guy in a race once. Very confusing because you start at that point and getting a good boost will just slam you into other cars and the wall.

[@ugi3272]

The drifting has something really unsatisfying about it. I'm so used to seeing the Mario Kart drift mechanic where you can enter a turn in drift and still be able to drift the whole thing. It becomes a skill of chaining your turns together. This one, the fact that you have to end your drift so early feels so weird. Then again, I haven't tried it myself so idk. Maybe it's just how you drive lol

[@Blaze_Craze]

Yeah he didn’t hold his drifts for long but you can hold a drift for longer and get a crazy boost and chaining drifts together is satisfying

[@craydeh]

It actually works well, but it's better to chain smaller drifts to get more boosts on some parts.

[@Syntax_Error_Studios]

You can hold longer drifts but Leth cancels his early too often because its better to get small boost amounts, but certain maps he needs to hold the long ones and fails to do so

[@xrconner557]

you can go longer but doing shorter mor frequent drifts get you more boost in some situations

[@drakesyther]

a big tip i noticed is that you should minimize jumps and flights in the game cause they can slow you down, sometimes slowing down a lot in some cases certain jumps that look like they need a jump dont need to, cause if you just fall off, you retain the same speed whereas with losing speed with jumping.

[@drakesyther]

another thing i learnt recently is that, when you do mini drifts, you can cancel them out by rocket sliding the other direction, like how leth said this is huge in terms of getting tiny boosts in a straightaway and even dodging bumps on the sides of the track due to it being better to end the drift early than to bump into the side and lose speed

[@JCsMyth]

22:22 YEAH, slippery ice terrain!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Imagine that, would be SOOO FUN!! 😃🤯🔥

[@lesliejacoby9137]

The only I problem I have is player collisions are very clunky. The amount of times I have gotten spun out with no way to prevent it really is ridiculous. Also there's a glitch that prevents your car from turning around once spun out which basically secures you last unless you kys to reset facing forward.

[@fudo699]

7:27 After hearing what you said beforehand with wanting creative freedom in what routes the players can take and whatnot, I feel that, if you can manage to balance every possible route out, your tracks would probably be very fun to play on.

[@dusk9910]

On that first map, there are 2 inline boosters on the outside of the left most vertical road after the massive bank turn.

[@stanz47]

I hope this turns into a sort of scenario like CTGP in mariokart where people truly break what was thought possible with every custom map. I hope over the next few years the custom maps turn into something crazy. Eventually I'd love to see a cool split in game mode selection where you can do things like "featured custom track" rotations or you can stick to perfecting the regular tracks. I'm hopeful for this game, especially with custom track integration

[@lemon66111]

ctgp mentioned on a leth video???

[@bltsammich9760]

No surprise on the weird shortcuts. It seems very FortNite-esque to incorporate those alternate paths. Which makes the maps replayable.

[@Tommyboiii_]

I hate when I start far back and I’m good at tight drifts and people just bump me and I get stung out

[@giovannitaveras9031]

As good as Fortnite and Rocket League can be at times, Rocket Racing is neither of those games nor as complex and well thought out, especially because it's in Fortnite. Am I excited for the future of this mode? Absolutely. And as much as I want Rocket League to keep getting support and content, I also hope this mode gets updates - even the most basic ones like being able to spectate your friend. As for maps, map making, and tournaments; I would love to help and be a part of all that! I've watched a ton of your vids playing with your friends and I've always wanted to be a part of it. Keep up with the great content and amazing ideas for your videos. (Secretly missing another crab champions vid but that's for Leth Two).

[@Zel-Veraan]

Dude, I play his Crab Champions videos just to sleep to.

[@elbardo5778]

I got to Platinum 1 already, and I want to share some tips: - Very short drifts often slow you down and boost meter gains it's not high enough to compensate.. - You can change the direction of a drift by power drifting once or twice in the opossite direction WITHOUT ending the drift and activating the drifting boost. This is VERY useful on drifting tracks as making a BIG drift gives you a lot of boost meter and sometimes ending the fist drift makes the second corner harder due too the speed boost. - Right now as of 12/11/23 I gain 10% (Or 10 MMR) for finishing first in PLAT 1.

[@elbardo5778]

I got to Plat 3 and I cant find a match@@yunosaseru

[@nolankitchenmaster8168]

As a car nerd when i heard Leth mention racing lines i was like Yesssss someone gets it

[@Perfumery_by_Sabin]

Right shoulder to right on the ceiling etc. Spun out so many times cause the dumb steering switch

[@MidRushNic]

Personally I started to enjoy the drift mechanic the more i play with it. On the surface level it feels autopilot, but there's plenty of nuance especially as you get to the more advanced tracks. You still have to feather the analog stick to make a precise angle on some turns, and you still have to find the proper entry point into the curve. Plus, some tracks like Outpost reward you for feathering the accelerator to avoid drifting into the red zones on the side of the road, cutting your speed. Sidewinder and Anaconda require you to change drift direction with rocket drift, which lets you keep building the boost you were already building up without having to break the drift. That's an easy way to get a max drift boost, and then stack a turbo on top of it and you just go BLINDINGLY fast. Super satisfying imo EDIT: Because several comments have been posting their ranks, might as well. As of this comment Diamond I, 84%

[@Zel-Veraan]

I grinded up to somewhere in Gold 3 and styled on DrLupo during my ranked games.

[@pennyhunter101]

I love watching these vids btw seeing you lines and shortcuts

[@neto762]

Leth idk if this is faster but at 5:40 If u drive above the second tube and then use ur boost u can fly and hover and cut that whole corner. I did that and i think its faster. I am not so sure tho

[@neto762]

Like as u said i think Its better if on the First lap u drift normally to get that 2 whole boosts and then on the second lap it might be a good idea to try what i said earlier

[@declangorman1224]

My frustration is unparalleled. First, Epic games takes away player to player trading in rocket league, and now they give us a crappy racing game. Not cool Epic Games.

[@SlDEWlNDER]

Leth in first vid: "I'm not too sure about this..." Leth next video "So it's been a few days... I can see the potential...", over gameplay of him showcasing absolute mastery! You, sir, are built different!

[@talawanda5164]

what i find also funny is sometimes you can drive forward before the round even begins and so when you drive when the game does finally start the light countdown you'll start driving from where you drove towards. which is very unfair but hilarious

[@SunHiruy]

When you are drifting you can press drift again to get more boost

[@FalkyraXD]

Love that ur happy with it. After 20k hours in rocket league without ever hitting gc im finally so proud n happy to say im #1 in OCE and in top 100 on rocket racing leaderboards.

[@Dossantos0909]

Bro that is pain 😅 not hitting gc with that many hours I commend your perseverance

[@KirbyRL]

Im calling afk hours man or massive lack of limit testing in freeplay, but either way gg on those rl racing stats

[@Blaze_Craze]

How do you check leaderboards for rocket racing? I been tryna find it

[@ErnieZee]

20k hours bro has literally no life ong.

[@spooxbeatz805]

@@ErnieZeeRL has been out for 7,8 years? Some of us are OGs and were dedicated to the grind, there are CoD players who have well over that, dont grind ranked and are in ESports orgs just for clips. To each their own.

[@onem0repixel]

You're one of the rare youtuber who understand the game purpose. This has potential. Give their time and they gonna evolve the game like they did for Super Acrobatic Battle Cars :v

[@v443.v]

They could still add wave/wall dashes..

[@benkrenek]

My biggest gripe against the game is for some reason I ALWAYS start in 10-12th position (usually 12th) making it really hard to get that early lead and deal w less cars early on

[@DARKEST_STORM]

I found a secret booster in the warehouse in the map "outpost" it helps a lot

[@360noahscope]

My peak in Rocket Racing was 77th in the World. Now that I've gotten up today I'm sure I'm way below that lmao

[@dorianhughes9179]

you get a boost coming out of longer charged drifts. you can actually chain drift from one side to the next without interrupting the charge on those long straightaways. its a fine tuned skill i still havent nailed, but im not seeing anyone else do it.

[@Tommyboiii_]

They should have no contact mode and contact mode

[@Perfumery_by_Sabin]

I hate the auto drift. And that it changes your steering direction when you go on a ceiling

[@Zel-Veraan]

I wish the camera would flip upside down like GRIP: Combat Racing.

[@Twixik325]

This game is not what i wanted as Rocket league racing game, because it looks like mobile racing game. I wanted all of rocket league physics and mechanics except powerslide, so your car would always slide, and when you press certain button you can turn better but in cost of slowing down littlebit. What we've got is just usual racing game, i wanted Rocket League Racing

[@EliteChicken554]

Rocket racing has definitely been very fun so far and I’ve found myself not being able to stop grinding ranks until I’ve made it to the top. I’m really glad that you are going to try and continue making content on this and I hope that epic wants to try and take rocket racing to another level. I’ll be looking out for if you try and do a tournament.

[@TwinkleTutsies]

maybe you should be using turbo around the corners with a steeper angle to fill the meter up quicker, to turbo again?

[@TwinkleTutsies]

like you did right at the end of the video

[@RICEKRISPY8]

This is what I do. I almost never use boosts on straight aways. I use them on wide turns and you can sometimes get half a meter back.

[@mr.puffles_-]

This is my first video I've watched on you and it's been brilliant, entertaining and educating. Would love to see the private tournament

[@famaplay]

11:05 as you go up in ranking there are difficult versions of those stages

[@TTVOlli3FN]

I honestly its too early to judge the game really harshly, but right now I think it has a ton of potential and if they changed a few things it would be truly awesome

[@xgam3eaterx322]

This is gonna be just like when psyonix released rocket labs, everyone was hating on it because they were trash but now they're saying y didn't they release it sooner

[@tonloc8]

I had first place stollen last night as well, our icons switched back and forth a bunch before settling on them for first

[@Irredeemable_]

you can really see the difference in skill compared to the last video

[@Omakhara]

I found drifting through speedpads especially multiples can boost one higher than boost can. Often get 1,100 kmh on tracks with 2 or 3 pads. You have to ket let go of drift though to get the small speed boosts from the drift or you'll slow yourself down. Quite risky but basically a free boost on tracks with pads in close succession.

[@SpcmnSpf22]

Can you go through the hole in the Motle sign at the start of the first race?

[@dandy_is_lion]

Hey Leth! I'm happy to see you give this game a shot again. I feel like it's being shot down unfairly way too early. Lots of criticism is definitely warranted, but I think there's some real interesting ideas and potential with this game, and I'm eager to see what comes of it in the future if it survives. If you do start doing custom maps (when that becomes available) would you be interested in hosting viewer tourneys in them? I'd love to be apart of that.

[@zwxyer]

The criticism mainly comes from the fact the it doesn't have anything rocket league about it, besides the same cars. And apparently this is the reason the removed trading and didn't give RL updates. Game is pretty good but it doesn't do nearly anything unique enough for people to specifically play this game if they aren't into rl or fortnite. Great arcade racers already exist.

[@dandy_is_lion]

@@zwxyer Those are some good points. Though the removal of trading was inevitable as it's against Epic's policies anyway. It's just terribly timed with Rocket Racing's release.

[@yhwhlungs]

18:26 Did you just do a Wheelie?

[@ChrisGLPS]

Can i win items or Cars for this Mode when i playing Rocket League?

[@Zel-Veraan]

Some select items transfer over.

[@madalexander6456]

So the 40 dollar car gives you all the colors what i meam titanium white pink black etc etc so idk if those pass to rocket league eitherway dirty move by epic lol

[@Kookie_TV]

the main thing thats left to be desired rn is an ingame minimap, like what mario kart has and u can see where everybody is

[@pennyhunter101]

Hey let’s I think you need to focus more on taking an more inside line around your turns to go faster

[@zenryco4340]

19:57 the internal voice LMAO

[@ThatOneGuy_lmao]

Can't wait to see if there'll be a "Zen" of Rocket Racing!

[@Apparently_John]

Love this vid leth! Keep up the good work! And would love to see more of this game :)❤

[@goodie2shoes874]

Getting to gold was a grind. With tracks not unlocking until higher ranks, you aren’t playing the best tracks until you slog through the simple ones with bots.

[@rblrides4397]

Leth (struggling with the map): "It seems like a lot of people struggle with this map, I don't get why people struggle with this map"

[@elou255]

thanjks this helped so much!

[@brayden7590]

Just thought I would let you know if you double drift you can gain a lot more turbo charged with minimal loss of speed especially in tighter corners to not hit the wall as well.

[@austinmetheny27]

Mind explaining how to double drift? Just drift, cancel, and drift again?

[@maestrochris12]

You can re-input the powerslide just by tapping the same button after an initial delay from tapping it the first time. You get an even sharper angle so it makes sharp turns better (the second curve after the starting line leading up to a short climb in the Outpost track is a good example). Also, you can hold the drift button to go straight into a harsh angle and sometimes negate the need for double activation, it takes a little practice but it is amazing once you get the hang of it. After getting use to the drifting mechanic then a track like Anaconda is super fun once you learn the lines

[@austinmetheny27]

@@maestrochris12 oh ok I figured out the double drift thing but didn’t realize pressing harder was also a mechanic. Thanks for the wisdom lmao

[@ItsTheLedge]

Would be so fun to race with the community! Let us know when you want this heat Lethy Boy

[@TryHardRuby]

still can't believe they removed trading for a mobile cash grab game.

[@JustAJ356]

hopefully games like these could lead to a revival for speed racer games😭

[@MarwinEwert]

The game mode reminds me a lot of Burnout 3: Takedown, and I used to play that a lot as a kid, so to me this game mode its really fun to play

[@Urdjck]

a private tournament would be cool... only if I'm in it haha

[@ei..]

I got to platinum 2 a couple days ago, but the percentages slowed down so much that i decided to take a break until more player rank up. The grind just doesnt seem worth it at the moment when it will be so much easier in a month

[@street35z]

So how are they hopping the cars and spinning the wheels before takeoff? Is that a playstation, xbox or switch ability? I don't see anywhere to do that on pc.

[@lincoln4408]

Cyclone was the other car that you couldn’t name. The current car bodies in the game as of now are: octane, cyclone, jager, Lamborghini huracan and diesel

[@hctr82]

I am really liking the game, if it wasn’t for the 21 minute queuing

[@AlissonAlvesDeAraujo]

You should combine turbo and drift, you are using both separated

[@brycewilson2]

@9:22 can you dodge to ceiling to avoid cars?

[@TheMrShabamm]

Yes but the boost pads are on the ground and walls

[@Zel-Veraan]

​@@TheMrShabammin the second tunnel, there's more boost pads on the ceiling than the floor. You have to dodge to the ceiling right after jumping through the window in the "lava".

[@konradchristen]

I have homework for you, the tracks from Hot Wheels Highway 35 and Acceleracers are what they need to build. Once you see the shows you’ll understand

[@aximat]

leth the type of guy who's just cracked at any game he picks up

[@TurdTM]

I just wanna be able to see stats of how many races I've done and placement in those races.... Also what world records are on the maps and my best times

[@Zel-Veraan]

Record times would be awesome to see.

[@InfiniteSkiegh]

Replays too.

[@EritroRL]

It doesn’t make sense that drifting gains speed.

[@OliKosek]

Ye

[@acertainnemesis]

asphalt tech 😂

[@drunkenfist3084]

Kinetic energy boosters or something 😂

[@Zel-Veraan]

Mario Kart, baby.

[@Valiant.Pacheco]

they should have just gave us rocket league movement the skill gap would be way higher

[@crazygalemt]

Rocket racing is where rocket league pros shine

[@purplej12]

Yo! So excited to see you do custom tracks. How do I sign up to test them out? Is that more of a Patreon thing or a Discord thing? I'm going to start making maps too (still waiting for my computer to come in after a black friday deal). I'm just waiting for them to allow us to have full rocket league cars in our own fortnite islands so that we can make really fun game modes (I've never gotten into coding past just making some basic edits to already established code).

[@jheeazy]

leth if you didn’t know, you can press drift the opposite direction after a drift to even out your car very quickly. this is super useful to take a quicker line or even time exactly when you want your drift boost to activate

[@Zel-Veraan]

I noticed that, but if you do it too much, you lose speed. Leth used a good method of maintaining speed while still gaining boost from drifts.

[@c.comics5999]

Man can't wait for them to add rumble

[@cloud86]

I don’t know how but I was playing while watching this and got the exact same maps in the exact same order

[@InLChrstian]

W vid. And a tournament would be lit

[@tropicalflame-sx2cg]

Pro tip: you can go to the ceiling to prevent people from interfering with your car(don’t know if it’s a pro tip, may make you slower lol)

[@grenade8838]

finding all these after the gamemode just released is absolutely phenomenal thanks for the tips

[@dmnkdot]

Hey Leth! Love your Vids so much

[@benjaminmeeson7338]

Who else would love different weather types like rain snow

[@Zel-Veraan]

Oooooooohhhhh, dude! Imagine Anaconda in a thunderstorm!

[@Tekay37]

You're going to love the tracks you'll unlock on platinum. So much craziness.

[@Zel-Veraan]

I can't wait, man. Anything but Airborne again. . .

[@matijastanojevic3407]

I feel like its not very fair like someone who start in first pleace and someone on last pleace. I know thats how it it in racing games but here you can lost to much speed at the beginning.

[@Zel-Veraan]

If you hit a good rocket start boost, just jump over everyone.

[@SquinchyMoopins]

Yo Lethamyr giving out them speedrun hints

[@manatole_]

Thee collisions are sketchy AF in the game, however, I have never seen the octane I use kick up like yours did a couple of times. It appears to be the result of using a car so low to the ground and the hitbox clipping on bumps. Would be a genuine disadvantage to the lowriding cars if that's the case

[@Dapzzi_gaming]

I find the cars super 'sticky' went interacting with each other. you lose so much control and speed if you are close to someone else. also the gravity is sticky. sometime I'll stick to a side wall when im not even close just because im 0.1 cm of the ground and holding in that direction

[@zOriginYT]

Nice to see you on here lol

[@awm2683]

Im D1, close to D2. Аnd i think it is not always good to go in the first place, it is better to be in 3-4 places to take the slipstream and save 2-3 turbo at the end. BUT you can be knocked out when turning in a variety of amazing ways...

[@gringobandito7475]

I was saying for years. Phsyonix would make a perfect speed racer game. This is what I expected going into this. So i am a little disappointed, but i agree that this game does has massive potential

[@Miaukot81]

Less than a month and it's already become a sweatfest. Everyone is micro drifiting everywhere

[@scubasteve6175]

Less than 4 days lmao

[@Zel-Veraan]

I was micro drifting on day one.

[@hindsighttt]

i feel like this game is like a mix between the rocket league car and the asphalt game series

[@krestwoodb]

New it was you just by the thumbnail. Have a blessed day YOU GENIUS!

[@goodie2shoes874]

I’ve been saving my boost to use with the boost pads. I’m usually able to hit 1000+ with the boosts stacking.

[@eclipticsolar5441]

10:31 that is the cyclone i know this because i have that car in rl