What Are "Sacred Fire," "USF," and "Reserves?" | Crash Team Racing core speedtech

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With Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled being right around the corner, a lot of vets are talking about some of the speedtech used in OG CTR, such as "Sacred Fire," "Reserves," "Ultimate Sacred Fire," "Saffi Fire," "Speed-Ghosts," and "Froggying." This video is meant to show and explain in the plainest way possible how some of these mechanics work and what they look like, just to clear some confusion.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:20 Base Speeds
2:20 Sacred Fire
3:25 Reserves
5:57 USF (Ultimate Sacred Fire)
8:58 Speedghosts
11:59 Outro
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#crashteamracing

[@iTheDashy]

Hey guys If I was intelligent I would've made a comment like this a month ago when I uploaded this video, but I didn't really expect this to get much traction outside of a small community. So firstly, just wanna say thanks for stopping by, watching the video, liking, subbing, following my twitch, and etcetera. Recently broke 800 followers on Twitch, and the feedback on this video has made me realize that there is definitely an interest for this kind of content that I did not expect. Secondly, (again talking about Twitch) once Nitro Fueled comes out, I plan to do open lobbies with viewers and friends. This will start on PS4 and if there's enough interest I might include Switch and Xbox One (I'll for sure be buying it on PS4 and Switch. PS4 for primary purposes and Switch for breaks at work). So, if this is something you're interested in taking part in, or just spectating, go follow me on Twitch. Third, I'll also be playing through Nitro Fueled max% live on stream when it comes out. This will most likely be exported to KZbin later on. If I end up really enjoying the game and there isn't some ridiculous unfun speedtech that makes speedrunning that game more annoying than fun, I'll most likely end up doing speedruns of the game as well. Lastly, since there seems to be interest in CTR99, I think I'm gonna try to do a series of video guides for beating oxide times (and generally improving) for every track. Though I don't consider myself a time trialer and dont do a lot of the crazy skips some people do, I did use time trials to improve at the game, and making a point to beat every oxide time without any unintended shortcuts was my first stepping stone to improvement, and i think its a great way for everyone to get better.

[@iTheDashy]

the standard turbo item, to my knowledge, gives the same speed and reserves as a 3 MT slide. juiced up it counts like a turbo pad and will give SF. Masks don't do anything with boost/reserves, just basically increases your speed by a flat amount for the duration of the mask.

[@bubba6583]

So how are speed ghosts different in nitro fueled? I honestly probably shouldn’t have watched this video because I’ve never played ctr before and now I’m going to try to pull this off and fail, but it was super interesting. And your voice sounds nice.

[@iTheDashy]

I can't really say for certain cuz I haven't played NF at all but the game seems to treat downhills and uphills different fundamentally. In OG, all that matters is the actual geometry that your wheels are on, NF looks like it programmed whole sections to give faster speed whether in the air or on the ground. Take that with a grain of salt though since I haven't played the game myself and don't know if that's 100% the case.

[@bubba6583]

iTheDashy so will you make video about it when it comes out? And that would make sense bc the small polys of going downhill wouldn’t help anymore. But they at least kept the other mechanics, right?

[@iTheDashy]

At the very least I'll be uploading my first playthrough of the game here in it's entirety (or in a couple parts because max% might take like 10 hours or something with all these new tracks to do time trials for) As far as speedtech stuff goes, I might make another video in a similar style for NF a few weeks after it comes out. Don't really wanna make a whole video talking about speed stuffs right away and then a few days later we find something else that makes the video basically irrelevant. From my understanding though most other stuff is still in the game.

[@Macen121487]

Finally the superior kart racing game gets the attention it deserved. It's been way too long but they finally did it.

[@fgc_roofer_07]

💪

[@slvshy666]

100%

[@LimboTheory]

Word

[@ElectTheMusic]

Yeah it's a good game too bad that it got "Activisioned"

[@sitheternalemperor3857]

@@ElectTheMusic what’s so bad about that?

[@Hclody95]

just so you know: sacred fire is called like that because the guys that made the first guide were french and in french a big fire is called "feu sacrè" which literally translates into sacred fire. saffi fire comes always from the french "sans avoir feu, feu infinie" which means "without fire, infinite fire" and is just a tech to get infinite reserves by making a lot of boosting. the super turbo pads are intended because 90% of the times are located before huge jumps that you wouldnt be able to pass without huge speed. speedghosts are not only done by going in downhills but also by bouncing on edges and other weird ways. im sorry that you didnt know about the time trial community that basically invented all the stuff that you mentioned in this video, but just let you know that we exist and we are always pleased to help anybody that is interested to learn this game deeply

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

What this video taught me: I need to watch speed running of this game

[@numberjuaanctr420]

It was intended in the OG game even the devs came out and said it, and in nitro fueled they actually refined it and made it easier to get sacred fire and ultra sacred fire

[@Alvarito205]

Well, they could have put it in the manual, my 7-year-old self found it impossible to beat the Oxide time-trials

[@numberjuaanctr420]

@@Alvarito205 it legit was in the story mode, when I hear this complaint it just tells me most people who have said this just haven’t played the story mode, it’s also in the aku tips in the story mode as well, it’s an in game mechanic that’s taught to you in the story mode as well as written down in the game itself, I figured this game out at 7 lol just play the story mode I don’t understand how most people still don’t realize this it’s like a huge part of the game, that was the mistake everyone made with nitro fueled, they just jumped online immediately with no understanding of the game or its mechanics and than blamed the devs or the game for being too vague when legitimately it’s in the story mode and the story mode is a great way to test your skills to begin with

[@Wolflight21]

Finally somebody explaining this so i can understand thx

[@egoy34]

man this is satisfying to watch. tokyo drift with animals.

[@gadgetmcfly9640]

Dummy thats Initial D

[@jakeryan2805]

So basically everyone "me included" who has no idea of what you just talked about will get their asses handed to them today while playing ctr online lol

[@iTheDashy]

After getting the chance to play some multiplayer, I can definitely say this is the case. I don't think losing in multiplayer is a big deal whatsoever really, but the most unfortunate thing that I saw was that in my public lobbies, I was usually the only one to finish, and I think that's probably unfun for everyone else. The 20 second timer after the 1st place finishes needs to be adjusted to 20 seconds after 3rd or 4th finishes. The skill disparity in the game is way too high for the current system.

[@DBTHEPLUG]

@@iTheDashy exactly i can't even finish in multiplayer even though i am like 4th place

[@mja2317]

@@iTheDashy I've been stopping at the finish line until just before 2nd place is about to pass me before I continue. It gives everyone else a chance to finish, but probably makes me look like a douche to whoever's in 2nd lol.

[@KNRingabel]

iTheDashy I've been around a while and watched the speedruns and understood, so I used the techniques myself, just never speed ran the game. I noticed that if you're ahead, you stay ahead. If you're behind, you're gonna get hit by missiles and shit. The online is very punishing lol. Usually, I'm way ahead and no one finishes either

[@blobbem]

It's not too bad. As long as you spend time playing the game and discovering some of these quirks and mechanics, which you'll likely do just by playing by yourself in Adventure Mode, you can probably reach a level where you can realistically compete against your average CTR player. I, for one, have played the original CTR for countless hours and only today have I actually learnt about what the hell "USF" even is. Funnily enough, I managed to get the 26th best Relic Race time for Blizzard Bluff on the Switch version despite this.

[@AnnCatsanndra]

I had watched a different video to explain Sacred Fire and USF but came away not quite understanding it. This one has a good explanation and demonstration of how to get it, how to maintain it, and how to tell when it's lost or still in play. Very useful!

[@RavensEagle]

You know what's crazy for me. I am watching your gameplay and hearing you explain things. But when I look at this and hearing your explanation. I am just here thinking back to when I played this as a kid and this is basically how I play all the time. Without even knowing all the fancy names. Also using Coco way back. Like all this feels normal to me like, isn't this common knowledge? I just named it, drift jumping/hopping, boost hopping, turn hopping, and that downhill speed thing you said, I just called that speed hopping to keep going fast. Maybe the 2 buttons to jump, because I only used 1 button to jump. Maybe I just timed it right? Dun know And I didn't even know those 2 bars next to the speedometer even excisted until a few months ago tbh x) Since I always looked at the exhaust and just timed everything from feeling. Feels weird, like I learned allot but nothing at the same time. It really is what you said in the beginning,it probably just came naturally to me. Cuz looking at this gameplay just feels like I am watching myself play. Thanks for the video, was curious about any hidden tech because if the remake. And I am excited especially with the new tracks. Was very informative, just wish you timed what was on screen more with what you said at the time. 👍

[@trollconfiavel]

You know what's crazier? I beat this game (any%) as a kid without knowing you could slide

[@cobra_is_down2894]

@@trollconfiavel Me too, and did the 101% too, 2003/6 (7 to 10 years old) no internet, no tutorials, now knowing English (I'm from Argentina) and no sliding

[@Jyxero]

A lot of terms that I didn't have idea yet still I did it back when I play CTR as a kid, "The sound of the engine" is a very acurate way to show sacred fire effect, and "Frogging"... My brother did it and won a lot of matches against me... anyway, very good video for the vets and newcomers as well

[@Idilsor]

Info and videos like this are necessary. Thank you for your explanation on the subject

[@KyleMart]

I remember beating all the Oxide time trials and was so excited to unlock oxide. Instead, I unlocked scrapbook on the main screen. Such a disappointment.

[@michelangelo5903]

i purposely avoid learning how to go mach 1 in CTR because my roommate and i play it 2-3 times a week and i don’t want to just SWAMP him in every race

[@Bigbahlsen]

Teach him.

[@michelangelo5903]

bahlsen03 it’ll just take the fun out of it besides going SUPER fast that would be awesome! i just can’t trust myself with that knowledge

[@JesusGarcia-wh2hc]

@@michelangelo5903 "I just can't trust myself with that knowledge". This is actually hilarious

[@Angels-Haven]

what a friend

[@michelangelo5903]

@@Angels-Haven we since left the apartment and he moved back to his home state. but he’s coming back to visit soon and we both agreed we gotta play that game again! we used to talk so much shit to each other and coco but mostly coco lmao good times

[@Whienzarth]

Just started wrapping my head around this (knew about it for awhile) and Im actually finally beating Oxides ghosts on tracks.(even my ghost from the race before are beating him!) Something I was never able to do as a kid! This is insane!

[@MatteoKysely]

I learned about these techniques a few days ago and this only helped me to understand it a little bit more, thanks.

[@aegisofperdition]

The online mode of Nitro Fueled gonna be on fire for next couple of years!

[@cpjh4491]

Commenting on April 21 2020 and the lobbies are dead

[@norvillerogers6110]

@@cpjh4491 I get a lobby every time i search for one, although i usually don't even finish bc there's that one really good guy

[@projectz975]

be honest, you use Coco cause she's adorable

[@iTheDashy]

Guilty as charged.

[@Guito93]

Thanks for all the knowledge ypu spreaded in this video! Back then when I used to play CTR, I didnt even know you could mini turbo off of drifts. I'm really hyped for the new game and I hope it becomes just as broken as the original, same thing they did with the spyro remaster. Have a nice day aswell! =D

[@mja2317]

Thank you for explaining how to do 'froggying'. I've seen people do it against me in online races and maintain high speeds but couldn't for the life of me figure out how or why it works. Now I can beat those guys. :D

[@BiTT_2000]

i also speedrun this game. i didn't know about any of the advanced tech until earlier this year despite having played the game for at least 15 years. my time is a tied 74th place in any% warpless right now and im satisfied with that because my goal was just to get top 100. i've played the CTR demo at gamestop and watched basically every bit of gameplay i could, so i'm going to confirm a few things for Nitro-Fueled. 1) we can still u-turn! or at least, in the build I played you could. I've not seen any gameplay online of someone doing it, but if you hold L1 and Spam R1 while doing a u-turn, it produces the same result as in the original, which is AMAZING. 2) speedghosts are still in although they seem slightly weaker. Hard to really say because they weren't in the demo build that I played, but I saw them in action in some gameplay of a more recent build. 3) in the older build you can't jump nearly as frequently as the original, but i think they've fixed that a bit in the later builds 4) reserves are noticeably weaker. they're harder to build up initially since they run out faster, but it basically works the same way, it just doesn't last as long. probably for balance, who knows. 5) USF NO LONGER GETS CANCELED WHEN YOU BOOST! this is my favorite new change to the game. there also seems to be more USF pads than before, as there is one at the end of Polar Pass now. but yeah, being able to maintain USF until you hit a wall is HUGE! it was super fun on polar pass and i'm sure it'll be even more fun on other tracks.

[@KoroftheSon]

Awesome, thank you for the info. I was really hoping that USF would still be a thing, this sounds like a lot of fun.

[@numberjuaanctr420]

The build I’ve played may be a little newer but yea most these issues you addressed have been fixed and the reserves actually work and last longer than the OG they made it easier to just build speed and boost its very nice

[@freestylemft]

Finally! I found another CTR channel You play pretty well and you explained well how to make sacred fire I'm going to watch your channel a lot :) I'd like to play with you on CTR: nitro-fueled :D

[@thoumi96]

Great information! This is what I show to my friend lol. No need to explain how ctr works or for rather how to go fast in ctr. Thanks!

[@Alaqeam]

Dude I'm so pumped for Nitro Fueled it's not even funny!

[@MiguelRPD]

All these years I've wondered why the enemy AI always speeds ahead of me after the superturbo pad. I always jumped at that point so it cancels it out. Thank you for posting this !

[@hartonosutrisno5452]

Basically you wanted to explain this in their remastered, but you forget that they already explained it way before this remastered released. The one who explained all of this was Nyxx, CTR speed expert and Tiziano was the one who demonstrated all of them. USF was very rare and can only found of certain areas like Last big iump on Polar Pass, some turbo ramp N-Gin labs and of course TURBO TRACK for the famous USF on every turbo-pads. SF and the others was very easy to differentiate because it has several conditions to meet before getting it, but on remastered version, you cant see speedometer anymore so you need sharp memories for each speed.

[@Strash_]

This was well explained....I hope youl start making Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled videos :D

[@weirdkid5]

So they actually made USF BETTER in the remake. I love it.

[@Cartiyae]

Thanks boddy I subscribed and turned the notifications on and also followed your twitch Great content

[@Ghisteslohm139]

Never consciously knew about reserves but it explains a lot in hindsight.

[@hellhog7368]

thanks for the help now to master these tricks when CTRNF comes out

[@prasasti23]

Oh my god, your play is so beautiful to watch. That's a lot of tricks that I can see on this video. Those jumpings really do some tricks there. I don't know if those tricks still can do something in Nitro Fueled, but hey, it won't hurt to try them in the Nitro Fueled

[@jaguardentk]

Thank you for this! Very helpful!

[@LeyoRaw]

Great and simple explanation 👍

[@isaaccooper862]

Lol I had no idea people called it Sacred Fire, we've got tech names now! When I played this with my brother we would get these turbos, but I had no idea there were tech names for them. But you know what? This is one of the reasons I like CTR a little more than Mario Kart, because this game actually has an interesting skill ceiling and skill floor, and it's so much fun when you get to that ceiling, you know?

[@whtblueberry6388]

I know what you're talking about, me and my brother always called the masks "boogies" because of the noise they made when you used them lol. Beakers were potions as well, because that's just how they looked.

[@feudela4357]

Wht Blueberry boogah-boogahs for my family, bottles for the beakers lol

[@cpjh4491]

@@feudela4357 boobadagas for my brother and I, cause that's what it sounded like akuaku was saying lol

[@superultramegasonic1]

wow i havnt been looking at CTR content online. i've been playing this game for 13 years. i've been calling secret fire stage two engin burn out and max overdrive. and I called frogging the bunny hop. I did frogging a bit diferently using only one of the sholder buttons not both. I have some funny glitches i've experienced when i was a kid. playing with my brother on cortex castle. the first ramp we always fell off on purpous, leaving tnt, nitro and the beakers in mid air over the pit then drive into them. and after running into them a bunch of times it caused 3 differret glitches when respawning. the characer and cart goes invisible except for the wheels. the entire character moddle gets squished flat. The wheels dissapear making it look like you are hovering.

[@blacksmithperformance]

Wow this was a great video. Well explained

[@jerrodk8965]

Jeez i just learned a heck of a lot. Tips and tricks didnt have this info back then lol

[@Much_Ado]

Man, Sacred Fire is a really cool name for a tech.

[@ThePharphis]

sacred combo in melee is another

[@crashfan9997]

It's Ho-Oh's signature move

[@phillycheesetake]

Glad to hear that all this new jargon my little brothers are throwing at me doesn't actually describe anything new.

[@tuny1209]

20 years ago, there weren't any tutorials, you had to find it out by yourself. This was my favorite videogame.

[@thechance6115]

This was a good explanation, though props for that man.

[@Dough_Dough4]

So in Nitro-Fueled you can have USF (Blue Fire) basically forever since drift-boosting makes the Blue Fire last longer instead of bringing your speed down to the drift-boost speed (the way it worked in the original CTR). Is that better or worse?

[@darezzi97]

Far worse imo. Turns it into a snowball game where one mistake means you might as well quit. Furthermore, it removes the trade off of deciding whether to dump your entire reserve on a good USF or keep some for later at a lower tier fire.

[@snorewak]

that shortcut on papus pyramid was insaneeeee, brb trying this on nitro fueled

[@Vanekin]

It's an unintentional shortcut. Pretty sure Beenox would have patched it.

[@Verasoul]

Did it work?

[@StigmaLotus]

5:57 Convenient cut before a USF pad 😉👌

[@iTheDashy]

lmfao I honestly didn't even notice that. This video was edited pretty lazily. All I did was boot the game up and ran a time trial on a few tracks while recording, then cut up all the footage and used some of the excess to fill the space, not really paying attention to where the clips were being cut off lmao

[@catmoonkenobi]

Having played the reboot some consecutive days now, I need to check if all of these shortcuts are still present. Especially the drop off on the bridge (crash cove) into the little jump (more boooost).

[@penteadosperuanos8092]

Okay, the CTR have much more techniques like: Sacred Fire USF Speed Ghost Blue fire Ultimate Blue Fire Reserves Air Brake U-Turn Froggy jump, Perfet frame jump. These techniques has been aprimorated since 2011 with good youtubers like: Deep Matheus December TheRedHotBr Jordy E-Arky etc.

[@TheTruestZero]

Sacred Fire? Someone was playing Pokemon Gen 2 at the point of catching Ho-oh when his firned was playing CTR? Why not call another thing the "Shadow Burning Step of Turbo Speed EX Alpha"

[@TommiRiihiluoma]

You're amazing, dude

[@kieranwillis395]

It’s so weird, I played this game religiously and it always used to annoy me watching the bots over-take me at N gun labs. Now 22 years or so later I finally know why, you don’t boost you just run over with reserves! Here’s another thing: The AI don’t jump the same

[@ABteam1009]

Thank you!

[@SoheiJayce]

Does the Froggy-tech work in CTR NF though?

[@user-qd7qz4pu1h]

Thank you.

[@CiccioImberlicchio]

I've played this game since its release but i never knew about this stuff and i have no idea if I'll ever be able to do them. I always wondered why speed runners used coco and not tiny or dingo and my guess is because of their handling. I can beat the time trials in the original without problems but i noticed that in nitro fuel they are way harder. Or maybe it's just me being bad

[@gmrgamingrm]

I NEED to learn this stuff for Nitro Fueled. I played Nitro Kart when I was 8 back in 2010 on the PS2 and I don't think that game had Sacred Fire or USF so I have 0 experience in this kind of system...

[@commanderpipi1youknowfromp730]

Great video, cool channel. I got the new ctr nitro on ps4. Does this work the same way ?

[@Ronldbx6]

I never knew this back in the day! I was this skilled.

[@feshwhathell]

Can you keep blue fire in ctr99 like you do in nitro fueled?

[@mikelamb2504]

A better way to explain reserves, would to think of you never wasting time trying to get another boost off, because it all stacks.

[@HARTYNMUGHES]

I still don't get it :( haha!

[@senpaizuri5166]

See on the tracks tomorrow fellas~

[@goofyrider6426]

Must powerslide be "perfect" to maintain saffifire?

[@razrsrealm]

Huh so that's what USF is. I always knew about that specific boost pad in N. Gin Labs would help you reach ridic speed in that area, but there are more?

[@SuperJumpReviews]

Do I need to perform a mini turbo over a boost pad in order to activate Sacred Fire? Someone told me if I just drove over the boost pad I would get it automatically without having to do anything.

[@TheCornerOne]

You get Sacred Fire just by going over a Turbo Pad. However to /maintain/ that speed, you need to have reserves (as described in this video). If you have plenty (for example, on Coco Park, if you wait until the last Turbo Pad to hit one) then there's no need to do mini turbos. If you have none (for example, Mystery Caves where the pads are pretty much right at the start) then you should be doing mini turbos over them so that you don't run out of reserves and lose the speed.

[@SuperJumpReviews]

So just to clarify, the reserve system is basically me trying to extend the duration of each boost performed? Each additional boost I perform will last longer than the previous given that I constantly boost?

[@iTheDashy]

yes

[@SuperJumpReviews]

@@iTheDashy Thank you

[@Galenoreon]

Coco is going to college

[@cammro]

oh thank fuck for this explanation i've been stuck on this CTR n gin labs time trial forever

[@paultaylor_yt3577]

holy shit I've been doing Sacred Fire without knowing it? I wanted to see a video of what Sacred Fire looks like in action and found out that this I what I've been doing without even knowing. XD Cant wait for CTR Nitro Fueled though!

[@BoostedMonkey05]

If your tail pipe ain't spewing out fire constantly, ya ain't playing CTR right.

[@paultaylor_yt3577]

@@BoostedMonkey05 facts right there XD

[@BoostedMonkey05]

@@paultaylor_yt3577 got accused of cheating by family for achieving sacred fire

[@paultaylor_yt3577]

@@BoostedMonkey05 XD thats what was like we used to play the game in our family with those cheap shortcuts too and it's like "just get good at the game" lol.

[@BoostedMonkey05]

@@paultaylor_yt3577 I didn't use shortcuts though but I assure you I got cheating accusations just because of power slide spamming as I tried to retain sacred fire

[@turtlebass1]

How do you see the speed needle?

[@slizzmusic1600]

One thing I hope is that the button configuration stays the same because my muscle memory on this game is crazy

[@JayJugular]

Slizz 2Thawizz good to know your wish came true then lol

[@Raidenx235]

It's was funny doing all this stuff as a kid in my journey to beat all the Oxide times and not realizing they all had terms

[@Ray6]

I wish I learn how u do that turbo when turn it dosen't work with me 😥

[@ibblue0710]

I knew how to drift and boost when I first played the original on a PSX emulator, but I don’t go nearly as fast as you do and I use the same character too.

[@LuiZ-jy1pi]

I managed to learn everything you described as well as all intended and even a few unintended shortcuts (Blizzard bluff, Polar pass, Skyway) by myself, back at the PS1. No internet, no community, just by playing. That is something that no longer happen, new gen gamers go to the internet if they stay 1 minute without knowing how to do something. Learning everything by myself and building muscle memory made me very good at this game back then, I think I still play decently.

[@awkwardbirb5710]

Are you implying that Sacred Fire is not a sweet name? (Thank you for the video detailing the details of the mechanics though.)

[@Ultra_Riku]

I am trying to get the speed boost off the last jump on corex castle like you did in the video but it does not work. as soon as I land the speed just drops. Is this character specific?

[@iTheDashy]

Nope. But I will say Cortex Castle is the hardest USF to keep. not sure why, but it was the last of the 4 tracks with USF that I was able to keep consistently. All I can really say is to make sure your mini turbos are as full as possible and try to do them as full 3 in a row rather than 1 or 2 then restarting the slide.

[@Ultra_Riku]

@@iTheDashy I went to N gin labs and figured out exactly what you said in this post. I was not keeping a bigger pool of reserve boost

[@thehunter7422]

Jesus Christ . I played Papus Pyramid alot and I have not seen that many short cuts . Amazing . I probably wouldn't have been able to pull off that . And I played for years . Lol

[@Tacoz4lifee]

Leaderboards (if they have any) are going to be fucking crazy in nitro-fueled.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Okay, it's time for me to git gud. Or at least attempt really hard. Thx for the rundown! Karters 2 hype ftw

[@TheLar0Updates]

This is so informative! It cured my student loan debt! It gave me infinite money! I'm so glad that I know that with twitch prime I can subscribe to my favorite streamer for free every month. Thank you iTheDashy!

[@iTheDashy]

ok, this is epic

[@RoseSupreme]

So for frogging, you basically press one hop button, then the other, rinse and repeat?

[@iTheDashy]

Just hold one hop button and mash the other. So like for me, because I'm right hand dominant, I hold L1 and then just repeatedly tap R1.

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

You basically want the momentum of going downhill whenever the surface flatens. So when the surface flatens or evens out you do that spam + hold one jump button

[@SlinkeeDawg]

Decided to speedrun this game the other day and got 1:12, think these tricks will help

[@-441-]

This a lot of 🔥🔥

[@VermillionMonk]

Good video, though I can recommend maybe writing a script for videos in the future. You have good knowledge and you're interesting to listen to, but when talking off the cuff your points can ramble on and lose clarity. Simply taking a few moments to concisely plot out what you want to say will massively increase the quality of your videos in the future. Keep it up!

[@setsunarehaf]

I didn't get how you slide fast (turn fast) using square on hot air track. Can u show us how?

[@iTheDashy]

Square + Down + [direction you want to turn] = U-Turn U-Turn + Froggy = U-Turn without losing speed (will still make you lose sacred fire) I need to do commentary for the time trials I talked about in the pinned comment still but I'll be showing off the U-Turns and a few other things in that video.

[@metalslayer777]

0:46 Lol, I never turn this way.

[@eksskellybur]

I have a question, Dashy: 1.) Are you going to speedrun Crash Tag Racing: Nitro Fuel? 2.) Could this info be Useful for CTR:NF?

[@iTheDashy]

yes to both

[@bihn]

Why not use Ngin?

[@bangpimen0440]

i just figure it out for after 27 years i live, i don't even think about that boost when i was child play CTR

[@miswalkxd6357]

What... I can't belive and I amaz3

[@zhod6770]

I don't speak well eenglish , i just wanna know if sacred fire , sapphi fire etc will be in nitro fuel ?

[@Melti]

yes

[@chaoticsoap]

11:50 Grug talk best talk

[@deathblowringo4168]

Can we talk About Nitro Fueled Speedruns?

[@TheBlairThing]

It's funny how spamming the jump button ended up being tech to keep your boost speed both in CTR and MK8

[@AurisHaze]

So all this stuff will actually be in the game? Reserves, SF, USF, Frogging and ghosting? I was really worry that they erased this mechanics, it adds some nice + to the game itself, i just hope it will be as close as the original game mechanics

[@iTheDashy]

Don't think froggy is in NF but everything else you listed is in it, at least to some extent.

[@AurisHaze]

@@iTheDashy good to know this a cool video you gotta do the same video but when NF releases, keep it up!

[@yousefeno]

so basically reserves are “energy “ stored every time i slide boost and i can use them during speed pads by just going over them ?

[@iTheDashy]

Kinda. They're being "used" constantly whether you have fire (mini turbo speed), sacred fire (over a turbo pad), or anything other level of speed. They're gained by slide boosting, and the reserves just define how long you'll hold that speed without performing another boost.

[@tomblack2064]

Please help me. Beating Oxide time on Dragon Mines I need to use sacred fire. I have no clue how to use it!!! I cannot beat the mines without SF 😭😭

[@Yusufsanad]

Man your double jumping is just insane As a long time ctr player i can definitely tell you are one of the very best players in this game

[@UltimateTS64]

I ended up reaching sacred fire at one point, and I was like WOAH!

[@BoostedMonkey05]

when I was 6, when I became somewhat proficient at power sliding around the map (this is one reason I like Hot Air Sky Way so much), I didn't know I was achieving something that every CTR nerd was calling sacred fire until now. I got called for cheating by my own uncle because of my power slide spam and basically sacred fire.

[@UltimateTS64]

@@BoostedMonkey05 that's hilarious 😂, he thought you were cheating when really you were just being a pro without knowing it.

[@andresrodriguez-wz2xi]

People still dont know about "turbo blanco" or "white turbo"

[@zanhkingg]

Came here after losing in Hard mode in Nitro Fueled

[@SpikeRose]

Forget hard mode, even trying to place in some of the relic challenges on medium are unusually unforgiving. If you aren't one of these guys, Nitro Fueled is not for you.

[@zanhkingg]

Spike Rose I completed medium with no problem, but god.. Hard is just unbelievable