Master the Aloha Ice Jam race in SSX Tricky with this expert walkthrough. Learn crucial shortcuts, optimal racing lines, and advanced techniques to achieve record times.
Walkthrough
- 1Start the race and be cautious of the first turn. Choose to break through the blue SSX signs rather than the red one to the right, as this positions you better for the upcoming shortcut.
- 2After the first shortcut, you'll reach a glass tunnel. Boost without jumping to fall into an underground tunnel. This is the first critical shortcut. If your boost is full, you can perform two Ubers off this jump.
- 3Immediately after the first underground tunnel, you'll find cables leading to a second underground tunnel with fans. Slow down at the end of the previous tunnel to grind the cables. This second shortcut exits between elevated ramps, just before a large billboard jump.
- 4Ahead is a large ice face. Jumping over the billboard or using the side ramps will cause the ice face's mouth to open. This is the second crucial shortcut, leading to suspended plastic tunnels that bypass many banked ice turns. Maintaining this shortcut can be tricky but is key for a fast time.
- 5Riding the previous shortcut to its end places you on a direct line towards a ravine and a red SSX sign on the far left. This is the third crucial shortcut and can easily put you in first place if taken normally.
- 6The key to the third shortcut is a large ice boulder halfway through the tunnel. Once past this boulder, press the select button to reset to the end of the race. This reset is discretionary but is how players achieve times below 1:40. You will still need to navigate the floating ice platforms at the end.
Tips
- To quickly fill your boost at the start, perform flips and grabs, or punch other racers. Alternatively, hang back at the start and plow through opponents as they crash.
- An optional shortcut involves jumping onto the side rails of a billboard early in the race to reach an elevated path, which may be faster and allow for an Uber.
- When exiting the first underground tunnel, aim for the SSX sign and perform an Uber.
- When approaching a pipe coming out of the ground to the right, aim for it and go fast. Turn sideways on the pipe and boost. Be careful not to go too fast or lean too much when exiting to avoid launching over the path.
- On the upper path, after the second big gap, consider tapping jump and riding through the bottom of the chasm. Twist to land sideways on the cliff and speed down to the right.
- Before a jump near the end, aim for a big white mound and try to jump over it while doing an Uber.
- During the moguls, find a spot to perform an Uber to finish filling your Tricky gauge. After the moguls, take the rail and the top path through the caves if possible. If not, take the left path and go through a hole in the wall at the top of a bank in the ice caves.
- As you exit the caves, jump to the right and boost through the snow on the right-hand side, keeping a straight line to rejoin the path before the next jump.
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