Tips and Hints thread. Help for beginners to get in the game
Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to implement a proper step by step tutorial mode to Trials 2 Second Edition. The purpose of this thread is to help beginners to get in to the game by teaching all the basic manouvers you need for solid driving.
Bare Basics
Balancing your bike is the first thing to learn. You can lean backward and forward. By leaning forward the center of gravity of the bike moves towards the bike front tire. This is very handy when you are driving on upwards slopes. Leaning backwards moves the bike center of gravity towards the bike back tire. This is handy when you are driving on a downward slope. Also when leaning back, the bike center of gravity moves slightly downwards. This helps the bike to be a bit more stable when you are driving on a rough terrain.
Jumping Techniques
After you have learned the bare basics, the first thing to learn are the three most common jumping techniques. With these techniques you can jump higher and further away from ramps and edges. It's highly important that you learn all of these if you want to start play the Medium difficulty tracks and especially the Hard difficulty tracks.
Switch Jump:
- Doable when you are leaning fully forwards and have enough space to accelerate a bit.
- Accelerate first and keep the accelerator pressed until you get off.
- Quickly tap lean back and then immediately tap lean forward just before your front tire goes over the ramp edge.
- When at up hill press lean back and lean forward very shortly or you will likely flip your bike over. When downhill press the buttons for a longer time to get even higher jump height.
- The main usage of Switch Jump is to get much higher than you would normally get from a ramp. It doesn't help with horizontal jump distance (often actually making your jump shorter).
Spring Jump:
- Doable when you are leaning fully backwards. Usable on all surfaces except on highly rising slopes.
- Accelerate first and keep the accelerator pressed until you get off.
- Just before your front wheel goes over the ramp edge, press forward and keep it pressed until the driver is fully at front position and your backwheel is in air.
- The main usage of Spring Jump is to get further when you jump from a ramp. It also gets you slightly higher, but not as much as Switch Jump does.
Spring Jump Reverse:
- Variation of Spring Jump. Do it like Spring Jump, but immediately when your get into air press back and keep it pressed.
- The main usage of Spring Jump Reverse is to get over tricky ramp obstacles combinations that are not passable with either of the techniques described above, because your backwheel would touch the obstacle you are jumping over causing you fall flat on your face.