I’m making my way through the island, knocked off Refinery Abyss improving a 191 to a 73, improved a 134 on Melancholy Temple to 57, took down a 254 on Daredevil Paradise by jumping to 59, improved a 264 to an 83 on Fault Village and jumped from 137 to 42 on Alpha Street.
I love that island, the tracks have always been on the tougher side for me, but I was fortunately able to make my way through all but one of them over the last few days. I saved my most difficult island track for last, Rotten Railway. I need to improve a 192, but I feel this may be a longer grind to best this track... That flipping jump off the launching ramp that takes you completely over the entire 2nd checkpoint section is stupid hard for me.
Simpledots
Anyone know if the Bonxy site is down for good or just for some sort of maintenance? I love that site and use it all the time on my quest for top 100 track finishes. It’s been down for a few days already and I’m just hoping it comes back online soon.
Holy Smokes! I finally bested The Quagmire after a 4/5 day grind…. That was the hardest track for me to push into the top 100 on in the game to this point… I started the grind ranked at 177 and just couldn’t get any traction to move any higher with the Berserker. I switched over to the BMW after about a day or so of grinding. Switching over to the BMW gave me just as much trouble starting out, but I decided to stick with that bike going forward.
I finally pushed my way up to 158. Building up and maintaining enough momentum from checkpoint 1 to 2 for the flip to the 3rd is wicked hard for me, no matter the bike. The jump over the wooden platform to 4 and the dropped fall from there trips me up a fair amount of time as well. The hardest and most frustrating spot on this track for me is the climb up the wooden track after the last checkpoint. The Berserker would likely been a better bike for that climb, but the BMW was better for me for the rest of the track….
I just couldn’t get the traction to consistently climb that track to then jump over the gap at the top to cross the finish line with the BMW. I knew it was possible since I saw several ghosts do it, so I kept grinding away.
This track was starting to feel impossible to crack the top 100 on…. I climbed my way to 118 yesterday morning and just couldn’t climb any higher after playing it until my iPad died. I tried again this morning for an hour and a half or so and was able to climb up to 112. After about 10 more minutes from reaching 112, I finally banked a solid climb up that wooden track to finish with a 49 rank. I’m so glad that track behind me now. I celebrated by jumping up and down with my son when I finished that run. =)
I still have the Widowmaker to crack, but I’m moving away from that one for now. I’m worried it’s gonna be another difficult grind. I plan to tackle one of the other 14 tracks I have left to go on my top 100 journey. I have three bunker tracks left in my 15 remaking tracks, so it’ll be difficult to check them off. I don’t get them very often in the bunker and have never gotten them with the bike(s) I need to crack the top 100 with.
Onto the next one.
Simpledots
I decided to just jump over to Widowmaker after besting The Quagmire. It’s a difficult track and one I’ve struggled with more times than not. I needed to improve a 179 rank and couldn’t make any improvements by racing my own ghost which is what I do most often. I also jumped over to race PapaFrey’s ghost which I do a lot as well. I just couldn’t make any improvements to my rank, but I was at least getting through sections more smoothly. I read a post by Rereraser in another thread about him achieving a 90 rank, so I jumped over to his ghost and was able to put together a very solid run that catapulted me all the way to 19. I have no idea what the difference was by racing that ghost, but holy cow was that a big movement up the leaderboard. Thank you Rereraser!
Onto the next one!
Simpledots
I took down my last three non-bunker tracks last night. I needed to improve a 136 on Pipe Basin. While I didn’t get the cleanest race I was at least able to push my way up the leaderboards a few times finishing at 72.
I needed to improve a 138 on Lollygagging and was able to make pretty quick work on that track finishing at 38.
The last track that I had to wrestle with was Toxic Garden. This one was harder than the other two for me as I struggled at a few different spots on this track, but needed to improve a 137. I made my way up to 86 or so but with a horrible finish to the track. I kept grinding for a better ending to the race and was able to put together a very clean run that pushed me up to 21.
I still need to improve three bunker tracks before I can claim 100% top 100 finishes.
Anyone know any tips to increase my chances at getting Bunny Hop, Sine City or Rigged Roadway with decent bikes? I rarely get them in the bunker and haven’t ever gotten them with the bike(s) I see others finish with strong times on the tracks…. I’ve started opening races in the bunker and have been passing on attempts just to cycle through as many opportunities to get those tracks…
I’m going back through to improve my ranks in the high 90’s now, I have a handful of 99’s that I want to improve at least.
I had a blast with this game and will still squeeze out a little more enjoyment while I can.
All the best!
Simpledots
FINALLY!!! Checked off a big top 100 track accomplishment this morning. I can’t remember the last time Bunny Hop popped up in the Bunker for me, let alone with the Berserker…. That finally happened this morning and I took full advantage of my opportunity. I needed to improve a 755 rank on that track and after over 100 golden tickets, I pushed my way up the leaderboard several times before finally pushing all the way to 60. I wish I could have done that jump with half the tickets though, but the first 25 or so was sorta wasted as I was so excited to finally get a chance to topple that 755 rank and push my way into the top 100. It was my worst rank left to improve with The Rigged Roadway (234) and Sine City (227) left to go before I can say I’ve got top 100 finishes on all tracks. I’m close to getting pushed out of the top 100 on Hill Climb (97), so I may need to try and improve that track if I’m lucky to get it in the Bunker again. I just never get those bunker tracks with bikes I can push up the leaderboards with. Just stoked to have the Bunny Hop behind me now.
Happy riding!
Simpledots
WHOA!!! Rigged Roadway with the Phantom happened this morning! These bunker tracks have been so difficult to best. I rarely get the tracks as is, but never get them with a bike needed to push into the top 100…. Stars aligned for me this morning and I jumped on the opportunity to take down one of the last two remaining tracks on my quest for top 100 finishes on all tracks. I needed to improve a 241 rank and made quick progress to 125, but stalled out there for while. I kept grinding and made it rain with loads of golden tickets…. I got close several times, but couldn’t beat my 125 ghost. I finally put a decent run together and took over the 77th rank with 2 hours and 30 minutes left on the clock. What a relief it is to finally check this track off the list. This leaves me with Sine City as the last track to best.
Happy riding all!
Simpledots
I’m still grinding away over here while trying to get Sine City to pop up in the bunker. It’s still the last track I need to crack the top 100 on.
I’ve been improving my ranks in the 80’s and finally made a decent jump on Planks and Mozzies. That time saver jump on the fourth wooden platform was very difficult for me to hit, in fact, I think I only made the jump successfully twice over the last several days as I tried improving an 85 rank… After many attempts, I finally hit the jump and made a small jump up the leaderboard to 75. I kept grinding away to climb my way to 69 with a very solid run without the timesaver.
I considered stopping there, but really wanted to hit that time saver since I was doing much better with the remainder of the track . After a few days of playing off and on with this track, I finally hit the time saver this morning after about 15 minutes. That run catapulted me up to 27. I didn’t have as clean of a start on the first two wooden sections, but I’m happy with the run.
Anyone else struggle with that time saver?
Onto the next one…
Simpledots
I improved my time on a couple older tracks over the last few days. I wanted to improve an 84 rank on Market Street which was one of my lower ranks now in the game. I switched it up and made my push upwards with the Harley-Davidson EV. This isn’t a bike I ever use and I miss the Midnight Circuit races since a lot of the ones towards the end used that bike.
Anyway, after some grinding, I started making decent progress on the track with the EV. I climbed up to 60, then 51 and wanted to see how much higher I could climb. I was able to make some improvements on my way to 40, then 37 and my current rank at 34. I think its possible to push things higher, but am settling in with that last rank. I believe it’s the best rank with that bike, I only found two other riders ranked in the top 100 with the EV…. Anyone up for trying it out? Kudos for those still ranked in the top 100 using the Bronco. There weren’t many of those in there either….
The second track I was able to improve was Crow Roofs. The time saver jump coming off the lifting ramp into the wheelie jump out of that bucket landing was nuts. I fumbled with the timing and angle most often. I was able to hit it more times then the one on planks and mozzies, but it was still tough sledding all the same. I needed to improve another 84 on this track and have tried unsuccessfully off and on for a while now. I went with the KTM 450 Rally on the track like so many others in the top 100. I made progress, but could never put together a clean enough run to push up the leader board. The time saver jump wrecked me more than any other spot on the track. However, if I managed to make that timesaver, the lower transition immediately following would be my undoing. I didn’t make any small incremental climbs on this track, but was able to make one jump from 84 to 31, so I’ll take that for now.
Onto the next one.
Simpledots
Sorry for the bunker man XD
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