Coconut Mall: Difference between revisions

The current strategy for UR 3lap is to perform the ultra shortcut. The best way to perform the ultra shortcut is to repeatedly drive from the finish line to the [[Checkpoint system#Last KCP rule | last KCP]] in the parking lot to the right of the finish line. To start the race, you drive over to the wall on the right and perform a [[Wallclip#Parallel clip | parallel clip]], propelling you up to a [[horizontal wall]] (HW) flush with the "Coconut Mall" sign. By hitting the sign at its rightmost point, the sign will be facing diagonally, pushing you slightly towards the invisible wall to your right. As you are colliding with the HW and the sign, HWG is active for the next 20 frames, so you have enough room to barely pass through the invisible wall and fall OOB. The specific location you land is important, as the time spent in the air falling is time not spent on the ground accelerating. The stair collision extends partially OOB, so landing there lets you keep a small amount of speed forwards. You must [[Checkpoint system#CP1 trick | hit CP1]] here as otherwise you will be [[Checkpoint system#95% rule | 95% ruled]] when entering the last KCP. Once close enough to CP1, you decelerate in such a way that you can [[Standstill miniturbo | SSMT]] and turn to the right, have your hitbox extend to the left to hit CP1 for a frame, and then immediately be pushed by a wall to the right (where you want to travel). Once turned far enough, you use the second mushroom to accelerate, during which you charge a miniturbo. The miniturbo is faster overall due to an interaction with another wall during the hop, which decreases airtime and allows for sooner charging. The third mushroom is used as you drift around the last turn, where you hit the last KCP, and then align yourself for the finish line. On lap 2, you enter the lap with a [[Hop#Spin hop | spin hop]] wallclip and get a delayed lap count, skipping the need for hitting CP1 again. This hop is continued into a drift, where you charge and release a miniturbo and wheelie towards the last KCP, then drift once again to hit the last KCP and align yourself for the finish line. Lap 3 is exactly the same as lap 2, except for the fact that [[Wheelie#Optimal wheelie turning | optimal wheelie turning]] is used to get better angles in the lead-up to the finish line, which you enter immediately, rather than delaying the lap count, as there is no other lap to prevent yourself being 95% ruled in.

The current strategy for the UR flap is to perform the ultra shortcut. The premise of the route is to get OOB, get into a [[Supersliding#Wario Bike supersliding|Wario Bike superslide (WBSS)]] state, enter the lap facing forwards with significant EV in the backwards direction, hit the last KCP, and then use two mushrooms to reach the finish line. Thus, [[Vehicles#Wario Bike | Wario Bike]] is used. Only two mushrooms are necessary for the flap, so any method to get OOB which uses one mushroom is also optimal. In this particular TAS, Monster opted for the shroomless HWG entry near the shortcut path. Once OOB, you can navigate beneath the track towards the finish line, then perform the ultra shortcut. After entering the [[Checkpoint system#Reverse last CP rule | last CP]], you can navigate to the edge of the track's collision to enter the WBSS state, and then navigate back to the parking lot to prepare for a delayed lap count. In order to have the EV required to move backwards to the last KCP, you need to superslide in circles for over 20 seconds, before you can eject from the superslide state to have the bike's hitbox extend over the wall, finally entering lap 2. The knockback from the wall redirects the EV towards the last KCP, where you can perform [[Hop#Momentum hop | momentum hops]] to maintain it. Once close enough to the last KCP, you can use two mushrooms to reach the finish line. Unlike the end of the UR 3lap, it is faster to stay in the parking lot and hop over the wall, as you don't have to spin hop clip to get over it with mushroom boost.

The current strategy for the NU 3lap is to take advantage of various methods to get into and navigate OOB. The premise of the route is to get OOB on lap 1, skip several turns before returning back in-bounds in the middle of lap 2, then getting OOB again on lap 3, where you skip the same turns as lap 1, before finishing the race. As a no ultra TAS, every KCP has to be hit, so the route taken OOB is slightly unorthodox. To get OOB on laps 1 and 3, you need to; drift into the ramp next to the shortcut path, trick off it, land from that trick, get a high trick with the trick boost, use a mushroom to extend the boost long enough for you to land near the end of the fence, and get HWG. As a further optimisation, you can get a low enough bounce off the HW to let you drift left slightly, and trick off the banister, the collision of which extends partially OOB. The best place to use the remaining mushroom is immediately before passing through a wall on lap 2, such that you can get a [[Drift#Clip drift | clip drift]], charge a miniturbo, and release it as you enter back in-bounds, skipping the need to accelerate up to wheelie speed and realign around the pillar. For a full explanation of the rest of the TAS, see the NG 3lap section, as this entire TAS is not very optimized and misses out on a plethora of strategies.

The current strategy for the NU flap is to perform a delayed lap count OOB, return back in-bounds, then return back in-bounds, before completing the lap, hitting all KCPs in the process. Unlike the UR flap, all 3 mushrooms are needed in the lap, so a shroomless OOB method is required (though, as already stated, the UR flap uses an optional shroomless OOB method anyway, so this is not a problem). From here, the ultra shortcut is performed solely for convenience (if it were necessary, this would not be a NU flap), where you once again enter the last CP before navigating in front of the finish line to perform a delayed lap count. Again, unlike the UR flap, this is done at the very front of CP0, in order to start as far into the lap as possible. From here, the same general route from lap 2 of the NU 3lap is used. You use the first mushroom to accelerate from a stop upon entering lap 2, then using a bounce from accelerating, get a slip drift, charge a miniturbo, and release it, letting you align back in-bounds. You use the second mushroom as you pass through the wall used for a clip drift in the NU 3lap, but here you do not return immediately in-bounds; you drive underneath the U-turn before drifting, charging a miniturbo, and releasing it to align for the fountain. During this entire sequence, you hit KCP1 (during the first shroom) and KCP2 (during the second shroom). Upon hitting the fountain, you launch off it with very a very precise position and approach, trick with [[Trick#Side trick abuse | STA]], and clear the invisible wall opposite, landing back OOB. Finally, when clipping through the outermost wall, you perform another clip drift, then wheelie towards the last KCP, and drift and wheelie towards the finish line. As with the UR 3lap, optimal wheelie turning is used to perfect the angle leading towards the finish line.

The current strategy for the NG 3lap is to drive 3 laps normally. To begin the race, you must lose some time in order to get a [[Quantised movement#Stick | stick]] on the stairs at full speed. In this particular TAS, it is opted to lose time during the [[start slide]] and then wheelie slightly late during the start boost. After the stair stick, you perform a sequence known as the "double banister trick" where you; drive onto the edge of the left banister, fall off and trick such that you immediately land, hop and drift to realign to the right, wheelie to reach max trick boost speed, hop such that you can land flush on the back end of the banister, wheelie to ensure you stick, then trick. You then align yourself towards the shortcut path, using the first mushroom before immediately hopping to drift through the shortcut. During this drift, you charge a miniturbo, which you release when the boost runs out, as well as wheelieing. Next, you perform a [[Low trick#RFH low trick | RFH low trick]] and pass through the fence below to fall to the ground faster. You then wheelie and align towards the rightmost banister, where you perform the double banister trick (on the hop to get the stick at the top, you can use the opposite edge instead of the middle, which can be done on all double banister tricks except the initial one on lap 1). After this, you are coming in from too far to the right, so must [[Drift#Spin drift | spin drift]] around the U-turn. However, it is fastest to hold the drift and [[Wallclip#Bonk clip]] as you release the MT instead of doing a [[chain drift]] as soon as the MT is charged and charging/releasing a second one. After the bonk clip, you wheelie and align yourself towards the left edge of the first (what is it called), and trick off the first edge past the half-way point, letting you continue your movement forwards as you [[low trick]] with a drift. Upon landing from the first trick, you align for the a similar spot on the right side of the second (what is it called) and low trick with a wheelie. Upon landing from the second trick, you align to the right side of the fountain, and [[Trick#Buffering | buffer]] the first of two tricks, allowing you to delay the second. The next U-turn is taken similarly to the first (by holding a single drift), and the MT is released at a point which balances the time spent in a drift with the time spent on the following boost panel. On the following turn, you clip drift the pillar in the middle of the split path to release the MT from the drift sooner. When exiting the mall, you low trick the (what is it called) with a drift, then [[Trick#Hop trick | hop trick]] off the boost ramp before hitting the wall beside it, performing a [[wall trick]]. Finally, you charge/release a MT from a drift into the first boost panel, [[Wheelie#Rehop | rehop]] to align for the second, rehop to align for the third, and charge/release a MT from a drift into the finish line. Laps 2 and 3 use the exact same strategies, except for the first escalator using the modified double banister trick, the wall trick exiting the mall using a spin hop trick (this was found after lap 1 was completed), and the different car cycles requiring differing types of hopping and drifting on each boost panel.

The current strategy for the NG flap is to drive 1 lap normally. The strategies used are slightly earlier revisions of those demonstrated in the NG 3lap. The first mushroom is used to RFH over the stairs before the first double banister trick, the second mushroom is used in the regular shroomspot, and the third mushroom is used on the turn before the boost panels.

* It is faster to charge a MT when entering the parking lot OOB

* It is faster to charge a MT during the second shroom

* It is faster to [[Wheelie#Rewheelie | rewheelie]] after releasing the MT at the top of the second U-turn to get less time spent in a drift and more time spent on the boost panel

* The flap simply needs updating to all the new NG 3lap strats

* It is not know whether or not [[Vehicles#Shooting Star | Shooting Star]] can perform the "high jump strat", which would let the vehicle rival IDBs, due to the use of superhopping being viable.