Trophy Help Thread *All tricks and tips welcome*

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by H3avyM3tal

Well, after watching several videos of Beat Zico, I am certain that it is not that hard. After 3 tries I am down to 31:00, so getting from there to 30:82 is easy if I just don't grind walls and such. It is tricky only because of the BR you have to do when you get on the overpass. 31:00 after oh 150 laps (half of which is making a lap just to get the speed boost, so technically, its 75 laps. Good music and some food is yer best friend here).

So what I'm saying, after a friend of mine quit trying to beat Zico is: Don't fret! I know it looks impossible, but people are still doing it, and none of them is superhuman. Hell, if I let such a small thing stop me from playing, I would've stopped playing racers when Gran Turismo came out!

Have faith racers!

Hi, I remember when I thought Zico was sooo hard, and today I tried like 40 laps
on AP venom (with Icaras), and correctly executed the BR onto the overpass maybe
34-35 times!!

I was expecting a much lower success-rate, but I'm glad, obviously.
Whenever it failed, it was because my ship wasn't sufficiently on the right
before the jump, or because I wasn't coming in a diagonal (left => right) before
the jump.

A month ago I would do a successful BR out of 3... so what has changed?
I think I wasn't really feeling BRs, I knew I had to put the ship to the right,
pitch it up and do a left-right-left combination, and land it more to the right
of the overpass, but I was always thinking too much of how to do it, instead of
just doing it like now... (Nike: just do it.) hehe.

[stin]

Well, I have managed to beat Zico last night!, to be honest, that was so bloody hard!

Before, I have tried anything without somebody`s ghost, took me just under 800 laps and got to 30.01. I was getting demented by it.

After, I decided to try their ghost through El`s website, I did tried Rubix42`s ghost, but wrong type of codex and lastly I went for Armobis`s ghost 30.72.

And now, just under 200 laps later, alot of really close times stupid BRs and eventually done it! Hooraay!!

My time is now 30.56 and a trophy!

here is my link as proof! ---->http://cid-abbbe002add06a0b.skydrive...Zico%20003.JPG

[FrenkyV]

Nice

I managed not to beat him but get exactly the same time 30.82 , but its enough for the trophy

First i got like 100 laps till get to 31.00. Then another 100 to get me to 30.86 (!)
Finally i got it, and got the trophy, but i don't think i ever can go faster then 80.82

[SabinSlash]

Here's a nice tip for anyone looking to get the "Hold your fire" Trophy...

Even though i didn't have much trouble getting it myself.

Play the detonator on Anulpha pass forward, most of the mines can be avoided by riding the ship between the wall and the Border line and when you get to the Straight away - short cut part all the mines seem to spawn dead center so its easy to ride the edge of the platform and whiz by those mines.

here's a nifty diagram: the arrow is you, the "O" is the now harmless mine

| o ^|

Hope it helps someone.

Peace.

- LL

Oh, i guess the above only helps if you not allowed to use your EMP while trying to get this trophy.

I wasn't sure so i did it without the EMP.

[okam]

You can use the EMP, I did and I got the trophy (on Corridon 12).

[SabinSlash]

Then i guess the above tip would be for really bad racers... i didn't know you could use EMP...

[sny]

EMP is your enemy when going for 'Hold your Fire'. I've said it before and I'll... uh... link to it again.

[silverfoxy]

Another little tip but sure most people will have got this trophy already

If anyone still needs Airbraker trophy then Syncopia is the place for you. 1st time I tried it on AP I just got to zone 50 before crashing. Think I had about 95% energy left when tried it on Syncopia.

Winner !!

[okam]

Originally Posted by sny

EMP is your enemy when going for 'Hold your Fire'. I've said it before and I'll... uh... link to it again.

Since it's so easy to fill up your EMP bar, just fill it all the way up, use the EMP and it clears a large section of the track for you. Grab all the pads from the cleared area ahead of you, and use the EMP when you start seeing mines again.

That's what I did, and I got the trophy on my first try. No evading of mines necessary, you can just cruise the middle of the track and chillax