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{{Header Nav|game=Diddy Kong Racing}}
{{Header Nav|game=Diddy Kong Racing}}


==Advanced Racing Techniques==
==Car==
==Car==
*Tapping {{n64|A}} instead of holding it during the entire course of the race will significantly increase your speed.
*Tapping {{n64|A}} instead of holding it during the entire course of the race will significantly increase your speed. This only works with the car.
*Release {{n64|A}} before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.
*Release {{n64|A}} before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.


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*Rapidly tapping {{n64|Left|Control}} and {{n64|Right|Control}} while steering will significantly increase your speed.
*Rapidly tapping {{n64|Left|Control}} and {{n64|Right|Control}} while steering will significantly increase your speed.
*Hop while making sharp turns to avoid the extreme lag involved with turning in a Hovercraft.
*Hop while making sharp turns to avoid the extreme lag involved with turning in a Hovercraft.
*Release {{n64|A}} before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.
==Plane==
==Plane==
*Barrel Rolls increase speed by an '''enormous''' amount, but restrict your ability to turn. Use them on straight ways, and they are sometimes a better option than hitting a zipper. Be careful not to do a Somersault, because that will stop you in place for a second or two.
*Barrel Rolls increase speed by an '''enormous''' amount, but restrict your ability to turn. Use them on straight ways, and they are sometimes a better option than hitting a zipper. Be careful not to do a Somersault, because that will stop you in place for a second or two.
*Release {{n64|A}} before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.
*Release {{n64|A}} before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.
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Latest revision as of 19:38, 22 January 2011

Car[edit]

  • Tapping A button instead of holding it during the entire course of the race will significantly increase your speed. This only works with the car.
  • Release A button before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.

Hover[edit]

  • Rapidly tapping Left control and Right control while steering will significantly increase your speed.
  • Hop while making sharp turns to avoid the extreme lag involved with turning in a Hovercraft.
  • Release A button before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.

Plane[edit]

  • Barrel Rolls increase speed by an enormous amount, but restrict your ability to turn. Use them on straight ways, and they are sometimes a better option than hitting a zipper. Be careful not to do a Somersault, because that will stop you in place for a second or two.
  • Release A button before hitting a zipper and don't accelerate until the green fire disappears. Smoke will appear in Adventure mode.