Slipstream 5OOO Hints and Tips ============================== Supplied by Tony Casson from Gremlin Interactive ------------------------------------------------ Cheat Mode ========== Type REFINERY on the main menu screen. Lets the user chooses and track. Lets the user buy any weapons and any turbos. 'Championship' Tips =================== Difficulty:- 'Hard' Race 1 - Arizona ---------------- First race of the season. Make sure you have bought a charger and away you go! After starting the race wait until you are at full speed then use your turbo. To the right hand side of Coyote Spire there is another turbo icon; pick it up and use it straight away. Keep flying as low as possible, this will keep you out of range of the opponent's targetters. Start to pull up just before the bridge towards the left hand wall. Straight after the bridge, high on the wall there is a secret compartment that contains turbo icons and other goodies. Pick a turbo up and leave the secret compartment in one move without slowing down. You might have to practice a little as this is quite tricky to do. Take the right hand split at full speed, using the turbo as you exit the tunnel section. Again keep as low as possible, all the way past the dam. Do not use the pit lane on this level. After the dam pick up one of the turbo bonuses. If there is more than one, use the turbo. If not keep it until the last lap when you are approaching the finish line, for that last push for the line! Race 2 Chicago -------------- If you have enough money buy the Loader.This track is a lot easier than it looks! Again, wait untill full speed before using the turbo. At the first split, go right and sraight into the pit lane which is on the left, as you exit the first split. As you enter the blue section of the pit lane, toggle your turbo and activate it. Using this method you will get a few seconds of extra turbo while it charges in the pit lane. Use the right split and pit lane method every lap until the last lap which it is best to save the turbo until close to the finish line. Race 3 Amazon ------------- Don't buy anything for this track. Save up for a turbo on the next race. Probably the easiest track of the season. Full throttle all the way is possible. Take the right hand side of Incas Island and away you go. Race 4 London ------------- If you have enough money buy the 3rd turbo. Do not buy the second or fourth turbo as the improvement is not good enough to warrant buying these. If you have any money left buy a disrupter, but use it sparingly you will need it on the next level too. Personally this is my favourite track. Shoot off from the line, but don't use your turbo yet. The first right turn is easy but beware of the hard left. It is possible at top speed but it requires a lot of skill to take this properly. The rest of the track should be taken at full speed. If you are able to fly low to the ground take the right split it is slightly faster if not play safe and take the left. Continue at full speed out onto the Thames then use the turbo you have been keeping up your sleave. At the end of the Thames there is a hard left turn, again this can be taken at full speed but be careful it's very tricky. In the tunnels again go through the pit lane on every lap, and save the turbo for the long straight of the Thames, until the last lap where you should again keep it for the final push for the line. Race 5 Norway ------------- If you used all of your disrupter bolts on the last track and you have enough money buy another. After the start keep as low as possible, its harder to fly but at least you keep out of reach of the other ships blaster bolts. Take the right hand split it's easily the quicker of the 2 and use any turbos you can pick up on the way. Follow the track round until the pit lane, use this every lap, but do not use the turbo. Out of the pit lane push down quickly then top right on the joystick, this should get you round the corner without hitting anything. On the sraight use your turbo. Race 6 Egypt ------------ If you can afford it, buy a supply of scamblers, if not one of the cheaper weapons will do. After the start and the first couple of corners keep high on the track or you will hit the moving blast door. Continue as fast as you can until the split, take the bottom split but be warned the right hand turn in this split is very hard. If you are not that good at taking tight corners then take the top split instead. The rest of the track is straight forward. Try not to use the pit lane on this track, and save a turbo for the finish line. Race 7 France ------------- Use weapons sparingly on this level as the track twists and turns too quickly for a missile to hit unless from close range. Very fast and tight corners. Basically stay to the left hand of all the track except when you enter the cavern Do not use the pit lane unless you need too. Race 8 Hawaii ------------- Try and have the top turbo by this stage, but be careful not to use it on some of the corners, unless of course you want to crash! The only thing to watch out for is the moving blast doors; get suck on one of these and you will lose a lot of ground. Try to avoid using the pit lane, as you'll lose too much time. Use turbos carefully, the best place to use them is on the Plantations straight. Race 9 - Tokyo -------------- The ambler is a good weapon for this level, use it on Fuji climb. Another level with a secret compartment. When you start fly down the first tunnel and you will see a Software Refinery poster on the wall, you can fly in to this for some extra goodies. Again there isn't really much else to say except that the pit lane if taken properly and at fully speed can be better than the other way (if not as pretty). Race 1O New York ---------------- Load up to the hilt with as many weapons as you can, blast the other ships into submission. Short but sweet, a nice easy track to finish off the season. Short easy turns, you must fly at full speed all the way round. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PC Game Cheat & Info list maintainer (current version is .4) http://www.panix.com/~viper/ (wait for your comments) ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/solutions/non-IF/cheatlam.txt ftp://wcl-l.bham.ac.uk/pub/djh/faqs/cheat.list ftp://ftp.nucleus.com/pub/cheats/cheat_li.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------