Yo!

A bit ago, I told myself that unless there was a way to maintain high speeds in New York (much like with what the EX Speed Tech provides for the Any% run), there would really be no way to improve the time past 1:56. In fact, most tracks that are snowing/have snow on it (Banff, Munich, Helsinki, and Zurich come to mind in the 100% run) have the same problem that plagues New York: keeping EX speed around turns due to car sliding. And then, a few days later, I found what I'm going to call "Turn Throttling", and it's rather simple to perform, so long as you're paying attention to your speed and the turns in which you can and can't perform this tech on.

"Turn Throttling" works as follows: on ¤most¤ semi-sharp turns where you would normally slow down to deal with car sliding (e.g. most snow levels, including the ones mentioned above), quickly tap the input for the direction you're heading instead. By doing this, you are effectively abusing the turn timer that triggers your car to slide if you're holding a turn at too high of a speed for too long.

...and that's pretty much it. Well, almost...

This doesn't work on every turn. This trick certainly doesn't work on turns for "dry" tracks (but, in some cases, you can throttle or let go of your gas while holding your turn input to make those turns without sacrificing too much speed, or worse, hitting a car/obstacle that would cause you to spin out), and on tracks you would hope to use this trick on, there are just some turns that you can't use trick on, on account of the turn being too sharp to begin with.

New York, for example, has two turns that you definitely can't apply this tech to. See here:

I've labeled the two turns that occur on the minimap that you DEFINITELY can't do this trick on, simply because the turns would cause you to spin out on an obstacle. For the first red circle (the first right turn that you encounter from the start), you may want to take that turn going no faster than about 195-200 MPH. The second red circle requires an even slower speed, right around 175-180 MPH to take that turn properly, so make sure you're already prepped to take those turns from their respective opposite sides. You can boost going through each of those turns, so long as you don't overdo it. I've also made a gray/grey circle in the picture above as another important spot; trying to just turn throttle here while going over 240 MPH, nine times out of ten, will cause you to crash into the side as well. I tend to let throttle of the gas button in the same way I would perform the turn throttle. You gain a larger turning radius by turning and momentarily letting go of the gas at high speeds, comparable to simply turning alone (turn throttling included).

I'll have to see if this works on raining tracks as well, but I don't think it would have too much use in a 100% run, other than to travel around Sydney without Wet Tires (but that would be too risky in itself, wouldn't it?). If it does, I'll update this guide as well.

As always, thanks for reading this guide. Good luck, and happy speedrunning!

-Rally