Glitched Guide

The plan of this guide is to have guides for all levels on how to preform the glitches

# Setting up
To get started make sure you are on either Wii U/Xbox 360/PS3/PSVita and you are playing on unpatched. Check out https://www.speedrun.com/asrt/guide/a3rov to see how to.

# Respot
The respot glitch is a bit tricky to understand at first so gonna write something short on it here.

## The Glitch
The respot can be set up in many tracks. Now how it works is you pause in a spot just before you are about to respawn. You restart and now that respawn position is stored. What that means is if you respawn as long as you are on the same lap as you did the respot in you will respawn in that location. 

Now some important things to remember is that you still have to hit the lap triggers that allow you to complete a lap. on some tracks this means you go through a part of the track before respawning.


(Videos will be added soon as i get them done)
# Ocean View
## GP mode
none
## Time Attack / Single Race
https://youtu.be/FJQQMAZBA8k
# Samba Studios
## GP mode, Single Race & Time Attack
https://youtu.be/yDogJ01W_bw
# Carrier Zone
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Dragon Canyon
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Temple Trouble
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Galactic Parade
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Seasonal Shrines
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Rouge's Landing
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Dream Valley
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Chilly Castle
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Graffiti City
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Sanctuary Falls
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Graveyard Gig
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Adders Lair
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Burning Depths
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Race of AGES
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Sunshine Tour
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Shibuya Downtown
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Roulette Road
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Egg Hangar
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack
# Outrun Bay
## GP mode
## Single Race
## Time Attack

Guide to Advanced Tech

This guide will go over the more advanced tech you most likely wouldn't have learned normally. I'll try to make this as informative, yet to the point as I can.

General things of note:

	**- Boost Levels**
It is important to note the various levels of boosts you can have. Lv1 = Red. Lv2 = Purple. Lv3 = Blue. Lv4 = Orange. Lv5 = Blue (longer). Lv6 = Orange (with rings).

	**- Road Incline/Decline**
This should come as no surprise, but it's good to keep in mind that going up an incline will slow your vehicle down, while going down declines will speed it up. The same applies to planes. Gaining altitude will slow you, while losing altitude speeds you up. This can be useful to remember in certain situations.

	**- Boost Speed Cap**
This game has a sort of speed cap imposed on boosts. As an example, if you were to use a level 3 boost, then pass over a boost pad a few moments later, you would actually be slowed down, because the speed from the higher level boost is still in effect for some time, thus, the lower level boost will cut your speed. Additionally, it's generally a bad idea to use a bunch of low level boosts in quick succession, rather than charging level 3 boosts and using those instead. Cars will lose speed instantly when going from a high to low level boost, and planes will lose speed gradually over a short period of time.

	**- Water**
Funnily enough, the Speed Cap doesn't apply to boats. It's a good idea to use a high level boost in the water, then follow up with a short level 1 boost because it adds onto your current boost and gives you a bit of an extra push. It also doesn't hurt to use many level 1 boosts in water either, though, that brings up an issue worth noting.
Drifting in water slows you down, for whatever reason, if you are airborne from a wave, or jump. It's a good idea to drift in water on areas without many waves, as it's relatively flat, and otherwise try to drift only for turns and vehicle adjustment.

	 
#Advanced Tech Basics
This section will go over the various tricks you can learn to improve your skill, some more basic than others.

	**- Drift Holding**
This is a trick you may have figured out on your own. Normally, a person might drift while holding the analog stick against the direction they are drifting, however, it is possible to extend the length of a drift by tapping the analog stick against the drift instead.
https://youtu.be/0B8MLsLLY4Q

	**- Boost Stacking**
Again, something you probably noticed on your own. You are able to combine any boosts together in this game, to create higher level boosts. If, for example, you have a charged level 3 boost, you can hold it until you approach a boost pad, and release it as you pass over it to get a higher level boost. It's also good to know that if two boost pads are close enough together, you can pass over both of them to combine boosts that way too.
https://youtu.be/_z9Np7644Ec


#Stunt Tech
This section will go over the various types of stunt tech in the game.

	**- Lv4 Stunt Boost**
Normally, a person might just stunt using the same direction multiple times (up, up, up or down, down, down for example), but that will only give you a level 3 boost in total. By doing three unique stunts however (up, down, left or left, down, right and so on), you can get a level 4 boost.
https://youtu.be/8MWteK4tYP4

	**- Drift Rolling**
When going off of a jump, you can drift, and roll towards the road ahead to push yourself forward slightly. This can be useful to gain forward momentum, especially on big jumps. Remember, doing this will keep charging your current drift boost charge as well, so it can be very useful on jumps that have enough height to roll while still charging your current boost, then get in a Lv4 Stunt Boost before landing, and that can be released to get a higher level boost, or stored for later.
https://youtu.be/YmDVYrut-2A

	**- Angle Rolling**
Mostly useful during water sections, or going through transform rings, you can turn your vehicle slightly to the side and roll forward at an angle.
https://youtu.be/AZ3LOn_asJs

	**- Faux Stunt Fail**
You are probably aware that if you try to stunt too fast, the stunt will fail. Well, this can be a good thing in some cases once you take Boost Stacking into account. In some sections where you may only need to stunt once, you can avoid triggering the level 1 boost you get from that, so that you can maintain your speed from a previous higher level boost. All you need to do is quickly tap the stick twice. Your character will stunt, then 'fail' it, and land normally without boosting.
It's also worth noting, you can do this to force a landing in the middle of a stunt. For example, if you happen to be stunting on a small hop, or are simply not sure if you can fully complete a stunt, you can quickly double tap a stunt to force your character to land safely, although without any of the boosts you had stored. Do note though, that this can't be abused to force stunt all small hops a track may have to save time, because it'll slow you, unless you're under the influence of a boost.
https://youtu.be/3e_6AGdJNk0

	**- Risk Boosts**
During flight sections, you can fly towards an obstacle, and stunt away from it at the last second to gain a Risk Boost. Depending on the track, you can chain this together many times. It is also possible to stunt away from two obstacles in a row for a Danger Boost, and three obstacles in a row for a Reckless Boost, however, anything above a Risk Boost is usually much harder to pull off, and generally not worth going for.
https://youtu.be/uJkl6GEUG0k

	**- Risk Boost Storage**
It's possible to store a Risk Boost before going into a Transform Ring, by avoiding an obstacle as normal, then constantly stunting towards the ring without letting it go off. The next time you go into a Transform Ring for a flight section, the stored Risk Boost will still be there, and you can let it go off. This can be useful for Time Attack, so that you can start a fresh lap with a Risk Boost.
https://youtu.be/MfZr3saqCyc


#Risky Tech
This section will cover the difficult tech that may not be worth going for.

	**- Transform Launch**
Definitely the most complex tech here. During a flight section, if you approach a Transform Ring at a very specific angle while drifting, then hold the analog stick in the opposite direction that you're drifting right as you touch the Transform Ring, you will launch in that held direction. This trick is very difficult to control, and if you don't do it correctly, will typically shoot you off into the great unknown. May or may not be worth investing time to learn depending on who you are.
https://youtu.be/7uKK-Ud-htg

	**- Double Boost from a Single Boost Pad**
While not as complex as the Transform Launch, I would say this trick is far less worth going for. If you drift towards a Boost Pad and hit it with the nose of your car, then quickly drift in the opposite direction to hit that same Pad with the tail of your car, you can get a second boost added from it. The timing of this is very tight, and you need to be a specific distance from the Pad, because essentially, you're leaving the Pad and re-hitting it. On top of that, the trick is even harder to pull off with smaller cars like Ralph. Furthermore, while you can most likely do this with any Boost Pad, the easiest ones to get it would be on straight paths, which limits where you can even attempt it at all.
https://youtu.be/68eLoUtgNtU

Resetting the game and restoring old save files (PC Steam version)

-- DELETING YOUR SAVE FILE --

First thing you wanna do is disable Steam cloud sync for the game. You do that by rightclicking the game in your Steam library > Properties > Updates, and then uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud Synchronization". Alternatively, you can as well put Steam into offline mode

Next you have to remove the file which saves your progress, which is C:\program files\Steam\userdata\[whatever your Steam account ID is]\212480\remote\ast_save.bin. It's recommended to not delete it, but instead backing it up somewhere, because apparently it can happen that Steam synchronization fails, and in this case you can restore it (see below)

This will allow you to play the game on either a new save file or completely without saving at all. The game asks you at the beginning if you want to create a new savefile. It is recommended to play without savefile, since it is faster and makes resetting the game quicker


-- RESTORING YOUR SAVE FILE --

For getting back an old save file from before resetting the game (in case you have a casual / online / 100% save file), there's 2 possibilities:

First one being enabling Steam Cloud Synchronization again (or put Steam back to online mode). When you now launch the game, Steam will ask you in which direction you wanna synchronize. If you choose "download to this machine", the save file that is backupped in Steam cloud will be downloaded and you will have your previous file back. 

An alternative way, and also a backup way in case you accidently overwrite the file in your Steam cloud or Steam synchronization fails you (which apparently can happen so be warned), is to manually backup ast_save.bin somewhere before deleting it when you reset the game. However, if the game did not save a save file last time you've played it (for example when you've done speedruns without saving), it won't recognize the file when you move your backupped file back to it's original folder and ask you to create a new save file. But if the game already has a save it's running with, you can just replace it. So open the game, create a new save file, and then replace the new ast_save.bin with your backupped file

Setting up

We often get a lot of questions on how to set up controllers and other things like that so the goal of this guide is to get through all of those.

# Controller for PC
Almost all controllers are supported through steam. So here are the steps.
* 1. Go to settings
https://i.imgur.com/UE6f5yE.png
* 2. Go to controller settings
https://i.imgur.com/W9Dt68j.png
* 3. Go to general controller settings 
https://i.imgur.com/RJvDKm4.png
* 4. Select the controller type that you are using on.
https://i.imgur.com/Vf06LTl.png
* And that is it now the controller should just work as long as its plugged in<
* Extra: You can change the buttons going here on a per game basis
https://i.imgur.com/aXfTDih.png

# Console / Glitched
You can play glitched on PS3/Xbox 360/PSVita/WiiU however if  you have updated the game on Wii U it can't be reverted on the other consoles it can.

## Xbox 360
* 1. Disconnect from the internet (you can't be connected to the internet while doing glitched)
You can disconnect from the internet going to your Xbox 360's settings then going to Network settings and disconnecting from the internet.
* 2. Delete the update.
1) You can delete the update by going to settings.
2) Then to storage. 
3) Next you have to select the location where the game is installed. 
4) Then select Games and Apps. 
5) Then select Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
6) Then select the update (not Saved Game or Xbox 360 Game or Downloaded items)
7) And then delete and that's it as long as you are offline on your console you can play the game unpatched.

## PS3 (by Muffin)
1) Go to "Game Data Utility"
2) Delete Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed™ (aka the game above)
OPTIONAL 2.5) Turn off network to remove patch screen, can be skipped w/o
3) When asked to download Version 1.02, press Circle. (Do this step every launch of the game)
4) Your Done!

## PSVita
Will come in a later update of the guide

# Livesplit
* 1. I recommend watching this guide 1st
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2cfeN9xHjM
* 2. Splits can be found under the rescouces tab (here https://www.speedrun.com/asrt/resources)

Name	Author
Glitched Guide	Tailsdk 3 years ago
Guide to Advanced Tech	Raijin 6 years ago
Resetting the game and restoring old save files (PC Steam version)	Nimputs 7 years ago
Setting up	Tailsdk 2 years ago