A few general tips

## Original game VS remaster

If you're going to start running this game, check the [Full Throttle Remastered (FTR) guides](https://www.speedrun.com/full_throttle_remastered/guides). Most of what's mentioned there applies to this game as well.

There are a few differences between the original game and the remaster, though. Arguably the most important one is that the remaster doesn't let you buffer inputs, but the original game does. That means that, for instance, in the original game you can hold Esc and skip several consecutive cutscenes. So, whenever the guides for FTR mention spam-pressing a certain key, in the original game you can just hold that key. In order for this to work effectively, configure your keyboard in your operating system settings and set repeat delay to short.

In the original game there are no loading times either. If you combine the lack of loading times with input buffers and the "Quick Enter" mechanic (see below), you'll find that in certain sections you can hold Enter and move the cursor around to move between areas.

In the remaster, you can use the mouse wheel to scroll the inventory. You can't do so in the original game.

The remaster offers a "Remastered gameplay" option. The only thing we know about this option is that it makes the mine road RNG a bit more friendly, as [explained by one of the developers](https://steamcommunity.com/app/228360/discussions/0/133262848301281853/#c133263024014372103).

The mine road is also easier in the remaster because you can distinguish between different bikers from a distance. In the original game, some bikers look exactly the same until you start the fight.

## Quick Enter

The "Quick Enter" mechanic was found by The Curse of Monkey Island (COMI) speedrunners, and it can also be used in Full Throttle (and FTR) and The Dig. It allows you to leave a screen by pressing Enter on the exit once instead of double-clicking on it.

Holding Enter works as well, but that means you'll be pressing Enter as soon as you enter the next screen. Sometimes this is exactly what you want, but sometimes it isn't, so be careful!

This is how hyperformance described how the mechanic works in COMI:

> quick enter works by default everywhere (with some edge cases). Single clicking anywhere disables it, but you can re-enable it by double clicking anywhere. You can't double click an item when selecting it from inventory, so an alternative can be to use the quick selection button (C)

There are some small differences in Full Throttle. Here it isn't enabled by default, so you'll have to double-click on the exit to leave the first room of the game (right after you escape from the dumpster). After that, since you just double-clicked, it's enabled.

The other difference is that in Full Throttle you don't use C to select items in the inventory; you use Enter. This is more convenient, since you probably want to use the Enter key to move as well.

So, basically, use Enter to move and to select items from the inventory, and use the T (Talk), E (examine), P (Punch / Pick up) and K (Kick) hotkeys to interact. If you single-click somewhere, double-click to re-enable Quick Enter.

One thing to note: Quick Enter won't work when using the RC car. You'll have to double-click on the exit.

## Schmoovement

Starting with The Secret of Monkey Island, in all SCUMM games characters move alternating a short step and a long step. Usually, when walking to the left or up, characters start their movement with a long step. And, when walking to the right or down, characters start their movement with a short step. So, if you hold Enter while walking up or left and move the cursor constantly, Ben will start a new movement after each step, meaning he'll take exclusively long steps, so he'll move faster. The opposite is also true: if you hold Enter while walking down or right, Ben will move slower. Credit to mikeSpeedyAdventures for finding this mechanic.

These are the known places where you can move faster using this technique (disclaimer: it's hard to know how much you'd save with perfect schmoovement; the numbers below are merely approximate):

* Getting to Todd's trailer. Saves about 1.0-1.1 seconds.
* Getting to the junkyard's door to use the lock. Saves about 0.2-0.3 seconds.
* Getting to the parts pile after using the magnet. Saves about 0.6-0.8 seconds.
* Getting to the pillow at Mo's uncle's ranch. Saves about 0.1-0.2 seconds.
* Going back to the bike after tipping the truck. Saves about 0.7-0.9 seconds.
* Going back to the bike after getting the hover lift. How much it saves depends on where you enter this screen from (the bike will be in a different position depending on that). Saves about 0.3 seconds when your bike is close. If your bike is further up the road, it saves about 1.5-2.0 seconds (you'll have to get to the bike from the right in this case; by default Ben will walk to the left before getting there).
* Getting to the crack in the wall to open the secret passage. Saves about 0.2 seconds. Careful with this one: if you move too fast, you might kick the wall too early, and the passage won't open.

If you hold Enter on a hotspot, the actions menu will appear, so avoid hotspots while using schmoovement. Also note that sometimes using schmoovement gives you less time to prepare the cursor for the next action than simply clicking on a hotspot; you might want to take that into account.

Easy way to do the derby super jump glitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqyKdLo785M

Mine road routes and strategies

The mine road is the main RNG section of the game. The difference between good RNG and bad RNG could be several minutes.

Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to minimize the time loss when luck doesn't go your way. Disclaimer: there are still things we don't know about the mine road, like the way the RNG works. So this isn't a definitive guide but a compilation of the things we currently (as of February 2026) know.

This guide assumes you're already familiar with the mine road. If not, check the mine road sections of the [Full Throttle Remastered guides](https://www.speedrun.com/full_throttle_remastered/guides). Shout-outs to Happypembles and GrubbyD for the video guides.

## Entering the mine road

After getting the fertilizer, go back to the ranch, make the boom boom brothers follow you, and get to the bridge.

At this point, you have two options.

The first option is the traditional one: go back to the ranch, then go to the crash site, get the hover lift, and then enter the mine road. Technically, you can also go directly from the bridge to the crash site, but the road there takes about 17 seconds, making it much slower.

The second option is getting to the mine road from the bridge. This option is usually faster (worst case scenario, it's as fast as the first option), and more flexible.

Here's the reason. With the first option, after getting the goggles and the booster, you'll have to go to the cave. If you're far from the cave entrance, this will take a considerable amount of time. On the other hand, with the second option, you can decide what to do depending on where you are. Besides, if you're near exits that lead to the crash site, taking them will be faster than the best possible scenario you'd get with the first option (see the "exiting the mine road" section below).

## Weapons, fights and RNG

You know the drill: you use the fertilizer to get the chainsaw, use the chainsaw to get the chain and the wooden plank, use the chain to get the booster, and use the wooden plank to get the goggles.

There are two significant differences between the original game and what the guides for the remaster mention.

First, in the original game, all Vultures are identical from a distance. You don't know which one you're going to fight until the fight starts. In the remaster, you can tell which Vulture it is in advance.

And, second, in the original game, once you get the right weapon, every fight is the same. You choose the right weapon, get as close to the other biker as possible, and hold Enter. You don't have to wait for the chainsaw lady to start talking, and you don't have to wait for the Cavefish to look up.

The bikers you find are random to a certain point. There seem to be a few rules:

* You never find the same biker twice in a row.
* Most of the time, the first four Vultures you meet will be all different. Not always, though. The same probably applies to the first three Rottwheelers you find.
* If you meet a Vuture, the next Vulture you meet will usually (maybe always) be different. Same with Rottwheelers.
* Once you defeat the chainsaw lady, it's unlikely you'll see her again.

This is helpful to a certain point. For instance, sometimes you get the chain before meeting the booster guy. You can't fight him the first time you meet him, so you have to meet him twice. Ideally, since you've already got the chain, you'd like to meet him twice in a row, but that isn't possible. So, after you meet him for the first time, if you see a Vulture, it won't be him; you can skip that one.

Since we don't know much about the mine road RNG, there might be yet-to-be-found strategies to predict who you're going to meet next.

## Biker positions and jumps

Before you read this part of the guide, I strongly recommend checking the mine road section in the [Full Throttle Remastered Advanced Speedrunner's Guide](https://www.speedrun.com/full_throttle_remastered/guides/uyolk).

There are nine places where you can find other riders. Assuming you enter the mine road from the bridge, the places are:

1. Right after you enter the mine road.
2. When you get to the first arch.
3. When you get to the second exit.
4. Right after the third exit.
5. No clear reference for this one. You're going straight ahead for a moment after a long left turn, and you can't see them when they appear, since there's another left turn nearby.
6. After you pass an arch and turn left.
7. After a sharp left turn.
8. Immediately after the seventh one, during a sharp right turn.
9. When you get to the sixth (and last) exit.

The explanation of the jumps in the advanced guide for the remaster is still valid in the original game, but, as mentioned earlier, there's one important difference. In the original game, when you see a Vulture, you've no idea who they are until you start the battle; from a distance, they're identical.

What this means is that it'd be great if you knew what to do once you enter a battle and you decide to flee. That is, how many jumps it'll take till you meet the next rider.

Since we're at it, it'd also be great if you knew what happens when you win a fight.

But there's a catch: depending on who you win against, you'll end up in a different position. So the number of jumps you'll have to take after fighting, let's say, the third rider, will be different depending on who that third rider was.

Also, the number of times you have to jump if you flee or win might be slightly different depending on where you were when the fight started.

I don't know all the possible combinations, which means **the following table is incomplete**. Take it just as a starting point so other runners (maybe you?) can make a better one. In any case, here's an approximate summary of the jumps you need if you skip a rider, if you flee as soon as the fight starts, or if you win the fight.

| Rider | Skip | Flee | Win |
| ----- | ---- | ---- | --- |
| First   | 4  | 0    | 3 or 4 (to the third rider) |
| Second  | 5  | 1 or 2 | 3 (to the fourth rider) |
| Third   | 4  | 1    | 0 or 3 or 4 (to either the fourth or fifth rider)
| Fourth  | 4  | 0    | 6 or 7 (to the sixth rider) |
| Fifth   | 7  | 4    | 2 |
| Sixth   | 6  | 3    | 2 |
| Seventh | 1  | 4 (to the ninth rider) | 2 or 3 (to the ninth rider) |
| Eight   | 5  | 2    | 0 |
| Ninth   | 7  | 3    | 1 or 2 |

## Exiting the mine road

There are six exits in the mine road:

1. Right before the cave. Leads to the bridge.
2. Where the third rider appears. Leads to the truck (and then you enter the crash site from above).
3. Right before the fourth rider appears. Leads to the truck (and then you enter the crash site from above).
4. Where the sixth rider appears. Leads to the crash site (entering from below).
5. Right before the eight rider appears. Leads to the crash site (entering from below).
6. Before the ninth rider appears. Leads to the crash site (entering from below).

Taking the first exit isn't worth it. It's better to get to the cave.

Taking the exits that lead to the truck is about 3-4 seconds slower than taking the exits that lead to the crash site. Going from the second exit to the fourth one takes about 2.5-3.5 seconds, so if you're near the second exit, either taking it or getting to the fourth exit will result in a similar outcome.

So, basically, if you finish getting the goggles and the booster when you're between the last exit and the cave, get to the cave. If not, get to one of the exits that lead to the crash site. Taking the second exit is also an option if you're close to it, but since it's slower in a best-case scenario, we'll omit it for simplicity. It might still be worth it in the remaster, though, because loading times make jumps much slower.

Here's what to do in the two main routes.

### Cave first

Enter the cave, get the ramp, go back to the ranch (hold Esc after leaving the bridge), leave the ranch and hold Esc until you reach the truck, and then release Esc and hold Enter to enter the crash site as soon as you get there. Get the hover lift, go back to the bike, and then get to the bridge.

The "go back to the bike" part is the tricky part. If you just click on the bike, it'll take Ben about 8.9 seconds to get there. But there's a way to save about two seconds. Click somewhere on the right of the bike and then hold Enter and start moving the mouse cursor a little bit (this technique is known as schmoovement). Ben will move faster when doing so. The [crash site from above video](https://dalek.zone/w/7P21SqKe1hg8sqov8BqD6Y) shows the whole sequence.

There's a trick to select the hover lift a bit faster. When you enter the screen, get Ben to walk to the car. Then open the inventory, click on the tire iron and, before closing the inventory, scroll the inventory to the right. Then move the cursor outside the inventory; the tire iron will still be selected so you can use it with the car. That way, after getting the hover lift, you'll only have to scroll the inventory once.

### Exiting to the crash site

After taking the fourth, fifth or sixth exits, wait a bit until you get past one entrance that leads to the mine road, and then hold Enter so you enter the crash site as soon as you get there. Get to the car (you can save a bit of time if you first click near the car's bottom-left corner, and then click on the car once Ben gets there), go back to the bike (schmoovement saves a bit of time), and leave. Try not to hold Esc when you leave, or you'll get to the bridge. Hold Enter to enter the mine road as soon as possible, skip the cutscene, press Esc 7 times to perform 7 jumps and then right-click to use the goggles.

If you accidentally hold Esc after leaving the crash site and get to the bridge, it's fine; you won't lose time if you leave the bridge quickly, but make sure you don't hold Esc this time or you'll get to the ranch, losing at least 5 seconds. After leaving the bridge, everything is the same as explained above only this time you have to jump 3 times before using the goggles instead of 7.

## Appendix: route calculations

The routes recommended in this guide are based on the following calculations. Numbers are approximate; still, if you notice a mistake, let me know! ;)

Also note these numbers assume no loading times, so **they aren't valid for the remaster**.

### Mine road first, then hover lift from below, and cave last

Getting from the bridge to the mine road takes 2.6 seconds.

When you take the fourth, fifth or sixth exits, getting from the mine road to the crash site takes 7.5 seconds.

When you enter the crash site from below, getting to the car takes about 5.0 seconds and going back to the bike takes about 4.3 seconds.

Getting back to the mine road from the crash site takes 2.6 seconds.

Getting to the cave after entering the mine road takes between 1.0 and 4.0 seconds, depending on your execution.

So, in a best-case scenario, this route takes 2.6 + 7.5 + 5.0 + 4.3 + 2.6 + 1.0 = **23.0 seconds**. In practice, getting to the cave will likely take you one or two more seconds.

### Mine road first, then hover lift from above, and cave last

Getting from the bridge to the mine road takes 2.6 seconds.

When you take the second or third exits, getting from the mine road to the crash site takes about 4.0 seconds.

When you enter the crash site from above, getting to the car takes 9.3 seconds, and going back to the bike takes about 6.9 seconds.

Getting back to the mine road from the crash site takes 2.6 seconds.

Getting to the cave after entering the mine road takes between 1.0 and 4.0 seconds, depending on your execution.

So, in a best-case scenario, this route takes 2.6 + 4.0 + 9.3 + 6.9 + 2.6 + 1.0 = **26.4 seconds**. In practice, getting to the cave will likely take you one or two more seconds.

### Mine road first, then cave, and hover lift last

Getting from the bridge to the mine road takes 2.6 seconds.

Getting from the bridge to the ranch and then to the crash site takes about 4.7 seconds.

When you enter the crash site from above, getting to the car takes 9.3 seconds, and going back to the bike takes about 6.9 seconds.

So, in a best-case scenario, this route takes 2.6 + 4.7 + 9.3 + 6.9 = **23.5 seconds**. This assumes 0 seconds between the moment you finish getting the goggles and the booster and the moment you enter the cave. In practice, it'll take a few seconds.

### Hover lift first, then mine road, and cave last

Getting from the bridge to the ranch and then to the crash site takes about 4.7 seconds.

When you enter the crash site from above, getting to the car takes 9.3 seconds, and going back to the bike takes about 6.9 seconds.

Getting from the crash site to the mine road takes 2.6 seconds.

So, in a best-case scenario, this route takes 4.7 + 9.3 + 6.9 + 2.6 = **23.5 seconds**. This assumes 0 seconds between the moment you finish getting the goggles and the booster and the moment you enter the cave. In practice, it'll take a few seconds.

Name	Autor
A few general tips	saruya 7 months ago
Easy way to do the derby super jump glitch	Nastar 3 months ago
Mine road routes and strategies	saruya 7 months ago