Is there some way with which we can control the spawn position/angle of the last firebar in 8-4 water section?

The way in which I deal with it is that I swim at the top of the screen, and go down just before the pipe. I know that the ideal way is to swim close to the bottom, and then rise up at the end to enter the pipe. But I find swimming close to the bottom tougher.

A lot of times, the firebar spawns at such an angle, that I can easily go through the pipe from the top (for example). But sometimes it spawns at an angle which obstructs me from coming down, and I have to wait for some time to let it pass (for example)

If I could control how the firebar spawns, it would help me get about 1-2 seconds of timesave over my current PB of 5:06.

Is the firebar pattern framerule dependent? Or RNG? Or anything else? Any information on this will be appreciated. Thanks!

This is one of those things where it's better to just learn how to swim from the bottom. It's not that hard once you know the timings for when to push the swim button, and works 100% of the time regardless of how the firebars are.

Well yeah that makes sense...that's the last choice anyways. But Initially I used to get a good firebar pattern almost everytime somehow, and recently I have been getting a bad firebar pattern almost everytime lol. That led me to think that is there something which controls the firebar position?

In my initial attempts, I sort of struggled getting under the previous firebar. Either I hit it, or I touch the ground. Also landing on the ground just before the pipe seems easier to me if I am coming from above as opposed to below.

In case there is some way to manipulate the fire bar, I would continue doing what I do right now. Otherwise I'd have to start practicing the downward path!