180 Guide

Here is a graphical and written guide to explain what a "180" is and how to implement a "180".This is only a guide and the best way to learn anything is to practice, be it on a local server or in an online game. Doing a 180 can also cause bugs, at the end of this tutorial is details of the 180 bug.

180 Tutorial

Start grinding the outer wall

Do a fast turn, making the bike face the direction in which you were coming, but be aware that the turn is done towards the outer wall. As shown in the image, you would press right two times (double bind), though you do not need to double bind to do a 180 degree turn, but most people do, there is also triple and multi binding.

Before turning you will have to evaluate if you can do the turn without pressing brake (it depends on the lag, speed you have and the rubber of the server) . In you do need to slow down, you would brake the necessary amount before turning.

In the previous image and in the next one you can appreciate how the bike finishes facing the direction in which you were coming but from the inside zone.

More detail of how the cycle is returning from the inside way. We did a perfect 180. Observation, This movement can be done being at different distances from the outer wall, you don't have to start grinding the outer wall but you can go in parallel to the outer wall at a short distance, the only difference is that in this case the turning speed should be slower. You can do this movement in the bike's tails, the process is the same but changing the outer wall by the bike's tail.

180 Bug

When implementing a 180 turn, be aware that some game bugs can appear as described and shown below Sometimes it can happen that you can't do a correct 180 due to a strange game bug that makes the bike finish the movement returning on the outside way instead of the inside way.

Bug 1

Here you see the bike grinding the outer wall

Bug 2

As you can see in this picture and the next one, we start the turning to the inside to do the 180.

Bug 3

Something is wrong, look how the cycle is returning on the outside way instead of inside way, this is the famous and annoying 180's bug. Take note of how in the turning the side the wall has a strange opening instead of a closed wall.

Bug 4

The bike returning on the outside way. The 180 failed.

Bug 5

The turning point in detail, look at the opening in between of the two tails, that opening can be used to drive the cycle in the middle of the two tails and use the tunnel as an acceleration tunnel. Another very annoying bug is the infamous disappearing wall, sometimes this is obvious, and sometimes is not so obvious. You can go where there seems to be no tail, then boom !!! the tail that diddn't appear to be there, suddenly is, bit too late as you've already died.

This tutorial and all the images have been reproduced with kind permission from Armagetron Hispano and Emuman.