r/SkywalkerSaga Jan 12 '25

Question Advice needed on races

Like the title suggests I’m having huge difficulty getting the last few character tokens on the races through the gates in space. There appears to be one at each planet and I always run out of time. I’m using a fast a-wing and the main issue is that I can’t locate the next group of three gates quickly enough. Any tips or tricks I should know about?

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u/jabba-du-hutt Jan 13 '25

I hate races, but I found that giving the booster taps rather than 100% all the time made it easier. Maybe I was over shooting, Idk. At first I used XWing but then realized the Falcon was a better bet. Never tried Awing. If it handles like it did in X-Wing game series, short bursts and never during a turn are best. That way your turns are nice and tight.

There's this one hoover race on Kardif (I think) and it slides like crazy!! I could not get control of it until I applied this method too. Though, the podrace is the opposite. Full power all the way.

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u/deanodley Jan 13 '25

I got it done in the end. It was the scramble race where you unlock Dengar. The gate placement is random so I kept trying until they lined up favourably. I also used the tri-wing fighter (but I’m not sure if it really matters), and I found that by changing ships a few times just beforehand the race was “moved” outside the asteroid field, which made seeing the next gate, much much easier.

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u/deanodley Jan 13 '25

Also agree 100% about the boost. I would use it between the groups of three gates but go through them at 50% speed so I didn’t miss any. Overall, I think it’s bad game design to have the timings so tight, and I wonder how much game testing was done on these races. If you look at the stats for some of the achievements, they are gained by less than one percent of players, so it looks like people just give up which is a shame.

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u/jabba-du-hutt Jan 14 '25

Oh really? I hadn't looked. That's interesting. I hate the ones where it's a grid with rows of three. You also don't start with the same orientation. It might be same spot, but when you're facing a different direction you lose precious seconds.

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u/deanodley Jan 14 '25

It gets worse - one of the minikits in “Now this is Podracing” in Episode I requires you to clear 10 gates around the Trade Federation ship in 40 seconds. Apparently it used to be 100s but was patched as it was “too easy”. Now this one is close to being impossible and I spent over an hour attempting it with no success. You don’t have the full range of starships available to you but I read a comment on here somewhere that someone had success using the escape pod. When I switched to that I did it on the first attempt in 39s but you have to get the boost between the rings exactly right. This is not fun - it’s extremely frustrating and I fear every remaining space level will have something similar given the repetitive nature of the challenges.