New to MXS

[scary155]

Hey just wanted to say whats up, I bought MX Sim, so far I am really impressed with physics! The Game already is 10X better than MXVSATV series. I used to play MCM2 back in the day. Haven't played a good MX game since.
So any pointers and info to get started would be great. This is not a jump right in and play and race without totally sucking out
But I look forward for any help and info will be great

Thanks
Scary 155

[kcrabb23]

since i dont really know how good you are so far, the only real advice i would give is be a patient learner, and play online and ride with some faster guys. im not the best but that's where i got some experience.

[waynesim]

Welcome to MXS mate,brilliant game difficult and frustrating for the first few weeks.kcrabb23 was right about being patient and racing people online,but get yourself a good bike setup (search the forum for those ) and keep playing till you're sick of it.......then play some more lol It's just anything in real life,you get out of it what you put into it.Cya on the track

[clickXx]

Hey man, we were all new at one point I guess. I've been playing about 4 months now so I can kind of relate to where your at. I'm nowhere near the fastest guy on the track but i've been able to hold my own in the stock server lately.

Best bit of advice i can give that i saw improvement on overnight would be:

1. Get a good setup from someone on the forums, there are tons for different styles and make sure you learn what all the suspension and stability sliders do.
2. Stay off the SX tracks, well you can ride them and they are fun but you will really want to throw your controller through a wall after a few minutes at the beginner skill level.
3. I hopped right on the 450 and started shreddin up the track for the first month, it was fun but granted i didn't learn many of the basics. If you want to learn mechanics faster start off on the 125's their power is much more manageable and you won't be slipping out as much in corners compared to trying to lock all that torque down on the 450. The 125's will also teach you to hold up your speed through corners which is what really shaves down those lap times. This helped me atleast, I'm back on the 450 now but i don't ride that seriously, guys on 250f's still blow the doors off of me.
4. If you get frustrated put it down and come back.
5. practice, practice, practice....
6. Finally, I've seen a few guys post saying new guys shouldn't start moving the bike around in the air, AKA whipping until they get a good amount of time playing. I agree and disagree with this. If you can line up and make it over the jump 9/10 times i think you should start to learn what the bike does in the air. It will give you much more control overall and allow you to line up differently and fix those bad approaches when you come off the lip crooked in those less than desirable scenario's. Not to mention this is probably one of the most fun things to do in the game besides a heated close proximity battle for position.
7. Almost forgot, sit your ass down in corners. I didn't know about this one and it caused me quite the headache early on.

Just take your time with it and have fun, I honestly didn't think I would make it this far but now I'm sure i can go even further. Every person rides differently just learn what you like to do and what works for you and roll with it.

[scary155]

Thanks for the info much appreciated, I started on 250f I tried the 450f but that really tossed me a few times. I found some setups trying to find one that fits me and have been trying to tweak stuff around to see what things do. I can say its frustrating at times, but when you make it around the track without crashing feels good .
I like my steering fast trying to adjust that to my liking. I love the game so far, hard but fun to learn makes the game more enjoyable that it takes time to pick it up. Just like real racing, no novice rider is doing triples and looking smooth doing it .
I had a question about Sticky/dab ? I see some people have it set on yes and others on NO. I have not found anything really on it, what does it do ?
Thanks and hope to see you all on the track!

Scary

[clickXx]

Yeah, "yes" sticky just means you press the button its bound to and you stay sitting or standing as opposed to "no" where your always standing and hold the button down to sit.

It's all personal preference, mine is set to no.

Make sure you download custom tracks as well once you start holding your own on the stock ones, they can be alot of fun and can teach you some more advanced things aswell. Some easy ones to get started with are Altitude MX, MXSPAIN Training Facility, and Lake Elsinore 2012 (Probably not so easy, but very fun).

keep running those clean laps and speed will come eventually. You learn alot more taking your time around the track as opposed to climbing out of the dirt every 200ft.

[scary155]

Ok thanks, that's a big help I had it on and was wondering why I was crashing more than normal. I will leave it off I have already downloaded a lot of tracks. I have been riding on Unadilla, I cant help it. I live near Unadilla and go every year. Rode on it back in the day when I raced. The track in the game is spot on. Think it needs to be rougher, Unadilla is rough as shit when it gets time on it. Nothing like coming out of gravity cavity, I wrecked off it and endued in the 1st moto right after the start yea that really sucked I have still have the scars to prove it.
Oh well the days of being young.
Is there a map pack out? I also noticed I go to download a track to PureMXS its unavailable. So some tracks I cant get, I would like to get all the national tracks and GP tracks. SX tracks I haven't even tried yet figure stick to outdoor until I get better.
Thanks
Scary

[clickXx]

2012 Nationals tracks http://forum.mxsimulator.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=23263

[rmitch524]

I don't think I played in the stock server for the first 4-5 months I had this game. I only played 03 to learn sx. I was told I progressed kinda quick. So idk if staying away from sx is the best advice. But yeah, just practice. It'll come to you.

[TeamHavocRacing]

Lean back a lot and stand when you gas it and sit when you brake and sit and lean forward when cornering. High stability at first and work your way down to anywhere between 8-30 on the stability slider when you feel confident. Also, work your way into stop wheelies="no", manual shifting and rear brake control. If you already know how to ride a dirtbike, then when to sit and stand during jumping is a no-brainer.