PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank - Part 12 of 38

It's racing time.

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It's time to take a shortcut back to the Raceway Plaza and enter the Hoverboard Race. Talk to the woman in the center of the plaza and you'll immediately start the race.

You'll automatically move forward. Left and Right on the D-Pad or left stick lets you turn, and X lets you jump. While you're in the air, all four shoulder buttons will let you perform stunts in conjunction with the Control Pad or left stick. The stunts won't come into play until a little later, though. 

Move onto the green arrows and leap through the rings to give yourself some turbo boosts throughout the race. Also, be ready to jump over the explosive crates, or else you can kiss first place good-bye.

There are multiple paths that you can take on the course. Take the low road at the start, then take the high road afterwards before launching yourself off the big ramps. Also, see if you can cut a corner or two near the end. When you win first place, you'll get the Platinum Zoomerator. With this, you can perform stunts to build up the gauge that will now appear at the top of the screen during a hoverboard race. When you have energy on the gauge, you can hold Square to use your built-up turbo. Keep in mind that while you're using the green speed burst arrows or in mid-air, you won't lose turbo. 

If you can beat the race in 1:35 or less, you can get a Skill Point for that. Also, if you perform the Twisty McMarx (hold forward and press L1, R1, L2, R2 while waiting for each flip to finish before pressing each button), you can get another Skill Point.

Controls

As Ratchet: 

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move

Right analog stick: move camera

When hanging off platforms:

• Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
• Forward+X: vault up
• Back+X: drop down

X: Jump and double jump

Square: strike with wrench

Circle: pull out/shoot currently equipped gun/use gadget

Triangle:

• quick select (hold and use in conjunction with Control Pad or left stick to switch guns; menu can be customized in Quick Select on the pause menu
• double tap to switch between two most recently used Circle button weapons/gadgets

Select: Map

• Left stick/D-Pad: move map
• Right stick: Zoom in/out
• X: view missions
• Circle: play Infobot for planet
• L1: previous map
• R1: next map
• Triangle: Exit

Start: Pause menu

• Control Pad: select option
• X: confirm option choice

L1: tap to quickly center camera; hold for first-person view (hold button and use left stick or D-Pad to look around; let go of L1 to move camera back behind Ratchet)

• Square: wrench boomerang
• Circle: fire gun

L3: see health and Bolt totals

R1/R2: crouch (hold down)

• Square: wrench boomerang
• Left+X or Right+X: side somersault
• X (while running): long jump (must have Heli-Pack)
• X: high jump (must have Heli-Pack upgrade)

In water:

• Square: dive and descend
• X: surface and ascend

Trespasser:

D-Pad or Left Analog Stick:

• Up and Down: switch rings
• Left and Right: rotate rings

Triangle: leave Invinco-Lock screen

As Clank:

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move

Right analog stick: move camera

When hanging off platforms:

• Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
• Forward+X: vault up
• Back+X: drop down

Square: punch

X: Jump (press and hold in the middle of a jump to glide with Heli-Pack)

Triangle: command menu (hold and use in conjunction with Control Pad or left analog stick to choose commands)