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SSX Tricky

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Master SSX Tricky's Mercury City Meltdown with this walkthrough. Learn shortcuts and trick strategies for Elise's Master Run.

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Master SSX Tricky's Mercury City Meltdown with this walkthrough. Learn shortcuts and trick strategies for Elise's Master Run.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Get a knockdown right out of the gate.
  2. 2
    Jump a little bit on this first hill. It should carry you over the second hill, and you can do an uber trick (a special, high-scoring trick) while you're in the air.
  3. 3
    Turn right, turn left, then start to drift up the left hand bank. If done correctly, you should cut through the woods a little bit, rejoining the path right after the next turn.
  4. 4
    Jump the river. You can pull an uber trick in the air.
  5. 5
    Get on the center rail. This is far trickier than it was in the first game. If you make it on, boost along it.
  6. 6
    Head to the left a little. Do not take the shortcut that you always took in the first SSX. Instead, stay on the main path; you'll go into a dip. Coming out of it will send you up in the air, where you should be able to pull off an uber trick.
  7. 7
    There should be a cliff wall on your left. Stay close to the wall. As the wall falls away from you, you should notice a blue SSX sign on the left. Go through it.
  8. 8
    Cross the bridge, down the tunnel, into the mine car shortcut.
  9. 9
    You'll be in the open for a second, then go back into another shaft. This part can be a little tricky. Make sure you line yourself up straight as best you can, and stop holding forward, as holding forward will likely cause you to wipe out (crash).
  10. 10
    Speed down the mine shaft. If you mess up where the tracks jump, you can hit select (to pause the game and restart from the last checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death)). If you make it through, upon leaving the cave you can pull off an uber trick if you are watching your meter (your trick meter) carefully.
  11. 11
    Once you're in the open again, head left. Instead of jumping over the river, jump down inside it. Don't jump too far across the river or else you will crash into the far wall. Jumping seems quicker than just letting yourself fall, and you can do an uber trick here.
  12. 12
    Speed down the ice path. There are a couple of spots in here where you will wipe out just for going over them.
  13. 13
    At the end of the ice path, jump down onto the normal course. You might be able to do an uber trick here; if you do one successfully, you now should have tricky (a special ability or state). If not, you can always do one of the two upcoming jumps in the canyon.
  14. 14
    Proceed normally. After a while, you'll get to a trick boost (a boost that activates when you do tricks). Once you hit the trick boost, head off the course slightly to the left. There should be a billboard in front of you; try to go between the legs of the billboard. Keep heading straight until you rejoin the course at the turn right before the part where the path splits and repeatedly crosses over itself.
  15. 15
    Get onto one of the rails here.
  16. 16
    Once you exit the rails, turn sharp to the right. You want to head to the right of all the trees; here you'll find a little shortcut cut through the rock. Head down this until you get to the end.

Master Run (Elise):

  1. Grind onto the rail in the beginning, and speed boost down it.
  2. Once you are on the flat part of the roof (it goes cable > pointed roof > flat roof), tap jump and do two Ubers.
  3. Land, go straight ahead, and boost but do not jump off the rail. Do another Uber in the air, then crash through the skylight.
  4. Once you land on the sloping ramp inside the skylight, do not boost, and do not hold forward. You need to jump at the end of this in order to make it to the next building, but jump early. The goal of all that is to reduce your speed slightly. Once you're on the building, continue straight ahead. Do not boost, and do not jump off the end of the building. Do another Uber while in the air. If everything goes according to plan, you should land on a downward slope which will give you plenty of momentum to get over the hill in front of you.
  5. Go around the bump on the right side, as there are fewer obstacles there. Continue down the path, angling towards the left side of the course. The goal is to go between the pole and the building so that you lose as little time in the turn as possible.
  6. Continue down the path, angling to the left. Off the path to the left, there is a lamp post; you want to be just to the right of it and aimed at the gap between the fence ahead of you on the left, and another lamp post on the right. Shoot through the gap. Tap jump here, otherwise when you land you can get bumped around really badly.
  7. On the path ahead of you there is a jump with a trick boost in front of it. Do another Uber off this jump. Don't worry about hitting the sign to the left, as it will break if you run into it, but the sign on the right is certain death.
  8. Turn right, then ride up on the bank ahead of you to break through the glass SSX sign between the two big annoying metal things. Practicing is key to doing this reliably.
  9. While you're on the rooftops, avoid obstacles. Get the speed boost if you can, but mostly avoid obstacles. Those garbage cans can be really annoying. At the last rooftops, boost off it, and do your final uber trick while you're falling.
  10. After landing, head just left of center. Board down the path on the left hand side keeping as straight and quick as possible.
Tips
  • Try to perform uber tricks whenever you are in the air to maximize your score and potentially unlock abilities.
  • Pay close attention to the minimap (a small map on your HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap), or Heads-Up Display) to navigate the course.
  • Be aware of potential wipeout zones, especially on the ice path and in the mine shaft.
  • The mine car shortcut is essential for a fast time, but requires precise alignment.
  • If you miss a jump in the mine shaft, hitting select to restart from the last checkpoint is a viable strategy.
  • Jumping into the river instead of over it can be a quicker route.
  • The shortcut through the rock after exiting the rails can save time.
  • On the Master Run, avoiding obstacles on the rooftops is crucial, even if it means missing a speed boost.

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