Editing Speedslide (Island)

Island SDs or Island speed slides are a trick performed in the Island environment. They essentially involve purposefully causing the Island car to slide, then maintaining the slide at a certain angle (Controlled by your steering value), gaining speed faster than keeping it at full grip and not sliding. Steering your car at a value around (-)20000 is the optimal steering range for Island speed sliding. Also, while performing an Island speed slide, the less you steer in whichever direction you are sliding, the less speed you will gain out of the speed slide. Turning the car too hard will cause it to lose even more speed. This is why (-)20000 is considered a sweet spot.

Triggering the Island speed slides is possible in many different ways, such as landing at a slight angle opposite the speed slides direction and steering in the speed slides direction to lock into it. Other ways include clipping the road slightly to slide a little bit and, lastly, tapping the brake (it is optimal to tap the brake for as little as possible).

Island speed slides are generally useful, but it depends on some cases. For example, watching the gears during a speed slide on Island is crucial since gearing during a speed slide on Island will result in a loss of speed. The other main determinant of the usefulness of an Island speed slide is the angle needed for the turn, which usually follows after the activation of an Island speed slide.
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