Am I just trash, or is Loose Screw completely bullshit?

[TehUberCheezCatz]

It’s literally the only thing I’m missing for plat, and no matter what i do I can’t get past like 80m, let alone to fuckin 150m

 

Anyone else having issues with this, and if so, anyone got any tips?

[IGUnique]

9 hours ago, TehUberCheezCatz said:

It’s literally the only thing I’m missing for plat, and no matter what i do I can’t get past like 80m, let alone to fuckin 150m

 

Anyone else having issues with this, and if so, anyone got any tips?

Although I really suck at wheelies I agree this skill game is incredibly hard. I finally got to 150 meters after 6/7 hours of trying. All I can say is use the helium and stop at each safe zone. U Will get better at the first 50 meter. After that go full gas for 1/2 seconds for the first jump and land on the backwheel with 20-40% gas. Stop at the safe zone and go 80% gas and u can make it to the top of the black ramp easily. My chokepoint was the drop down I honestly don't know how I got passed it. The last jump at 110m is quite easy, just pull a wheelie and lean forward after hitting the ramp. Then take your time on the last ramp down and voilla. 

I hope this helpes you out, good luck

[ZachSmoke]

I find it easier wheeling with the Rhino bike. That's also how I got my gold medal. Either that or the Helium. This wheelie skill game is borderline ninja difficulty due to it being Rear Wheel Only. Good luck and keep practicing. You can be good at trials and completely suck a wheelies until you learn the proper way to pull it off  

[KaKrackle]

Your not trash. This skill game is just a dick. It took me a good few hours to beat it, and that’s with 300+ hours Trials experience. My bike of choice was the Helium. 

[demonviper666]

Took 2 trys its not that hard.  I did this alt for now.      But I have 1000 hours in fusion  

[lilpain97]

If you are new to Trials or haven't played in a long time then I see this as being rather difficult. As someone put they have 1000 hrs in fusion so he did it with relative ease but it may take you 2+ hrs to get gold. 

 

Tips. Use either Helium or Rhino if you aren't confident with mantis. Like in Fusion Roach (Rhino) was the easiest bike to keep consistent wheelies. Other than that its your skills as a player.

[KaKrackle]

14 hours ago, demonviper666 said:

Took 2 trys its not that hard.  I did this alt for now.      But I have 1000 hours in fusion  

A nice helpful comment.....

[MommysOutcast]

It's not hard once you understand the physics of the bike, Rising is the little baby version of Fusion with no hard stuff at all (which was really dissapointing tbh, I liked fusion way more because it had a challenge). Use whatever bike you feel most comfortable with (I suggest the helium though as the control with it is pretty easy) and don't hold lean nor gas, do it in small intervals to maximise the control. If there would be anything else you'd be struggling with, the helium is an easy sollution to almost every technical struggle as you can do way more with less speed. Happy hunting!

[Baker]

If you suck at doing long wheelies like myself and don’t want to spend many hours going for this, here is a different method. Took me 20 minutes to get a Gold Medal. I found this method on Youtube, decided to try it, and came to the conclusion this would be much easier than using the Helium/Rhino/Mantis.

 

 

Donkey!

 

The first 50m are very easy. So no real explaining needed. Just get on your back and it’s harder to fault than not.

 

Make sure you land short for the ramp after 50m, if you hit the ramp you’ll fault. The same goes for the next ramp.

 

After the safe zone hit throttle until the middle of the ramp, release and slowly make your way up. I found just tapping the gas works best.

 

As soon as you make it to the top, go full throttle and than hit the brake hard as soon as your back hits the ground, lean forward and land.

 

You’re now at 100m. This is the hardest part and may take a few attempts. With just your front wheel in the safe zone tap throttle 2 or 3 times to get some grip and than full throttle and you should make it.

 

Now just get on your back again and full throttle downhill. You will fault, but you’ll make it.

 

Maybe this will help some people struggling with this skill game. Good luck!

 

Edited March 16, 2020 by BB-BakkerJ

[Eternal21]

I got it after about 6 hours of attempts spread over a few days.  I initially tried to cheese it using the Donkey method posted above, but gave up after a while, because I just couldn't do the last part with it, and even getting to it was too random.  I ended up using Helium after trying all other bikes.  It lets you recover from mistakes much easier.  One tip I can provide that's not mentioned is that if you search for: "Loose" in Track Central, you'll see a few tracks people made that try to recreate Loose Screw but with checkpoints, and you can use R3 to toggle between checkpoints.  The best one I found was called 'Loose Crew 2'  (note different spelling, probably so it doesn't get removed).  Here's my Gold medal run:

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Eternal21

[det_gittes]

50 minutes ago, Eternal21 said:

I got it after about 6 hours of attempts spread over a few days.

I'd say that doing it legitimately is the hardest thing is Rising, although I also hated Trials Wars, which for some were easy.