Momentum / Pumping doesnt work

same issue...
cant get any speed whatsoever and barely make it to coping.

physics model is broken imo

Physics aren't broken, the game is early access and its just going to be some time before its perfected. It does make it difficult at times but have patience 🙏 

Noticed this the other day. I don't know how they've overlooked arguably one of the most important part of the foundational mechanics. You don't maintain speed or build momentum to pump or get and significant air.

I really figured this issue would have been fixed with the really big update after playtest, but alas, they did not.

Its such a crutial factor to skateboarding

Yes, the physics are in fact broken on transition momentum specifically with regard to upward transition physics decreasing unnecessarily, and downward transition physics increasing unnecessarily. It's almost like there is some type of inversion bug.

I will formally echo this. Transition physics are currently broken with regard to the momentum physics associated with pumping on upward and downward slopes. Specifically, upward transition physics decrease on any pump assistance setting and when pumping properly, and without pumping as well. Similarly, downward transition physics increase in an exaggerated manner, especially when pumping. It's almost like there is some type of inversion bug.

I am also surprised that vert mechanics have not been resolved at this stage of the offering. This game has a significant amount of potential in my opinion, despite the obnoxious Gen Z design language, and dumbed down commentary and concepts. The game itself is very fun, the additions to parkour and off-board locomotion are brilliant and should hopefully improve over time as well.

All things considered, everything seems to be heading a very positive direction. I've played skate since the original, and I'm a huge fan of black box. The new team has taken most of the important mechanics and improved on them, barring certain refinement that absolutely needs to be made. To be clear, I was alpha testing this 2 years ago and it was almost unplayable at that point. The borked vert mechanics at this stage are very surprising however. 

How to Pump Transition in skate. | Deep Dive into Pumping Mechanics!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTXZG6FMbc

Skate 3 pumping is different than the new game, this guy goes through it, the basic idea is instead of releasing your pump at the bottom of the ramp, it has to be at the halfway point, my gameplay improved dramatically afyer going over this video and doing some tweaks,

Hope this helps

so its broken till they fixed it

thanks for posting this.
this is at least a help for doing it right
But i run this settings and more than often getting false pump behavior anyway.
Slowdowns and not enough or no airtime all the time.
its a physics engine problem.
it occuring even on "mega" ramps with high speed.
It slows down on verts and on bowls etc. it wont give enough speed most of the time as it is right now

Yes this is still an issue for me too. Not fixed.  If this is the intention, it’s not fun and it’s as simple as that.  Feels very finicky regardless of the video.  It will say “clean” pump but there is no increase in speed.