vert skating is broken, doesnt work no matter how good u are
Vert struggles a bit, but big air is definitely possible. I’m reliably hitting 3m of air on vert and my settings are 0 pump assist and 75% pump strength. Transition in general (ie. ramps that aren’t vert) works well too: carving and park skating is the best it’s ever been in the series.
Where the trouble lies is in a spotty pump detection and application, both of which seem to be affected by server load and client lag. That, and the game not explaining what the settings do or giving people an idea of how to tweak them to suit their playstyle. For example, if you are finding that there’s a rubber band dragging you back down, setting pump assist to 100 would help. And as you seem to be interested in vert, setting max pump to 100 would give you the big air you seem to want.