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BigGuySmallFry
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3 months ago

Transition Skating and Bonski Skatepark

I've noticed a few changes to transition skating and Bonski Skatepark.

  1.  Lip added to the west vert wall at Bonski Skatepark in S2 update.
    1. I'm not sure why this was done. This makes ride on grinds/slides almost impossible and much less enjoyable. Kills flow and trick selection at this park.
    2. The lip on Bonski's East Vert Wall has been there since S1. It would be a huge upgrade to remove this as well.
  2. Ride on grinds in transition skating
    1. Back trucks catch when exiting grinds on transition, causing a bail. This limits transition skating and general flow.
    2. Almost all grinds kick you out of the grind at appx 90 degrees. This is unrealistic and slows speed and flow drastically when exiting grinds. A better approach would be speed-based, where the angle of exit would be determined by speed in grind. Not sure how difficult this would be to change but would be a huge QOL upgrade.
  3. Removed curved rail at Bonski South. 
    1. This removed rail is a huge upgrade to this park. The south wall is now fully skateable and has added a lot of variety to this park. Thank you for this. 😀

********************************************************************************************************I am a huge fan of transition skating and the work the team did develop this in the game. This game's transition skating is far better than what we've seen in games like Session or Skater XL. 80% of my 140 hours on this game have probably been at Bonski. It's a great park and I hope my recommendations have some relevance to the devs. Thanks again. 

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  • Yeah the hang ups especially annoy me. They were pretty bad before but they’re even worse and more often now. Coming back in transition from grinds is the biggest things killing the flow for me right now.

    If it’s not the trucks catching , it’s something else like the angle is off and you lose all your speed. Really hoping they make it smoother. 

  • Definitely agree with all of this. Want to also add that the new pool on top of the casper hotel is almost really sick, except the stairs wrapping around 1/2 of the shallow end ruins the flow. Also not sure what the idea behind the double wedding cake hot tub thing next to it is, haha.