Think you’ve got the pace for P1? These tips might just shave the milliseconds you need.
The first few seconds set the tone for the whole lap. Keep your steering clean, avoid over-correcting and focus on building early speed. Smooth > aggressive.
Boost gives you a serious speed advantage - but timing is everything. Save it for long straights or when exiting a corner cleanly. Don’t waste it mid-turn.
Tiny adjustments are faster than big swings. Imagine you’re carving the perfect racing line - clean arcs, minimal input, maximum momentum.
Slow in, fast out. Brake or ease off just before the corner, hit your apex, then accelerate out as early as possible to carry speed into the next sector.
Contact kills speed. Every scrape loses precious milliseconds - and milliseconds decide the leaderboard.
The more you play, the more your muscle memory kicks in. Memorise the tricky turns, boost zones and best overtaking lines (for Versus mode). Repetition = speed.
Coasting = losing. Stay on the throttle wherever possible, with small controlled lifts rather than full releases.
Chasing a perfect lap can make you over drive. Relax your inputs, keep breathing, and focus on consistency. A tidy lap often beats a wild one.
Your first lap won’t be your fastest. Keep trying, learn the track, refine your lines and you’ll see your time drop. The leaderboard rewards persistence.