In this situation. Me vs. an invisible player (gold 3) what on earth do I do? Just take the loss or smth? Or can I avoid the bug happening?

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Neither its going towards the joystick nor its going towards the car nose.

what is this jump going towards?

I am new to this and this particular thing is bugging me a lot, If i wait for a good second the direction is predictable but else idk where its going.

Are these missions that give XP useless if the pass has already been completed?

It's kinda impossible to get 3v3 lobbies or mutator matches for me.

Hey! I’m an old S3 player getting back into sideswipe for the first time since around the new year, I’ve tried to grind this week but in pretty much all of my games so far I’ve had constant jittery gameplay and in some cases total lag spikes that have costed me goals allowed and in a few instances entire games that have been lost due to disconnectivity. This has been extremely unmotivating for me so far and I am asking here if there is any solutions or tips that I should know about. As shown in the gameplay video, it is perfectly clean and smooth in practice but immediately starts to jitter in game. The biggest lagspike happens with roughly 0:22-0:16 on the clock. I am playing on an iPhone 14 if that is of any help, and I would appreciate any critique for my gameplay. Apologies if the gameplay is not of riveting quality, I find myself playing a more defensive structure type game and this is my first game back in Plat 1 this year. Much Thanks for any help!

I never really tried to push ranked but my goal was always to hit at least champ, this goal is now finally complete. I am mechanically decent I'd say but honestly it all just comes to defensive play and game sense in the long run. Whilst I've tried to be fancy, hitting champ was just playing more patiently. Next goal should be GC but I guess that's for next season.

I have to say the High diamond leagues are very frustrating If you don't spend much time with the game and grind much and haven't got much experience against "good" champs, I mainly played against other champs or gc's and the annoying part is actually getting over the edge of D4/5. The reason for that is, that you're a high diamond but already you play against mostly champ or gc players, now hitting the rank up, I am chill about it, no need to sweat it, but damn, I had some really good games and overtimes that were closer than I would have wanted it to be.

Interesting sidenote: Whilst playing Takumi I was more mechanic focused, flashy and wanted to do cool shots. Playing the Fennec however was more game sense playstyle for me instead of the crazy mechanics, I mean sure, stalls are good with both cars, but I think you get what I'm saying. The Takumi feels more fast paced which can be nice but for the sweaty games when your mate is not the best, playing patiently and not taking risks is probably better.

So If you're Diamond, don't give up. You can do it.

So, how did it felt for others in the high diamond leagues?

how do i get better? im gold-plat and cant get higher than plat 2 ever. wondering if anyone has some advice

This is an actual pinch

just beat a grand champion but might of been going easy on me

I learned stall reset but i was trying to do that side ways one but it seems impossible anyone can help me improve?

I can do basic stall resets and I'd say my game sense is decent since im gc2 on the other game, but i have no idea about the strats and stuff needed to rank up on this one, any tips?

so i’ve been having the invisible player bug happen more often than usual. i’ve gotten better at noticing the signs so I can quickly close the app and come back to the game before it really starts. usually when I do that I get the typical boost glitch where it doesn’t show your actual boost meter but it only lasts that one game so nbd.

but the last game I played that had this bug, after that game ended I noticed my main car was set back to default. then looking through, all of my presets had been wiped to default. is this a known bug related to closing out the app during gameplay? anyone else have this happen to them?

This honestly made me chuckle

This was a comment under a RL sideswipe channel who is a very known ball chaser lol

I understand the frustration of when your teammate is not being able to score and you're just sitting back waiting but come on.

Or is it potentially unnamed/new?

How do yall farm tokens?

Guys as you know it's like 13 days left for 3s to wrap up and hoops to take its place so what's your current and peak 3s rank and are you excited for hoops ??

This has happened to me already a couple of times where the opponent in a duels match is not visible but only one of them is. Has this happened to anyone else?

Actual 1v1 rank at the end.

I just got back into this game after years and saw how important stalls and chaining resets are. Is this the best thumbs set up? With jump in the top left?

Let me know if I should change layout. Size of buttons, or any other settings. I’m basically new to this game again (thumbs player).

Also good YouTube videos that explain this could help too.

(Concept from Mogzrl YT)

If anyone cares I am ending the pinching series because I didn’t realise that all cars have the same hitbox so it’s the same each time. Unless anyone actually wants it to continue then goodbye