Hey everyone! I’ve spent the last couple years of my life working on ModNation Racers, and now I’m excited to sit back, relax and enjoy it!
Lets begin with our Launch Trailer!
So I’ve just unwrapped my copy and I’m about to check it out. Now there are a LOT of things you can do in ModNation Racers, so I figured I would help you out on your first day.
Here’s a list of the five things I think are worth checking out right away.
1. Download Sackboy!
If you’re lucky, you scored a voucher for Sackboy and his Kart (one of my favorite karts in the game). The voucher is packed in with the game and manual, so make sure you don’t accidentally toss it out.
2. Career Basics
The first few races in the Career will teach you the basics: drifting, drafting, defense, boost, weapons and all the good stuff. A few quick tips:
- Use Boost wisely! Once you get out in front of the pack, manage your boost wisely. Save some boost for shields if you want to stay out in front.
- Learn to drift! Use the X button to drift. Drifting accumulates boost and it’s critical to getting around the tracks.
- Shortcuts! Keep your eyes open and watch out for shortcuts. The risk is worth the reward.
3. Track Studio
Track Studio is the bread and butter of creation in ModNation, and is THE BEST track creator, well, ever. It’s super easy to use and makes creation really fun. Want to try something a little different? Try playing around with the terrain before you lay out your track. It’s a different experience than you have seen in most videos and happens to be my favorite way to build tracks. I was going to list out some tips, but it’s probably best if I just point you in the direction of the Tutorials, which are informative and fun to watch. You don’t have to leave the Track Studio to watch them — just press the Start button and select “Tutorials” in the circle menu.
4. Hottest User-Generated Tracks
If you want to see what the community has deemed to be the hottest tracks, then the best thing to do is check out the Top Tracks or Hot Lap events in the ModSpot.
The Top Tracks event is populated with the hottest user-created tracks. It’s really easy and fun way to dive in a check out what’s hot. It’s a series event, so may the best Mod win! Hot Lap is also populated with user-created tracks. It’s another way to check out the hottest tracks, but there is a twist to this event. You get to race against the ghost of the Hot Lap leader; it’s all about lap times! There’s a new track every day and, if you finish in the top 10%, you’ll get a nice little reward.
5. Creation Browser
Probably the fastest way to see just how cool the creative tools are in ModNaiton is to see what other players are doing with them. To do that, check out the Creation Browser. To access the Creation Browser, simply drive up to and activate the “Share” station in the ModSpot.
Each creation gets a thumbnail preview so it’s really easy to browse. If you see something you like, download it and check it out. It’s a good way to get inspired and see just how cool the creation tools are.
Oh… and don’t forget to leave comments and vote! A lot of people put tons of work into their creation, so if you’re going to download it be sure to give them some props!
That’s it for now, can’t wait to see you in the ModSpot!
Relax, polo- that’s for those that picked up a used copy of the game. If you bought new, you get your online right out of the box.
A question i have is why is the online play region blocked/ Went to invite a friend from the UK and got a message saying we can’t play people from outside our own region. Wazzupwiddat?
PLEASE ANSWER! i try to play online and it either doesn’t let me on it OR kicks me off…
installing!!!!!!!!!
Hey Kyle.
I posted this on something that Chuck posted. Just want to make sure I get heard. :)
The voting system for tracks needs to be changed. When you download a track, the only way to vote is to go back & find the tracks you’ve downloaded. For most this is too much! You should be able to vote on the tracks after you’ve actually raced them! People will be voting on pictures alone. The other day we downloaded 10+ tracks in a row. Going back to look for them tracks to vote is such a pain! You’ll find a lot of people won’t be voting for a lot of the tracks, unless they are really good.
When doing quick races, why would I need to get sent back to the modspot after the race is over? Can’t I be taken to a track selection screen? Which would cut the loading times!
The track creation is great, but it would be nice if you could put down a test drive marker. Then have a button dedicated for that marker. Say, I don’t know…hold select!
Thanks for the great game. :)
Bleh, I Pre-Ordered this from Best Buy months ago, but they still managed to have it not arrive on release day. :(
Hopefully They’ll ship it by tomorrow evening… Otherwise, I might have to write them an email.
AWESOME GAME TOTALLY RUINED BY REGION LOCK…..PLEASE LIFT LOCK OR AT LEAST GIVE THE GAMER THE OPTION TO PLAY WITH OTHER REGIONS
Please HELP! I cant find my Ratchet and Clank MODS, i didnt receive any code that i know of, please, please someone HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I understand that you want people to have the best online experiance but some of us can’t have an experiance with friends at all if there is a region lock. Is there no way to open the lock so that friends can atleast race each other? It doesn’t matter if I have to be in a US modspot and they in a UK one. As long as I can race friends.
Thank you for the answer. I will be having to sell/trade the game allready tho as I only have friends in other countrys. Great game be sure to mention if the region lock ever comes off. I shall think about purchasing it again.
Amazing game UFG, I hope to see some more PS3 exclusives coming from you guys in the future.
I was absolutely hooked on the demo and I can’t wait for payday to pick up my copy!
we’ll in that case ths gme is really worth$29 but i was buggin when i saw that addon but if itis like u say then i can understand the add on for used items, sorry bout he raant be just be more specific with that, and thanks i was mad cus i really want it, ok closing pa3 brownser to purchase, BUY THIS GAME I was in closed beta open and payed it on a dev kit box to psp got thepsp version via QORE and Hellooo Mod Welcome tto my PSP GO!
Again Kyle, Congratson this game Release, Support these Guys.
Does this region lock also stop us downloading creations from other countries?
No. All user creations are shared world wide.