Hydro Thunder Online?

Yeah, by now most of them are done with an expert boat.  Cutthroat is my favorite by far!  I use some shortcuts, yes, but nothing too crazy.  There are less actual shortcuts in this game then 'alternate routes,' really, as some might be longer but give you more boost, some shorter but less boost, etc.

I recommend doing a lot of the ring challenges.  On pro level and above, they do a good job of showing you the alternate routes around the track. Also, you are limited to a boat selection based on the ring challenge level, so on all of those I'd be using the same level boat that you are.

That was a lot of fun this morning. I can only imagine how fun it would be with a full group. I did catch some of your shortcuts, so I'm looking forward to trying them out offline.

I was going to ask how you did that speed boost at the beginning - thanks for the info.

Let me know when you get the online race set for and I'll be there. This game is a blast online.

Sounds like fun. I can make it online for 9:30 tonight.

I have to admit that I was incredibly disappointed by the lack of folks who showed on what would have been only the second race night, so I haven't tried again.

I really enjoy the game, though, and would be willing to play more whenever, but I don't know that I can get a full room. :(

Hydro Thunder's Tempest Pack comes out Wednesday (10/27).

The "Tempest Pack" will offer three new environments, two all-new boats, a boatload of new skins, plus Championship, Ring Master and Gauntlet events. The environments will have you racing through the ruins of Atlantis, the stormy Bermuda Triangle and a medieval setting named Castle Von Boom. The new boat skins will supercharge the existing boats, allowing you to run even your favorite clunker at the game's highest speeds, with two of them coming straight from the Design-a-Skin contest held a while back.