You get 15 points for winning a track, 12 points for second place, 10 points for third, and 8 points for fourth. After that, the points go down by 1 for each position. You’ll usually need roughly 40 points to get 3rd place.
Close to the start, before the beach, drive around a crate with a Pianta standing on it, to find a hidden ramp. At the beach, drive onto the sand strip to the left to skip the water and duck monsters completely. There’s another ramp at the end of this. The first shortcut leads you straight to this area. If you have a speed boost item, use it to go straight through the water! Just avoid the dark water, which is out of bounds.
These shortcuts might slow you down if you don’t have enough speed. Save your speed boost items for the waterfalls.
Speed items can also let you shoot up seemingly impossible slopes. [5] X Research source This can take some practice to avoid going out of bounds, so don’t try it if you’re already going to get a good enough score.
The cannonballs hit random locations, but the ground will glow before they strike.
Trapping the small alleyways is an excellent strategy on this map.
