Currently known strats/glitches:

• Double slime on ramps (shown on mutagen wasteland)

• Press the trick button twice to get this, spamming also works.

• Allows you to get an extra boost in on mutagen wasteland at the start making it required for that TT at WR level.

• This is easier on the high ramps but it also works on the cycle based ramps in levels like Kilted Yaksmen raceway although it may not be that useful TT wise there.

• Ramp edge boosts (shown on 'Lympics park)

• Probably doable on other tracks, also seems like Rocko can do them better than Shredder.

• Bumper boosts (Dreamland only)

• Angle of your left stick matters when hitting the bumper and even when in the air a little in order to drift tighter round turns and get better boosts.

• Ace Savvy seem like the best wheels for doing this with shredder

• Super bumper boosts (Dreamland only)

• Getting the big boosts like this is super rare, it's also possible to skip the first turn on dreamland by going neutral as you hit the first bumper, but the game thinks you're going backwards once you land and respawns you.

• Cycle manipulation

• by skipping the track start screen later you can change the cycles in the track

• Would be useful on tracks like Reptar Ruins/Dreamland where getting good geiser cycles every lap saves a lot of time.

Brake drifting

• tap the brake button while drifting in order to not hit walls
• useful for driving on insane speed and on a few time trials such as the last turn on The ghost zone (shown below)

First frame mini turbos (ghost turbo)

• getting a mini turbo orange or more on the first frame will result in a "ghost turbo" where the colour will be of the previous tier of turbo but you will still get the extra speed/duration of the higher mini turbo.
• for example a ghost purple mini turbo will be orange
• not really possible to time but if you TT a track for a while you may notice on some turns you can get them quite often and they do save a little time.

Powerslide?

On certain tracks and certain turns you can seemingly lose traction and start sliding outwards very quickly. This allows you to drive "straight" while maintaining a drift, creating a tighter/more optimal line in some cases.

I've only had it happen after a turn going uphill. Examples include the top of the House of CatDog spiral, and the sharpish left turn in the Goo Lagoon half-pipe area.

I just realized you can use the Rocko Big boy jump to ride Lympics Park's Invisible walls ;) This could be huge for a full game run or time trial if you can make a skip work.

Woah! That's really really interesting! Maybe some day we will find some huge skips.

I really hope so

For a newcomer, what are the META setups for TT? (Character/kart/etc.)