Air control: how not to land upside down

Level the car before the jump. Half of all bad landings happen because the body is still tilted when the wheels touch down.

Most bad landings are decided before the wheels touch. The car is already tilted when it leaves the ramp, and there is not enough airtime to fix it. So the first thing to check is not the jump itself but the approach: is the body level on the way in.

In the air, only two inputs are useful: pitch forward and back, and a little left-right drift. Pressing throttle mid-air usually accelerates nothing; lifting off for a moment is more useful, because it stops the nose from rising.

On a downhill landing, touching down slightly nose-down is safer than level, because the front wheels make contact first and the remaining speed is directed forward. On an uphill landing it is the reverse: keep the nose level or slightly up so the bumper does not dig in.

Tilt the car before the ramp, not in the air. In most titles air control is weak, and correcting the attitude after take-off is nearly impossible.

Watch the landing speed too. Landing with the throttle held makes the suspension bounce and the car roll easily, while landing off throttle keeps the wheels planted.