If you search the thread you will find better advice than mine. I beat it first time around and all I did was hit cruise as soon as possible, use free flight for easy in and out of the rings and keep going Hovis will make a mistake.

If you throw enough mud ..some's gonna stick.

Make sure you have a HF. At the start, press tab for a head start and then shift+w after a second to hit cruise. Don't worry about Hovis. Just get every ring and eventually Hovis will stop to power up some weapons. Now sprint to the finish and you'll win. If you can't do it like this, buy a Cavalier LF (temporarily) from the Battleship nearby.

thanks guys... iam going to do it now

You could also turn on the 1200 mod and watch Hovis smack himself into the rings over and over while you just drive through at 79-80

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THANX ANACHRONOX!!! that was good..... thanks again

I realise this is probbly a bit late, but theres a part in the race whe you have to almost double back on yourself. He will bank left, YOU will bank right, that puts you right in front of him.

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Hovis doesn't stop to shoot, that's the weapons platforms

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Get a light fighter.

i had trouble on this too. i realized you just need to use mouse flight to win easily. Practice too-go to the race track before the mission and go around it a few times.

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Edited by - emu on 16-08-2003 00:35:56

Turn your graphics settings all the way down. The lower they are, the more responsive your ship will be.

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Hovis do's and don'ts:

Do:
- Buy a light fighter, it's more agile. One is for sale at BS The Hood. (Cavalier)
- Go to cruise speed. Default key is Shift + W
- Use Mouseflight. Default key is space-bar.
- Aim for the next gate while you are flying through a gate.
- Use thrusters before hitting cruise. This puts you in front of Hovis before the first gate, after wich you can engage cruise speed and lead the whole way.

Don't:
- Use the Go-To command. When you reach your target with the Go-To command, the ship will stop. And you don't want that
- Use speed mods. Default cruise speed (300) is an excellent speed to beat the race. If you go faster, it will be harder to get to the next gate.
- Use heavy fighters. Although some have done it in a heavy fighter or even a freighter, it's reccomanded for unexperienced racers to use a light fighter.
- Freak out when Hovis starts shooting at you. Just stay in cruise and aim for the next gate. When you reach the finnish, the shooting stops.
- Pay to much attention to Hovis. Just do your own race and all will turn out well.

I hope this helps.

If anyone got more tips, go ahead

I found it a bit differcult, i found it alot easer if i turned off the cockpit.
and use the cav

My one and only tip, the same one as before: Use 1200 mod and go through it without going to cruise, Hovis will go insanely off of the track, and end up hitting the same gate over and over, I reccomend you get a HF though, since the missiles hurt. =P

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