History YMMV / BallisticNG

** Luna before 0.7 is one of the harder tracks that features a lot of track modulation and shallow turns throughout that frequently destabilize your craft (which leads to you flying off-track). To give you a hint even the starting grid is sloped hard sideways. It was [[UnwinnableByDesign nearly-unbeatable]] during Time Trial in Campaign mode as you'd have to mash the afterburner in order to get the bronze medal. This was fixed in 0.7, as you will receive a Turbo pickup at the start or after reaching a new lap, and 0.8 does away with it altogether for a new (and easier) layout -- although its still contains annoying parts such as unusually strict boost pads placement and a weird dipping curve that you have to take wide or risk bottoming out your craft.

** Luna before 0.7 is one of the harder tracks that features a lot of track modulation and shallow turns throughout that frequently destabilize your craft (which leads to you flying off-track). To give you a hint even the starting grid is sloped hard sideways. It was [[UnwinnableByDesign nearly-unbeatable]] during Time Trial in Campaign mode as you'd have to mash the afterburner in order to get the bronze medal. This was fixed in 0.7, as you will receive a Turbo pickup at the start or after reaching a new lap, and 0.8 does away with it altogether for a new (and easier) layout.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game is filled with a nice collection of old-school 90s/early 2000s-esque electronic tracks. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPzFyUmm5xA&t=5078s Have a good listen]].
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPzFyUmm5xA&t=329s Turbocharged]]" also counts as this, specially with the "[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound HEY!]]" shout throughout the entire track. Also, this will remind you of "[[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Fuse Box]]" from a [[VideoGame/PAYDAY2 different video game]] regarding the electric guitar solo at the start.
** Do you really like 90s-early 2000s trance music and are looking for a similar one? Then, rejoice! "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPzFyUmm5xA&t=4209s Island Sun (Far Cry Mix)]]" is in the game's soundtrack!

* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: Widely regarded as a superior remake of the early ''VideoGame/WipEout'' games with modern features like online multiplayer, further bolstered by the game having official mod support for custom ships, tracks, and the like.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
** A carry-over from the ''[[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} WipEout]]'' series.
--->"''Contender eliminated.''"

* [[UnexpectedCharacter Unexpected Ship]]: Who would expect that the C.Y.G.O.N Tempest from ''GRIP: Combat Racing'' will make it into the game in the 1.1.5 update? Let alone people who never heard of ''GRIP''. This leaves people scratching their heads figuring out how this ship made it into the game.

* BetterThanCanon: Widely regarded as a superior remake of the early ''VideoGame/WipEout'' games with modern features like online multiplayer, further bolstered by the game having official mod support for custom ships, tracks, and the like.

** SKIP DETECTED [[note]]The game's anti-cheating mechanic will reel you back on the race track if the game consider you flying off-course for more than 1 second aka. "Skipping" And trying to beat time records will probably involve getting around this rule.[[/note]]

* GuideDangIt:
** The "[[FanNickname Opposite Braking]]" technique [[note]]Steering to one side while activating opposing airbrake causes your ship to 'strafe' sideways.[[/note]], which is critical in righting your ship during difficult corners, isn't explained in-game proper.
** Some shortcuts/[[FanNickname skillcuts]] are less obvious than others. One such cut in Cassandra, for example, involves firing your afterburner and clipping ''though'' a building.

* DifficultButAwesome:
** The ''Nexus'' ship as of its 0.6 iteration; blistering top speed but comes with absolutely sluggish handling and abysmal grip.
** [[FragileSpeedster The NX2000]]. Very similar to the [=NX1000=] craft from VideoGame/WipEout 2048, thanks to it's very high top speed, but it's also the most fragile ship in the game. A very good choice for those [[SuicidalOverconfidence with a death wish]]. Even if they can handle enough punishment from the other crafts.
** All of Barracuda's ships are this. [[spoiler:All 10 stats across the board, just without being able to use weapons. The problem is, can you handle it?]]

* [[UnexpectedCharacter Unexpected Ship]]: Who would expect that the C.Y.G.O.N Tempest from GRIP: Combat Racing will make it into the game in the 1.1.5 update? Let alone people who never heard of GRIP. This leaves people scratching their heads figuring out how this ship made it into the game.

* GuideDangIt: The "[[FanNickname Opposite Braking]]" technique [[note]]Steering to one side while activating opposing airbrake causes your ship to 'strafe' sideways.[[/note]], which is critical in righting your ship during difficult corners, isn't explained in-game proper.

* [[GodDamnedBats God Damned Mines]]: Given that the game punishes any sort of collision quite heavily, any weapon is bound to be this. But Mines can be slightly more difficult to deal with because it's the only weapon that fires backwards, and the [=AIs=] seem to have a limitless supply of them at the ready.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: A carry-over from VideoGame/WipEout series.
-->"''Contender eliminated.''"

* ThatOneLevel: Luna before 0.7 is one of the harder tracks that features a lot of track modulation and shallow turns throughout that frequently destabilize your craft (which leads to you flying off-track). To give you a hint even the starting grid is sloped hard sideways. It was [[UnwinnableByDesign nearly-unbeatable]] during Time Trial in Campaign mode as you'd have to mash the afterburner in order to get the bronze medal. This was fixed in 0.7, as you will receive a Turbo pickup at the start or after reaching a new lap, and 0.8 does away with it altogether for a new (and easier) layout.

** "Expert Tracks" are listed as such for a reason. Hydrome Bed has its... unusual hairpin arrangements, while Arrivon Peak (as in 0.9.4) feels like a long and twisting unholy union of Outpost 7 and Temtesh Bay Medium Course, hence [[MemeticMutation "THOSE]] [[ScrappyMechanic BLOODY BULKHEADS"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} Fusion''.

* MostAnnoyingSound: *[[CollisionDamage Donk!]]*
** "[[CriticalAnnoyance WARNING!]]"/"[[CriticalAnnoyance Shield energy low!]]"*
** [[EarRape The extremely loud white noise]] that plays while loading a [[LevelEditor custom track]]. This was fixed in 0.8, though.

* [[UnexpectedCharacter Unexpected Ship]]: Who would expect that the C.Y.G.O.N Tempest from GRIP: Combat Racing will make it into the game in the 1.1.5 update?

* [[UnexpectedCharacter Unexpected Ship]]: Who would expect that the C.Y.G.O.N Tempest from GRIP: Combat Racing will make it into the game in the upcomming 1.1.5 update?

* [[UnexpectedCharacter Unexpected Ship]]: Who would expect that the C.Y.G.O.N Tempest from GRIP: Combat Racing will make it into the game in the 1.1.5 update?

** "Expert Tracks" are listed as such for a reason. Hydrome Bed has its... unusual hairpin arrangements, while Arrivon Peak (as in 0.9.4) feels like a long and twisting unholy union of Outpost 7 and Temtesh Bay Medium Course, hence [[MemeticMutation "THOSE]] [[ScrappyMechanic BLOODY BULKHEADS"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} Fusion''.

* MemeticMutation: "THERE IS REGRET!!1!1!" [[note]]Said by Spilskinanke in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2LvR9v8D_k&ab_channel=CrashNicker video]] after one of the developers tells him to mess around with the speed modifier in the game's command console. Spilskinanke himself is known in the official Discord server for a while as a man who can find every single way to break the game.[[/note]]

** "Expert Tracks" are listed as such for a reason. Hydrome Bed has its... unusual hairpin arrangements, while Arrivon Peak feels like a long and twisting unholy union of Outpost 7 and [[MemeticMutation THOSE BLOODY BULKHEADS]] from ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} Wipeout Fusion''.

** "Expert Tracks" are listed as such for a reason. Hydrome Bed has its... unusual hairpin arrangements, while Arrivon Peak feels like a long and twisting unholy union of Outpost 7 and [[MemeticMutation THOSE BLOODY BULKHEADS]] from ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} Wipeout Fusion''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6y0gG_kACY BallisticNG started out as a]] [[VideoGame/WipEout WipEout HD/2048]] clone with a hint of the older installments and the graphics were in high-definition including the ships themselves. In later versions, the game itself received a necessary downgrade to resemble [[VideoGame/WipEout Wip3out]] and the older games as well. Fortunately, both the original G-Tek and Hyperion crafts can be downloaded on the Workshop.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPzFyUmm5xA&t=329s Turbocharged]]" also counts as this, specially with the "[[MostWonderfulSound HEY!]]" shout throughout the entire track. Also, this will remind you of "[[SuspiciouslySimilarSong Fuse Box]]" from a [[VideoGame/PAYDAY2 different video game]] regarding the electric guitar solo at the start.

* MostWonderfulSound: A carry-over from VideoGame/WipEout series.

* AwesomeMusic: The game is filled with a nice collection of old-school 90s/early 2000s-esque electronic tracks. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPzFyUmm5xA&t=5078s Have a good listen]].

* DifficultButAwesome: The ''Nexus'' ship as of its 0.6 iteration; blistering top speed but comes with absolutely sluggish handling and abysmal grip.