Rocket Leagueis an extremely popular game, but its success isn’t that surprising. It combines the world’s most popular sport with cars, and its toy-like appearance givesRocket Leagueplenty of room for crossover events.
But its success doesn’t just come from brand names and aesthetics.Rocket Leaguehits the ideal of easy to learn but hard to master, with an intuitive game system that gives players plenty of fine control.
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It’s no surprise thatRocket Leaguehas a free-to-play mobile spinoff.Rocket League Sideswipeseems simpler than its big brother at first, stuck on a 2D plane and lackingRocket League’s 3 vs 3 matches, but this little game hides its own tech, like its version of the iconic air roll.
Air Rolls in Rocket League Sideswipe
Rocket League Sideswipehas a simple control scheme. It has a joystick, a jump button, a boost button, and an optional combination boost jump button hidden in the settings.
In order to air roll, the player just needs to double-tap the joystick in a direction, andhold it during the second tap. Once in the air, the car will continuously clockwise spin, and won’t stop until the stick is returned to neutral. Even if the player lands, as long as the stick keeps being held, they’ll start spinning again the moment they jump.
Rocket League Sideswipedoesn’t givethe same level of ball control asRocket League, so the player won’t be able to use the air roll to tilt the ball in the same way.Sideswipe’s air roll is more for altering air movement and momentum, as well as the pure joy of moving stylishly.
Other Tips for Sideswipe
Mastering the air roll is a far cry from mastering the full game. There are plenty of other tools to help add to the player’s air mobility.
LikeRocket League,Rocket League Sideswipehas flip resets. Players can horizontally flip the car by holding a direction and pressing jump while in midair, but they can only do this once before landing. That being said, the game counts landing on the ceiling or walls as landing, so players can maneuver themselves to reload their flip quickly.
Players can also speed up their launches from ground to air by using the previously mentioned boost jump. Not only does this beat the lag of jumping and then boosting, but sends the player’s car flying farther. With greater speed and less reaction time, mastering flips and air-rolls to better control the car is a must.
Rocket League Sideswipeis available now for Android and iOS.
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