Rush, Rush, Bought the Yeyo?

The Drive system is the cornerstone of Capcom’s new slugfest, Road Fighter 6, and sees the participant’s Drive Meter used because the gas tank for quite a lot of highly effective offensive and defensive instruments. Alongside the Drive Parry and Drive Affect programs, Drive may also be spent on the extremely technical Drive Rush system, which permits the participant to find new combo routes beforehand thought unattainable.

Drive Rush is one thing of a “sprint” system, which permits the participant to decrease their defenses and race towards their opponent, masking floor at an accelerated tempo. Moreover, Drive Rush provides benefit on hits carried out out of the sprint, making it good for shock assaults, or turning long-distance protection into up-close-and-personal offense. So seize your trainers and let’s take a look-see.

What’s Drive Rush?

There are, primarily, two types of Drive Rush. One can be utilized to shut the hole, and one which can be utilized to increase combos and open up new strings when dug down into the melee. Let’s try each.

Drive Rush is carried out by holding Parry (MP + MK) after which double-tapping Ahead. As soon as the enter is made, the character will begin to sprint. It is very important then launch the buttons and never maintain Ahead. As soon as your character is off and operating, your fingers are free to start out getting ready your assault. You don’t want to proceed holding Ahead or Parry.
You may Drive Rush into all method of strikes, which suggests you may Parry a long-distance projectile, then faucet Ahead Ahead to immediately shut the hole, maybe touchdown a low hit into your favourite combo. In some circumstances, Drive Rush is so quick, that you could attain your opponent earlier than they’ve even recovered from throwing the projectile! So whereas Full-Display-Ryu could be tremendous assured tossing out that Tremendous, Parrying the fireball, after which speeding in, can shut down that confidence in seconds.

Within the video under, you may see my gurl Juri display Drive Rush in opposition to Zangief.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PruUmaUb77o

Drive Rush Cancel

At shut distance, Drive Rush has a special use. Each member of the roster has strikes that may be canceled into Drive Rush, just by tapping Ahead, Ahead in the intervening time the strike lands. This method can be utilized to increase combos and even recuperate frames, making strikes similar to overheads a characteristic in combos, or just permitting a fighter to repeat sequences for that little additional injury.
Drive Rush Cancel might be one of many key methods utilized in top-level Road Fighter 6 play. It should kind the spine of creativity relating to discovering new combos and extensions, whereas additionally offering a data verify for the participant’s utilization of meter. Drive Rush Cancel prices an enormous three blocks of Drive, and as such can result in Burnout standing in double fast time. So whereas positively one of the crucial necessary methods for touchdown injury, it may be devastating on the participant in addition to the opponent.

You may watch Juri carry out a Drive Rush Cancel combo on Zangief within the video under. Discover the inexperienced blur indicating the second Drive Ruch was canceled out of Juri’s B + HK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tig0wXLI8Lo

Is there a Drive Rush shortcut?

Sure, there’s, and you’d do nicely to study it. At lengthy distances, gamers can activate Drive Rush by tapping Ahead, after which tapping Ahead + MP + MK all collectively. Not solely does this technique take away an enter, however it additionally hides the preliminary Parry stance from the opponent — which is a boon in making your Drive Rush a shock. For full particulars on this shortcut, try our Drive Rush shortcut information.

Chris Moyse

Senior Editor – Chris has been taking part in video video games because the Nineteen Eighties and writing about them because the Eighteen Eighties. Graduated from Galaxy Excessive with honors. Twitter: @ChrisxMoyse

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