Jet Moto 2124: The Official JMC FAQ/Strategy Guide

[Dark Ermac]

I'll add content to this later. Feel free to contribute if you want.

Jet Moto 2124 FAQ
Version: 0.3 | 1/27/2014

I: CONTENTS
I: Contents
II: Versions
III: About
IV: Controls
V: Menus
VI: The Jet Moto
VII: Other Things
VIII: Riders
IX: Rider Analysis
X: Races
XI: Tracks
XII: Advanced
XIII: Music
XIV: Codes and Secrets
XV: Unused Content
XVI: Bugs/Glitches
XVII: Copyright

II: VERSIONS
01/27/2014 - v0.3
Added more rider information, gameshark codes

01/26/2014 - v0.2
Added new sections: Other Things, Unused Content, Bugs/Glitches
Added rider information
Added track information

01/17/2014 - v0.1
Initial version, almost completely empty

III: ABOUT
ABOUT JET MOTO 2124
ABOUT THIS FAQ

IV: CONTROLS
D-PAD
X BUTTON
SQUARE BUTTON
TRIANGLE BUTTON
CIRCLE BUTTON
L1/R1 BUTTONS
L2/R2 BUTTONS
HANDLING THE BIKE

V: MENUS
VI: THE JET MOTO
HANDLING
ACCELERATION
MASS
LIFT

VII: OTHER THINGS
POWERUPS
-Maximum Acceleration (blue): Keeps constant top speed for a short time.
-Maximum Acceleration (purple): Replenishes turbo by 75%.
-Maximum Velocity (pink): Increases top speed temporarily.
-Hyperspeed (green): Gives a short boost of maximum speed (255mph).
-Grapple (red): Fully replenishes grapple meter.

TRICK LIST
-Hard Turn Left/Right: L1+Left / R1+Right
-Power Slide Left/Right: L1+Down+Left / L1+Down+Right
-Vertical Boost: L2+R2 (mostly useless with heavy bikes)
-Heel Clicker: Up,Up,L1
-No-Hander Spin: L2,L1+R1 / R2,R1+L1
-Double Can-Can Roll: L2,L1+R2 / R2,R1+L2
-Barrel Roll Left/Right: R2,R2,L2 / L2,L2,R2
-360 Spin Left/Right: L1,L1,R1 / R1,R1,L1
-Frontflip/Backflip: Down,Down,Up / Up,Up,Down

VIII: RIDERS
The Maxx
Image
Team: Green - Mtn. Dew
Number: ?
Gender: Male
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low

Braniac
Image
Team: Blue/Black - Freestyle
Number: ?
Gender: Female
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low

Mortician
Image
Team: Black/Yellow - Dragon Alliance
Number: ?
Gender: Male
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low

Bomber
Image
Team: White/Pink - Union Bay
Number: ?
Gender: Female
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low

Dancer
Image
Team: Pink/White - ?
Number: ?
Gender: Female
Name: ?
Handling: high
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: low
Mass: light
Lift: high

Hellbound
Image
Team: Yellow/Red - Slim Jim
Number: ?
Gender: Male
Name: ?
Handling: high
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: low
Mass: light
Lift: high

C4
Image
Team: White/Blue - Dada Footwear
Number: ?
Gender: Male
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low

Wild Ride
Image
Team: Blue/Orange - SMP
Number: ?
Gender: Female
Name: ?
Handling: high
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: low
Mass: light
Lift: high

Stiletto
Team: Green - Mtn. Dew
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as The Maxx

Grumpy J
Team: Blue/Black - Freestyle
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as Braniac

Smiley
Team: Black/Yellow - Dragon Alliance
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as Mortician

Baron
Team: White/Pink - Union Bay
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as Bomber

Spookey
Team: Pink/White - ?
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: high
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: low
Mass: light
Lift: high
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as Dancer

Jed Moto
Team: Yellow/Red - Slim Jim
Number: ?
Gender: Male
Name: ?
Handling: high
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: low
Mass: light
Lift: high
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as Hellbound

Orbit
Team: White/Blue - Dada Footwear
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: low
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: high
Mass: heavy
Lift: low
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as C4

Captain Moto
Team: Blue/Orange - SMP
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: high
Acceleration: moderate
Top Speed: low
Mass: light
Lift: high
Special Notes:
-Cannot be reached by normal means; requires a gameshark code
-Is essentially the same as Wild Ride

IX: RIDER ANALYSIS
LIGHT VS HEAVY
AI RACERS

X: RACES
CHAMPIONSHIP

XI: TRACKS
UNLOCKING THE TRACKS
CHECKPOINTS
TRACK EXPLANATIONS

ATLANTIS II
Layout
Length: short
Light Difficulty: very easy
Heavy Difficulty: easy

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

EUROPA MINE
Layout
Length: short
Light Difficulty: easy
Heavy Difficulty: moderate

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

ARCOLOGY CANYONS
Layout
Length: moderate
Light Difficulty: easy
Heavy Difficulty: moderate

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

MARS COLONY
Layout
Length: moderate
Light Difficulty: moderate
Heavy Difficulty: hard

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

PHOBOS LABORATORY
Layout
Length: very long
Light Difficulty: hard
Heavy Difficulty: very hard

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

LUNAR CASINO
Layout
Length: moderate
Light Difficulty: moderate
Heavy Difficulty: hard

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

NEXUS 500
Layout
Length: long
Light Difficulty: hard
Heavy Difficulty: very hard

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

NU BERLIN
Layout
Length: moderate
Light Difficulty: hard
Heavy Difficulty: very hard

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

MERCURY
Layout
Length: long
Light Difficulty: very hard
Heavy Difficulty: near-impossible

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

FEDERAL MONOLITH
Layout
Length: long
Light Difficulty: hard
Heavy Difficulty: very hard

DESCRIPTION
RACING LINE
OTHER NOTES

XII: ADVANCED
SHOULDER BUTTONS
TURBOS
THE COMPUTER
BIKE ASSETS
SPEED
CLOTHESLINING
SAVING

XIII: MUSIC
XIV: CODES AND SECRETS
GAMESHARK CODES
Character Modifier: 30010040 0000000X
0: The Maxx
1: Brainiac
2: Mortician
3: Bomber
4: Dancer
5: Hellbound
6: C4
7: Wild Ride
8: Stilleto
9: Grumpyj
A: Smiley
B: Baron
C: Spookey
D: Jed Moto
E: Orbit
F: Captain Moto

Track Modifier: 30010038 0000000X
0: Atlantis
1: Europa
2: Mars
3: Phobos
4: Canyon
5: Nexus
6: Moon
7: Berlin
8: Monolith
9: Mercury

XV: UNUSED CONTENT
UNUSED RACERS
Unknown Mortician Alternate
Texture Data
Team: Black/Yellow - ?
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: ?
Acceleration: ?
Top Speed: ?
Mass: ?
Lift: ?

Unknown Dancer Alternate
Image
Texture Data
Team: Pink/White - Kawasaki
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: ?
Acceleration: ?
Top Speed: ?
Mass: ?
Lift: ?

Probity
Texture Data
Team: none
Number: ?
Gender: ?
Name: ?
Handling: ?
Acceleration: ?
Top Speed: ?
Mass: ?
Lift: ?

UNUSED TRACKS
X Test
A test track located in the game's files. Nothing else is known about this at this time.

Atlantis I
Originally, the Atlantis track was quite different from the one used in the final game. However, it was scrapped because it was too difficult to be used as the first track in the game as intended.
Possible track layout

Neo Rio
An unfinished track located in the game's files. Nothing else is known about this at this time.

Pacific
An unfinished track located in the game's files. Nothing else is known about this at this time.

Unused Images
-There is an unused HUD display of the Monolith track. (Image)
-There are art assets for a wide variety of unused menus, dating back to the JM2125 build of the game.
-There are images of A test from Jet Moto 2, Wild Ride in Atlantis, and a wide shot of Atlantis.

XVI: BUGS/GLITCHES
-The results screen is either bugged or nonexistant. The game will crash at the end of a race unless the player quits from the pause menu. Season mode is also pointless because of this.
-Hellbound's character select video is not in the correct video format. The game will lock up if the player does not choose him before his video loads. After approximately 9 minutes, the game will unfreeze and flip through the character select videos for Bomber, C4, Dancer, The Maxx, and Mortician.
-The game crashes if the player chooses Atlantis in Time Trial mode.
-Racer AI is completely nonexistant on Atlantis, Europa, Phobos, Nexus, Mercury, and Monolith.
-Racer AI has wonky pathfinding on Moon and Berlin.
-Player 2 will experience pop-out from textures and background in 2P Mode on emulation.
-Moon, Phobos, Berlin and Mercury have moderate to severe clipping issues with walls.
-Europa's waterfall checkpoint is floating several meters in front of where it should be physically. It's fairly difficult to reach without a light bike.
-On the Moon, the teleporter at the first suicide turn will skip over one of the checkpoints if used.
-On Phobos, there are no respawn points on the last 2 checkpoints before the first suicide turn. If the player falls off, they will most likely have to redo this section of the track to count the lap.
-The track preview screen does not display the correct layout for any tracks except Atlantis and Europa.
-The in-game map display will always show Europa's layout, no matter which track is chosen.
-The powerups on Phobos do not align properly with the track. They are located underneath the track.

XVII: COPYRIGHT

[Enigma]

Here is what I have to say about the game for now : Jet Moto 2124 is basically controlling a rider on a bike going at over 200 KPH in open areas, but also in claustrophobic buildings. There are two types of bikes, wich are the Light Bike, and the Heavy Bike. A Light Bike feels slow, but much easier to control and more usefull when making big jumps over gaps. A Heavy Bike feels really fast, but much more difficult to control and less practical when making big jumps over gaps. If you are an amateur or a decent player in this game, taking a Light Bike in more claustrophobic races makes it way easier to move through the small paths, and the gliding ability of those bikes makes the tracks where you have to jump from place to place like Phobos a piece of cake. You may want to take a Heavy when it comes to more open and free areas like the tracks Atlantis or Europa, or if you think you are ready to challenge yourself in those closed and small spaces. The next step should be to give advices on how to finish the tracks the fastest and how to get passed more difficult parts.

[Dark Ermac]

I'm going to update this later today.

[Dark Ermac]

All right, I think this should be good for now. Feel free to fill in some of the blanks.

[Enigma]

Characters by their names (I tested the normal ones and the secret ones, and even though it seems the bonus characters are the same, they do have the same rider texture, but moves a little bit faster and are in this order)

0 : The Maxx
1 : Brainiac
2 : Mortician
3 : Bomber
4 : Dancer
5 : Hellbound
6 : C4
7 : Wild Ride
8 : Stilleto
9 : Grumpyj
A : Smiley
B : Baron
C : Spookey
D : Jed Moto
E : Orbit
F : Captain Moto

I'll verify the tracks later on.

[Enigma]

Tracks by their names

0: Atlantis
1: Europa
2: Mars
3: Phobos
4: Canyon
5: Nexus
6: Moon
7: Berlin
8: Monolith
9: Mercury

[Enigma]

And yeah, I saw the phobos power ups underneath it too. I fell off the track really fast by accident and I saw a bunch of other power ups that seems following a track path. I think it's the result of widening Phobos without moving the power ups. It could also be only an error of coordinates.

[Enigma]

Also add that while in emulation, the player will experience pop-up from textures in stunt mode, and that when the count goes to zero the games crashes automatically, there is no race over appearing.

[Enigma]

And.... Well Stilleto is a guy.

[Deleted]

I like that 8 riders on the race, NOT 4 or 6 or 10 as before.

[Enigma]

Feb 22, 2014 7:56:14 GMT -5 @emperor said:

I like that 8 riders on the race, NOT 4 or 6 or 10 as before.

Well you can change the riders to 6 and 4 if I remember...

[Enigma]

Hey, it's been a while since I've posted here, but I have a suggestion for you. You should change Mercury's heavy difficulty. It's not "near-impossible". I can easily complete the two laps under 3:30. You just have to get a power-up and the track becomes managable. Put it as "very hard". I got a little bit of trouble to make it in 2'57"1 but it is not near-impossible. A funny fact : Hot Shot is the hardest track of the Jet Moto series when played with AIs at master. Hot Shot IS near-impossible, not Mercury.

[Dark Ermac]

Then again, Mercury doesn't have working AI, so that's not a fair comparison.

[Enigma]

Mar 4, 2014 1:45:23 GMT -5 Dark Ermac said:

Then again, Mercury doesn't have working AI, so that's not a fair comparison.

Ah... Yeah you're right! The thing is, no JM2124 tracks has a good working AI. Even though Canyon and Mars has the riders racing, they're not challenging at all and VERY SLOW, same would apply with Mercury. But, if you take the difficulty level of JM2 and get it to race in Mercury... Well, then, it would be pretty hard! You can leave the "near-impossible" if you want then.

[Dark Ermac]

Plus you seem to be really, /really/ good at this game. The best in the world, probably.