Friday, October 24, 2008

Playfish : Pet Society, Hurdle race Tips and Tricks

When I first started hurdle race, I lost in all the 10 races. I had done a fair share of practice and hope these little tricks and tips helps you to increase your chance of winning.

I bet most would have missed this screen when you started racing. I did that's why I lost all races for days. This is the first set of instruction which you need to read so as to do well in the race. It's the basic.

Hurdles Race Tips and Tricks

Trick 1: When preparing to start the race. I keep my eyes on the pet that waves the start off. Look at that pet's eyebrow when the screen is about to flash "GO" the eyebrow will straighten horizontally and pause. That's when I click on my pet to start.

Hurdles Race Tips and Tricks Start Of Race

Trick 2: When you are crossing the hurdles with water, click on the pet one more time to get them out of the water faster. Please do so only when you do not have consecutive hurdles in front of you. In other words be selective when you use this trick.

Hurdle Race Tips and Tricks Water Hurdle

Trick 3: Pet Society instruction on the speed pad is to step in the middle of the pad then click on the pet. This works most of the time, however if you are neck to neck with another pet and you are at the last speed pad, (Just before the finishing line) CLICK on the pet the minute it steps on the pad. You would find that you'll have a higher chances of crossing the finishing line faster.

Hurdle Race Trick Con't


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60 comments:

  1. Sweet. I like the eyebrow tip =)

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  2. NP Silvana & Hal ... enjoy and more coins to come ... Yeah!

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  3. one more trick: click on the bananas to get rid of them... as in, do not jump over them like the other pets do... it only slows you down and loose your momentum... besides, you may get lucky and gain coins too... XD

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  4. Hey Roy,

    Thanks for reminding, hmm not sure why I didn't have that in yet. I must be dreaming. Haha.

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  5. Hi,
    Im pretty good at racing now but was wondering does anyone know if the higher possible speed boost makes the pad turn green or yellow?? I know how to get either, just not sure which I should be aiming for. Thanks

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  6. @Defective Snowflake

    Hey, I like your name does defective snowflake = melted snow? :)

    Green is the speed boost.

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  7. Well, the science behind huddle race is that you need right timing to prevent you from falling down from the huddle...

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  8. I would just like to share something. When approaching a hurdle immediately after landing on water, you'll just have to jump a split-second earlier than usual. I've had a lot of people tell me that it was difficult to cross multiple consecutive hurdles with water in between, but once you got the technique down it's pretty easy.

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  9. sometimes when there's a hurdle with water and then a boost, i first jump the hurdle then i jump again for the water trick and at the same time you land in the speed pad you'll be in the green zone, so click when you land on the pad.

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  10. @nix,it needs nibble fingers :) yes i do agree the practice is the key.

    @slashskull,yes I did tried that myself as well. hmm sometimes I manage to get the speed boost. Timing I guess.

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  11. u r so blessed, thank u, thank u, thank u. I luv u. This helped me sooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!
    Tnks a bunch

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  12. Love the water tips !!

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  13. mmh, maybe it works differently on different platforms? I don't see the eybrows straighten before the go, the sign just appears. And it's not possible to jump while in the water.

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  14. Another tip fot the other pet's bananas, you can wait and see if they trip of their bananas and as soon as they prepare to jump click on their banana and you might get a coin.

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  15. Sometimes you need to double click your pet to get it to jump out of the water. I jump even if there are bananas on the other side. There is plenty of time to clear the bananas before you land. I also find that Firefox gives better race performance than Internet Explorer. Haven't tried racing in other browsers.

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  16. i never knew u PICK up the peels! cus when u hav 2 peels together- i always get slowed down! thax!

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  17. *** Biggest hint I've tested over dozens of races ***
    keep your mouse over your pet as much as possible. Your pet WILL slow down with your mouse somewhere else. And will often speed up and even pass other pets when your mouse is on it. Something I haven't successfully tested: I've heard petting/rubbing the pet will speed it up even more. My review is this is more of a good luck charm than actual reaction, but i haven't scientifically tested it.

    regarding jumping multiple water hurdles I try to wait to the last moment to jump so there's less water on the other side basically the moment my pets head looks to touch the base of the hurdle, maybe a moment later.. the foot should touch down on the far side of a dark blue dot (as opposed to before or on) this will save you one to two steps in water. to make sure i jump out of water especially followed by a boost pad I just keep clicking till my pet jumps so i don't miss the moment this especially helps when i'm lagged. I find different times of day also help to decrease the lag (lower traffic i suppose)

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  18. @anon 24 Dec, the eyebrows "straighten" seemed to be invalid now, as I had observe, I think it's either the code had been changed or the server gets real hardware speed boost, making the lag invisible. I use Firefox to play. not sure of other platform, but i guess I would not rule anything out.

    @anon 26 Dec, you are right about that I did that at times, especially you knew that they had already "jump". There are some coins there occasionally.

    @anon 3 Jan, now you do, hope you are winning a lot more now.

    @anon 5 Jan, the rubbing of the pet didn't work for me, in fact i found myself loosing control of the game and not clicking in time when I should be.

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  19. hey folks! I'm looking for more pet society friends, had me on facebook. gheck3@hotmail.com

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  20. Hiii well in my experience i've also found out another tip....actually 2. the first one is when starting the race (before thE GO sign) and ur pet is bouncing back and forward... just right before it could do it for the 6th time the sign appears.. so u can count til it does it 5 times wait a second and u get it at the moment.... that was worked a lot for me most of the time. The second thing is (probably u already know but let me tell u just in case hehe) that when u pick the other 2 pets for the race, pick the ones that look like down (sad, or whatever u wanna call it) cuz they walk/run slower than a healthy one. Hope it helps :)

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  21. Thank you very much for the tips!!! I've been frustrated for some time because I can't win a single race! Hope this would make my day complete! :)

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  22. Thank you again and again.After reading this post and after doing all the tricks here, the first time I played hurdle race for this day, believe me, I WON!!!

    Thanks a lot!

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  23. cool
    do u know how to get 600,000,000 paw points?
    i think that is possible

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  24. I have tried the ways u suggested but doesn't make a difference! If u don't let ur pet trip and fall down during racing, I'm sure u can win at least 8 out of 10 races each time.

    But everyday when I go race, 1 or 2 times almost nearly to the end of the race, a pet can suddenly overtake mine! If pet society doesn't control the number of winnings, I'm sure everyone can win all 10 races...

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  25. Is it just me or are the pets you race faster by nature? When we're on a stretch they always catch up to me. It seems the only reason I win is because they trip and I don't.

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  26. I never knew about the eyebrow raise, but what I did notice is that when the pet raises the checkered flag count each time the flag waves to the left (your left) if your application is working at a normal speed, the "GO" will happen on the 10th wave. So as soon as you say 10 you should be clicking your pet.

    This doesn't work all the time for me because sometimes the application is slow. When the application slows down, I just exit pet society and come back in.

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  27. LOL.. this is kinda helpful... thanks..XD

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  28. I think during the race, if you choose friends who are hungry , the chance of winning is bigger

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  29. uhm, well,
    how do you race?
    i looked in faq but, nope.
    reply soon.
    - anonymous 623

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  30. @Gery About the sad face thingy, yes I think someone had mentioned that before.
    @KheySidney Good for you, now you can properly gather coins from racing!
    @Joegrimjow 600,000,000 paw points, haha, perhaps what level are you at now?
    @kacheeck I don’t think they control the winnings…
    @anon 15 Mar I’m not surprise it they are “programmed” to be a little faster. I have the same problem as you at times.
    @Anon 18 Mar the raise eyebrow does not occurs anymore is either they improved their code or they have move pet society to a faster server. The flag thing, heard of it, but like you said it’s also dependent on the apps as well as your PC.
    @anon 3 Apr Thanks.
    @anon 623 Do you know how to go to the stadium? When you enter the stadium, you will see 3 options race, practice and bet. Choose race. Hope this is what you are looking for. :o)

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  31. Great tips. They are not so obvious. I like the water one.

    I find the hurdle game quite easy anyways. You don't have to be that precise on the go, or jump out of the water. The main thing you have to be careful are the hurdles. What I usually do is, I look at the shadow of my pet and the hurdle's base. I toggle my quality to low, so the race can go faster. The point where I click my pet to jump is when the shadow and left tip of the base have a 5mm gap. If your pet is running a bit slow, you can lower the gap to 2mm or something.

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  32. how about earning money?

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  33. its really effective!

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  34. i m so not good about it...can any one tellme how to earn more of the coins: I jump, walk thu still get only 900 coins.. I m sucks! i know

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  35. how can i delete my pet society account?

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  36. is it true when you put your mouse onto your pet, your pet will run FASTER!?

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  37. Well my success rate for the races is only around 6 per 10 tries, not bad but I can do better.

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  38. your double jump over the water did not work for me! :(

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  39. Count 10 waves of the flag when starting. Click on the 10th.. you will run while the "GO" signal shows.. and its valid.. ( = ..

    Put off bananas from your pet and others.. that would give additional income ( =.

    Jump immediately before you reach the foot of the hurdle. (watch the tip of the foot of your pet to the tip of the foot of the hurdle).

    Turn off sound effects while racing to avoid lags.. ( =.. that works a lot.

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  40. I have one more thing

    If you want to gain more paw points, play practice and if you are you could get 4 or 5 coins by picking up the banana peels :)

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  41. holy crap.this works.but trick one maybe

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  42. you dont even have to watch the eye brows the pet waving the flag will wave it exactly ten times befor go appears

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  43. am i just Great or what? i've read most of the comments from different sites about pet society races... and most of them only win 7-8 races? right? but i always win the race 10 times... so i get 300 each day. one more thing...

    Cheat Engine doesnt work now in Pet Society. those stupid Playfish Staffs upgraded the game. LOLS.

    so if anyone knows a cheat that is effective from this date onwards... please share it to "Pet Society Addicts" like me. it is like a drug to me... and i dont care what everyone thinks about it.


    FROM:
    _Mr_whY_?

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  44. Hi, the pet who does the start off on mine is wearing a hat, how can I change the pet? Thank you!

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  45. THANK YOU SO MUCH :)

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  46. I can't understand 'TRICK 3'
    do i have to click for several times? it doesn't make difference..it was just... green..

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  47. hey... ive found that if the pet sucks at first, it gets better and often wins, while pets that were brilliant at first suck l8r... mayb its just me

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  48. hi to all, I've been playing the normal race for sometime now and i can add another tip on winning the race. as one is about to race your are given your 2 oppponents, start race and take note if one or both of them are fast or slow and which of your opponents are bad racers meaning they hit hurdles and banana peels too often. when start your next race choose the slow and bad racers and keep racing them until your number of races is used up. if you race good (avoiding hurdles and banana peels) and manage to get the worst racers, you'll find that you'll be winning the race most or all the time. in fact i manage to win all 10 races neeting me a total of 300 coins.

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  49. You can pick the pets you race? How?

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  50. I have another cheat every time you pass those line things that make you faster before you let go keep your hand on left click and your pet will instantly run!

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  51. pleassssssssssss gimi a cheat

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  52. thanks it helps alot! :)

    I never knew about the water one.
    I always thought it was a mat or something!

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  53. Thanx, they helped alot.

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  54. I find it to be pretty easy to play the races. I don't need to pay attention to eyebrows or water pads. I think you just need the right timing when jumping the hurdles, like jumping a split second before the foot of the hurdle and when clicking hold click until pet has gone over the hurdle, clicking the bananas as soon as you see them (or as soon as possible) clicking as soon as you hit the speed pads and don't race with the Mayor cos he is usually pretty fast, and generally if you trip even once he will beat you.

    Another thing, someone told me they had better luck racing when they fed their pet until it was full before racing (more energy maybe??) but didn't seem to make a difference to my races when i tried that.

    And usually I can win 9-10 races everyday if I'm paying proper attention, and get the timing right on the hurdles.

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  55. thank you so much !!!! i'm very helped !

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