Hog Run
Ride out with the chapter, keep your group riding sharp and practise the second-man drop-off. Pick your bike, then pick your ride out.
Every bike rides the same.
The group
Ten bikes in the group, yours included. You start somewhere in the middle. Davie, the Head Road Captain (orange vest), leads. The Sweeper (yellow vest) collects each marker, and the Tail End (orange vest) rides at the back. No overtaking within the group.
Following the route
- Before each junction, Davie points to a drop zone on the left.
- The rider behind him pulls in there and points the way. Markers don't indicate.
- The sat-nav warns you a junction or roundabout is coming, but it won't tell you which way. That's the marker's job.
- The bikes ahead indicate early, so watch them too. Then indicate and follow the pointing hand. Get it wrong and you lose the group.
Your turn as second man
- When you move up behind Davie, the sat-nav warns you which junction is your drop.
- The panel turns yellow and counts down to a flashing STOP box on the left.
- Pull in and stop close to the box, well over on the left. Ride past it and you've missed your drop.
- Stop in the box and sit there clutch in, first gear, ready to go. You point the way for everyone behind.
- The Sweeper hangs back and waves you out. Pull away straight away and you'll slot in in front of them. Hesitate and Davie will know.
Overtaking as a group
On the M8 there's a slow lorry to get past. Overtake like a snake, no' like a stick: wait for the bike in front to pull out, follow them out at the same spot, and tuck back in once you're well clear of the cab. Don't pull out all at once, and don't cut in. Traffic comes up fast in lane two, so check your mirror first: an orange CAR arrow at the bottom of the screen means something's coming.
Cyclists
You'll meet cyclists on the A82 and a pair riding side by side on the way to the Rest. Hang back till there's a gap in the oncoming traffic, pass wide (a car's width), one at a time, and tuck back in once you're clear.
Horses and tractors
On the lochside after Luss you'll meet a horse and rider: wait for a gap, then pass slow and wide. Over the Rest there's a tractor: don't overtake on the bends, he'll pull into a passing place to let you by.
The biker's wave
When a two-wheeler comes the other way, a Wave button appears. Wave at motorbikes and they'll wave back. But check it's a motorbike first: wave at a pushbike or a scooter and you'll never hear the end of it.
Points
- Riding in formation
- +12 a second
- Each junction followed
- +100
- Marking a junction
- +300
- Overtaking like a snake
- +200
- Passing cyclists or the horse properly
- +150
- Waiting for the tractor to pull in
- +100
- Waving to a biker
- +50
- Passing the speed camera under the limit
- +50
- Waving at a pushbike or scooter
- −25
- Reaching Inveraray
- +500
- Missed drop, or leaving before the Sweeper
- −200
- Slow to pull away when the Sweeper waves
- −50
- Pulling out in front of a car on the M8
- −50
- Wrong turn
- −150
- Crash, running a red light, or flashed by the speed camera
- −100
- Hit by a flying cone
- −25
- Overtaking in the group, overtaking like a stick, cutting in, too close to a cyclist or horse, too fast past the horse, overtaking the tractor, or pulling out into traffic
- −50
Three bikes
A crash or a wrong turn costs a bike. After a wrong turn you can try that junction again from your place in the group, or start the ride again. Lose all three and the ride's over.
On the road
Black ice makes steering slippy for a moment. Potholes slow you down. Sheep and Highland coos wander across the road, and deer dart out in the forest, so steer round them. A flying traffic cone won't knock you off, but it'll give you a wobble. Stop at red traffic lights.
- Left thumb
- Put your thumb down anywhere on the left and a thumbstick appears. Slide it sideways to steer. Let go and the bike holds its line.
- Speed
- Your bike keeps pace with the group on its own. Push the thumbstick up to speed up, pull it down to brake.
- Right thumb
- Tap the amber indicator arrows in the bottom right before a junction. No indicator means straight on. At a roundabout, indicate left just before your exit. It cancels itself after the turn.
- Pull in
- On your drop, pull the thumbstick down and to the left: the bike moves to the edge and slows. Stop near the STOP box.
- Marking
- Stop in the box and wait. When the Sweeper waves you out, push the thumbstick up and the bike pulls out in front of them.
- Wave
- When a two-wheeler comes the other way, a Wave button pops up above the indicators. Only wave at motorbikes!
- Keyboard
- Arrow keys to steer and change speed, Q and E for the indicators, V to wave.
The round buttons in the top corner turn the sound on or off and make the game full screen, where your phone allows it. During the ride the speaker button sits just above your score. On an iPhone, the silent switch also mutes the game.
Leaderboard · Loch Lomond & the Rest
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Choose your ride out
Morning all. Ten of us, you included, off to Inveraray, and today we're practising the drop-off, ken.
- Follow the marker at every junction.
- Second man: pull in, point the way, clutch in, first gear. Go when the Sweeper waves.
- Ride staggered. Overtake like a snake, no' a stick. Mirrors first.
- Give room to cyclists and horses. Nae passing the tractor on the Rest.
- Watch for ice, sheep, coos and flying cones. The loch camera's a 50.
- Wave to bikers. No' to pushbikes or scooters.
You are deemed to be in control of and responsible for your vehicle and your riding at all times, irrespective of any guidance or instruction from any members of the road crew. You must at all times ride within the law and obey road traffic regulations.
You've lost the group
The group carried on without you, just as it would on a real ride out.
Inveraray
The exits change every run, so you can't memorise them. Follow the markers.