One of the most empowering features of Session: Skate Sim is its extensive gameplay customization. This includes a fully featured stats menu with tons of sliders that can be adjusted without consequence, allowing you to alter settings that completely change the player experience. Like many things in this game, the tutorial never tells you that this is even an option. Our guide discusses the stats menu and how it works in Session: Skate Sim.
Changing your stats in Session: Skate Sim
The default way to access the stats menu involves pausing the game. Head to the options menu from the default pause screen. Afterward, you’ll want to select the gameplay submenu from within the options menu. This brings up another range of options. Scroll all the way to the bottom and select the option entitled “advanced settings”.
However, there is one shortcut that dramatically speeds up the process. Simply holding down the pause button on the controller for about two seconds brings up the advanced settings menu. This method makes it much more convenient to test different stats until you’ve fine-tuned the gameplay experience to your liking. This ease of access also encourages players to tweak stats for specific maps or skate spots.
How the stats menu works in Session: Skate Sim
Session: Skate Sim sets players up with a default preset tab that cannot be altered in any way. Fortunately, there are also three additional custom slots, letting you save three entirely separate sets of gameplay parameters. Each custom slot saves after returning to gameplay, indicated by a save icon on the top right corner of the screen. Once that icon disappears, you can safely quit the game and return with the same custom stats.
There are 29 sliders in total, allowing for a staggering amount of fine-tuning. All of the advanced settings are listed below:
- GravityPush forceMax push speedFoot braking frictionBanking/turn rateCrouching bank ratePop board to body distanceLow pop heightHigh pop heightGrind pop height Manual pop heightBody rotation rateBody rotation frictionIn air board orient speedFlip speedFlip frictionScoop speedScoop frictionGrinds frictionGrinds rotation ratePowerslides frictionBoard control side impulse Board control extra pitchBoard control extra scoopDarkslide catch angleBig drop max heightPumping impulse multiplierMax sprint speed
Most of the settings are self explanatory. In case any of the terminologies go over your head, Session: Skate Sim lists a simple description for each slider within the advanced settings menu.
