Sonic Frontiers' Drop Dash Is So Fast It's Basically A Spin Dash

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The drop dash is a little-known ability in Sonic's arsenal. As it happens, boosting isn't the only way of traversing in Sonic Frontiers, as a well-timed jump can cause Sonic to gain momentum as soon as he touches the ground, blasting off into whatever direction he's facing. However, even fewer players have realised its potential,

One player has, and has shown off how drop dashing can be used to build up incredible speeds with pretty much no limit, making easy work of getting to the other side of the island. This is much faster than using Sonic's ordinary boost dash, helping the blue blur live up to his name of the fastest thing alive.

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"I never knew this was possible," says Reddit user Otherwise-Fault3873, sharing the impressive feat they managed to pull off in Sonic Frontiers. Here, we can see the ridiculous speed they managed to reach, getting propelled across the map much faster than the devs likely intended.

Best of all, it all comes from the drop dash, a feature many players never make use of. Even if they do, it's definitely harder to pull off than just boosting across the map. But as you can see in the clip below, managing to drop dash on the right surface will give you incredible results.

This happens because, largely unlike the normal boost, drop dashing is momentum based. The speed you reach will change depending on where you're standing, and you can keep it going for a while unless you reach an incline or a surface that just naturally slows Sonic down.

So while it's much more finicky than holding the boost button, this proves that it's worth playing around with sometimes - especially if you're trying to get to the other side of