Tanuki Bits, the Bonus Roulette and Rescuing Kit: The Side Scores in Tanuki Sunset

Bits and the wheel

Tanuki Bits are the small pickups lying in lines along the road. Each one is worth a little on its own, but the point of them is the counter: collect twenty and the Bonus Roulette spins, handing out a lump of score that is usually bigger than a whole corner of drifting. The lines tend to sit on one side of the road, so plan the lane a corner early rather than swerving for them at the last second.

How often can you spin it?

As often as you can reach twenty. On a long run the wheel fires several times, and because it resets the count each time, there is never a reason to stop collecting. The only real cost is the lane change, which matters in traffic.

Kit is in trouble again

Every so often a small raccoon called Kit is in trouble at the side of the road. Ride under her and she jumps on the board; from that point you are carrying a passenger. Further down the hill her mother is waiting with a circle marked on the road beside her. Touch the circle and Kit is dropped off for a large bonus.

When to bother

Picking Kit up is nearly free, so do it whenever she is on your line. The drop-off is the risky part: the circle is sometimes in the busier lane and the bonus is worth nothing if you clip a car on the way to it. If the traffic is heavy, keep drifting and treat the drop-off as a bonus for the next calm stretch.

Putting it together

A good run is a drift score with the side systems layered on top: drift the sweepers, take the bits on the inside line, carry Kit when the road is quiet. None of it is complicated, which is why the game is so easy to restart.