Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
6-A is kind of a pain because like other outdoor levels, it's covered in instant-death fields at specific sections to prevent you from getting too far. If not for that, I wouldn't be reduced to posting a trick that only shaves off three seconds!
In this case, death fields cover the upper part of the building so you can't jump down and they also cover the pit across the second level down. The important part of this trick is that it abuses the fact that this second level field stops at the second bridge you have to cross, since you have to fall down by its side on the normal route. By grabbing onto the inner edge of the second bridge, dropping down, and walljumping underneath the bridge, you avoid the death field and simultaneously land on top of a platform below.
It involves a tricky jump to reach the ledge. It's best to walljump very early after the initial jump so that you get more forward momentum. The second walljump isn't always necessary, but it's best that you pull in towards the wall anyway since it will put you closer to the edge of the bridge anyway.
The alternate route I show off isn't really worth the effort. It does allow you to avoid the normal path and a shotgunner, but any time you do save could easily be lost by a mistake.
6-A is kind of a pain because like other outdoor levels, it's covered in instant-death fields at specific sections to prevent you from getting too far. If not for that, I wouldn't be reduced to posting a trick that only shaves off three seconds!
In this case, death fields cover the upper part of the building so you can't jump down and they also cover the pit across the second level down. The important part of this trick is that it abuses the fact that this second level field stops at the second bridge you have to cross, since you have to fall down by its side on the normal route. By grabbing onto the inner edge of the second bridge, dropping down, and walljumping underneath the bridge, you avoid the death field and simultaneously land on top of a platform below.
It involves a tricky jump to reach the ledge. It's best to walljump very early after the initial jump so that you get more forward momentum. The second walljump isn't always necessary, but it's best that you pull in towards the wall anyway since it will put you closer to the edge of the bridge anyway.
The alternate route I show off isn't really worth the effort. It does allow you to avoid the normal path and a shotgunner, but any time you do save could easily be lost by a mistake.
![Lift Drift [glitch] - RAGE](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XB14hY64H_Y/mqdefault.jpg "Lift Drift [glitch] - RAGE
Theres a lift in the atrium of the Gearhead Vault that suffers from an amusing problem when you activate it twice. It mostly involves falling through it or getting stuck in it.
After you progress through a chunk of the Gearhead Vault, youll arrive back at the central plaza through a convenient elevator. Youll notice, though, the elevator lever can be pulled twice if done quickly, resulting in the lift moving slightly further than it should. If you pull it twice at the top of the lift, youll go lower and sink into the floor; if you pull it twice at the bottom of the lift, youll go higher and pass into the ceiling.
You can get permanently stuck by taking the lift higher, since the ceiling wont automatically kill you as you move into it it will simply keep trying until you unobstruct its pathway with your body. (Note that you can still die in numerous ways around certain elements, such as the ropes holding the elevator.) When you push the lift into the floor, its quite easy to reach a point where you can just crouch, pushing you beneath the ground and onto the elevator floor, and then walk off underneath the map to your death.
Theres also a variety of weird problems I show off, such as falling through the elevator floor, getting lifted up with the elevator by the head, and ending up stuck in position. Although I havent tested it much yet, I believe these specific problems are caused by the elevator lever having collision, and when its pulled, it can actually push your character with it.
All told, this is the game accidentally forcing the lift to perform the same action twice because the lever doesnt cut off player interaction immediately after the first pull. With the first activation, the lift begins moving, followed by another activation that thinks the lift is stopped. The second activation then pulls the lift for its entire distance as well, unaware that its not settling in the place it expected.
This is interesting because the lift has a pre-programmed speed and distance it moves instead of a mandated destination. In other words, theres no interpolation from the start and stop of the elevator. If there was, activating the switch twice would be meaningless. I imagine this was to prevent unexpected physics glitches like you might see in other games, though I imagine its more time-consuming to put together.
Obviously, this is largely an out-of-bounds trick that (as far as I can tell) serves no practical purpose. That being said, this is the only elevator Ive tested it on and there may be a few others with similar issues that use the same lever system, such as inside the Power Plant. Ive experimented with one or two other elevators, such as the one in the garage of Subway Town that leads to Marshall and Elizabeth, and Ive found they seem to have a few oversights. So far, nothing serious, though.
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