Getting Started in Echobreaker

## Before You Start
If the free demo is still available, try it first -- newcomers to precision speedrunning specifically are advised to start there, since the genre rewards route knowledge that's easier to build up gradually than to learn cold in the full game.
Full controller support is confirmed on PC -- decide early whether you prefer controller or keyboard/mouse for the precision movement this game demands, since switching mid-mastery of a track can cost you real muscle memory.
## Spending Echoes Deliberately
Since every Echo spent on a jump, speed boost, or shortcut is confirmed to leave you with less margin for error, don't burn them reflexively -- learn a course's layout first, then decide specifically where sacrificing safety for speed is actually worth it.
## Using Ghost Runs to Improve
Since Ghost Runs are confirmed as a dedicated feature for racing your own best attempt, use them deliberately as a training tool -- comparing your current run against your own ghost is a genuinely practical way to spot exactly where you're losing time.
## Common Mistakes
* Treating enemies purely as obstacles to avoid -- defeating them is confirmed as a genuine source of explosive speed bursts, not just a survival necessity.
* Spending Echoes early and aggressively without learning the course first -- since mistakes cost you more once your Echo reserve is low, route knowledge should generally come before maximum risk-taking.