The Christmas tree (
: Joulukuusi) is a pole equipped with multiple kinds of lights that is used for starting a drag race. It can be found at the western end of the airfield in Rykipohja.
The tree uses professional timing, which means that all of the amber lights will light up simultaneously, followed by the green lights flashing after 0.4 seconds. The amber lights on a standard tree would instead light up sequentially in 0.5 second intervals, followed by the green lights flashing after 0.5 seconds.
How to use[]
Position any vehicle between the yellow and white line on either side of the tree, then slowly crawl to the yellow line, while looking at the tree.
First, the top pair of yellows will light up, which marks "pre-stage". Nothing will happen when stopping at the pre-stage, this is the last step before the race starts.
After crawling forward even more, the second pair of yellows will light up, marking "stage". Stop the car again. That means that everything is in place and the race is about to begin. Try rolling very slowly to the starting line ignoring the first lights, and only stopping when the second pair of lights light up if crawling forward keeps stalling the engine, and clutching forward keeps overshooting the line.
After a few seconds, all of the amber lights will flash, followed by the green lights flashing, which marks the start.
Accelerate the car and try to get to the finish as fast as possible. The finish line is marked with two small stone bollards on each side of the runway.
Trivia[]
- The Christmas tree used to be much taller prior to the 24 October 2018 update.