Ring Racers Spray Can Guide Pt. 1: Ring Cup through Extra Cup

want more playercolors? trying to get your completion percentage up without chao keys? just can't find those dang spray cans? you're in the right place. over the course of this 5-part video guide, i'll show off every single spray can location in Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers and what you need to get to them.
below is a list of timestamps for the larger sections of this video; if you want to jump to a specific course, check the pinned comment!
0:00 Intro
2:49 Ring Cup
4:40 Sneaker Cup
6:57 Spring Cup
9:19 Barrier Cup
11:30 Invincible Cup
14:07 Emerald Cup
16:18 Extra Cup
19:12 Outro

[@CrappyBlue]

*CORRECTION:* bouncing with the bubble shield doesn't give you anywhere near enough height to reach the Spray Can in Lucid Pass. however, you can reach the ledge it's on with enough speed coming off the upper part of the track, so it's still very possible to get it without a Pogo Spring. it's likely also pretty easy using the forward boost from throwing a Gardentop behind you, since you keep your slight elevation from riding it. i'll make sure to show this in a future part.
for those wanting to skip around to specific courses, here's a more granular set of timestamps for each one:
*_Ring Cup_*
Robotnik Coaster Zone - 3:00
Northern District Zone - 3:15
Panic City Zone - 3:30
Sonic Speedway Zone - 3:48
Green Hills Zone - 4:07
*_Sneaker Cup_*
Emerald Coast Zone - 4:45
Storm Rig Zone - 5:09
Lucid Pass Zone - 5:39
Autumn Ring Zone - 6:01
Withering Chateau Zone - 6:25
*_Spring Cup_*
Popcorn Workshop Zone - 7:02
Sundae Drive Zone - 7:27
Cadillac Cascade Zone - 7:53
Rumble Ridge Zone - 8:19
Opulence Zone - 8:48
*_Barrier Cup_*
Angel Island Zone - 9:24
Roasted Ruins Zone - 9:52
Obsidian Oasis Zone - 10:20
Mirage Saloon Zone - 10:51
Regal Ruin Zone - 11:14
*_Invincible Cup_*
Isolated Island Zone - 11:35
Gigapolis Zone - 12:05
Darkvile Castle Zone Act 1 - 12:32
Bronze Lake Zone - 12:53
Collision Chaos Zone - 13:22
*_Emerald Cup_*
Emerald Hill Zone - 14:13
Azure City Zone - 14:28
Gust Planet Zone - 14:56
Mystic Cave Zone - 15:21
Joypolis Zone - 15:49
*_Extra Cup_*
Hill Top Zone - 16:23
Marble Garden Zone - 16:59
Silvercloud Island Zone - 17:37
Sub-Zero Peak Zone - 18:04
Launch Base Zone - 18:30

[@sharktheguy3265]

Really glad I found this tutorial since I didn't know any of these methods, I just cheesed most of them with the spring
....which says a lot about how strong the spring is

[@Rusty_Spy]

Of course a guide drops after I already found them all by myself. Storm Rig took me way too long to figure out

[@CrappyBlue]

youtube gave me suggestions for responses to this comment that included "Glad I could help!", and i just think that's funny. anyway yeah this i understand, if i hadn't held myself to beating the game first (i just 100%ed the challenge board the other week) i would've been working on these sooner ^^; congrats on finding them all yourself though! it was one of my favorite parts of playing ring racers

[@bigrockerending7711]

I didn't actually know the intended methods of getting the cans in Roasted Ruins and Obsidian Oasis. I just ended up getting them through some careful Pogo Spring abuse, though clearly that was the hard way to do it

[@picoultimate7707]

As a helping grace for anyone looking for the game's Spray Cans, there's 100 of them, but more than 100 race courses. If you're finding any of these too difficult to reach yourself, you're welcome to skip it and pick a different course to track the Can down at.

[@LopezXiann14]

I would recommend the Fire Shield instead of Boost Shoes, you can use the shield as much as you want and gain the same amount of speed without it going away after one use. Good for certain cans that might take a few tries to get if you have to launch yourself in a certain way.

[@CrappyBlue]

this is a good tip! i also know one spray can coming up in part 3 that needs a fire shield instead of sneakers

[@Skyrainsprings]

At 11:14 for regal ruin you could also use a pogo spring and trick downwards to go up to get to the spray can if you’re positioned in the right direction

[@stanzacosmi]

huge fan of ones that can be gotten in time trials

[@Whackjood]

Good video! I've already found all the cans myself but I appreciate the effort put into this all the same, very comprehensive.
But I cant help but feel theres a (tongue in cheek) missed opportunity in not using the Jet Set Radio character to showcase collecting all these spray cans.

[@CrappyBlue]

i only play amy ^_^

[@CrappyBlue]

oh but the real answer is i'd have to get said character by collecting most of the spray cans, and i wanted collecting each spray can in succession to be part of the videos. (even if i'll have to reset the file again midway through page 2)

[@Ashley3AndKnuckles]

you're doing god's work

[@noodlegum_]

amazing video

[@ParryTFronters]

Thanks for this

[@OscarJerico]

Based video, thank you for this.

[@lexo632]

Fun fact! Pogo Springs actually appear naturally in Hill Top!

[@CrappyBlue]

oh! thanks for the heads-up. i realized only while recording for part 2 that item bubbles on the course don't show up in free play ^^; i'll have to keep this in mind going forward

[@kiwitheleafeon]

some people say that after 100 cans, you cant get the rest of the 50+ other cans
is there even a way how without using a code ?
(or if custom maps can even have spray cans at all)

[@hole1274]

HEY, you're cool :)

[@DynamicLemons]

this is a funny video to get AFTER getting my last 3 spray cans
...actually, can you collect them past 100?

[@DynamicLemons]

2 hours later after getting 5 s ranks, i can confirm you cannot
i have not seen a single one

[@poggerman3056]

This vids helpful but yall can just use spring for a lot of them

[@CrappyBlue]

you sure can... but not in grand prix. i'm trying to make a useful resource for grabbing them in either environment. also, this is more fun, to me
on that front i do wish i'd actually shown getting lucip pass's spray can with a bubble shield but, eh, it's fine.