When you're facing the barrier, your intuition tells you to lean as far as you can and hit the gas. The rear tire should grab the dirt and kick out. In Supercross 2000, no matter what traction setting is used, your wheels spin and you simply don't have the traction to get out. Your bike sits in one spot with the wheel spinning but no bike rotation. However, if you turn fully with the gas on and then let go of the control pad, you straighten out and go from 0 to 20 mph in the blink of an eye.
Acceleration is non-existent when the bikes are tilted but spectacular when perfectly upright.
While trying different cornering techniques, I came across one that worked nearly every time. I noticed that if I gently entered a corner and stayed on outside part of the turn, I could use the signs to guide my turn. In fact, all you have to do is hold the gas button down and let go of the lean control in the turn. Once you exit the turn, you can adjust your direction with the pad. To put this method to test, I ran an entire race pressing only one button, the gas button.