News Sneak Peek - Illegal racing in an installation

[Hydrino]

Thanks for these David! Good stuff to build excitement.

 

[SpionKop]

Will the buggy.....errr SRV have crash damage?

it'll be fun driving with missing wheels

 

[VR Morgan Grimes]

Yes - pips affect speed.
Wasn't me in either of these this time I'm afraid. He may have 'invulnerability' turned on (a useful debug thing) - or may be why he has four pips in sys.

Thank you

Absolutely stoked with the progress you have shown us, excitement levels are rising uncontrollably

 

[Patrick_68000]

Magnificent ! The graphics are of good quality and I imagine the races which are going to be organized on the planets

 

[CMDR Crustatious Cornelius Pig]

very nice sneak peak indeed

 

[smartroad]

So were the SRV's being attacked because they were racing or because they provoked them first?!

 

[bitstorm]

Crikey!

Mr Braben, this is EXACTLY what it's about, fantastic.

Mario Kart inside ED!!

 

[Nagual]

Epic. Just been watching "How to make a Time Attack Racer" on the Unreal website. Now important and serious questions.. Is there a handbrake? Are Power slides possible? Where are the check points? Where are the powerups? And are there high score tables...?...

 

[Mucka]

Nice but surface detail looks so last gen.
Yeah I know it is procedural but I hope they can improve on that along with having tracks as it makes no sense to be kicking up dust everywhere and yet leave no tracks - even if they are just temporary to save memory.

 

[VR Morgan Grimes]

Epic. Just been watching "How to make a Time Attack Racer" on the Unreal website. Now important and serious questions.. Is there a handbrake? Are Power slides possible? Where are the check points? Where are the powerups? And are there high score tables...?...

There is a handbrake.

 

[VR jefranklin18]

Thanks for the peek David. It looks great!
But I have to ask if Skimmers will be getting a buff before full release?
Right now they seem a bit too weak.

Perhaps you should actually wait to try it until asking for changes?

 

[Patrick_68000]

The race can not be complete without the skins of bananas

 

[Mc80]

The fast and the furious: moon drift

 

[Patrick_68000]

I find the graphics, very nice and very clear. This is the result of compute shaders on Windows 64, as David said yesterday ?

 

[VR jefranklin18]

Hi everyone, here’s another unedited sneak peek dev video. On it two of our team are racing around an installation on a desert world. Some things are still not final, as before. Though there are no specific racing mechanics in the game, I'm sure CMDRs will still race!

https://youtu.be/e6DEbuVGtUw

That looks as if it is great fun. I am looking forward to trying it out all out, although I am not around next week when beta kicks off so will have to wait (impatiently) to return from holidays

 

[SuperNova15]

Perhaps you should actually wait to try it until asking for changes?

I was only asking out of concern because two SRVs were just casually driving around a base for three and a half minutes completely ignoring it's deference yet their shields weren't even scratched. Next week I'm going to be ready for a fight in my new srv, not target practice.
But David said they have an invincibility mode. So that clears my concern I think.

 

[Gran Solo]

Wow, that looks great. I guess I underestimated how big these installations would get.

Makes me think... Will there be a ground station to the space elevator? Will it be possible to dock with a space elevator and be transported to the ground station, or vice versa? Just imagine, an installation stretching out into space!

 

[Komemiute]

Dat sound dept, tho. I'm amazed how those guys can bring to life everything...

 

[Barking_Mad]

Hi everyone, here’s another unedited sneak peek dev video. On it two of our team are racing around an installation on a desert world. Some things are still not final, as before. Though there are no specific racing mechanics in the game, I'm sure CMDRs will still race!

https://youtu.be/e6DEbuVGtUw

Great video

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to David Braben again.

Meh!

 

[Foxiol Eagle]

That looks amazing! Love the coordinates in the UI!! Amazing so we can tell others where we are in the entire planet with more accuracy!! And also I have my pen and paper prepared to mark some cool landmarks and vistas.

Thank you Mr Braben!!