Proposal Discussion Deathrace

Commander Jake Skyrunner · Sep 8, 2014

I made one of the videos shown here, (showing Rand in front of me within the station) , and I can tell you that at first, the task of flying inside the structure, is difficult, but like anything with practice, you can get better at it.... and soon you will be flying though there at full speed.....

hydraSlav · Sep 11, 2014

That is cool

Wolfox · Sep 11, 2014

I tried the Deathrace with the Hauler!!!

but on the Freeport station!! Hahaha catastrophic!!

I love the Idea!!

Essobie · Sep 11, 2014

My hope was that there would specifically be race arenas constructed at different locations in the galaxy... and you could actually show up there and race AI and/or other players for cash prizes and the like.

Given how much I like docking in a Viper going as fast as I can through the mail slot, I could imagine some really cool race "tracks" being constructed. Bonus points for attaching them to space stations that rotate while you are trying to race (need to give spectators their artificial gravity, you know).

rand_h · Sep 11, 2014

Wolfox said:
I tried the Deathrace with the Hauler!!!

but on the Freeport station!! Hahaha catastrophic!!

I love the Idea!!

Yeah, in the beginning it is difficult. Died a lot in there too. Must have looked funny me bouncing like a ball inside the structure. But besides it is also good for pvp practice when one is outnumbered. Just fly in there and assess the situation. It is rather tricky to shoot at you once you are inside without hitting the station. Works also while waiting for the station to give you docking clearance during open play. But you have to fly along the rotation not against it. That one I did not manage yet either.

ElectricZ · Sep 11, 2014

rand_h said:
Still looking for people to fly against. Unfortunately I can't get a stable connection with others not popping in and out like some ghosts..Anyway made a video of a clean round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRy82zveSc&feature=youtu.be

That's pretty awsome. I especially like the FAOFF moment at the end when you look back toward the station. Gotta try this when I get home.

Arindor · Sep 11, 2014

Gold cup should be: shields off + counter-clockwise. Going with the flow is too easy.

I tried this ages ago (shields on), both ways. It's an absolute blast! Especially when you crash and pop!

Weathers · Sep 11, 2014

Should probably choose a specific station (Azeban seems logical) rather than type so that people with different time schedules have more chance of bumping into each other for a race

As for racing itself, would be nice if we could fine tune the impact warning proximity, or turn it off alltogether

rand_h · Sep 11, 2014

Arindor said:
Gold cup should be: shields off + counter-clockwise. Going with the flow is too easy.

I tried this ages ago (shields on), both ways. It's an absolute blast! Especially when you crash and pop!

Yeah, but going against the flow is clockwise as I wrote in the first post, no?

Wolfox · Sep 11, 2014

My problem is counting, once inside I stop counting the laps

PS: Supreme CMDR Gold cup: Clockwise-No shields- No Assist!!!!

rand_h · Sep 13, 2014

Wolfox said:
My problem is counting, once inside I stop counting the laps

PS: Supreme CMDR Gold cup: Clockwise-No shields- No Assist!!!!

Yep, have the same...so I just count the corners. Only Insomnia can do that

Also here some propaganda

Cmdr Fremen · Sep 13, 2014

rand_h said:
DEATHRACE! Who wants to join? Simple rules but actually quite difficult to manage. Players start outside a regular Coriolis station in front of the docking slit. When the race starts they have to enter the outer structure and fly in between it for several laps. For a start this can be the square which is rotating in the same plane as the entrance. The survivor or fastest of let's say ten laps wins!
Bronze Cup 1: Shields on, flying counterclockwise
Silver Cup 2: Shields off, flying counterclockwise
Gold Cup: Shields off, flying clockwise
Weapons have to be stowed and their use is not allowed.

I love it! I did it myself several times... and got myself killed a couple of times.

What I do not like is... you know about that. I might not race but wait for the lucky ones at the finish line with all the weapons deployed.

MadDogMurdock · Sep 13, 2014

Plan to give this a go.

Could be some Return of the Jedi options when new stations are under construction in the release version.

Essobie · Sep 13, 2014

So ED got beat to race courses by SC. I mean, sure... other space sims have had race modes, but I'm talking about very recent titles.

Essentially, take the race course shown in this video and put it somewhere in ED and you'll have something special (not to mention, racing with a flight model that at least has something interesting going on).

Wolfox · Sep 13, 2014

rand_h said:
Yep, have the same...so I just count the corners. Only Insomnia can do that

Also here some propaganda

There should be two joysticks, not a steering wheel.

Young Commanders could not understand!

Nice poster in anycase

MadDogMurdock · Sep 14, 2014

Having had a go at this, you have my admiration.

I trashed several sidies and the best I managed was one and a half sides.

rand_h · Sep 14, 2014

Essobie said:
So ED got beat to race courses by SC. I mean, sure... other space sims have had race modes, but I'm talking about very recent titles.

Essentially, take the race course shown in this video and put it somewhere in ED and you'll have something special (not to mention, racing with a flight model that at least has something interesting going on).

Wolfox said:
There should be two joysticks, not a steering wheel.
Young Commanders could not understand!

Nice poster in anycase

MadDogMurdock said:
Having had a go at this, you have my admiration.

I trashed several sidies and the best I managed was one and a half sides.

Yeah, played it today. Don't like so much the top gear look a like thing but the track flys really nicely. Best SC experience so far. At least for me..

Steering wheel: Did not have the patience to photoshop the steering wheel too...

Trashing sidies: Don't give up, you will get the hang of it eventually.died so often in there.

MadDogMurdock · Sep 14, 2014

rand_h said:
Yeah, played it today. Don't like so much the top gear look a like thing but the track flys really nicely. Best SC experience so far. At least for me..

Steering wheel: Did not have the patience to photoshop the steering wheel too...

Trashing sidies: Don't give up, you will get the hang of it eventually.died so often in there.

Just spotted that you're coming in after the corner, I was slotting in before. Probably easier your way.

I made it far enough to see it's possible so I'll keep at it.

Wolfox · Sep 14, 2014

Training Sessions - View my failures

All this was soooooo baaaad

PS: But fun!!

rand_h · Sep 15, 2014

MadDogMurdock said:
Just spotted that you're coming in after the corner, I was slotting in before. Probably easier your way.

I made it far enough to see it's possible so I'll keep at it.

Yeah, I made the diagram, before I found out entering that via the corners is way more easy.