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The part you are missing is CIG have tried to do it in the past. Hyped it. Done ATVs about it. Then quietly dropped it, never to be spoken about again. Unless they need a filler for an eposide of ATV (or SCL or whatever)
More content in a single imaginary racetrack than the whole of Skyrim!
They are just lumps of inert scenery, afaik there's no in game timing etc. As with ED racing you need to go to external sites to find the rules etc.
I mean well done to CIG for adding some assets to it though.
Probably not, they are supposed to be parts of an abandoned mining base, I think CIG have just plonked stuff on the ground.
It's not snark, I am glad they have a race track, but note it took the players to find and set up their own race track, not CIG, they couldn't set one up at all, even after several attempts and announcements. This is purely and 100% a player driven effort, nothing to do with CIG who will probably now take the credit for setting it up!
That's kind of the reason for the snark. It's CIG taking an already established player-created course, dropping a bunch of random obstacles into it, and calling it an official "race course." There's no game mechanics to transform it into a proper race course. So any races held there will have to have one player, the race organizer, who is willing to dedicate tons of their free time into reviewing the evidence of each race to determine an official winner. Without that player (or a group of players, depending upon the nature of the race) to officiate, that "race course" is simply an unusually shaped canyon with obstacles strewn randomly around it.
This is par for the course for CIG: they just keep building assets, and call it gameplay. As opposed to building the underlying game mechanics required for proper game play.
Thanks for the replies everyone. I shall now put down the wrong end of this stick and carry on snarking
It's a shame. An actual working racetrack would be something I'd give a big thumbs up to, and might have even persuaded me to open my wallet. After all... racetrack times are something that can survive a wipe even if the record of them are removed from the game
It seems a wasted opportunity, but then I guess such racetracks do involve a bit more work than just plonking down bits of scenery
1 : CIG never called it an official track. They found out that the racer community use this track and added assets to make better to race. It's now an abandonned mine site instead of natural canyon. And they do a pretty good stuff about the placement of assets for making it more fun.
2 : the racer community love it
For info, the racers at the origin of the track.
Tracks – Extreme G Racing
racexgr.com
Even more a shame knowing they have proper racing system module, they assumably could bring into the PU.
But the same could be said to FDEV as tutorial, and some of the CQC elements could totally be used to insert race tracks and the gameplay systems behind it.
The only key difference being FDEV never promised and bragged about it.
But the same could be said to FDEV as tutorial, and some of the CQC elements could totally be used to insert race tracks and the gameplay systems behind it.
The only key difference being FDEV never promised and bragged about it.
What a nice move, BlackMaze must be thrilled.
And that's how you nurture a racing community. Frontier take note.
And while you're at it, think about bringing actual space legs, as Kate shows in her latest video it can make for interesting scenarios:
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It's also the first time a player can switch the gravity on/off. Really cool when Kate get in the ladder passage and arrive in a gravity zone again, falling like a stone
Turbulent is making good content
Wow it's next level investigate mission here, I will love it.
It's also the first time a player can switch the gravity on/off. Really cool when Kate get in the ladder passage and arrive in a gravity zone again, falling like a stone
Turbulent is making good content
Yeah, ok, today's about the best time I can make this comment because things will start escalating very soon in the Elite setting...
One of the things I like to watch the most of Star Citizen is the commercials.
Lance Henriksen narrating the Misc Freelancer commercial is just... golden. I never tire of that.
Another commercial I really like is the one of Consolidated Outland revealing the Pioneer. I love the guy's drawl.
Now, the Pioneer is important; it's about base building. And if you look it 5m into the ad you'll see the actual reveal.
What I realized that it's a bit similar to the Panther Clipper concept appearing at a smidge over 5m into Elite's ship scale video released DEC-2021.
The Panther Clipper's thrusters have a similar vibe to the Pioneer - or is it the other way around?
It has been rumoured to be in the Odyssey season, but not at release -- as per Exigeous' leak video. The Panther Clipper is mentioned about 3¾m into that vid.
In the patch notes for Update 11 there's casually mentioned that "Small settlement landing pads schematics were enlarged to aid navigation and landing."
And for Update 12 notes it's mentioned that "The cargo loader found at settlements now has a schematic."
So those two hints, combined with the Building Schematics we have been looting since Odyssey's release, tell me that there's going to be base building in Elite.
And I'm also getting the impression that Frontier's going to release Theatres of War for about 20000+ star systems - only the inhabited ones, and in the Elite setting, obviously.
Kate's playthrough of a bespoke mission in Star Citizen looks cool. I can't wait to get my hands on, and play, Squadron 42.
One of the things I like to watch the most of Star Citizen is the commercials.
Lance Henriksen narrating the Misc Freelancer commercial is just... golden. I never tire of that.
Another commercial I really like is the one of Consolidated Outland revealing the Pioneer. I love the guy's drawl.
Now, the Pioneer is important; it's about base building. And if you look it 5m into the ad you'll see the actual reveal.
What I realized that it's a bit similar to the Panther Clipper concept appearing at a smidge over 5m into Elite's ship scale video released DEC-2021.
The Panther Clipper's thrusters have a similar vibe to the Pioneer - or is it the other way around?
It has been rumoured to be in the Odyssey season, but not at release -- as per Exigeous' leak video. The Panther Clipper is mentioned about 3¾m into that vid.
In the patch notes for Update 11 there's casually mentioned that "Small settlement landing pads schematics were enlarged to aid navigation and landing."
And for Update 12 notes it's mentioned that "The cargo loader found at settlements now has a schematic."
So those two hints, combined with the Building Schematics we have been looting since Odyssey's release, tell me that there's going to be base building in Elite.
And I'm also getting the impression that Frontier's going to release Theatres of War for about 20000+ star systems - only the inhabited ones, and in the Elite setting, obviously.
Kate's playthrough of a bespoke mission in Star Citizen looks cool. I can't wait to get my hands on, and play, Squadron 42.
You can have slower movement without having molasses style - see Death Stranding for instance. What you mention is the 1st person camera used to wave and bob around with the character walking. Movement has always been "doom guy" style as it has always been the default from CryEngine.
I wouldn't say that
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/vgu76c/the_flying_beer/
More seriously, the bit where they tried to switch gravity back on but nothing happened seemed unintended. Throw in the bugged lift causing an accidental dead end (and the whole ship disappearing when they submitted the mission
), and it looks like it's a bit borked.Turbulent is making good content
Definitely very wise to use the Reclaimer for an Alien-esque setting. (It's not like it's good for anything else right now
). And to leverage existing functions for the puzzle elements. (Not their fault if they're a bit sketchy )It's essentially an upgrade of the ancient Covalex PI mission. (Added in late late 2015, and naturally in a fairly buggy state these days).
Kind of speaks to CIG still walking in circles. But hey, it's something new-ish to do. And the assets do get prettier.
(Will be interesting to see how the combat variants play out. I'm genuinely not convinced that adding more NPCs to server load in this patch is a brilliant idea though.)
I wouldn't bet big on that happening any time soon. But the base building would be very funny, for sure
Keep waiting.
More seriously, the bit where they tried to switch gravity back on but nothing happened seemed unintended. Throw in the bugged lift causing an accidental dead end (and the whole ship disappearing when they submitted the mission
Did Kate really say she enjoyed the bugs because they added more challenge to the mission? That's one hell of a silver linings paintbrush she's got there
What's a sandbox without lashings of gritty sand?
(Any truly great one is bound to have a load in its gears...)
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There's even space whale wrapping paper!
In this case on the crotch box which broke this man's game...
Source: https://youtu.be/bMyT0z0w9Uo
All tied up with a bow. Fantastic.
In this case on the crotch box which broke this man's game...
All tied up with a bow. Fantastic.