You may have heard of the Buckyball Racing Club but in case you haven't, or in case you just don't really know what we do (or don't think it's for you) then I thought I'd just tell you a little bit about us and try to encourage you to give it a try.
Basically we're an Elite Dangerous rally racing group. We organise time-trial races that run over the course of anything from a couple of days to a couple of weeks (or indefinitely in the case of the Sagittarius A* challenge).
Unlike some other racing groups you don't need to be on-line at a certain time on a certain day to take part, you can run our races any time you want over the duration of the event and you can run them as many times as want (trying to shave precious seconds off your time).
The way these work is that there's a start-line (e.g. a station), a course (sometimes the exact route is given, sometimes planning your route is part of the fun), and a finish line (again, typically a station, often just back at the start line). There may be some rules about ship class and outfitting (e.g. Fuel Scoops might not be allowed or there might be a bonus for running without shields). When you're ready at the start-line you take a screenshot showing the time and then head off around the course, as fast as you can. At each point along the course you take another screenshot and you take a final screenshot when you land at the finish line.
You then submit your set of screenshots to the race organiser (either by email or a pm here on the forum) who maintains a leaderboard (typically updated at least daily) where you can see how you're doing compared to the other competitors. That's about it (there may be some additional rules and there's often an element of role-play/backstory to each race just to make things more interesting).
Most of our courses take between 30 minutes and an hour to run.
It's a LOT of fun, makes a really nice change from your usual ED gameplay, and can teach you more about the mechanics of this wonderful game than you might expect. We'd really welcome some new members (and I use the word "members" lightly, all you have to do is give it a try really) so if you're interested then the current race, entitled "Spring Break" can be found by clicking on the banner below, or alternatively you can just visit http://buckyballracing.org.uk for more info.
If you have any further questions then feel free to pm me here on the forum.
n.b. this particular race has some slightly more complex rules, don't let that put you off tho', it's still basically as described above.
Coming soon (2nd-10th April) ...
n.b. this event will require Horizons.
Basically we're an Elite Dangerous rally racing group. We organise time-trial races that run over the course of anything from a couple of days to a couple of weeks (or indefinitely in the case of the Sagittarius A* challenge).
Unlike some other racing groups you don't need to be on-line at a certain time on a certain day to take part, you can run our races any time you want over the duration of the event and you can run them as many times as want (trying to shave precious seconds off your time).
The way these work is that there's a start-line (e.g. a station), a course (sometimes the exact route is given, sometimes planning your route is part of the fun), and a finish line (again, typically a station, often just back at the start line). There may be some rules about ship class and outfitting (e.g. Fuel Scoops might not be allowed or there might be a bonus for running without shields). When you're ready at the start-line you take a screenshot showing the time and then head off around the course, as fast as you can. At each point along the course you take another screenshot and you take a final screenshot when you land at the finish line.
You then submit your set of screenshots to the race organiser (either by email or a pm here on the forum) who maintains a leaderboard (typically updated at least daily) where you can see how you're doing compared to the other competitors. That's about it (there may be some additional rules and there's often an element of role-play/backstory to each race just to make things more interesting).
Most of our courses take between 30 minutes and an hour to run.
It's a LOT of fun, makes a really nice change from your usual ED gameplay, and can teach you more about the mechanics of this wonderful game than you might expect. We'd really welcome some new members (and I use the word "members" lightly, all you have to do is give it a try really) so if you're interested then the current race, entitled "Spring Break" can be found by clicking on the banner below, or alternatively you can just visit http://buckyballracing.org.uk for more info.
If you have any further questions then feel free to pm me here on the forum.
n.b. this particular race has some slightly more complex rules, don't let that put you off tho', it's still basically as described above.
Coming soon (2nd-10th April) ...
n.b. this event will require Horizons.
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