would be nice to have a nice simple racetrack, something like a
big oval with straight runs of about 3000m or so, and nice gentle turns, with a bit wider tubes. dont u think?

why? are the curent racetracks to interesting for you?

NASCAR was boring two thousand years ago. Get with the program! Learn to steer!

there are lots of types of racing. there is motocross, there is cross country, there is the tour de france, but also there is plain good old fashioned sprinting around a race track.

Perhaps an EASY track would be good for some of us.

Ananzi is advocating drag-racing in VO.

ffs Ananzi, can't you just have your illegal drags and be happy with it? pick out a couple damn roids and race between them or a station.

Do you want someone to hold your hand?

now that you mention it, drag racing could be cool. the little christmas tree traffic signal counts down to red, the engines rumble and grind as the racers strain to keep behind the starting line, boop boop boop beeeeeep, and they are off, looks like the valk is ahead, but woah! the pilots aim is off, it slams into the side of the track at 225m/s, instant death. the blast carries to the adjacent tubes, knocking the vulture off course, as the longshot rookie crosses the finish line alone.... in a wraith!

yeah man. a couple parallel tubes about 2000m long, with timers on each, a countdown timer, an NPC race official who starts it off -- crazy.

Boring.

It's a good idea Ananzi.
It would allow for a more controlled environment to test different methods to take turns.

I just don't think anyone likes you.
You should create an alternate forum alias and post your ideas under that name.

Works for me. When I post Under "Incarnate", everyone always listens to me.

the drag racing one sounds interesting, but the huge elipse is well, popintless. the existing race tracks are far more chalenging and interesting if you wnt manuvering practice (i like running the maze with FA off as strafe controle practice myself). or if you wnt braing rites about how fast you can fly.

I like ananzi so if you want to pick on him you better get ready for some demidev asswupping!

kix, ananzi's previous experiment with with forum-only account didn't work all that great. whoever listens to genka anyhow?

Popularity Contests in the suggestion forum are soooo not out of place, yey!

Is it possible to change the collision properties of objects, so that ships running into them would have a lower chance of taking damage? I thought I heard that's possible a while back .. but maybe I misunderstood.

In case that's possible .. how about adding a wussy version of the current tracks with the damage toned down to bractus or somewhere else?

Heh. That would rule- just turbo away and bounce your way through the course.