How about "Great race today at 4:00 PM GMT !! Starting at sector 20, the one who gets first at sector 300 will get a big prize". Of course, there'll be some obstacles. You can shoot your opponent, and he will respawn in the same place after 3 sec.

Nope. Unfair to those with thinband (56k) connections and slow computers. Just got to 45 and race there.

I think that those s40-46 or something races should be more organized then players saying "ready...go!!!" If your going to be serious about racing it should have a gambling feature for the two racers, they should be able to attack, every 10000 damage the enemy ship shuts down for 2 seconds (this way, it is always neck and neck, because the person who is shutdown is now in the back). And there should be a blue shield ala exits of a station that should evaporate when the Mission Computer tells you to start.

Why not start a gamble bot? It shouldn't be too hard