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Racetracks

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Oct 26, 2004 Phaserlight link
Agreed, CrazySpence. Although you should get xp only for breaking a record, otherwise peeps could run the racetrack over and over like a hamster wheel to gain exp.

Also, just like we have a "Cargo Captures" stats page we could have a "Racetrack Top Times" page. For each racetrack, it would show the best time of the week for each ship class; bus, vulture, centurion, valk, ragnarok etc... 12 in all. It could also show the top ten times of all time for each ship class.

There could be a special "Race Channel" that broadcast a message when someone broke one of the track records.

For breaking an all time record you would get something like 500 xp for first place, 450 for second, 400 for third etc.

You wouldn't immediately be awarded xp for breaking the week's best record, but if at the end of the week you held the best time for a certain track in a certain ship class you would be awarded 100 xp.
Oct 26, 2004 Magus link
And we should be able to bet on it. What's a race without betting?
Oct 27, 2004 CrazySpence link
yea betting would be cool
Nov 03, 2004 Phaserlight link
*bump for newcomers*

long live teh hamster tubes!
Nov 07, 2004 Weag654 link
Racetracks would definitely be awesome. Gambling at them would be equally cool. Maybe a great way to make some money and increase commerce license or something
Nov 07, 2004 Smilodon link
I think this is an awesome idea. I'd be really keen to get into doing some racing if these came back :)

Maybe have an all time record and a weekly record. You could get a bonus amount of experience for topping the all time record, and a much smaller amount of experience for getting the best weekly record, that would be decided by who was top of the table at the end of the week.

Betting also sounds fun to me, although even just as racetracks without these extra things I could see myself having fun with it.
Nov 20, 2004 roguelazer link
Dec 01, 2004 Phaserlight link
*bump*
Dec 01, 2004 Forum Moderator link
Please don't bump these. The devs know you want this.
Dec 01, 2004 roguelazer link
But we gotta remind them. I remember some thing that died for months, were bumped, and showed up in the next update.
Jan 19, 2005 roguelazer link
*bump*
Jan 19, 2005 Apex link
thx roguelazer!

I'm new and I had NO idea that racing was EVER part of VO. now I see how many people share my dream!

Devs. PPPPPPPLLELASE!? I already know I could salvage at least 3 lost subscribers if you brought racing into the game. not that i'm trying to bribe you or anything, I just know racing would make the game THAT much more fun.
Jan 19, 2005 Shapenaji link
Lemme echo Apex here, I replied to the other thread with the same thing. But It's SOO much fun to race through the nooks and crannies of stations, I would love to see actual tracks.
Feb 12, 2005 roguelazer link
Bumped again.
Feb 12, 2005 Black Omega link
*bump*
Feb 12, 2005 tramshed link
*bump*
gimme gimme, those things look badass, make a few convoluted ones in sectors where you could bring weapons though, as fighitng in those tubes would be awesome.
Feb 12, 2005 Starfisher link
Somehow I doubt it's necessary to bump it three times in one day. Maybe once every few days?
Feb 12, 2005 roguelazer link
Or maybe Spellcast could add it to the growing list of pinned topics. At this rate, we'll need a new forum called "Pinned Suggestions".
Feb 12, 2005 roguelazer link
Or maybe Spellcast/RelayeR/ctishman/Whistler/Devs/Other Guides could add it to the growing list of pinned topics. At this rate, we'll need a new forum called "Pinned Suggestions".
Feb 13, 2005 Forum Moderator link
The devs have responded to this thread in the past and are well aware that some people would like to see racetracks return. Bumping the thread won't speed up the process. I really don't think pinning it would be appropriate.