Racing Discussion

[SeaFalcon]

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The tricky part in my opinion is making something that is actually naturally faster than conventional cruising. If it isn't, it all feels kind of silly when you slap on deliberately slower engines/thrusters to then race with. Just press Shift-W with a normal engine, dumbass.

Maybe we just need loads and loads of CDs, lol.

The current cruise speed is far too high for some of the current tracks.
Opting for slower, but faster than regular thrusters, engines would be a nice middle ground.
Then add different engines, some with fast acceleration but lower top speed etc.
With how the thrusters are implemented I can see plenty of different options.
Make them eat your regular energy core and they become useless for regular pvp or combat.

If you can FLhook restrictions such as limiting cruise engines it would be even better.
Give the organizer of the race the options so they are able to add rules & restrictions, tracks, payout etc.
Give them a start command that forces people to stay still until the countdown is done etc.

Adding loads and loads of CDs would impact regular gameplay outside of races since you know these faster ships will be used to annoy people.