I'm going to weigh in against adding a mini map. The racing style is like Ridge Racer where you are having to gradually rope in one by one the vehicles in front of you. Glenn added the very nice touch of having the vehicles leave long trails behind them. Once you see this you know when you are catching up to the next vehicle! You also roughly know the spacing of the vehicles after a few races so it becomes intuiitive to know based on your position and if you see a tail or not how many and how far vehicles are in front of you. And less clutter is a good thing in a game as geogeous as this! I will suggest the opposite. Give me a front bumper view and the option to turn off all HUD items. ATV Offroad offers this and, for me, this is a graile of racers. Pure speed and emersion!
I'm not 100% sure of what a free run mode would consist of beyond playing the game and ignoring the race. What would people like to see? One of the biggest issues I can see is working out where to put the player back after a crash. Currently segments of the track are marked as "safe for respawn" and the player is put back to the last of these after a crash. This is why the free-roam levels are forced to put you all the way back to the last gate. I guess the answer could be to include the ability to place "safe spots" in the editor and respawn there in any potential "free run" mode...
Well my idea was, that the player starts at the higest poing of the map (maybe put a small platform there) and you colud make this the sporn point, so that you can start again from the top of the map and fly down to the place you want to go to! Another Idea (that would maybe be funny, but not realistic) would be if you start from some UFO over the map (in the ufo, like at the entrance) and then fly out of it. that way you could start even higher (doesen't have to be an UFO, it could alsow be a plane that drops you off! ) For the starting position I mean something like this:
I like the idea of that and it would obviously be very easy to do I think we'd need a simple boost gauge though as knowing when to hold and let go of the boost is vital. What does everyone think of "Front bumper" versus "Cockpit" views?
I personally don't feel much for the maps either, but a Cockpit view would be my favourite, with Front bumper I loose a bit of R/L awareness.
By cockpit do you mean a view that would show part of the ships interior? Or is it just a different location than number? I would like a completely clear view if possible with an internal view option also (like Real Racing).
Regarding the 'free run mode', I think it would be nice to have a plain 'free run mode' where there is no objective, you are just free to explore the map. And also I think there should maybe be some more game modes that take advantage of the free roaming. What about having a mode where there are coins scattered around the map and you have to collect as many coins as possible before the timer runs out. Or maybe a 'capture tha flag' game mode where you compete against CPU opponents to capture as many flags around the map as possible. This game just needs something that makes good use of the free roaming ability. And as for a cockpit view, I would personally prefer to see the interior cockpit (i.e - real racing) than just have a 'bumper cam'. Maybe you could have an interior. Something like the cockpit of 'Venture One' (which I may be getting when they are available in the UK )
That thing looks like it's out of demolition man! I want one!!! A cockpit view wod give you a place to put the boost meter . In bumper view perhaps the view could be bare and then a dot in the corner glows green on half charge and gradually changes to yellow as it gets full instead of a wide meter like you have now.
That looks like a coffin on wheels LBG! BUt a cockpit view like that would be the dog's danglers. The trick is not to waste too much screen estate, but give some reference of the craft with A-pillars and a dashboard to integrate info.
Hey Jeep - Are you the Jeep with high scores that appear in the game on some tracks? I also enjoy Vector Tanks (saw it in your sig).
First rev Hopefully within the next week I will be releasing the first rev. It will feature a few minor bug fixes, some of the simpler suggestions from this thread and at least one new level. Does anyone have any ideas for a name for the new level? I'm thinking maybe Cliff's Edge or Edgehog.
how bout cliffhanger? I need to get this game! Anyone know if it is possible to transfer your giftcard from one account to another?
Ground Effect slEDGE. On the EDGE of the hEDGE. Don't fly off the EDGE. All seems like totally non-trademark-infringing to me
Hopefully one of the simpler suggestions is bumper cam Your proposed level names sound on the Edge to me. I would steer clear Hard to suggest a name without seeing the level. I like how the names are consistent with the character of the level.
What happens in a race if you miss a gate? When I miss one by a lot the next gate does not illuminate but if I miss one by a little the next gate does light up. Is this one wat to be able to 'cut corners' and shave a few seconds off lap times? I do a lot of course correcting to make it through gates and perhaps I don't have to?
