Acceleration

Wow, I downloaded! This looks epic! I love it when people make their race tracks look more then just some floating blocks. I hope it drives as well as it looks!

 

Hey, me and my brother have downloaded and played this, and there are some serious things you need to consider (Sorry, but its true)

1. While certain parts of the map are fun, like the half pipe and the really steep drop, There isn't enough "Acceleration". What I mean is, there are too many points where your maps (Water cyclone included) just slow you to a complete halt, all in effort of keeping you on the track, If there is a way to get round this, I'm all for it.

2. Kill boundaries, on both maps. There are none, we can freely roam about hemmorhage if we wish. You can't rely on the sea to kill you all the time. Firstly, this takes a lot longer to hit than say, a kill boundary 2 nudges below the lowest area of the track, and really interrupts gameplay. If you fall, you have no hope of catching up unless the other falls too. Another reason you need kill boundaries is that, if you were to accidentally fall off the track and onto a bit below, the person would either a) need to drive back around the track to get the previous checkpoint or b) Kill themselves. Most of the time I would opt for B, again, taking a long time to hit the water, and making me lose. => =[

3)The half pipe track area, you can fall down the holes at the sides if you oversteer or go too wide, some of them you can't get out of at all, meaning you're stuck there the whole game. I think, If you took some pieces from the decorative aspect, you could possibly have 2 really fun racetracks that a lot of people would just love to play.

Both of the racetracks themselves are quite fun at places, so its not all doom and gloom

Merry Christmas!

 

I've never been much of a race person but my siblings are and they'd love this map. Some very nice turns,and banks the filter seems right and the start is really something special, its trippy as hell but awesome!

 

I cant wait to try this map out. I like how you used the spiral ramps to make a track I dont think i have ever seen that done yet

 

Ok, so I finally got to play this and I have a few things to point out to you. I still like your racetrack, it looks good, but it currently plays so broken, I couldn't even finish one lap (out of frustration). But, I like the map enough, to spend my time taking pics of what I think is wrong with it, in hopes you'll fix some of it.


Pic #1
The map has some serious steep ramps on it. That's not the problem. The problem is that a player isn't going to see the arrows you added, because the map is extremely dark and the massive ramps have your camera angle going everywhere.
Also, this pic shows that when I respawned, it spawned me going the wrong direction. This was the only respawn I noticed doing that, but I didn't make it too much further in the map than this point.



Pic #2
So again, the map is too dark. That's part of the problem. The second part is again, the severe angles and "blind" downhill turns. Once you go over this hump, and start going downhill, too late, your dead. The camera doesnt adjust fast enough to let you know that in the massive drop you have to turn already. If I knew the map well, then sure, I'd know to turn as soon as I make it there, but its friggin annoying to die & die & die, and you haven't even made it 1/2 way through the first lap yet. Most people download a racetrack, drive it for a lap or two, then discard it, unless its amazing.



Pic #3
The corkscrew has some wicked speed and curves. That part was awsome. What sucks, is hitting these "window pieces" five times in a row. Even knowing that they were there, I still nicked them. And because the corkscrew is on such an intense angle, you tap them and slide off the track, then repawn at the top of the corkscrew to repeat. This is as far as I got in the map.

Over-all:
Good - The map looks good
- The map has some crazy turns and steep downhills

Bad - Too dark
- Blind corners

Knowing the track (and its curves) should allow a good racer to win, but not knowing the track shouldn't cause the bad driver to die & die.

I'll keep checking to see if you post some improvements to this map, because I feel it has lots of potential. Sorry if I seemed like a jerk in this post, but when I can't finish one lap on a track that I think looked awsome, it makes me pissy. lol

 

This looks like the most innovative racetrack I've ever seen. It seems up u used (or at least tried to) use every type of object. I have also never seen anyone use circular ramps in a race before. Also, the accelorator parts go well with your map (go figure), all in all, a very good job to you sir.

 

I played it and this map is really fun. I liked the half-pipe turn and that crazy hill that makes you feel like you are going to fly off the track. One thing I would suggest is taking off the purple visual effect, as it made things hard to see and I couldn't appreciate the crazy track as much...

 

How did you get those drift turns to work? They amaze me every time I drive on them. I'd love to incorporate that type of thing into a race of mine, but I have no clue how to do them. Any trick? Or am I just missing something.

 

This track is excellent. Easily one of the best I have played in Reach. In my experience, I really haven't encountered many of the problems with the map's playability that have been mentioned. I thought it was very smooth and I didn't notice any real lack of speed at all. Also, I don't think there's a problem with the darkness. I liked it.

 

Hey bro, after reading all of these reviews and stuff, I wanted to tell you that this is by far my favorite map. I mean honestly if you fall off more than once you just don't have the brainpower to fix what ur doing. Second off I wanted to opt you to make a track with me. I have recently been building tracks and have made 4. The two that I think you would enjoy ( as the other ones are just first attempts) is Multi dimensional and my newest nd best one called atlantis skatecoaster. It would be awesome to build a map with someone else and see what ideas we can come up with. Hit me back either on my race map or shoot me a msg on xbox live GT:Colton1945

 

Amazing And Fun Map to Play Thanks 4 A Great map

 

this looks stunning, did you play rollercoaster tycoon before halo.
are you going to make anymore racetracks?

 

The double bank turn brings epic drifting. Very nice job making the perfect tilt to those areas.