The only real Drag race map I've played on is on High ground but due to forge limits the map (However awesome) Isn't a fully done, no cheating possible map, especially since you have to open the gate to get in View map here: http://www.forgehub.com/forum/race-maps/6047-drag-race.html But I'm talking a real Drag Race on Skybox that is not only the very first real drag race map but also very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Not Choke points and stuff like that, just a pure Stretch with some nice decoration like Tunnels and what not. I'll just list it: 1. Starting Gate: Like spawning pallets to be able to move on the track. 2. Lights: Custom Powerups That spawn in the usual fashion for time remaining till the race starts (Do it like the Double set in the High Ground Drag race.) 3. Decorations: So its not a boring ride 4. Simple Stretch: No one track for each person (which wouldn't make sense anyway) but the one stretch so people see their opponents progress. 5. Totally-Epic looking Finish line. If anyone can do this would be awesome
I made one on Blackout. It was really awesome. I deleted the map because I could never figure out a way to make the staring gate perfectly fair. It had gates that opened at twenty seconds. It had lights and everything. It was the longest stretch ever made. A lot of my friends really liked it. I am a perfectionist. Because it was not 100% fair, I got annoyed and deleted it. I really don't think one could be made that would be perfectly fair. People kept pushing up against the gate, giving them a slite advantage. I decided that if I was going to spend time on a track, that it would be a full size race track. Sandbox would be a great place to make one. I would like to see what somone could some up with. I don't think I will waste my time on one again though.
I might make one if i have time. I will try and make as good of a drag race that i could and post it her if you would like.
I love drag racing and I am thinking about making a drag race map. I have been thinking of making one for a long time. I have been waiting for the right map and I think that bungie has given me the opportunity with sandbox,to make one. I dont see how pushing against the gate could be a problem. That is just the potential energy of the mongoose. You dont see drag race cars start out slow then fast. You see them blast across the track. I would rather see them pushing against the starting line.
This would be extremely easy to do. There is no doubt in my mind that this can be made, but do we really need to? I have played other racing games that featured drag races. There were fun, but this is Halo we are talking about. Driving straight on Halo 3 is pretty boring and redundant. This is why may of the race maps today have crazy turns, jumps, etc.
Well, like I said. I didn't think that pushing against the gate would be a problem either. Until I actually built one and it turned out to be a problem. I would like to see you make one. Then you will see that it's not really realistic.
Interlock a shield door into the block so you can't see it but it still affects it. If you push against the gate, you get thrown backwards.
But then wouldn't the shield door be in the way of the mongooses trying to get through the gate? Ol o O = gate l = shield door o = mongoose
No, I'm assuming he's doing one of those 'pop-up spawn' things. Code: ------ | o o o -------- At 20 seconds, a block spawns, and they can drive along. o o o ------======= |======= --------- Mind you this is very little vertically, just enough to keep the mongoose from getting out. Probably just a couple feet.
What if you had gravs lifts that spawned in 10 seconds to push away pallets from the top. I think if you did it right the mongoose would pass under the grav lift flame and the barrier would be pushed away at identical times. Edit: Something like this, inverted for the other gate. Or you could do something like have a barrel fall and blow up the grav lift allowing the player to pass then.
unfortunatley, the greatest problem with "drag race" maps is that what if one person isn't on the vehicle, or if one is at the edge and the other is at the back? drag race maps don't seem too practical, although if someone could make a totally fair one, maybe i'll try it out.
When people say "Fairness" and all you talk like everybody in there is whiny little 10 year olds that are too darn triggerhappy to race. I'm just talking about actual friends that will actually play. Not everything has to be doublechecked.