Yeoman Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) The first 'trial' game will be held on Wednesday July 23rd, and will start around 7.30-8pm GMT. I hope to host a regular game every saturday or sunday. There have been a couple of threads with people trying to organise racing of some description. Those threads and my own online experience influenced me in developing this idea. I’m into racing on GTA, and so I got thinking about something organised that might be fun. Rather than having a points league, which might become overly competitive with people fighting over points and maybe ‘cheating’, I thought a ‘club’ might be better; something fun and not too serious. Basically I’m after sensible gamers who are open minded to try new things and who have a bit of patience. You don’t have to have a microphone, but it may be good if you can at least hear people, so that you understand what is going on. The Racing could take place on either Race or Free Mode, or maybe both. I have a few ideas of things that we could do. Normal Racing My first idea - which is pretty damn revolutionary - is simply racing on RACE, hopefully with people being up for all types of car class and willing to all drive the same vehicle if some people had the urge too. (You know, ‘everyone get the Voodoo’ kind of thing, or Blista Compact vs Futo). Also hopefully with as little ‘cheating’ as possible. Custom Tracks? Next, I thought that maybe we could develop our own tracks. E.g, somebody could walk everyone through their track, and then we could maybe do a ‘warm-up’ of the track. Then if everyone thinks they understand the track, we could try racing it. Obviously people would have to be mature and not cheat (since there would be no actual checkpoints to abide by). Here I’m not sure if this would be better on Free Mode or Race, because on race the cars we use can be closely controlled (it’s more fair), and things like traffic can be turned off completely. However, on free mode you can get into other cars if yours is destroyed and won’t be spawned miles away from the fictitious track. The idea here is to not end up with too many tracks, but maybe each member of the club could have their own track if they wanted. (You could also post an image of a GTA IV map with the track mapped out on it.) Drag Racing Alternatively, we could try drag racing. Basically people will get cars that are similar (e.g, get a fast car/average car/hatchback or estate). You pair up with whoever you like in the game, and you can switch pairs if you want. The pairs of cars (or 3’s or 4’s depending on the track) line up in sets behind one another. Someone will either count down, or a truck horn will sound three times to signal the start. Then you speed to the end of the track and then return to the back of the line up via a different road (leaving the drag strip free). In the meantime, one or more sets of cars may have set off before you arrive back to the start. The drag strips aren’t that long, they’re only about 8-12 seconds long, but if people wanted longer ones, traffic could be turned off/parked and bridges or main roads could be substituted as the drag strip. I should point out that the specifics of the drag racing weren’t my idea but where shown to me by a friend. Subway Racing Also, as part of the Racing club, we could try subway/railway races. It would be part race, part endurance from one point to another along a certain route. Certain cars flip easier than others on the tracks and the walls of the subway are also quite damaging, so you can expect to not finish some of the time. Hopefully people wouldn’t intentionally spin or attempt to flip cars, and may even pick up stranded racers so that they can at least finish. Follow the Leader/Escape One person is the designated leader, and all the other racers will follow them, but ideally not overtake and avoid ramming. The aim of the leader is to loose as many players as possible in a certain time limit (e.g, 7.am to 2p.m game time). Blips will be off when doing this. When the timelimit is up, the leader must stop, and the cars that are in the immediate area (those who arrive or park near the leader within 5/10 seconds after time limit is up) have passed. The leader is also victorious if he escapes half or more of his pursuers. Basically that’s my idea of what different things the racing club could do. If anyone has any other ideas of things we could try, I’d be glad to hear them. Finally, if you’re interested in this idea, please post your XBL gamertag (or pm it if you like). I’m not going to announce a date and time though until I know if anyone is interested or not. My Gamertag is Four Fifty Two by the way. Signed Up Forum NameXBL GamertagYeomanFour Fifty TwoBauerHollywood745Masterofkills09Masterofkilld09MicrobusrammsteinlosTopShotta27Shotta 27eltoro13pAk0017ozzman1ozzfest567CrudeAreonzcimtCraigimt Nitty Don Nitty Don Edited July 23, 2008 by Yeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauer Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Basically I’m after sensible gamers who are open minded to try new things and who have a bit of patience. You have me sold right there. My gamertag is Hollywood745, and I'd love to be a part of this. I don't think people would cheat, because there is no incentive to (but then again, people are people... ). It's just for fun, which I think is the most appealing aspect of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masterofkills09 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Im in for anything.......My GT: Masterofkills09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alx-ndr Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 reverse drag racing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopShotta27 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Im in. my GT is Shotta 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 I added you three, my gamertag is Four Fifty Two by the way, in case you were expecting it to say Yeoman. alx-ndr; That sounds like an interesting idea, it would be cool to see if any slower cars reverse quicker than fast cars. Unfortunately you're on PS3 not Xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbus Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) Sure sign me up for this looks like its going to be a blast follow the leader sounds like the most fun of the lot. Edited July 19, 2008 by microbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltoro13 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 im in gt pAk0017 BTW the 0 are zeros not o's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Boggle Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Seeing as no one really cares about mine,sign me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crude Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Hit me up. GT: Areonz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimt Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Sounds good. A bit like something I usually do. Which is basically get a car and go to a certain place. No helicopters allowed. It's usually fun when played fairly. My GT is in sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) I'm thinking of having a 'trial' game this wednesday, it will start around 7.30-8pm GMT. I hope that's ok for people. I called it a 'trial' because we can hopefully work out any kinks, but I intend to host a game regularly every sunday or saturday. Edited July 22, 2008 by Yeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolish_Pigeon Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I'm not gonna join, but as I was reading the first post I wondered about the custom tracks. One way to do it, so that everyone has a line to race in. Is to start at a certain point on the map. All in a line on one side of the road. You then choose a specific place as the finish line and mark it on your GPS. This way, everyone has a green line to follow on the map. This could be used as the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopShotta27 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 cant wait for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) I'm not gonna join, but as I was reading the first post I wondered about the custom tracks.One way to do it, so that everyone has a line to race in. Is to start at a certain point on the map. All in a line on one side of the road. You then choose a specific place as the finish line and mark it on your GPS. This way, everyone has a green line to follow on the map. This could be used as the track. That certainly does sound like a good idea, but at the same time both ideas would work as long as people were honest. Edited July 21, 2008 by Yeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masterofkills09 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 When are we going to start this i would like it to be on a weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitty Don Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Im up for this Gamer Tag = Nitty Don. Also was doing race type things in free mode the other night, only played once but i suppose start and end points could be modded ? anyways there were 6 of us starting by the helicopters in the airport and it was first to Happiness Island any mode of transport is acceptable Except the 3 helis you start by!!!) and guns were allowed once you left the confine of the airport. Obviously you need players who are half trustworthy otherwise it ends up as a deathmatch in the airport ! Add me if your up for racing sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Just as a reminder, I'm hosting a game today which will start at 7.30-8pm GMT. Thats about 8.30-9p Uk time, and I think about 3.30-4pm EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauer Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Sorry I missed the trial game, I had last-minute obligations. So, how did it go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache77pilot Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 man. we need something like this for ps3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 Hmmm. It didn't go too great, only 4 ppl turned up, one was a friend of a friend and one other disappeared after a short time. We ended up just messing around on FM for a short while, but I found where to get a normal sabre & Emporer online, and how to make my car a 'low-rider'. Anyway, I'm thinking of trying again this sunday, at the same time as above, hopefully more people might be able to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginMP Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Definately up for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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