*sam* Posted Aug 2, 2006, 11:34 am	It looks like there were no finishers in the deathrace last night. At least it wasn't another bug/server crash, but.. could anyone report what happened, just total carnage I guess?
Six Gun Jack Posted Aug 7, 2006, 10:08 am	oh sorry I was slow on replying to this, been so busy. I started this race and was eliminating the competition..the hard way..LOL. But being as it was a 6 lap race, I actually ran out of time before I could finish it.. (RL time I mean, had to go). So, most of the other guys cars were dead so I think no one finished, is too bad for me I would have had 1st, but had to exit out of the game. Which brings up two questions. One, I know you took out AI control of player owned cars if the player doesn't show, but I forgot about the command to let the AI take over in the middle of the race, does that sill work ? forgot to try it I was in such a hurry out the door =( two, would you consider it an exploit or good strategy to use one of your cars as a blocker, gunboat against the NPCs while your other car races. The only reason I think exploit is the NPCs travel a set racing line, so it is easy to block them now that we can have two cars. But I did see some NPCs eventually go around, and it was still dangerous for my decoy guy to do that as they blast away at him. Just wanted to put that info out there in case you don't want people to do that, you can make adjustments. Other than that, like I said, so busy lately that when I did have time to do a race, I didn't realize it was a 6 lap race, and I did not have that much time, thats why it looks like no one finished.
*sam* Posted Aug 9, 2006, 6:32 pm	Quote: I know you took out AI control of player owned cars if the player doesn't show, but I forgot about the command to let the AI take over in the middle of the race, does that sill work ? forgot to try it I was in such a hurry out the door =( It's selected from the options/prefs dialogs (I forget which) from the in-game top menu. The alternative to AI taking control is that you slam on the brakes. Quote: would you consider it an exploit or good strategy to use one of your cars as a blocker, gunboat against the NPCs while your other car races. The only reason I think exploit is the NPCs travel a set racing line, so it is easy to block them now that we can have two cars. I'd say it's a fair strategy, the AI gangs are primarily there as cannon fodder after all ;-) Hopefully I will be able to make them  a bit harder to outwit in the battles, since on-the-road attacks will be a central part of the game.