*sam* Posted Mar 18, 2006, 12:48 am

Well, four of us had a bit of fun in the first timetrial event. There was some useful feedback and a couple of bugs uncovered, but nothing too serious. The prizewinners have received their payouts for the event. There was also (unexpectedly) the first fatality in the game, my own Harry Davis died when he crashed into the finish line at about 80mph while I was too busy chatting to Evilbert. D'oh! .. the health update daemon and hospital code are due to be written next week, which is why Mr. Davis doesn't yet appear as dead on the website. Incidentally, the reason my character died was probably because he skidded at the last second and sideswiped the barrier. The side armour is much less than the front armour on these preludes, and also the engine would have acted as a cushion on a frontal collision.