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Engine v.114, Scripts v.232, event sign-up improvements
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(I hate the Jumpstart specialism for precisely that reason).


Do people actually win directly because of this specialism? In my experience the effect is so minimal as to be nullified by anything from starting position to a couple of feet of extra drifting around a turn.

I lost my jumpstarter about a week ago in a deathrace. Since then, it hasn't been her specialism that I miss, but her pretty face. It seems that the new guy is just as capable at racing, despite his sub-40 ability.


But to the topic at hand. . . finding a way to make armor shifting largely undesirable (such as through Alo's suggestion) makes this driver think it just as prudent to remove the ability to do it entirely. Limiting its use to a few points is helpful, but may make it an uncommon occurrence due to its lack of usefulness. The solution? I don't know. This is a tricky one.

Tire pressure and suspension tweaking are, again, absolutely acceptable in my book.
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Posted Feb 9, 2009, 12:57 pm
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race cars have suspension tweaking on the fly so thats ok..

tire pressure can be done right away

armor placing could be there are hundreds of stock cars available to choose from from all types of configurations for armor, so someone could find a car with the armor of their choice immediately before the race.
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Posted Feb 9, 2009, 3:17 pm
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Wow this is an awesome update! Puts a lot of strategy back into the game.
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Posted Feb 9, 2009, 11:41 pm
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Hang on for "Darkwind: Tactical" shark, I reckon you'll find people willing to pvp then :rolleyes:
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Posted Feb 10, 2009, 12:25 am Last edited Feb 10, 2009, 12:25 am by *sam*
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i am not big on the armor changing thing. seems unecessary at best. love the suspension tweaks tho it will take some time before i manage anything useful with them. would love to see some kind of front/rear bias adjustment, tho.

also i think it is a very bad idea putting stuff on the wiki that is purely conjectural without some form of caveat, at least something like "should" or "could possibly".

citation needed!
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Posted Feb 10, 2009, 11:53 pm Last edited Feb 11, 2009, 12:15 am by 4saken
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I'm big on the armor changing thing. However, I'm not sure if it worked when I tried it. The website still showed the original stats for the car my team was using. In a deathrace I know I'm not going to get into the lead would call for more front armor, one where I want to lead will need more rear protection, and any race with dropped solids needs more undercarriage protection on the bottom. Makes a lot of sense to me, as I used to load the armor based on my strategy.

I'll pay attention to it next time, but I'm less sure on the suspension tweaks, mostly because I'm not sure how they would normally contribute to the handling. I'll try some real-world research... ;-)
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Posted Feb 11, 2009, 12:08 am
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4saken said:
also i think it is a very bad idea putting stuff on the wiki that is purely conjectural without some form of caveat, at least something like "should" or "could possibly".

citation needed!


What exactly are you talking about? I edit things from time to time as well...

And of course you can add this yourself. :)

JL


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Posted Feb 11, 2009, 12:51 am
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4saken said:

also i think it is a very bad idea putting stuff on the wiki that is purely conjectural without some form of caveat, at least something like "should" or "could possibly".

citation needed!


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A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content (emphasis added)




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Posted Feb 11, 2009, 2:38 am
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However, I'm not sure if it worked when I tried it. The website still showed the original stats for the car my team was using.


Yeah, the website doesn't actually reflect the settings. I'll take a look at that. The gameserver definitely does though.

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i am not big on the armor changing thing


Could be that we need a vote? There seems to be a mix of people in favour/against. Possibly a middle-ground where you can only adjust by 2-3 points per side?

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Posted Feb 11, 2009, 11:02 am
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It seems reasonable to me to have the ability to change any given piece of armor +-2ish points.

Just enough variability to make it able to save you in a tight spot, but not so much as to unbalance things.
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Posted Feb 11, 2009, 5:35 pm
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Yeah, I'll create a poll on this.
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Posted Feb 12, 2009, 6:48 pm
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Maybe we should try it out for a month or so, see what we think and what it changes before voting on it at least....
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Posted Feb 13, 2009, 7:33 am
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NOTE: when making a custom or ladder event it says "your event has been made click here to enter" should be changed to "click here to enter or register through the game client to use suspension modifications" or somesuch.
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Posted Feb 14, 2009, 4:26 pm Last edited Feb 14, 2009, 4:29 pm by 4saken
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