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Valhalla Raceway - A lap racing map
- Why is it unique compared to other racing maps? -
Rather than create complex track structures, we went with a simple, around the outer edge of valhalla map design with a few choke points and minor traps along the way. I chose to focus more on the racing gameplay than making a complex and hard to follow track structure. Equipment is available and recommended to be used, and grenades are made plentiful.
Racers are free to get out of their vehicles and throw down equipment and lob grenades, or do it from the passenger seat a la Mario Kart. Teleporters are made available to get you back to the start if your vehicle is destroyed. Additionally, while many race maps provide only Mongoose vehicles, my map lets players choose between the speedy but harder to control Mongoose, the balanced Warthog, or the slow but powerful Chopper with short boosts.
Finally, it is unique and fun in the gametype variant created. As most race gametypes are, it's a VIP Variant, but this one I created is different than any others I've seen. The VIP and those in the same vehicle as the VIP are outfited with 4x overshields, enough to survive pretty much anything but an assassination or maybe a 'nade stick. Those that are not in the same vehicle as their VIP however, have no shields, therefore easily killed. As per the rules set for my racing map, if players have a third person on their team, that third person is free to go out on their own and roam to track, set up equipment, hijack vehicles, throw grenades, etc. But since they aren't trying to race and are just causing mayhem to the other teams, he is made to be easily killed so that he wouldn't be overpowered.
Valhalla Raceway Map
VIP Racing Gametype
Visit the links above for much more detailed descriptions of the maps. For screenshots of the map, visit my service record and go to my screenshots. Links are on the forum posts above.
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Please download this and post on the respective forum threads with any comments, suggestions, questions, or criticisms as well as rating them. I have tested this with some friends, and it was funner than any of the other race types I've downloaded. I'm curious to know what others think.
And finally, while I placed the majority of the objects and designed the track, credit goes to Zengaku for coming up for the ideas of having Equipment and Grenades and Teleporters available.
Have fun!
[Edited on 10.16.2007 9:02 AM PDT]