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Subject: what ever happened to Race? :(
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hmmm...Race, the interesting little gametype that was put into a FPS, sounds misplaced, eh? well i don't think so. I was very surprised this was taken out of Halo 2, well other "new!" gametypes were put in, when i first started out playing Halo PC i was addicted to the premise of the warthog, and driving it. Obviously, i was also attracted to the gametype race. Whether it be pure racing, or having a guy sit gunner mowing down ur competitors, i found race adds yet another fun element to an amazingly innovative FPS. Although i've never tried it putting race on a map without vehicles is just as fun, however i guess the big problem is people who take every gametype as if it's all just 1 big slayer match.

Whether it be in Halo or Halo 2 if it's odball u should try and win by getting the ball, not just killing everyone who crosses ur path, if it's king don't just camp across the map waiting to kill someone respawning, and if it's race like i've found so many times, is that the game will degenerate into a bunch of campers using tanks and rockets, killing everyone who crosses where they're crouched, i can understand that in other gametypes, people not going for the required "goals" could be less of a problem, but in race these people truly ruin the game.

However i'm not sure if it was in the original xbox game, but Race adds a unique element ot Halo and i was surprised and saddened to see its removal from Halo 2.

P.S ya i know this thread leans more to Halo 2, but if i posted in New Mombasa or any other Halo 2 forum, this thread would be eaten alive.

  • 05.11.2005 7:30 PM PDT
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While a good game of race is fun, the crappy setup for the internet has pretty much ruined the gametype (i.e. when someone joins the game, the whole team has to start over), along with the people that you just mentioned. That's pretty much why it's not played. Something like Assault (or w/e it is with the nodes) from UT would be fun in Halo.

  • 05.11.2005 7:44 PM PDT
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Yeah assault would be great,like....assault on the control room with real monsters ( covenant.humans) coop!

  • 05.12.2005 8:44 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

That's not the problem guys. It's the default options of race. They set it as a total, NOT as cumulative. Most admins are too lazy (or just don't know about it..) to change it, so they leave it on defaults (which hella sucks), and everyone hates race, n' doesn't play it... House of {MO} server has race onnit for a few maps, you should check into it. :)

  • 05.12.2005 10:28 AM PDT
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RACE IS TH3 RO><><ORZ

  • 05.12.2005 10:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: the man of many
RACE IS TH3 RO><><ORZ


heh, i'm glad someone agrees :)

also ya there still are a few good race servers out there like House of [MO}, there's another good one but it's always been passworded :( I think just to bring back a bit of race i'll make a perfect race gametype and add it to my server's mapcycle

i also realized though that another problem with race was the fact that it in-game setup was not intuitive at all, the vehicles are placed everywhere, and the use of pointers, and the need to 'hit' every single checkoint can be annoying, i'm sure if Gearbox or Bungie took the time they could make Race really fun by customizing the map just for that gametype by automatically ordering up all the vehicles in a line, placing a 'Start" line on the map, as well as adding a track....now that would be cool :) oh well, i guess i'm just stuck playing hog wars on Halo 2 for now...

  • 05.12.2005 1:20 PM PDT
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advice: never, EVER, do race on Infinity without vehicles, (that one took like 2 hours)

  • 05.12.2005 2:08 PM PDT