Formula 1 - Apolyton (aka Yet Another Forum Game)

[alva]

Accel & Straight ahead.

[Jamski]

Yeah, sitting in rah's slipstream ought to be good for something: I'm using less gas... yeah, that's it

-Jam

[vovan]

Alrightie, I will go break-left...

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= - mrmitchell - offroad; speed record - 8; distance from road record - 5

Speeds:
mrmitchell - 0
Skanky - 3
vovan - 4
rah - 5
Jamski - 5
alva - 4
Pave - 0
Frozzy - 0

[Jamski]

Heh, outta my way rah. Accellerate left

-Jam

[vovan]

You do realize that you are hereby following mrmitchell offroad, Jamski?

[Skanky Burns]

It is the overtake of death!
Not that I am complaining.

[CapitanGarlic]

Hey, this is all sorts of cool--I'd like to join next round, if possible, and I've got an idea or two that I'll go ahead and throw in just to confuse you.

For the custom cars, a stat system something like this:
Top speed (self explanatory)
Acceleration (how much speed can go up/down in one turn)
Handling (how many spaces left/right car can move in one turn)
Durability (how many collisions car can take before reducing driver to flaming jelly)

Where each of the four stats gets a numerical value depending on how the player spends their "points" (cash money? hmm...), and some stats are more expensive to raise than others. For example:
Top speed would cost two
Acceleration would cost five
Handling would cost four
Durability would cost three

Such that a person beginning with 40 points would end up with something along these lines:
TS: 10
A: 1
H: 2
D: 2

And then the racers could get extra points by winning/placing, allowing them to pimp out their cars even more. UNFORTUNATELY, this leads to a slippery slope, so race rewards may not be the best system in the world.

Good? Bad? I thought it might work.

[alva]

Turn right and stay at same speed

[Jamski]

You do realize that you are hereby following mrmitchell offroad, Jamski?

Nah, I can brake and left next time.
But these orders mean rah HAS to either brake or accellerate or he'll hit me. If he brakes, I'm in front. If he accellerates, HE'LL go off next time

-Jam

[Jamski]

Next turn I'm just in front of Vovan's current place. The turn after, just in front of Skanky's currnet place. I don't see how I crash off.

-Jam

[Skanky Burns]

Left again at the same speed. Yay!

[vovan]

Originally posted by Jamski
Next turn I'm just in front of Vovan's current place. The turn after, just in front of Skanky's currnet place. I don't see how I crash off.

-Jam

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Well, let's see...

J - current position; speed 5
J - next position; speed 6. Say, you order break-left.
J - final on-track position; speed 5. The best you could do is break-left again, but there you only have three spaces to go and then it's gravel for you.

So, believe it or not, it would actually be in your interests for rah to ram you.

[vovan]

I'll go steady-left.

Projected positions for next turn.

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                  ..[color=green][b]S[/b][/color].
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= - mrmitchell - offroad
[color=green][b]S[/b][/color] - Skanky's current position; vovan's projected position

Just waiting on rah.

[Skanky Burns]

= - mrmitchell - offroad

I was wondering what that symbol was off in the middle of nowhere.

[rah]

Steady left
Returns the favor.