Nascar IV Race Thread

[Jonny]

Turn 12 Results - We Have A Winner!

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car #
name
speed
heading
WC
orders
1
Skanky Burns
13
W
3
A(m13)
2
Chaunk
15
NW
0
still flying through the air...
3
gjramsey
0
E
4
parked
4
Rah
18
S
0
A(m18))
5
Spaced Cowboy
0
N
8
parked
6
Jamski
0
S
7
parked

I think we can go ahead and announce the winner, because Skanky is just too far behind. Congratulations to Rah on a great race.

Also, Skanky also deserves congratulations for being the only other car not to run off the track during the duration of the race.

Now... the presentation of the winner's trophy :

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****        *THE 'POLY NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP*        ****
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****        ************RACE  1************        ****
****        *******GM: SPACED COWBOY*******        ****
****        *****WINNER:  SKANKY BURNS*****        ****
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  ***       *****WINNER: SPACED COWBOY*****       ***
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    ***     ***********GM: JONNY***********     ***
    ***     **********WINNER: RAH**********     ***
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[rah]

classic

[Skanky Burns]

Congratulations on a very convincing win.

[kermit_the_frog]

congrats rah on your victory

[Spaced Cowboy]

Excellent, who is going to GM the next one?

I don't see Chaunk, Rah, or Jamski up there.

[Jamski]

Nice trophy, nice win. Pretty überconvincing, I'd say

Rah - I guess the next track is yours to design.

-Jam

[rah]

I will design the next one. Count on a track with turns that will chew up WCs and a high speed not attainable..

We'll use this thread for signup to give our regulars first crack.

Maybe Chaunk's car will land by then.

[Chaunk]

Nah, that cars gonna carry on flying for ever

I'll have another crack at getting that trophy. Lots of turns sounds good too...

[Skanky Burns]

I'll be playing next round too. My plan was to keep driving while everyone else crashed. It almost worked, but I don't think I loosened the nuts on Rah's car enough.

[Jamski]

Lots of turns, and hide the track 10 lines ahead again. Otherwise you can plan the perfect race. Oh, and add oilslicks and sand traps again.

-Jam

[Skanky Burns]

Oilslicks wouldn't be that bad, now that crashing doesn't kill you instantaneously. Sandtraps would be nice to try out - I don't think they have actually made it into the game yet.

[rah]

Yes, I think we'll go back to the not exposed track.
This race, after getting away with not crashing the first turn. I charted the next 11 turns prior to moving in the second round, so I knew where I could use each wild card. Fortunately the extra squares under the bridge didn't ruin my planning. I think a race with turns that you can't speed through will make a difference. I'm not a big fan of sandtraps on the track, but I will probably add a few that will only cause -2 speed. I will also probably lessen the penalty for crashing so people stay in the race later.

One other thing I will test. If a person issues orders that drive them off the track, they will get a warning and a chance to modify their orders. Sometimes the spaces or direction is confusing on these tracks.

What do you guys think of these concepts?

Confirmed entrants
Chaunk
Skanky Burns

I'm assuming Jamski and Spaced, but just need a confirmation. I hope Jonny is in too.

[Jamski]

Oh yeah, sure. I just assumed that was a confirmation.

YES! Count me in!

-Jam

[rah]

I just designed a KILLER track.
Just waiting for any comments and a few more drivers, and maybe we can start tomorrow.

I'm also thinking that crashes will mean -3 speed
and driving off the track 1 square -2 speed
2 squares -3 speed
3 squares- reduction to 0
Doing a Chaunk will get you style points but will probably result in a DQ

Any seemingly intentional off track - reduction to 0
And anything really funny will cause a missed turn.

I'm thinking of starting at speed 7 with 10 WCs. I think that won't be enough.

[rah]

And the track will be just over 210 squares in length. and some serious WCs will be needed the last 50 squares.