Hi dark and all, RR 2 is indeed a total replacement for rr 1. However, I've spent a lot of time making sure the old tracks are still functional, as you said a good deal of the best tracks were created by users and I want to make sure we can continue to race them. The new track editor should bring us even better tracks, as it has been totally redesigned to allow easy and quick editing of all track sections. Frankly the track editor for rr 1 was clunky to use at best, and turned off a lot of folks that would have otherwise enjoyed making their own tracks In addition, you can add power up rings to your track, allowing a racer to pick up nitros and extra fuel if they can navigate an accurate jump through the power ring, and grade angles have been added, which allow you to tilt a section up or down, slowing or speeding up the racer on a section. These options have already shown some really interesting strategic possibilities, as I've been working on a couple new tracks to take advantage of the new features. For instance, if your going up a 45 degree angle hill, do you really want to jump and slow down even more to grab that nitro? Likewise, should you grab extra fuel to allow you to burn more nitros, or skip it and conserve your fuel? I want RR 2 to be about much more than just driving fast, for the more complicated tracks, you will have to map out a strategy that leads to the best lap times, which gear ratio to use, when to use power rings, when to burn those precious nitros, should you use boost to get up a steep hill, or save it to get your speed back up after a curve, its all pretty interesting stuff, and will really reward those that want a challenging and immerssive experience. With the new track editor system, you can alt tab from the game, make an edit to your track, jump back into the game and check it out, allows for much more creativity without a bunch of hassle. For those that have already purchased the beta, but aren't on the rail racer list, make sure and join that low traffic list, lots of patches have been sent out in the past few weeks with more to come Hope to see you on the track soon. Che
-----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 4:22 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Rr2 questions was: Re: BA games on iPhone, was: RE: The Apple iphone, was RE: building in the storm 8 games. Hi Che. I can't speak for mac access but I agree with you on ios potential, albeit I haven't been quite as disappointed with audio games, ---- I've mentioned my liking for somethinelse's work in Papasangre and the Nightjar, and while both essentially could! have been equally done on pc, the fact that Ios can support such well done audio in first person is encouraging, (I'm looking forward to seeing hopefully deeper gameplay in Pappa 2). One question about Rr2, what will e the status of rr1 once it is released? Will Rr2 replace the game entirely, ie, be essentialy version 2.0, rather than a sequell. If it is (as I suspect), a completely new version, then what happens to all the existing tracks made for rr1, will they be compatible with the new version? I just ask because people have created some quite fun tracks for the original game and it'd be a shame if they were made obsolete, even if they don't contain new features or gameplay additions to rr2. All the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
