Star Citizen's Most Underrated New Feature: Racing 

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We are not worthy of the greatness of Blackmaze and Osashes, and all the fantastic racers of XGR. Can't wait to fly head long into many walls, rocks, and man made structures.

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Congratulations on the Daymar Rally win, BlackMaze! Way to go, XGR team!

it would be cool if they put a race track on Delemar near Levski or something. Levski had big tunnels like that, It would work.

I was half expecting that on daymar as well, sand caves.

now thats pod racing!

great idea

@@DimePwnz you took the words right out of my mouth!

That or have the ability for players to create their own contracts. Then you can have players or orgs post a contract saying "Medic with regeneration bed needed for race meetup/competition. Payment: 150,000 aUEC."

@@MiniSerphent0421 like sponsored vehicles looking to hire drivers

@@MiniSerphent0421 you already can do that to an extent. Just create a contract and tell people what it's for in chat, or just skip the contract and post it in chat.

And then you can respawn but have no ship? 😅

@@TheMordano you could ask a c2 pilot to ferry Merlins. I'm pretty sure you can fit like 4 at a time or more

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This is the video that prompted me to give Star Citizen a casual try just over a month ago and it is amazing. My son linked me, a 56 year old dude, to it, and I was immediately sold on giving it at least a look. Since then I've enjoyed a few different game loops a lot, and despite the bugs and jank and everything else, it's a lot of fun overall. However. The drive, accessibility, and sheer supportiveness of the XGR community is amazing, and Shacknu you're right - once you start racing (and I would add that learning HOW to control your ship while racing is a massive boost, huge thanks to you*), it is one of the best racing experiences I've ever had. I've sunk I don't know how many hours into plenty of racing games over the decades, but this one wins hands down. * Shacknu runs a racing school organised in the XGR discord, and he explains everything you need to get started with REAL racing in Star Citizen. It's free, it's super supportive, and everyone there has been super cool. Can't recommend it enough.

I can see the upvotes and this video apparently attracts a lot of racing fans, but I personally have to admit that I view any racing content as a total waste of dev time. They should've worked on a space game instead

@@hanswurst9866 agree

yeah the tracks are very bare bones like pretty much everything, though they could copy paste some assets in for added convenience. respawning in medbeds, treating wounds if a crash is somehow survivable, food, drink and somewhere to park large ships that carry in vehicles, a vehicle spawn and refueling area are all requirements

I think racing events/tournaments are also a huge possibility. Especially some rougher ones like the pod races in Star Wars could be a lot of fun.

Thanks to that minority for successfully distracting CIG from making an actual space game and taking resources away they could've used to finish ships people paid for years ago.

@@hanswurst9866 Racing ships and gameplay existed and were promised near the very start of development, it's deserves development just as much as any other gameplay loop.

@@Morphologis Yes but why now? It feels so out of place at this stage of development instead of building so many other assets that I would deem far more appropriate for years to come. Let those people create habitats for player bases or let them learn to make ships instead. Or different outposts and space stations that don't look all the same on the inside. Let them learn how to fix elevators...

@@hanswurst9866 There are some things the development team can do at the moment, and some that they can't due to the tech not being fully developed yet. One of the biggest reasons this game-loop has been focused on recently is because it was being neglected for YEARS. I've played the game since 2019, and one of the first things I noticed is they took out Racing not long after I started playing due to it not being functional to a polished level. Now that there's these locations, they don't have to just be used for racing. If Orgs are creative enough, they can use them for combat areas or other missions, a sandbox to play with. We've desperately needed more POIS Points of interest and these places fulfill that racing interest, and give those racing ships their actual purpose.

@@hotelvictortango Thank you for the interesting response and argumentation. We really do need many more POIs.

>players had to carry water for the devs How is this worth celebrating?

@@ryan.1990 thats a glass half empty way of looking at things. Maybe the players appreciate devs going the extra mile to make space for something that probably wasn't planned until the players showed so much interest

@@ryan.1990 why are you so negative. This shows that CIG does watch and listen to the community. It shows that they are willing to work with them to make new content. That is a good thing my dude.

@@StevenSudweeks Why are you so forgiving of terrible design? Go fall out of an elevator lol

If only CIG would also finish all the other stuff a majority of players wants to play and even paid for years ago, but instead they waste their time with racing content in a space game... I don't get it

The idea of "Street" versions of ships would be SO AMAZING.

Yeah especially if they go through some of the lower parts of arc Corp. Would be awesome to see some illegal racers fly by the transit system for example!

​@@Xcyper33 yup...And how hard can it be to implement? Racing imho has to be the "easiest" game loop to implement with some meat on it...right, CIG?

wasn't Star Citizen supposed to be a space game instead of some Playstation 2 fun racer? I so don't get this...

@@hanswurst9866 It litterally had racing as one of its first features you could try...

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The XGR league does exactly that, and exactly what you're imagining happens lol. You should check out a couple vods on @Blackmaze's channel.

@@Morphologis I've checked it out, thanks for the recommendation! Maybe include their new channel in your description? That way their stuff gets a signal boost from you.

I know you have their discord and website in there already, so if you choose not to I understand that as well, but maybe it'll help.

They've done a lot in recent years to reduce desync, but otherwise everything else just comes from years of practice. Thanks for your kind words!

Hahaha you caught that XD

You can actually dock a Arch to an Andromeda, if you undock the Merlin first. it'll even stay connected if the ship's stored (usually! lol). So having someone in a connie run as a ferry service for a group of them isn't unfeasable (just slow)

I'd just report this stuff, but RU-vid doesn't have a "fucking fraud" option for their reports.