Feature request: ejection. In a multiplayer race, persons who live will have a higher score than those who don't. Obviously those who manage to salvage something out of the ship will end up with an even higher score, and in the rare instance someone finishes the race intact and alive they'll win.
*stops timer* Within the first page too, i'm impressed... :lol:
i've no idea how a multiplayer mode would work for this in terms of scoring and gameovers... so i've no idea how worthwhile your idea is, but i'd be more likely to consider an ejection system for a non passenger vessel like this so you never know. e.g. it seems likely that something like this would have some sort of ejection system, whereas an XR2 wouldn't - its bad form to eject and leave your passengers behind. Still, do airrace pilots have ejection seats? - thinking of the red bull events... do they even have a parachute? I doubt it.
As for its power in relation to human tolerances... how much power would be fun? 10g of acceleration? 20g? more? then since it's not real you can always be creative with an explanation... genetically modified pilots, cyborg pilots, advanced drugs, mass reduction/inertia sheilding... though if you can do the latter then you've probably got access to way more advanced tech than a fusion rocket.
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Hmmm... makes me think of a small XR2 with a rather insane thrust-to-mass ratio... :speakcool:
Is that... three engines I see, though? Because, in my mind, that would be the only explanation for the end being shaped so.
Four, two large mains and a couple of smaller engines for fun... turbo boost maybe
anyway it's just a quick concept painting at this point and the finished model might be quite different.